William Havard - Actor and Playwright
Biography
Birth: ca. 1710
Death: 1778
Actor and dramatist. He wrote numerous plays including King Charles the First (1736/7 - written in imitation of Shakespeare) and the tragedies Scanderbeg (1732/3) and Regulus (1743/4). Scanderbeg was played at the Theatre in Goodman's Fields, and according to one source was an utter failure.1 He was an actor at Drury Lane for most of his career.
Life with James Boswell
Boswell was at a meeting in the Beefsteak Club on November 27, 1762, at which Havard was also present.
Notes
Note 1: Nicoll, A. (1927). A History of English Drama, 1660-1900. p. 83 (Read it now at Questia)
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