John William Albaugh Sr. (September 30, 1837 – February 11, 1909), was an American actor and manager. Born in

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, it was there that Albaugh made his first real appearance on the stage as the title character in a play called ''Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin'' (1855), on a stage managed by

Joseph Jefferson Joseph Jefferson III, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (February 20, 1829 – April 23, 1905), was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American comedia ...

. Of his many subsequent impersonations, perhaps the best-known is that of Louis XI, at what later became Daly's Theatre in

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. After 1868 he was manager of theatres in St. Louis, New Orleans, and Albany. John was the sole lessee and manager of the Albaugh's Grand Opera House (1884–1894) in Washington, where he also built the

Lafayette Square Opera House The Lafayette Square Opera House was an Opera House built in 1895, at 717 Madison Place, NW in Washington D.C. It was dedicated on 30 September 1895 by Lillian Russell, one of the most well known actress of the time, who was there to perform in ' ...

. He owned the new Lyceum Theatre in Baltimore, where he made his last appearance in 1899 before retiring from the stage. Albaugh died at the home of his daughter in

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.De Vinne Press (publisher) for the members of The Dunlap Society, New York (1899–1901) &

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* '' The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 2,'' James T. White & Co. (

James Terry White James Terry White (July 3, 1845 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – April 3, 1920 in Manhattan, New York) was an American publisher and poet. Given his wide range of interests and involvement in various businesses and cultural activities, he ...

), New York (1891) * ''Who Was Who in America, A component Volume of Who's Who in American History, Volume 1, 1897–1942,'' A.N. Marquis Co., Chicago (1943) * ''Notable Names in the American Theatre,'' James T. White & Co., Clifton, New Jersey (1976) * ''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, First edition,'' by Gerald Martin Bordman (1931–2011), Oxford University Press, New York (1984) *
Who's Who on the Stage; The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre
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