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BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777) , British actor, was born in Dublin on the 23rd of November 1719, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. His first appearance on the stage was at the Smock Alley theatre on the 5th of February 1744, and his engagement at once increased its prosperity. His first London appearance was made in 1746 as Othello at Drury Lane . Here his talents were speedily recognized, and in Hamlet and Macbeth he alternated with Garrick
Lane for Covent Garden in 1'750, accompanied by Mrs Cibber, his Juliet. Both houses now at once put on Romeo and Juliet for a series of rival performances, and Barry's impersonation was preferred by the critics to Garrick
Crow Street
Cork
Garden , where Barry remained until his death on the loth of January 1777. He was a singularly handsome man, with the advantage of height which Garrick lacked.His second wife, ANN STREET
Crow Street theatre. During the next nine years she played all the leading tragic parts, but. without any great
great
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