Hildebrand Horden

Deceased Person

– 1696

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Who was Hildebrand Horden?

Hildebrand Horden was a London actor. He joined the United Company in 1694, just before it split in two as the senior actors, headed by Thomas Betterton, walked out and set up a cooperative company in Lincoln's Inn Fields. As he was young and untried, it is unlikely that Horden was invited to join them; at any rate, he remained with the United Company, where he rose into favour with audiences, speaking more than half of the recorded play prologues. On 18 May 1696 he was killed, at a young age, in a tavern brawl, by Elizeus Burges.

Colley Cibber, who worked at the company at the same time, describes Horden in his autobiography:

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1696

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on July 23, 2013

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