Alexander Pope (actor)
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Alexander Pope | |
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 Alexander Pope as Varanes in tragedy Theodosius by Nathaniel Lee.1793 | |
| Born | 1763 |
| Died | 22 March 1835 (aged 71–72) |
| Known for | Actor |
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Alexander Pope (1763 – 22 March 1835) was an Irish actor and painter.
He was born in Cork, Ireland. He studied to follow his father's profession of miniature painting and continued to do so as late as 1821, exhibiting them at the Royal Academy. However, he first took the stage in 1785, appearing in London as Oroonoko at Covent Garden. He remained at this theatre almost continuously for nearly twenty years, then at the Haymarket until his retirement, playing leading parts, chiefly tragic. He was well known as Othello and Henry VIII.[1]
He played for the first time in Edinburgh on 15 June 1786, as Othello.[2]
Family
He was married three times. His first wife, Elizabeth Pope (1744–1797), a favourite English actress of great versatility, was billed before her marriage as Miss Younge.[3] His second wife, Maria Ann Campion (1775–1803), also a popular actress, was a member of an Irish family.[1] His third wife, born Clara Maria Leigh (1768–1838), was the widow of the artist Francis Wheatley, and herself a skillful painter of figures and flowers, under the name of Mrs Pope.[4]
