Charles Mathews
Charles Mathews (born June 28, 1776 in London , † June 28, 1835 in Plymouth ) was an English actor and writer.
Charles Mathews, son of a bookseller, received his education at Merchant Talor's School. In 1794 he obtained permission to be an actor from his reluctant father and accepted an engagement in Dublin . In 1803 he first appeared in London. He played the Jabel in Cumberland 's The Jew and the Lingo in The Agreeable Surprise . With that he had achieved the breakthrough. From 1818 he performed his play At Home , in which he played all roles, at the Lyceum Theater . He traveled to America for the first time in 1822 and a second time in 1834. His last appearances in New York City he had on February 11, 1835 as Samuel Coddle in Married Life and as Andrew Steward in The Lone House .
Mathews was married twice. He married his first wife, Eliza Kirkham Strong, in 1797. After Eliza died in 1802, he married the actress Anne Jackson in 1803, who wrote the four-volume memoirs by Mrs. Mathews . The books came out in 1838 and 1839. His son Charles James Mathews emerged from his marriage to Anne Jackson . He initially trained as an architect, but then turned to acting and writing. At the Haymarket Theater in 1861 he again produced a series of at-home performances, like those his father had given.
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- Othello, The Moor of Fleet Street , 1833, reissued by Manfred Draudt, Francke 1993, ISBN 978-3772021329
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| SURNAME | Mathews, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1835 |
| Place of death | Plymouth |