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He was born in England and came to the United States in 1792.
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John Hodgkinson
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William Dunlap and Hodgkinson managed the John Street Theatre together for a few years in the 1790s. He made his American debut at the Southwark Theatre in Philadelphia in 1792, played the role of Belcour in The West Indian. Hodgkinson had a ruthless reputation on the business side, eventually forcing Henry and Hallam out of their theatre management positions.
Frances died of tuberculosis in Philadelphia on September 27, 1803, and was buried at Saint John"s cemetery in Manhattan next to her sister Arabella.
John acted two season in Charleston, South Carolina, and died of yellow fever in Bladensburg, Maryland on September 12, 1805.
