Richard Diggs

Richard Diggs (died 1727) was a British stage actor.

He was a member of the Dury Lane company before 1718, when he switched to join John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and remained there until his death.

Selected roles

 * Leander in The Coquet by Charles Molloy (1718)
 * Rosny in Henry IV of France by Charles Beckingham (1719)
 * Narbal in The Imperial Captives by John Mottley (1720)
 * Truelove in Hob's Wedding by John Leigh (1720)
 * Cleartes in Antiochus by John Mottley (1721)
 * Arcas in Love and Duty by John Sturmy (1722)
 * Galloper in The Compromise by John Sturmy (1722)
 * Morvid in Edwin by George Jeffreys (1724)
 * Vitiges in Belisarius by William Phillips (1724)
 * Sharper in The Bath Unmasked by Gabriel Odingsells (1725)
 * Governor of Tangier in Money the Mistress by Thomas Southerne (1726)
 * Lychormas in The Fall of Saguntum by Philip Frowde (1727)