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Scottish actor and bass-baritone.

Charles Mackay acted with great success at the theatres in Glasgow and Aberdeen before moving to the company at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, under the management of William Murray.

He bacame famous at the end of 1819 by creating the role of Bailie Nicol Jarvie in the wildly successful stage adaptation of Scott's Rob Roy.

Roles in Scotland

Filch employee of Peachum: Beggar's Opera 1817
Bartolo a doctor, Rosina's guardian: Barbiere di Siviglia 1824
Don Jerome a merchant of Seville: Duenna 1824
Antonio a gardener, Susanna's uncle: Nozze di Figaro 1824
Justice Woodcock: Love in a Village 1824
Sir John Contrast: Lord of the Manor 1824
Don Christoval de Tormes: Brother and Sister 1824