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HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 585 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOLLAND, See also:CHARLES (1733–1769) , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:Chiswick, the son of a See also:baker. He made his first See also:appearance on the See also:stage in the See also:title role of Oroonoko at See also:Drury See also:Lane in 1755, See also:John See also:Palmer, See also:Richard See also:Yates and Mrs See also:Cibber being in the See also:cast. He played under See also:Garrick, and was the See also:original Florizel in the latter's See also:adaptation of See also:Shakespeare's See also:Winter's See also:Tale. Garrick thought highly of him, and wrote a eulogistic See also:epitaph for his See also:monument in Chiswick See also:church. His See also:nephew, Charles Holland (1768–1849) was also an actor, who played with Mrs See also:Siddons and See also:Kean.

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