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Young Mrs. Winthrop (play)
''Young Mrs. Winthrop'' is an 1882 play by Bronson Howard which debuted on Broadway at the Madison Square Theatre on October 9, 1882, and ran for 183 performances, closing on April 7, 1883. It was the first play for which David Belasco served as stage manager at the theater.Belasco, DavidMy Life's Story ''Hearst's Magazine'' (1914) Original Broadway cast * Blanche Whiffen as Mrs. Ruth Winthrop * George Clarke as Mr. Douglas Winthrop (her son) * Carrie Turner as Constance Winthrop (his wife) * Thomas Whiffen as Buxton Scott (a lawyer) * Agnes Booth as Mrs. Dick Chetwyn (a lady of society) * Maude Stuart as Edith (sister of Constance) * Henry Miller as Herbert * William J. Le Moyne as Dr. Mellbanke * A.T. Smith as John (a footman) Adaptations The play was adapted to film in 1915 and 1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronson Howard
Bronson Crocker Howard (October 7, 1842 – August 4, 1908) was an American dramatist. Biography Howard was born in Detroit where his father Charles Howard was Mayor in 1849. He prepared for college at New Haven, Conn., but instead of entering Yale he turned to Journalism in New York. From 1867 to 1872 he worked on several newspapers, among them the ''Evening Mail'' and the ''Tribune''. As early as 1864 he had written a dramatic piece (''Fantine'') which was played in Detroit. His first important play was '' Saratoga'', produced by Augustin Daly in 1870. It was very successful and became the first of a long series of pieces which gave Mr. Howard a foremost position among American playwrights. He married a sister of Sir Charles Wyndham, the English actor, and he had homes in New Rochelle, New York and London, England where some of his plays were no less popular than in America. Bronson Howard was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The English newspaper ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Square Theatre
''The Madison Square Theatre'' was a Broadway theatre in Manhattan, on the south side of 24th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway (which intersects Fifth Avenue near that point.) It was built in 1863, operated as a theater from 1865 to 1908, and demolished in 1908 to make way for an office building. The Madison Square Theatre was the scene of important developments in stage technology, theatre design, and theatrical tour management. For about half its history it had other names including the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hoyt’s Madison Square Theatre, and Hoyt’s Theatre. History Merchant and real estate magnate Amos R. Eno leased land next to his Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1862 to James Fisk Jr., who built an after-hours gold trading exchange during the U.S. Civil War. The “ regular stock exchange” found the competition disruptive and soon shut down the operation."Another Disaster.: Total Destruction of the Fifth-Avenue Theatre by Fire," ''The New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Belasco
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric, and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism.Osnes, Beth, and Gill, Sam. ''Acting: An International Encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO (2001) p. 34Marker, Lise-Lone, ''David Belasco: Naturalism in the American Theater'', Princeton Univ. Press (1975) Early years David Belasco was born in 1853 in San Francisco, California, the son of Abraham H. Belasco (1830–1911) and Reyna Belasco (née Nunes, 1830–1899), Sephardic Jews who had immigrated to the United States from London's Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community during the California Gold Rush. He began working as a youth in a San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Whiffen
Blanche Galton Whiffen, known on stage as Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, (1845–1936) was an American actress born in London. She was educated in France; made her stage début at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1865; came to America in 1868; and toured the United States under John Templeton's management. In 1879 she played Buttercup in the first American production of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Pinafore''. She joined Daniel Frohman's stock company at his old Lyceum Theatre, where she appeared in more than 25 plays between 1887 and 1899 including ''The Wife'' (1887), ''The Charity Ball'' (1889), and ''Trelawny of the 'Wells''' (1898).Brown, ''A History of the New York Stage'', pp. 424-440. Later she was part of Charles Frohman's company at the Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clarke (actor)
George H. Clarke (June 28, 1840 - October 3, 1906) was an American stage actor. He had a long association with Augustin Daly.Adams, W. DavenportA dictionary of the drama, Vol. I p. 296 (1904) He acted in many productions that also featured Ada Rehan, and also played with Clara Morris and Fanny Davenport.(5 October 1906)Geo. Clarke, The Actor, Is Dead At Norwich ''The New York Times'' Clark was born with the surname O'Neill in Brooklyn in 1840. He first appeared on stage in 1855, playing juvenile roles with Hight & Hyde.(January 1907)Art of George Clarke ''The Scrap Book'', p. 726Clapp, John Bouve & Edwin Francis EdgettPlayers of the Present, Part I pp.58-62 (1899)Croxton, ArthurStars of the Stage. No IV - Mr. George Clarke ''The Theatre'' (September 1893) Selected roles (incomplete) * '' The Rajah'' (1883) - Harold Wyncot (the Rajah) * ''The Foresters ''The Foresters or, Robin Hood and Maid Marian'' is a play written by Alfred Tennyson and first produced with success in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Turner (actress)
Carrie Turner (1863 – October 12, 1897) was an American actress known for her stage performances in the 1880s and 1890s.(13 October 1897)Actress Carrie Turner Dead ''The New York Times'' Turner was born in Albany, New York, where she graduated from Albany High School.Reynolds, CulverAlbany Chronicles p. 710 (1906) She first came to the public's popular attention as a member of Daniel Frohman's company at the Madison Square Theatre on Broadway. While appearing in the successful '' Young Miss Winthrop'' it was revealed that she had married Albert J. His, a Swiss citizen. She retired from the stage for a time to move to Switzerland. After they divorced, His took their child back from the United States to Switzerland without approval, which caused a number of headlines. Turner married John Mack in 1894,(27 February 1894)Carrie Turner Married Again - The Actress's Second Husband a Sporting Man of Albany ''The New York Times'' to whom he was married at the time of her death at t ... [...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] |
Henry Miller (actor)
Henry Miller (February 1, 1859– April 9, 1926) was an English-born American actor, director, theatrical producer and manager. Born as John Pegge in London, Miller's parents immigrated to Canada where he started acting as a juvenile. He first performed at the Grand Opera House in Toronto in 1878. He played juvenile roles in the Helena Modjeska company and performed with Ada Cavendish in the Adelaide Neilson company. He joined the Augustin Daly company to play in ''Odette'' opposite Bijou Heron. They were married February 1, 1883 in New York. The following season, joined the Madison Square Theatre Company (Broadway theatre in New York City) where he starred with Minnie Maddern Fiske, Agnes Booth and Dion Boucicault. He was one of the original members of the Lyceum Theatre company. He became the leading man in Charles Frohman's stock company in New York City's Empire Theatre in 1893. He performed the starring role in ''Heartsease'' with the A. M. Palmer company in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Mrs
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