Ada Cavendish (1839 – 5 October 1895) was an English actress known for her Shakespearean roles and for popularising the plays of

Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...

in America .

Life

After her stage debut in August 1863, beginning in musical burlesques by

F. C. Burnand Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (29 November 1836 – 21 April 1917), usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera ''Cox and Box''. The son of ...

and others, Cavendish became known for playing such Shakespearean heroines as Juliet, Beatrice and Rosalind. She also famously played the title role of Miss Gwilt in the stage adaptation of '' Armadale'' and Mercy Merrick in ''The New Magdalen'', both by

Family

She married Francis Albert Marshall (1840-1889), who published a scholarly edition of Shakespeare. She was buried at

Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederic ...

, London.Photo of Cavendish's grave
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Notes

References

*Peters, Catherine. ''The King of Inventors, A Life of Wilkie Collins'', Seeker & Warburg, London 1991

External links

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at PictureHistory.com
''The New Magdalen''Photos of Cavendish
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