About Thomas Hollingsworth
Lived 1748 – 1814 (aged 65–66). Thomas Hollingsworth was an actor and stage actor.
Thomas Hollingsworth (1748–1814) was a British stage actor.
Born to a house servant at Covent Garden, following the death of his father he was mentored by the actor Joseph Younger. Hollingsworth first acted at Covent Garden and later joined Richard Brinsley Sheridan's company at Drury Lane appearing in numerous roles between 1787 and 1804. He was also acted in various provincial theatres.
Selected roles Michael in The Siege of Belgrade by Stephen Storace (1791) Taffy in The Welsh Heiress by Edward Jerningham (1795) Mr Quake in Knave or Not? by Thomas Holcroft (1798) Squeez'em in The East Indian by Matthew Lewis (1799) Robert in Hear Both Sides by Thomas Holcroft (1803)
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British stage actor
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Thomas Hollingsworth was born in 1748.
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Thomas Hollingsworth was an actor and stage actor.
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