The following is a list of parts acted by Mr. Burton, and though probably there are many omissions, it fully justifies Ireland's observation that his repertory was extended almost indefinitely, and "carried into a range, where, if he was sometimes excelled by Placide and Blake, his rivalry was such as to demand every effort on their part to retain their generally acknowledged superiority." It may be mentioned that the parts of Aminadab Sleek and Timothy Toodle were acted by Burton respectively six hundred and six hundred and forty times.
LIST OF CHARACTERS PERFORMED BY MR. BURTON.
| CHARACTERS. | | PLAYS. |
| HOST, | } | |
| FALSTAFF, | } | in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." |
| DROMIO, | | in "The Comedy of Errors." |
| DR. OLLAPOD, | } | |
| SIR ROBERT BRAMBLE, | } | in "The Poor Gentleman." |
| MUNNS, | | in "Forty Winks." |
| JOB THORNBERRY, | | in "John Bull." |
| LAUNCELOT GOBBO, | | in "The Merchant of Venice." |
| HARROP, | | in "The Innkeeper's Daughter." |
| BOTTOM, | | in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." |
| CALIBAN, | | in "The Tempest." |
| SIR TOBY BELCH, | | in "Twelfth Night." |
| CAPT. CUTTLE, | | in "Dombey and Son." |
| TIMOTHY TOODLE, | | in "The Toodles." |
| AMINADAB SLEEK, | | in "The Serious Family." |
| VAN DUNDER, | | in "The Dutch Governor." |
| TRIPLET, | | in "Masks and Faces." |
| BOB ACRES, | | in "The Rivals." |
| DR. PANGLOSS, | } | |
| LORD DUBERLY, | } | in "The Heir-at-Law." |
| BILLY LACKADAY, | | in "Sweethearts and Wives." |
| PILLICODDY, | | in "Poor Pillicoddy." |
| TOBY TRAMP, | | in "The Mummy." |
| TONY LUMPKIN, | | in "She Stoops to Conquer." |
| CHAS. GOLDFINCH, | | in "The Road to Ruin." |
| JACQUES STROP, | | in "Robert Macaire." |
| SEPTIMUS PODDLE, | | in "Take That Girl Away." |
| JEM BAGGS, | | in "The Wandering Minstrel." |
| SLASHER, | | in "Slasher and Crasher." |
| JOHN UNIT, | | in "Self." |
| GREGORY THIMBERWELL, | | in "State Secrets." |
| BONNYCASTLE, | | in "The Two Bonnycastles." |
| JEREMIAH CLIP, | | in "The Widow's Victim." |
| DIMPLE, | | in "Leap Year." |
| MEGRIM, | | in "Blue Devils." |
| FELIX FUMER, | | in "The Laughing Hyena." |
| LA FLEUR, | | in "Animal Magnetism." |
| TOM RIPSTONE, | | in "Evil Genius." |
| TOM NODDY, | | in "Tom Noddy's Secret." |
| SNOBBINGTON, | | in "A Good Night's Rest." |
| PETTIBONE, | | in "A Kiss in the Dark." |
| PAUL PRY, | | in "Paul Pry." |
| JOE BAGS, | | in "Wanted 1000 Milliners." |
| SIR OLIVER SURFACE, | } | |
| SIR PETER TEAZLE, | } | in "The School for Scandal." |
| MEDDLE, | | in "London Assurance." |
| THOMAS TROT, | | in "Paris and London." |
| WORMWOOD, | | in "The Lottery Ticket." |
| WADDILOVE, | | in "To Parents and Guardians." |
| SQUEERS, | | in "Nicholas Nickleby." |
| MICAWBER, | | in "David Copperfield." |
| JOHN MILDMAY, | | in "Still Waters Run Deep." |
| SUDDEN, | | in "The Breach of Promise." |
| CALEB QUOTEM, | | in "The Review." |
| PEDRO, | | in "Cinderella." |
| SCHNAPPS, | | in "The Naiad Queen." |
| MR. BUMBLE, | | in "Oliver Twist." |
| PETER SPYK, | | in "The Loan of a Lover." |
| MOCK DUKE, | | in "The Honeymoon." |
| SIR WM. FONDLOVE, | | in "The Love Chase." |
| CODDLE, | } | |
| DOVE, | } | in "Married Life." |
| DOMINIE SAMPSON, | | in "Guy Mannering." |
| PETER, | | in "The Stranger." |
| MR. GILMAN, | | in "Happiest Day of My Life." |
| GRAVES, | | in "Money." |
| DUKE'S SERVANT, | | in "High Life Below Stairs." |
| SAM WELLER, | | in "Pickwick." |
| DON WHISKERANDOS, | | in "The Critic." |
| SIMPSON, | | in "Simpson & Co." |
| TOUCHSTONE, | | in "As You Like It." |
| TOM TAPE, | | in "Sketches in India." |
| TONY BAVARD, | | in "The French Spy." |
| SCRUB, | | in "Now-a-Days." |
| BROWN, | | in "Kill or Cure." |
| FLUID, | | in "The Water Party." |
| NICHOLAS RUE, | | in "Secrets Worth Knowing." |
| MR. FLARE, | | in "Such As It Is." |
| FREDERICK STORK, | | in "The Prince's Frolic." |
| MR. TWEEDLE, | | in "The Broken Heart." |
| GALOCHARD, | | in "The King's Gardener." |
| SNOWBALL, | | in "The Catspaw." |
| WAGGLES, | | in "Friend Waggles." |
| EUCLID FACILE, | | in "Twice Killed." |
| JENKINS, | | in "Gretna Green." |
| BULLFROG, | | in "The Rent Day." |
| BOX, | | in "Box and Cox." |
| MRS. MACBETH, | | in "Macbeth Travestie." |
| CHRISTOPHER STRAP, | | in "Pleasant Neighbors." |
| OLD RAPID, | | in "A Cure For the Heartache." |
| COL. DAMAS, | | in "The Lady of Lyons." |
| VERGES, | } | |
| DOGBERRY, | } | in "Much Ado About Nothing." |
| JOHN SMITH, | | in "Nature's Nobleman." |
| EPHRAIM JENKINSON, | | in "The Vicar of Wakefield." |
| MICHAEL, | | in "Love in Humble Life." |
| TETTERBY, | | in "The Haunted Man." |
| MR. MENNY, | | in "Socialism." |
| PIERRE DE LA ROCHE, | | in "The Midnight Watch." |
| SPHINX, | | in "The Sphinx." |
| TOM BOBOLINK, | | in "Temptation." |
| PICADILLY, | | in "Burton's New York Directory." |
| JUSTICE WOODCOCK, | | in "Love in a Village." |
| BILL, | | in "Peep From the Parlor Windows." |
| HARESFOOT, | | in "Life Among the Players." |
| NOGGS, | | in "The Mormons." |
| MARC ANTONY BAROWN, | | in "A Great Tragic Revival." |
| SIGNOR TOPAZ, | | in "Fascination." |
| VANDAM, | | in "Wall Street." |
| COL. ROCKET, | | in "Old Heads and Young Hearts." |
| VON FIEZENSPAN, | | in "The Slave Actress." |
| JONAS BLOT, | | in "The Poor Scholar." |
| EPAMINONDAS, | | in "Genevieve." |
| ANTHONY GAB, | | in "The Witch Wife." |
| BONUS, | | in "Laugh When You Can." |
| WILLIAM RUFUS, | | in "Helping Hands." |
| COL. GOLDIE, | | in "'Tis Ill Playing with Edged Tools." |
| BERRYMAN, | | in "False Pretences." |
| DICK, | | in "Ellen Wareham." |
| SUCKLING, | | in "Education." |
| SPATTERDASH, | | in "The Young Quaker." |
| BOB CLOVER, | | in "Married an Actress." |
| OLD REVEL, | | in "School for Grown Children." |
| GILES GRIZZLE, | | in "Stag Hall." |
| BALTHAZAR, | | in "Player's Plot." |
| WILLIAM LINK, | | in "The Fox-Hunt." |
| BLANQUET, | | in "The Lancers." |
| BRAINWORM, | | in "Every Man in His Humor." |
| MANUEL COGGS, | | in "Married by Force." |
| RATTAN, | | in "The Beehive." |
| GREGORY GRIZZLE, | | in "My Wife and Umbrella." |
| DELPH, | | in "Family Jars." |
| TEWBERRY, | | in "A Heart of Gold." |
| JUPITER, | | in "Apollo in New York." |
| COUNT VENTOSO, | | in "Pride Must Have a Fall." |
| DR. LACQUER, | | in "Our Set." |
| DE BONHOMME, | | in "A Nice Young Man." |
| SIR HIPPINGTON MIFF, | | in "Comfortable Lodgings." |
| MAXIMUS HOGSFLESH, | | in "Barbers at Court." |
| FRIGHT, | | in "Crimson Crimes." |
| INFANTE FURIBOND, | | in "Invisible Prince." |
| MR. GREENFINCH, | | in "Duel in the Dark." |
| TIMOTHY QUAINT, | | in "Soldier's Daughter." |
| SIR SIMON SLACK, | | in "Spring and Autumn." |
| PEEPING TOM, | | in "All at Coventry." |
| TRISTAM SAPPY, | | in "Deaf as a Post." |
| CODGER, | | in "You're Another." |
| TACTIC, | | in "My Fellow Clerk." |
| TONY NETTLETOP, | | in "Love in a Maze." |
| TOBIAS SHORTCUT, | | in "The Spitfire." |
| BOB TICKET, | | in "An Alarming Sacrifice." |
| JEREMY DIDDLER, | | in "Raising the Wind." |
| JACK HUMPHREYS, | | in "Turning the Tables." |
| MAW-WORM, | | in "The Hypocrite." |
| DAFFODIL TWOD, | | in "The Ladies' Man." |
| GOLIGHTLY, | | in "Lend Me Five Shillings." |
| CHRISTOPHER CROOKPATH, | | in "Upper Ten and Lower Twenty." |
| GHOST, | | in "Hamlet Travestie." |
| DIGGORY, | | in "The Spectre Bridegroom." |
| BENJAMIN BUZZARD, | | in "The Two Buzzards." |
| MARMADUKE MOUSER, | | in "Betsey Baker." |
| CRACK, | | in "The Turnpike Gate." |
| BILLY BLACK, | | in "100-Pound Note." |
| CAPT. COPP, | | in "Charles the Second." |
| MARALL, | | in "New Way to Pay Old Debts." |
| TOBIAS SHORTCUT, | | in "The Cockney." |
| PETER POPPLES, | | in "Man of Many Friends." |
| ADAM BROCK, | | in "Charles the Twelfth." |
| RICHARD PRIDE, | | in "Janet Pride." |
| POLONIUS, | } | |
| FIRST GRAVE-DIGGER, | } | in "Hamlet." |
| FIRST WITCH, | | in "Macbeth." |
| SIR GEORGE THUNDER, | | in "Wild Oats." |
| GUY GOODLUCK, | | in "John Jones." |
| MARPLOT, | | in "The Busybody." |
| JOE SEDLEY, | | in "Vanity Fair." |
| GIL, | | in "Giralda." |
| QUEEN BEE, | | in "St. Cupid." |
| DABCHICK, | | in "How to Make Home Happy." |
| SHADOWLY SOFTHEAD, | | in "Not So Bad As We Seem." |
| SMYTH, | | in "Mind Your Own Business." |
| SIR TIMOTHY STILTON, | | in "Patrician and Parvenu." |
| CARDINAL MAZARIN, | | in "Youthful Days of Louis XIV." |
| TWINKS, | | in "Mrs. Bunbury's Spoons." |
—Shakespeare.