William Brereton as Troilus in "Troilus and Cressida."

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William Brereton as Troilus in "Troilus and Cressida." Brereton was an actor of little merit and called "inferior" by William Hawkins. He died in a Hoxton asylum in 1787. Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1776 to 1785. Drawn by Dighton.

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