CARTLITCH

John . b. in or near Manchester 1793; chief tragedian of Richardson’s theatre at all the great fairs in England; the original Mazeppa at Astley’s Amphitheatre Easter 1831, played the part more than 1500 times; landlord of King of Pru ia public house Fair st. Hors ley down, London 1836, of Spread Eagle 137 White cro st. 1837–8; played at Franklin theatre, New York 1839; made his début in Philadelphia, at Museum Masonic hall 10 July 1849 as Rivers in His last legs ; last appeared on the stage at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 25 June 1860; kept a café in Fourth st. Philadelphia. d. Philadelphia 12 Dec. 1875. The Era 9 Jany. 1876 p. 5, col. 4. Note. —John Richardson the famous showman who died 14 Nov. 1836 aged 70, left him a legacy of £1000 because he was “such a bould speaker and might be heard from one end of the fear to the other when the trumpets were going.”