James Field Stanfield (1749 â€" 10 May 1824) was an Irish actor,
abolitionist and author.Stanfield was educated in France for the Roman
Catholic priesthood. He did not take orders, but went to sea in a
vessel engaged in the Atlantic slave trade. After a bad time at sea
and a short period on shore in Africa, he returned to England, one out
of three survivors of the voyage.Joining a theatrical company,
Stanfield appeared in 1786 at York, where he also tried his hand at
writing a comic opera. Joining the abolitionists, he found friends
including Thomas Clarkson. For several years he held a principal
situation in the Scarborough Theatre, and he afterwards had the
direction of a small company whose circuit (about 1812) was in the
north of Yorkshire and some of the adjoining counties.He died in
London, aged 74.
abolitionist and author.Stanfield was educated in France for the Roman
Catholic priesthood. He did not take orders, but went to sea in a
vessel engaged in the Atlantic slave trade. After a bad time at sea
and a short period on shore in Africa, he returned to England, one out
of three survivors of the voyage.Joining a theatrical company,
Stanfield appeared in 1786 at York, where he also tried his hand at
writing a comic opera. Joining the abolitionists, he found friends
including Thomas Clarkson. For several years he held a principal
situation in the Scarborough Theatre, and he afterwards had the
direction of a small company whose circuit (about 1812) was in the
north of Yorkshire and some of the adjoining counties.He died in
London, aged 74.
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