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William Wheatley
William Wheatley (December 5, 1816 – November 3, 1876) was an American stage actor. Biography He was born in New York City, the son of Frederick Wheatley, once a favorite actor in Baltimore and Philadelphia. His mother was Sarah (Ross) Wheatley, who died in 1873. She was an admirable and a justly renowned actress. He inherited talent for acting, together with a predilection for the stage. His first public appearance was made when he was a child, on October 13, 1826, at the Park Theatre, as "Albert" in ''William Tell'', during an engagement played by Macready, who expressed approbation of the boy, and encouraged expectation of his success. In 1833 he was at the Bowery Theatre, acting walking-gentlemen (subordinate parts requiring dress and deportment as the chief qualifications). In 1834 he returned to the Park Theatre and was assigned to such parts as ''Laertes'', ''Henry Moreland'', ''Charles Courtly'', ''Sir Thomas Clifford'', ''Alfred Evelyn'', and ''Claude Melno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City, New York
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John Drew (actor)
John Drew (September 3, 1827 – May 21, 1862) was an Irish-American stage actor and theatre manager. Early life Born Jonathan Henry Drewland in Dublin, Ireland, to Thomas L. Drewland and Louise Kanten, he was the fifth of six children. He lived in Templeogue, a poor Irish village in County Dublin during the 19th century. In 1832, John Drew emigrated to the United States with his family to Boston, Massachusetts. As a child he spent most of his life living in Boston. This is where he first got into acting. A younger brother, Frank Drew (1831–1903), also became an actor. Career After moving to the United States, Drew got a job in the theatrical company of Joseph J. Johlen (the theatre manager). He appeared in a number of Johlen's plays, including ''Uncle Mutch'', ''The Barber Man'', ''Canterbury of Livingston'' and ''The Progrist''. Drew made his first New York appearance in 1846. He played Irish and light comedy parts with success in many American cities, and was the manager o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male Actors From New York City
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Male Actors From Philadelphia
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American Male Stage Actors
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19th-century American Male Actors
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wallet Of Time
''The Wallet of Time'' is a publication by William Winter, published in two volumes in 1913. Overview The book focuses on American stage actors and actresses, most of whom had been born in Europe, of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century. The first volume, which is 668 pages long, includes thirty-three illustrations of actors and actresses. The work is of particular value to people who have an interest in or curiosity about stage actors of earlier times. The book's title is taken from the words of William Shakespeare: "Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion..." Reception ''The New York Times'' said, "Those who expect a history of the stage to be a geometrically divided affair, parceled out into neat periods, will perhaps find these two huge volumes unsatisfyingly formless. Mr. Winter has merely put together between the covers of this work those of his dramatic criticisms which, with the passing of the years, have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrett & Palmer
Jarrett & Palmer was an American theatrical production partnership, prominent and influential in the 1860s and 1870s. The partners were Henry Clay Jarrett (1828–1903) and Harry Palmer (born Henry David Palmer; 1833–1879). The partnership produced the hugely successful Broadway show ''The Black Crook'' in 1866; the first transcontinental touring theatre show in the U.S. in 1876; and, in 1878, the first theatrical show in Britain that presented a company of black performers. Early lives Jarrett was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1828, and in early life worked as an actor. In 1851 he bought the Baltimore Museum, before becoming manager of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. He made his first visit to Europe in 1856 and attempted but failed to persuade English theatres to use companies of American performers in theatre shows. He then worked in several theatres in the United States, becoming manager of the Boston Theatre in 1864. Palmer was a former actor and emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Crook
''The Black Crook'' is a work of musical theatre first produced in New York City with great success in 1866. Many theatre writers have cautiously identified ''The Black Crook'' as the first popular piece that conforms to the modern notion of a musical.Reside, Doug"Musical of the Month: ''The Black Crook''" New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, June 2, 2011, accessed June 21, 2018 The book is by Charles M. Barras. The music, selected and arranged by Thomas Baker, consists mostly of adaptations, but it included some new songs composed for the piece, notably "You Naughty, Naughty Men". The story is a Faustian melodramatic romantic comedy, but the production became famous for its spectacular special effects and skimpy costumes. It opened on September 12, 1866 at the 3,200-seat Niblo's Garden on Broadway in Manhattan and ran for a record-breaking 474 performances. It was then toured extensively for decades and revived on Broadway in 1870–71, 1871–72 and many more times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niblo's Garden
Niblo's Garden was a theater on Broadway and Crosby Street, near Prince Street, in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1823 as "Columbia Garden" which in 1828 gained the name of the ''Sans Souci'' and was later the property of the coffeehouse proprietor and caterer William Niblo. The large theater that evolved in several stages, occupying more and more of the pleasure ground, was twice burned and rebuilt. On September 12, 1866, Niblo's saw the premiere of ''The Black Crook'', considered to be the first piece of musical theater that conforms to the modern notion of a "book musical". Evolution of the building site William Niblo built Niblo's Theater in 1834 after having opened a "resort" which at first only served coffee, ice cream, lemonade and other refreshments. At the time New York was undergoing a construction boom that was extending clusters of buildings much past the locale of City Hall. The garden, surrounded by a plain board fence, covered the block bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sleeper Clarke
John Sleeper Clarke (September 3, 1833 – September 24, 1899) was a 19th-century American comedian and actor. Life He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to George W. Sleeper and Georgianna Sleeper (née Clarke), and was educated for the law. In his boyhood he was a schoolmate of Edwin Booth who was born in the same year as he, and with whom he engaged in amateur dramatic readings as members of the Baltimore Thespian Club. He made his first appearance in Boston as Frank Hardy in ''Paul Pry'' in 1851, at the Howard Athenæum. The next year he went to Philadelphia. Clarke's first appearance in New York City was made at the Metropolitan Theatre – afterward called the Winter Garden – on May 15, 1855, as Dickory in ''The Spectre Bridegroom'', but it was not until he returned in 1861–1862 to the same theatre that he made a conspicuous mark. In 1859 he became part of the Booth family when he married Asia Booth, daughter of Junius Brutus Booth, and sister of John Wilkes Booth. Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Street Theatre
The Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 19th century, was one of the three main Philadelphia theaters for plays; the other two were the Walnut Street Theatre and the Chestnut Street Theatre. The Arch Street Theatre opened on 1 October 1828 under the management of William B. Wood. The building's architect was John Haviland. History The building which housed the Arch Street Theatre was located between 6th and 7th Streets at 819 Arch Street. Famous performers, such as Fanny Davenport, Joseph Jefferson, and Charlotte Cushman, played at what was popularly called "The Arch". John Wilkes Booth joined the theatre's stock company in 1857 and played for a full season. He appeared occasionally at the Arch during the 1850s and early 1860s. In the 1830s Edwin Forrest played many successful roles at the Arch, and several original plays written at his request debuted there. In 1832 the Arch Street Theatre had an entire company of American actors, which was a first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
