Spranger Barry Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Spranger Barry Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Spranger Barry (23 November 1719 â€" 10 January 1777) was an Irish

actor.He was born in Skinner's Row, Dublin, the son of a silversmith,

to whose business he was brought up. He took over the business but was

not successful.His first appearance on the stage was at the Theatre

Royal, Smock Alley, Dublin, on the 5 February 1744, and his engagement

at once increased its prosperity. His first London appearance was made

in 1746 as Othello at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here his talents

were speedily recognized, and in Hamlet and Macbeth he alternated with

David Garrick, arousing the latter's jealousy by his success as Romeo.

This resulted in his leaving Drury Lane for the Covent Garden Theatre

in 1750, accompanied by Mrs Cibber, his Juliet. Both houses now at

once put on Romeo and Juliet for a series of rival performances, and

Barry's Romeo was preferred by the critics to Garrick's.In 1758 Barry

opened the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin, and later a new Theatre

Royal in Cork. He staged many successful productions but seems to have

lived beyond his means. In 1767 returned to London to play at the

Haymarket Theatre, then under the management of Foote. As his second

wife, he married in 1768 the actress Mrs Dancer (1734â€"1801), and he

and Mrs Barry played under Garrick's management, Barry appearing in

1767, after ten years absence from the London stage, in Othello, his

greatest part. In 1774 they both moved to Covent Garden, where Barry

remained until his death.
Spranger Barry Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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