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MOSSOP, HENRY (1729–1774)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOSSOP, See also:HENRY (1729–1774) , Irish actor, was See also:born in See also:Dublin, and made his first See also:stage See also:appearance there, at the Smock See also:Alley See also:Theatre, as Zanga in See also:Young's tragedy, The Revenge, in 1749. His first See also:London appearance was made in 1751 under See also:Garrick's management, as See also:Richard III. He returned to See also:Ireland in 1759, and, playing with See also:Barry, added to his laurels, but when he attempted management on his own See also:account, he ruined Barry and went bankrupt himself, dying in poverty on the 27th of See also:December 1774.

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