Reverend James Townley

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Contributor Reverend James Townley
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 6 May 1714
Date of Death 5 July 1778
Functions Playwright
Notes English dramatist. He took holy orders, being ordained an Anglican priest on 28 May 1738. He had taken a keen interest in the theatre, and it has been asserted that many of David Garrick's best productions and revivals owed much to his assistance
Events

Playwright

Mr Blair - Actor

Coveney - Actor

Dawes - Actor

Edward Dight - Actor

Dudderidge - Actor

James Dyball - Actor

Fitchett - Actor

Daniel Grove - Actor

Conrad Knowles - Actor

Mary Ann Larra - Actor

Love - Actor

Palmer - Actor

Vale - Actor

Frederick White - Actor

Barnett Levey [sole entrepreneur]

Works
Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 518682