William Parsons

(1736-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Parsons, William, 1736-1795 DNB: Parsons, William (1736–1795), actor LBT ID: WiParso1795 VIAF ID: 2042223 LOC ID: no93038298	B/BAP: 1736-02-29 DIED: 1795-02-03
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English comic actor who after a provincial career made his London debut in 1762; he was the original Sir Fretful Plagiary in Sheridan's The Critic.
REFERENCES TO William Parsons: Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [30 May 1796] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 9 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1796 Found 1: ¶ 25