Roger Bridgewater

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'''Roger Bridgewater''' (died 1754) was a British [[stage actor]] of the [[eighteenth century]].<ref>''The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama'' p.XXXIX</ref> He worked as party of the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane]] company for many years, specialising in dramatic roles, before switching to [[Covent Garden Theatre|Covent Garden]] in 1734. In later years he frequently played [[Falstaff]].

==Selected roles==
* Athelwold in ''[[Athelwold]]'' by [[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]] (1731)
* Lovemore in ''[[Caelia (play)|Caelia]]'' by [[Charles Johnson (writer)|Charles Johnson]] (1732)

==References==


==Bibliography==
* 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: Garrick to Gyngell''. SIU Press, 1978.
* Straub, Kristina, G. Anderson, Misty and O'Quinn, Daniel . ''The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama''. Taylor & Francis, 2017.

[[Category:18th-century English people]]
[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:British male stage actors]]
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[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:1754 deaths]]

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