Quin, James

Quin, James

▪ English actor
born Feb. 24, 1693, London, Eng.
died Jan. 21, 1766, Bath, Somerset

      English actor whose Falstaff was considered the finest of his time.

      Quin made his first stage appearance at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, in 1712. He was engaged for small parts at London's Drury Lane Theatre, where his remarkable memory enabled him to fill in at short notice as Bajazet in Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane, in which he had great success. In 1718 Quin went to Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and remained there for 14 years. A noted swordsman, he was convicted of manslaughter for killing another actor in a duel, and at Lincoln's Inn Fields he defended the stage with his sword against rioters.

      He went to Covent Garden Theatre (Royal Opera House) in 1732 and became a leading performer there, but he returned to Drury Lane (Drury Lane Theatre) from 1734 to 1741. His style was declamatory, very slow but impressive, and he always wore the same costume. In 1746 his supremacy was challenged by David Garrick (Garrick, David), who espoused a new type of acting; and when the two played together at Covent Garden, Garrick triumphed. Quin bore him no ill will; they became friends and acted together at Drury Lane. In 1751 he retired to Bath, where he was buried in the abbey church with an epitaph by Garrick.

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