Alexander Rae (actor)

Alexander Rae (1782–1820) was a British actor and stage manager.

He made his London debut as Hamlet in 1812 at Drury Lane and went on to play Norval in Douglas and Hastings in Jane Shore amongst his many roles there.

[2] He was a Drury Lane regular until his death and initiated the role of Don Ordionio in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Remorse in 1813.

He succeeded James Grant Raymond as manager at Drury Lane.

However, his allegedly dissipated lifestyle led to him quitting Drury Lane in 1820 and taking over the actor-managership of the Royalty Theatre, Wellclose Square in Whitechapel, where he struggled.