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Tate Wilkinson (27 October 1739 – 16 November 1803) was an English actor and manager . Life. He was the son of a clergyman and was sent to Harrow . His first attempts at acting were badly received, and it was to his wonderful gift of mimicry that he owed his success.
English actor and manager. A highly skilled mimic, Wilkinson was sacked from John Rich's company because of his indiscreet imitations on stage of Peg Woffington.
Tate Wilkinson was the successful actor and circuit theatre manager, who in 1769 paid £500 for two Royal Patents which allowed the names to be changed to Theatre Royal, in York and Hull. He was born in Wandsworth, London on 27 October 1739 to the Revd Dr John Wilkinson and his mother Grace Wilkinson, née Tate.
Tate Wilkinson (1739 –1803) 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 .
Como actor, Wilkinson tuvo más éxito en las obras de Foote, pero su lista de papeles era larga. En caracteres shakespearianos fue muy popular en provincias. En 1766 se convirtió en socio de Joseph Baker en la gestión de varios teatros de Yorkshire y se casó alrededor de 1768.
The 18th century impersonator who was 'the Jon Culshaw of his day' Larger than life Tate Wilkinson (1739 –1803) was a Madeira-swilling actor-manager whose talent for mimicry made him the...
Tate Wilkinson. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 248 pages. In addition to being one of the leading theatrical managers and performers in England during the last...
