Background
Charles Mathews was born on June 28, 1776, on the Strand, London, to James Mathews, a Wesleyan Methodist bookseller and printer, who also served as minister in one of the Countess of Huntingdon's chapels.
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Charles Mathews
Edit ProfileEducation
Mathews was educated at Merchant Taylors School, Crosby, Lancashire.
Career
After acting in the provinces, primarily at York, he first appeared on the stage in Dublin in 1794 and made his London debut in 1803 in the role of Lingo in The Agreeable Surprize, by the English dramatist Samuel Foote. From that time, Mathews’ career was an uninterrupted triumph. He is credited with having created some 400 new parts, appearing at London’s finest theatres. Among his most notable roles was Sir Fretful Plagiary in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s Critic.
In 1808 Mathews conceived a personal form of entertainment known as “At Homes, ” involving one-man shows with comic songs and impersonations of eccentric characters. It was in such performances that he revealed his great art of mimicry. In 1817 the English dramatist George Colman (the Younger) wrote The Actor of All Work for Mathews, enabling him to play a fantastically varied group of characters. Among the sketches he devised for himself are "Mr. Mathews and His Youthful Days" and "The Trip to America. " He toured the United States in 1822 and 1834. From 1827 he had co-managed the Adelphi Theatre, London, with a fellow actor, Frederick Henry Yates.
Already in poor health, Charles Mathews died shortly on June 28, 1835, after his return to England.
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Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian; Volume 1
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Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian; Volume 2
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Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian; Volume 3
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Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian; Volume 1
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Charles Mathews was married to Eliza Kirkham Strong, who died in 1802. His second wife was the actress Anne Jackson.
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English