Nicholas Rowe (writer) many years regularly acted on the anniversary of William's landing at Torbay. In Dublin in 1712, at a time when political passions were running high, the performance provoked a serious riot. "The Fair Penitent" (1703), an adaptation of Massinger and Field's "The Fatal Dowry", was pronounced by Samuel Johnson as one of the most pleasing tragedies ever written in English. It featured the character of Lothario from "The Impertinent Curious Man", a story within a story in Miguel de Cervantes' 1605 novel "Don Quixote". As a result of this play, the name became synonymous with a rake (womaniser). Calista is
Nicholas Rowe (actor) Holmes in Barry Levinson's cinema film "Young Sherlock Holmes", having read for the part whilst still at school. He returned to the role of Sherlock Holmes 30 years later, in the 2015 film "Mr. Holmes", in which he played the part in a film that the "real" Mr Holmes, now a 93-year-old (played by Ian McKellen) goes to see at a theatre. Rowe was the partner of Lou Gish for six years until her death from cancer in February 2006. Nicholas Rowe (actor) Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is an Scottish actor. At the commencement of his