Younger of Covent Garden theatre prompted him to appear on the stage in Cyrus on 11 April 1774 and on 3 May as the title character in Hamlet.
At Bristol and Bath, in The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe in 1780, he appeared with Sarah Siddons and was said "to have a very fine and very powerful voice, he speaks the sense of his author distinctly; his manner is sufficiently marking; and, upon the whole, he promises to be an acquisition to our theatre".
[10] On 5 May 1790 another daughter Miss E Brunton made her debut on Covent Garden Theatre stage in The Man of Quality; she is described as very young and beautiful.
[11] In January 1791 Brunton established the Norwich Theatrical Fund for "the relief of such as through age or infirmity might be compelled to retire from the stage".
[15] Brunton's takings at a performance in King's Lynn this month were said to be the greatest any manager had achieved at the venue; other plays included Better Late than Never and Rosina.
[16] In March at Norwich was played The Road to Ruin, The Old Maid by Arthur Murphy, Next Door Neighbours, The Irish Widow, The Romp, Which is the Man?
[17] In April he put on at Norwich The Woodman by Rev Henry Bate Dudley, The Deserter of Naples, King Richard the III and Modern Antiques.
[19] On 29 March 1792 in The Battle of Hexham the part of Queen Margaret was played by local playwright Hannah Brand at Norwich.