William Warren was an actor

Actor

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. His first appearance was as Young Norval in Home's tragedy of Douglas. Soon afterward, Warren came to this country, making his debut at Baltimore, Maryland, as Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...

. In 1805 he went to England, as agent for the Philadelphia Theatre, to collect a company of comedians, and on his return in 1806 he married the actress, Mrs. Ann Merry

Ann Brunton Merry

Ann Brunton Merry was an actress. She was the daughter of John Brunton, an actor and manager of the Norwich Theatre...

. Later, Warren became manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre

Chestnut Street Theatre

The Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first theater in the United States built by entrepreneurs solely as a venue for paying audiences.-The New Theatre :...

 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, where he made his last appearance on 25 November 1829 as Robert Bramble in the Poor Gentleman. His son, also named William Warren

William Warren (actor)

William Warren was an American actor, for many years connected with the old Boston Museum.He was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Franklin Institute in that city...

, was also an actor.