Richard Diggs

Richard Diggs (died 1727) was a British stage actor.

He was a member of the Dury Lane company before 1718, when he switched to join John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and remained there until his death.

Selected roles

• Leander in The Coquet by Charles Molloy (1718)
• Rosny in Henry IV of France by Charles Beckingham (1719)
• Narbal in The Imperial Captives by John Mottley (1720)
• Truelove in Hob's Wedding by John Leigh (1720)
• Cleartes in Antiochus by John Mottley (1721)
• Arcas in Love and Duty by John Sturmy (1722)
• Galloper in The Compromise by John Sturmy (1722)
• Morvid in Edwin by George Jeffreys (1724)
• Vitiges in Belisarius by William Phillips (1724)
• Sharper in The Bath Unmasked by Gabriel Odingsells (1725)
• Governor of Tangier in Money the Mistress by Thomas Southerne (1726)
• Lychormas in The Fall of Saguntum by Philip Frowde (1727)

Bibliography

• Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Volume VIII. SIU Press, 1978.
• Johanson, Kristine. Shakespeare Adaptations from the Early Eighteenth Century: Five Plays. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.