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24 de jul. de 2020 · Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803) had an important role to play in the history of Leeds. In 1771 he opened the first theatre in the city, known as ‘The Theatre’ located on Hunslet Lane. This was the start of a theatrical movement in the city, with modern day Leeds now enjoying many wonderful venues including the City Varieties, Slung Low’s HUB and Leeds Playhouse.
22 de oct. de 2023 · The wandering patentee; or, a history of the Yorkshire theatres, from 1770 to the present time: interspersed with anecdotes respecting most of the performers ... from 1765 to 1795. By Tate Wilkinson. In four volumes. ... 1795: Volume 4. Digitized from IA40312803-20. Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-wandering-patentee-_wilkinson-tate ...
TATE WILKINSON (1739-1803), English actor and manager, was born on the 27th of October 1739, the son of a clergyman. His first attempts at acting were badly received, and it was to his wonderful gift of mimicry that he owed his success. His imitations, however, naturally gave offence to the important actors and managers whose peculiarities he ...
Tate Wilkinson was educated at schools kept by a Mr. Bellas in Church Lane, Chelsea, and a Mr. Tempest, near Wandsworth, and in November 1752 was sent to Harrow, where, having previously displayed some skill in mimicry and some taste for the stage—he had indeed, through a chance intimacy, been admitted to rehearsals at Covent Garden—he played Lady Townley and other parts.
The Yorkshire company under Tate Wilkinson’s management from 1766 to 1803 had the best-known circuit in the North with its base in York and theatres in Hull, Leeds, Doncaster, Wakefield, Pontefract and occasionally in Halifax, Sheffield, Beverley, Newcastle and Edinburgh. Wilkinson recorded that the York actors had been operating on “levelling” principles when he arrived in […]
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Larger than life Tate Wilkinson (1739 –1803) was a Madeira-swilling actor-manager whose talent for mimicry made him the Jon Culshaw of his day. He worked in the great London theatres where he ...
