John Young (stage actor)
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John Young was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a member of the Duke's Company during the Restoration Era, appearing at Lincoln's Inn Fields and then at the Dorset Garden Theatre when the company relocated.[1] Not much is known about his background. He was repeatedly in debt during his acting career.[2] In 1667 he stood in for Thomas Betterton after he fell ill during the run of Macbeth appearing as the title role. The diarist Samuel Pepys described him as "a bad actor at best".[3]
