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The Sporting Duchess (play)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is an 1895 play by Cecil Raleigh, Henry Hamilton and Augustus Thomas. In England it was titled ''The Derby Winner'' and played at Drury Lane.Marcosson, Isaac F. and Daniel FrohmanCharles Frohman: Manager and Man pp. 193-94 (1916) Production Because Hammerstein's Harlem Opera House opened a play called ''The Derby Winner'' in February 1895, the name of the English play had to be changed, with the ''New York World'' approving it with "apologies to Sir Gus, that seems to be a much more fascinating title."(4 February 1895)Dramatic News and Notes ''New York World'' Produced by Charles Frohman, it ran for 212 performances in New York at the Academy of Music, debuting on August 29, 1895, and was the second longest Broadway production of the year, after '' The Heart of Maryland''.Chapman, John and Garrison P. Sherwood (eds.The Best Plays of 1894-1899 p. 19 (1955)(21 September 1895)Plays and Players ''The Illustrated American'', pp. 356-59 Dale, Alan (30 Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Sun
''The New York Sun'' is an American online newspaper published in Manhattan; from 2002 to 2008 it was a daily newspaper distributed in New York City. It debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of the earlier New York paper, '' The Sun'' (1833–1950). It became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started in New York City in several decades. Its op-ed page became a prominent platform in the country for conservative viewpoints. From 2009 to 2021 ''The Sun'' operated as an (occasional and erratic) online-only publisher of political and economic opinion pieces, as well as occasional arts content. Following acquisition from Dovid Efune in November 2021, ''The New York Sun'' has returned to full-time online publication since 2022. ''The New York Sun'' claims to be the heir of '' The Sun'', a successful broadsheet newspaper published in New York City from 1833 until 1950. History ''The Sun'' was founded by a group of investors including p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walnut Street Theatre
The Walnut Street Theatre, founded in 1809 at 825 Walnut Street, on the corner of S. 9th Street in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest operating theatre in the United States. The venue is operated by the Walnut Street Theatre Company, a non-profit organization, and has three stages: the Mainstage, for the company's primary and larger productions, the Independence Studio on 3, a studio located on the building's third floor for smaller productions, and the Studio 5 on the fifth floor, which is rented out for independent productions. In May 2019, the Walnut Street Theatre announced a major expansion, to begin in 2020. History The Walnut Street Theatre was built by the Circus of Pepin and Breschard, which toured the United States from 1807 until 1815. Pepin and Breschard constructed numerous venues in cities along the East Coast of the United States, which often featured, along with performances of their circus, classical plays as well as horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Tanner
Cora Tanner (c. 1861–1945) was an American stage actress who was most popular in the mid-1880s through her retirement from the stage in 1902. Biography Tanner was born in Cleveland, Ohio around 1861. She first appeared on stage at McVicker's Theater in Chicago; she reported she was 14 at the time.(May 1896)An Artist in Melodrama ''Munsey's Magazine'', p. 238 She first appeared in London in 1880. She was the first American Princess Ida in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera of the same name in 1884. The 1901 book ''Players of the Present'' opined that "since the beginning of the season of 1885-86 she has been constantly before the public more or less prominently as a star," reporting her first success was the role of Annie Meadows in Robert Buchanan's ''Alone in London'' (playing the role from 1884 to 1888), and then in 1888 in the same author's play ''Fascination''. In 1895-96 she appeared in the Broadway hit '' The Sporting Duchess''. She appears to have retired from the stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Booth
Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 – January 2, 1910), born Marian Agnes Land Rookes, was an Australian-born American actress and in-law of Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, and – arguably the most notable – John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.Gerald Bordman & Thomas S. Hischak (1984)''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre'' P.83, Oxford University Press, Biography Although there are no records of Agnes Booth's birth or her family's residence in Australia,Pat M. Ryan in Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, eds. (1971) ''Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1'', p. 202-3. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press by her own account she was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She migrated to California with her family in 1858, at the age of about 14. She made her US debut in early 1858 as Agnes Land, performing with her sister Belle at Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, attracting attention and gaining recognit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James H
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Joyce
Alice Joyce Brown ( Joyce; October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film '' The Green Goddess'' and its 1930 remake of the same name.Golden, Eve. ''Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars''. McFarland&Company, , 2001, p. 65. Early life and career beginnings Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to John Edward and Vallie Olive McIntyre Joyce. She had a brother, Francis "Frank" Joyce, who was 2 years younger and who later became an entertainment manager. Her father was a smelter of Irish and French ancestry and her mother a Welsh seamstress. Educated at a convent in Maryland, she ran away to New York while still a teenager. By 1900, her parents' marriage fell apart, and her father took custody of Alice and Frank and moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where Joyce spent most of her childhood. According to the 1910 Census, her mother remarr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Duchess (1920 Film)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Alice Joyce. It is based on the 1895 play '' The Sporting Duchess'' by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh, and Augustus Thomas. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America. Cast *Alice Joyce as Muriel, Duchess of Desborough *Percy Marmont as Douglas, Duke of Desborough *Gustav von Seyffertitz as Major Roland Mostyn *Edith Campbell as Mrs. Delmaine *Lionel Pape as Captain Cyprian Streatfield *John Goldsworthy as Rupert Leigh *Dan Comfort as Harold *May McAvoy as Mary Alymer *Robert Agnew Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras. He was born in Dayton, Kentucky. A review of ''The Heart of Broadway'' i ... as Dick Hammond * William H. Turner as Joseph Aylmer *Edward Keenan as Jockey *C. T. Elmer References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional as a member of the chorus in a production at the Chicago Opera House. After that, she worked with stock theater companies in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. On stage, Clayton appeared mainly in musicals or musical revues such as ''The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911''. In addition to that production, her Broadway credits include ''Fancy Free'' (1918), ''You're in Love'' (1917), ''Nobody Home'' (1915), ''The Red Canary'' (1914), ''The Brute'' (1912), and ''His Name on the Door'' (1909). Clayton's first film was ''When the Earth Trembled''. Following appearances on screen in short dramas from 1909 to 1912, she made her feature-length film debut in ''For the Love of a Girl'' in 1912. Barry O'Neil directed the film, and Clayton later was directed by Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Coghlan
Rosamond Marie Coghlan (March 18, 1851 – April 2, 1932) was an English actress. Coghlan was born in Peterborough, England, to author Francis Coghlan, and Anna Marie, ''née'' Kirby. Her elder brother (or half-brother) was the actor Charles Francis Coghlan. Her niece was Gertrude Coghlan. Rose went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson, Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway theater, Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan (stage actor), Barry Sullivan, and then returned to America. She became prominent as Countess Zicka in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy'', and Stephanie in ''Forget-me-not''. She was at James William Wallack, Wallack's almost continuously until 1888, and subsequently appeared in melodrama in parts like the title-role of ''The Sporting Duchess (play), The Sporting Duchess''. Following the 1899 death of her brother, Charles Francis Coghlan, Charles Cogh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Duchess (1915 Film)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Barry O'Neil and starring Rose Coghlan and Ethel Clayton. It was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company. The film was remade by Vitagraph Studios in 1920 with Alice Joyce in the title role. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Sporting Duchess'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References External links * * 1915 films American silent feature films Lost American films Lubin Manufacturing Company films American films based on plays American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Barry O'Neil 1910s American films 1910s English-languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York World
The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers. It was a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was a pioneer in yellow journalism, capturing readers' attention with sensation, sports, sex and scandal and pushing its daily circulation to the one-million mark. It was sold in 1930 and merged into the ''New York World-Telegram''. History Early years The ''World'' was formed in 1860. From 1862 to 1876, it was edited by Manton Marble, who was also its proprietor. During the 1864 United States presidential election, the ''World'' was shut down for three days after it published forged documents purportedly from Abraham Lincoln. Marble, disgusted by the defeat of Samuel Tilden in the 1876 presidential election, sold the paper after the election to a group headed by Thomas A. Scott, the president of the Penns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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