A Dramatis Personae of the London Stage

People

Five thousand six hundred performers who appeared at least twice on the London stages: actresses, actors, child performers, dancers, singers and composite companies.

The complete personae

“Actor” covers both explicit “Mr” honorifics and bare surnames, which by period convention denote men.

Date range 1660–1800

Drag the handles to constrain, or click a year in the First / Last column to focus on that decade. Appearance counts update to reflect only what falls inside the range, useful for telling apart performers sharing a surname across different periods.

Name Kind Appearances Role mix First Last Signature role Count