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'''George Mattocks''' (1735-1804) was a British [[stage actor]] and [[singer]].
He appeared at Southwark Fair in 1747 as a child performer and the following year appeared at [[Bartholomew Fair]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.142</ref> Originally billed as '''George Maddox''' when he started at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane]] he soon altered the spelling of his name and was a regular member of the company from 1749 to 1752, also appearing at [[Richmond Theatre]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.142-43</ref>
He was absent from the London stage for several years, appearing at [[Bristol]]'s [[ Jacobs Well Theatre]] before returning to join the [[Covent Garden Theatre|Covent Garden]] company in 1757. He remained at the theatre for the next twenty five years, particularly appearing in [[ballad opera]]s and other musical events, some straight comedy but almost never [[tragedies]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.143</ref> In 1762 he featured in [[Thomas Arne]]'s opera ''[[Artaxerxes (opera)|Artaxerxes]]''.<ref>Gilman p.340</ref>
In 1765 he married actress [[Isabella Hallam]], who was afterwards billed Isabella Mattocks. Because he had previously had two children with the actress [[Harriet Pitt]], her Isabella's guardians were opposed to the marriage so they [[elopement|eloped]] to [[France]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref>
One of his final parts at Covent Garden was in [[John O'Keeffe (writer)|John O'Keeffe]]'s ''[[The Castle of Andalusia]]'' in 1782.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref> He had continued to tour Britain in the summer, and was particularly associated with [[Liverpool]] and later [[Edinburgh]], where he was [[stage director]] during his final years. He died in 1804 and was buried in Edinburgh.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref>
==References==
==Bibliography==
* Gilman, Todd. ''The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
* Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Volume 4''. SIU Press, 1975.
[[Category:18th-century English people]]
[[Category:18th-century British people]]
[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:British male stage actors]]
[[Category:18th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:18th-century British male actors]]
[[Category:1735 births]]
[[Category:1804 deaths]]
'''George Mattocks''' (1735-1804) was a British [[stage actor]] and [[singer]].
He appeared at Southwark Fair in 1747 as a child performer and the following year appeared at [[Bartholomew Fair]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.142</ref> Originally billed as '''George Maddox''' when he started at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane]] he soon altered the spelling of his name and was a regular member of the company from 1749 to 1752, also appearing at [[Richmond Theatre]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.142-43</ref>
He was absent from the London stage for several years, appearing at [[Bristol]]'s [[ Jacobs Well Theatre]] before returning to join the [[Covent Garden Theatre|Covent Garden]] company in 1757. He remained at the theatre for the next twenty five years, particularly appearing in [[ballad opera]]s and other musical events, some straight comedy but almost never [[tragedies]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.143</ref> In 1762 he featured in [[Thomas Arne]]'s opera ''[[Artaxerxes (opera)|Artaxerxes]]''.<ref>Gilman p.340</ref>
In 1765 he married actress [[Isabella Hallam]], who was afterwards billed Isabella Mattocks. Because he had previously had two children with the actress [[Harriet Pitt]], her Isabella's guardians were opposed to the marriage so they [[elopement|eloped]] to [[France]].<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref>
One of his final parts at Covent Garden was in [[John O'Keeffe (writer)|John O'Keeffe]]'s ''[[The Castle of Andalusia]]'' in 1782.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref> He had continued to tour Britain in the summer, and was particularly associated with [[Liverpool]] and later [[Edinburgh]], where he was [[stage director]] during his final years. He died in 1804 and was buried in Edinburgh.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.146</ref>
==References==
==Bibliography==
* Gilman, Todd. ''The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
* Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Volume 4''. SIU Press, 1975.
[[Category:18th-century English people]]
[[Category:18th-century British people]]
[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:British male stage actors]]
[[Category:18th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:18th-century British male actors]]
[[Category:1735 births]]
[[Category:1804 deaths]]
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