NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Parsons, William, 1736-1795 DNB: Parsons, William (1736–1795), actor LBT ID: WiParso1795 VIAF ID: 2042223 LOC ID: no93038298 | B/BAP: 1736-02-29 DIED: 1795-02-03 |
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English comic actor who after a provincial career made his London debut in 1762; he was
the original Sir Fretful Plagiary in Sheridan's The Critic. | |