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ESTCOURT, RICHARD (1668–1712)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 792 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ESTCOURT, See also:RICHARD (1668–1712) , See also:English actor, began by playing See also:comedy parts in See also:Dublin. His first See also:London See also:appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in See also:Dryden's See also:Spanish See also:Friar, and he continued to take important parts at See also:Drury See also:Lane, being the See also:original See also:Pounce in See also:Steele's See also:Tender See also:Husband (1705), Sergeant See also:Kite in See also:Farquhar's Recruiting Q19icer, and See also:Sir See also:Francis Gripe in Mrs See also:Centlivre's Busybody. He was an excellent mimic and a See also:great favourite socially. Estcourt wrote a comedy, The See also:Fair Example, or the Modish See also:Citizen (1703), and Prunella (1704), an interlude.

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