Actor, singer and comedian (1834–1888)
W.J.Hill
William Jones Hill (14 January 1834 – 13 April 1888), billed as W. J. Hill , was an English actor, singer and comedian.[ 1]
Hill began his career in New York in 1868.[citation needed ] Upon his return to England, he began in roles at the Royal Court Theatre in such works as The Wedding March (1873). He was later a member of the company at the Criterion Theatre .[ 2] He appeared in the dual roles of Phyllon and "Mr. L " in The Happy Land (1873)[ 3] and Ladle in "No Thoroughfare " at the Olympic Theatre in London in 1876.[citation needed ] In 1882, he starred as Rev. William Barlow in The Vicar of Bray .[ 4] He also played the role of Mr. Cattermole in The Private Secretary .[ 5]
Until two days before his death at the age of 54, he was playing the role of Irascible Fizzleton in Nita's First at the Novelty Theatre in London.[ 2]
Notes
^ Boase, Federic. Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H (2018)
^ a b "Our Omnibus Box" , in The Theater: A Monthly Review and Magazine , Clement Scott (ed.), Wyman & Sons, 1 May 1888, p. 281
^ Rees, Terence. "The Happy Land : its true and remarkable history" in W. S. Gilbert Society Journal , vol. 1, no. 8 (1994), pp. 228–37, The W. S. Society
^ Bright, Addison. "Our Play-Box" , in The Theater: A Monthly Review and Magazine , Clement Scott (ed.), Wyman & Sons, 1 September 1882, p. 180
^ "The London Theatres", The Era , 5 April 1884, p. 6
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