Samuel Reddish

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Samuel Reddish (1735–1785) was a theatre manager and an actor in England.{{cite book|author1=Tate Wilkinson|author2=Lyle Larsen|title=Memoirs of his own life|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirshisownli00wilkgoog|accessdate=20 January 2012|year=1998|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3767-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/memoirshisownli00wilkgoog/page/n241 234]}} He made a reputation with Mossop's company in Smock Alley, Dublin in the seasons of 1761-2{{cite book|author=Dr. Doran (John)|title="Their majesties' servants": annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1YNAQAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+Reddish|accessdate=21 January 2012|year=1970|publisher=Scholarly Press|page=217|isbn=9780403002344 }} and appeared at Drury Lane, London, 1767, where he remained during ten seasons; acted at Covent Garden, London, 1778, but lost his reason, 1779; he died a lunatic at York asylum on 31 December 1785.{{cite book|author=Philological Society (Great Britain)|title=The European magazine, and London review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QyIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|accessdate=21 January 2012|year=1786|publisher=Philological Society of London|page=65}}