Richard Bell (actor)
Richard Bell was an English stage actor. He joined the King's Company based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1668. Considered a promising actor he appeared in the premieres of two plays by John Dryden and William Wycherley's debut Love in a Wood. His career was cut short when he was killed in a fire that destroyed the Bridges Street theatre on 25 January 1672. A planned role for him in Wycherley's new play The Gentleman Dancing Master had to be cut.
Selected roles
- Frapolo in The Sisters by James Shirley
- Christophero in The Island Princess by John Fletcher
- Amariel in Tyrannick Love by John Dryden
- Honorius in The Roman Empress by William Joyner
- Duke of Arcos in The Conquest of Granada by John Dryden
- Sanco in The Generous Enemies by John Corye
- Vincent in Love in a Wood by William Wycherley
- Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare