True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
Barton Booth Quotes
Touch'd either the Passions of Rage or Grief to a Miracle.
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| Birth: | 1681 |
| Death: | 10th May, 1733 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Actor |
About
Barton Booth was one of the most famous dramatic actors of the first part of the 18th century. Booth was from Lancashire and was educated at Westminster School, where his success in the Latin play Andria gave him an inclination for the stage. He was intended for the church, and to attend Trinity College, Cambridge; but in 1698 he ran away and obtained employment in a theatrical company in Dublin, where he made his first appearance as the title character in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. After his death on 10 May 1733, Booth was buried in St Laurence Cowley near Uxbridge in Middlesex. His widow had a memorial to Booth placed in Westminster Abbey in 1772.
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