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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)


Mentioned in

William Havard is mentioned in:

  • London Journal 1762-1763

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For most of his adult life Boswell was better known for his "Account of Corsica", which lead to the sobriquet Corsica Boswell, than for his friendship with Dr. Johnson.

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