John Hayman Packer

John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's High Life Below Stairs (1759). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"[1] old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies.

John Moody (left) and John Hayman Packer (right) in The Register Office by Joseph Reed, 1773 engraving

Selected roles

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Notes

  1. Hughes 2008.


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