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== Early life == Booth was the son of The Hon and Very Revd Dr [[Robert Booth (priest)|Robert Booth]], [[Dean of Bristol]], by his first wife and distant cousin Ann Booth, daughter of Sir [[Robert Booth (judge)|Robert Booth]], [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]], and was educated at [[Westminster School]], where his success in the [[Roman comedy]] ''[[Andria (comedy)|Andria]]'' gave him a gave him an inclination for the stage. He was intended for the church, and to attend [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]; but in 1698 he ran away and obtained employment in a theatrical company in [[Dublin]], where he made his first appearance as the title character in [[Aphra Behn]]'s ''[[Oroonoko]]''.
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