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Carrie W. Colburn
Carrie W. Colburn (c. 1859 – May 23, 1932) was an American theater and silent film actor, as well as a playwright. She sometimes acted on the stage under the name Ray Harrison. Life and career Colburn was born in 1858 or 1859 in Gardiner, Maine. Her brother was Frank S. Colburn. She wrote plays, skits, and acted in theatrical productions, including in ''Little Minister'' by J. M. Barrie and ''Over the Hill''. She wrote the three-act, comedy play ''His Last Chance or The Little Joker''. In 1893, a performance of the play was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That year in September, the play was produced in Winthrop Centre in Massachusetts, after she was living in the area for the summer. The year after, the play was produced in Boston, with Trixie Friganza playing the lead, and Colburn playing as a character named Buttons. Later on, ''His Last Chance'' was plagiarized and republished under the name ''My Uncle from India'' and ''My Uncle''; the plagiarized version was produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardiner, Maine
Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,961 at the 2020 census. Popular with tourists, Gardiner is noted for its culture and old architecture. Gardiner is a nationally accrediteMain StreetAmerica community. It is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area. History Located at the head of navigation on the Kennebec River, Gardiner was founded as Gardinerstown Plantation in 1754 by Dr. Silvester Gardiner, a prominent Boston physician. Dr. Gardiner had made a fortune as a drug merchant, with one apothecary shop in Massachusetts and two in Connecticut, and became a principal proprietor of the Kennebec Purchase within the old Plymouth Patent. He proved a tireless promoter for his development, which once comprised over . Dr. Gardiner induced a gristmill builder, saw millwright, house carpenter and wheelwright to settle here, as well as a man he enslaved named Isaac "Hazard" Stockbridge. Houses, mills, a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
