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John Hayman Packer

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File:Mr Moody and Mr Packer in the farce of the Register Office Saunders.jpg (left) and John Hayman Packer (right) in The Register Office by Joseph Reed, 1773 engraving]]

John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's High Life Below Stairs (1759). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"Hughes 2008. old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies.

Selected roles

References

  • Hughes, Alan. "Packer, John Hayman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 22 October 2008. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21076] (accessed 22 October 2008; subscriiption required).
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=aS4FAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22John+Hayman+Packer%22+March+1730+1806&pg=PT604 The Literary panorama]

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