Image: John Lacy by John Michael Wright 1668-70

Description: Lacy in three of his most celebrated roles: the lead from Sauny the Scot: or The Taming of The Shrew (his own adaptation from Shakespeare performed at the Theatre Royal in 1667); Monsieur Device from The Country Chaplain (by the Duke of Newcastle); and Scruple from The Cheats (by John Wilson). John Lacy was a comic actor and dramatist, and a particular favourite of Charles II. He became a star performer at the Theatre Royal in London.
Title: "John Lacy (d. 1681)"
Credit: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/402803/john-lacy-d-1681
Author: John Michael Wright
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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