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Thomas Q. Seabrooke (October 20, 1860 – April 3, 1913) was an American actor, comedian,
Thomas Q. Seabrooke (October 20, 1860 – April 3, 1913) was an American actor, comedian, vaudeville
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performer, and impresario who achieved fame as the star of several comic operas
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and musicals.
Life and career
Thomas Q. Seabrooke was born on October 20, 1860, inMount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the Borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. As of t ...
. His birth name was Thomas Quigley. He was educated in the Mount Vernon City School District until the age of eleven when he was apprenticed to the East Chester National Bank. Shortly before his twentieth birthday, he made his professional stage debut as Bertie Cecil in ''Cigarette''; a stage adaptation of the novel ''Under Two Flags Under Two Flags may refer to:
*Under Two Flags (novel), a novel by British writer Ouida, and its adaptations:
**Under Two Flags (play), a 1901 play by Paul M. Potter
**Under Two Flags (1912 George Nichols film), ''Under Two Flags'' (1912 George Nich ...
'' by playwright Henry F. Stone.
Seabrooke became a leading actor in numerous comic operas and musicals which were staged on Broadway and toured nationally from the 1880s through the first decade of the 20th century. The most successful of these were '' The Isle of Champagne'' (1894),'' Tabasco'' (1895), and ''A Chinese Honeymoon
''A Chinese Honeymoon'' is a musical comedy in two acts by George Dance, with music by Howard Talbot and additional music by Ivan Caryll and others, and additional lyrics by Harry Greenbank and others. One song that originated in the show was ...
'' (1902).
At the age of 53, Seabrooke died from pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...
on April 3, 1913, in Chicago.
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