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See also:QUIN, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1693—1766) , See also:English actor of Irish descent, was See also:born in See also:London on the 24th of See also:February 1693. He was educated at See also:Dublin, and probably spent a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at Trinity See also:College. Soon after his See also:father's See also:death in 1710, he made his first See also:appearance on the See also:stage at See also:Abel in See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Howard's The See also:Committee at the Smock See also:Alley See also:Theatre. Quin's first London engagement was in small parts at See also:Drury See also:Lane, and he secured his first See also:triumph at Bajazet in See also:Nicolas Rowe's Tamerlane, on the 8th of See also:November 1715. The next See also:year he appeared as Hotspur at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn, where he remained for fourteen years. On the loth of See also:July 1718 he was convicted of See also:man-slaughter for having killed See also:Bowen, another actor, in a See also:duel which the victim had himself provoked. Quin was not severely punished, the affair being regarded as more of an See also:accident than a See also:crime. The public took a similar view of another See also:episode in .which Quin, on being attacked by a See also:young actor who had been angered by the sarcastic See also:criticism of his See also:superior,
See also:drew upon him and killed him. But if he was eager in his own See also:defence he was no less so in that of others. In 1721 a drunken nobleman reeled on to the stage of the theatre and assaulted the manager, See also:Rich, whose See also:life was saved by Quin's prompt armed interference. This resulted in a See also:riot, and thereafter a guard was stationed in all theatres. In 1732 Quin appeared at Covent See also:Garden, returning to Drury Lane from 1734 to 1741, and in 1742 was again at Covent Garden, where he remained until the See also:close of his career. On the 14th of November 1746 Quin played Horatio and See also:Garrick Lothario to the Calista of Mrs See also:Cibber in See also:Rose's See also:Fair Penitent. The See also:applause of the See also:audience was so See also:great as to disconcert if not actually to alarm the two actors. Public See also:interest was yet more keenly stimulated in comparing Garrick's and Quin's impersonations of See also:Richard III., the popular See also:verdict being loudly in favour of Garrick. But Quin's Falstaff in See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV. was emphatically preferred to the Hotspur of his See also:rival. In consequence of an See also:attempt made by Garrick in 1750—51 to draw him away from Covent Garden, Quin was enabled to extort from his manager a See also:salary of £1000 a year, the highest figure then reached in the profession. Quin's last See also:regular appearance was on the 15th of May 1757, as Horatio in the Fair Penitent, though in the following year he twice played Falstaff for the benefit of See also:friends. He had retired to See also:Bath, where he lived a happy life, with See also:late See also:hours and much eating and drinking, until his death on the 21st of See also:January 1766. He was buried in the See also:abbey See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at Bath. Some coolness which had arisen between Quin and Garrick before the former's retirement was dissipated on their subsequent See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting at See also:Chatsworth at the See also:duke of See also:Devonshire's, and Quin paid many a visit to Garrick's See also:villa at See also:Hampton in the latter See also:part of his life. The See also:epitaph in See also:verse on his See also:tomb was written by Garrick. Quin's will displayed a generous nature, and among numerous bequests was one of fifty pounds to " Mr See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Gainsborough, limner."
fn the Garrick See also:Club in London are two portraits of the actor ascribed to See also:Hogarth, and a portrait by Gainsborough is in See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham See also:Palace. His See also:personality was not gracious. His jokes were coarse; his See also:temper irascible; his love of See also:food, his important airs, and his capacity for deep drinking do not command respect; on the other See also:hand, a few of his jokes were excellent, and there was no rancour in him. On many occasions he showed his willingness to help persons in See also:distress. His See also:character is summarized by See also:Smollett in See also:Humphrey See also:Clinker. As an actor his manner was charged with an excess of gravity and deliberation; his pauses were so portentous as in some situations to appear even ludicrous; but he was well fitted for the delivery of See also:Milton's See also:poetry, and for the portrayal of the graver roles in his repertory.
See The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian, published in 1766 and reprinted in 1887.
End of Article: QUIN, JAMES (1693—1766)
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