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| | Richard Estcourt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Richard Estcourt (1668-1712), English actor, began by playing comedy parts in Dublin. |
 | | His first London appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in Dryden's Spanish Friar, and he continued to take important parts at Drury Lane, being the original Pounce in Steele's Tender Husband (1705), Sergeant Kite in Farquhar's Recruiting Officer, and Sir Francis Gripe in Mrs Centlivre's Busybody. |
 | | Estcourt wrote a comedy, The Fair Example, or the Modish Citizen (1703), and Prunella (1704), an interlude. |
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