Charles Mayne Young
Charles Mayne Young (10 January 1777 – 1856) was an English actor. He was born to a respected London surgeon (doctor). His first stage appearance was in
Liverpool on 20 September 1798, where he played a Young Norval in
Home's blank verse tragedy ''
Douglas''. Young's first
London appearance was in 1807, as
Hamlet with his friend
Charles Mathews playing
Polonius. "With the decline of
John Philip Kemble, and until the coming of
Kean and
Macready, he was the leading English tragedian". He retired in 1832 in a farewell performance playing Hamlet with, as a special honour to him, Mathews as Polonius and Macready as the Ghost.
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