Edward Berry (actor)

Edward Berry (1706-1760) was a British stage actor. He was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company, appearing frequently with David Garrick.

Selected roles

• Hobinol in The Village Opera by Charles Johnson (1729)
• Pantomine in Bayes's Opera by Gabriel Odingsells (1730)
• Butler in The Devil to Pay by Charles Coffey (1731)
• Gentleman in Caelia by Charles Johnson (1732)
• Sparke in The Miser by Henry Fielding (1733)
• Valeius Publicola in Junius Brutus by William Duncombe (1734)
• Don Lopez in Trick for Trick by Robert Fabian (1735)
• Osmyn in The Christian Hero by George Lillo (1735)
• Chatillon in Zara by Aaron Hill (1736)
• Byron in The Universal Passion by James Miller (1737)
• Ceron in The Fatal Retirement by Anthony Brown (1739)
• Manilus in Regulus by William Havard (1744)
• Siftem in The Astrologer by James Ralph (1744)
• Cardinal Perigot in Edward the Black Prince by William Shirley (1750)
• Philip in The Brothers by Edward Young (1753)
• Xuthus in Creusa, Queen of Athens by William Whitehead (1754)

Bibliography

• Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Volume 2. SIU Press, 1975.
• Marshall, Gail & Kishi, Tetsuo. Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Volume 1. Pickering & Chatto, 2008.