Thomas Wade West


Thomas Wade West, was an American actor and theatre manager. He broke the monopoly of the Old American Company in 1790 by founding the Virginia Company in Richmond, which toured the Southern States of Virginia and the Carolinas. He founded several theatres and was the manager of the Charleston Theatre. He was married to Margaretta Sully West, father of Ann West Bignall and father-in-law of John Bignall.