Thomas Thorne (1841–1918) was an English actor and theatre manager. Thomas Thorne was one of the founding managers of London's

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, along with David James and

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, and performed leading roles in many of the productions there. His father was Richard Samuel Thorne, who managed the

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. His older sister,

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, was an actress. His younger brother, George Thorne, was also an actor, best known for his performances in the comic

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roles of the

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with the

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. His nephew was the actor

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, and his great-nieces the actresses

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and

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. Thorne was married to Adelaide Newton, whom he had met when they were both actors with the

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, but the marriage was not a happy one. According to Erroll Sherson, Thomas Thorne died penniless and insane.Sherson (1925) p. 225

References

Sources

* Sherson, Erroll
''London's lost theatres of the nineteenth century''
Ayer Publishing, 1925 pp. 224–225. . *

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Thomas Thorne in ''Saints and Sinners''
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