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Samuel Phelps ( 1804 - 1878 ) was an English Actor , born in Devonport .

Phelps made his ''début'' as Shylock in London at the Haymarket Theatre in 1837, and achieved his greatest successes in Sadler's Wells by his representation of Shakespeare 's plays and the works of eminent dramatists of the 18th century. He was distinguished in comedy as well as tragedy, in which last he primarily appeared and established his fame.