William Twaits (actor)

William Twaits as Sir Adam Contest in The Wedding Day - engraving by J. R. Smith

William Twaits (25 April 1781 – 22 August 1814) was a British singer, dancer and actor-manager whose career was mostly in the United States in the early 19th-century.[1]

  1. ^ Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim and Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stager Personnel in London 1660-1800, Vol. 15 Tibbett to M. West, Southern Illinois University Press (1993) - Google Books pg. 62-63