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Horace Wigan
Horace Wigan (1815/16 – 7 August 1885) was an actor, dramatist and theatre manager. He was the original Hawkshaw, the detective in the play ''The Ticket-of-Leave Man'' by Tom Taylor.
==Early career==
He was born in Blackheath, London, son of James Wigan, a teacher of languages and at one time Secretary of the Dramatic Authors' Society; he was younger brother of the actor-manager Alfred Wigan. He was first seen on stage in Dublin on 1 August 1853, in ''Sweethearts and Wives'' by James Kenney. His first London appearance was at the Olympic Theatre from 1 May 1854, in ''The Happy Man'' by Lever.
He first attracted attention in 1858 when he opened on 4 December 1858 in the original production of ''The Porter's Knot'' by John Oxenford, playing Smoothly Smirk. From 11 April 1859 he was in the original production of ''Nine Points of the Law'' by Tom Taylor, playing Mr. Cunninghame. He played The Baron de Beaupré in John Maddison Morton's ''A Husband to Order'' from 17 October 1859, and William Hogarth in Tom Taylor's ''The Christmas Dinner'', opening on 23 April 1860. All these productions were at the Olympic Theatre.〔Pascoe, Charles E.''The Dramatic List: a record of the performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage'', 1880〕
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