Old Time Actors and Their Longevity on Stage
A genealogical list of famed actors and actresses noting their ages at death, including Kemble, Garrick, Macklin, Siddons, and Wallack, among others. It also covers living stars still aging in the profession and mentions actresses who smoke, such as Georgie Cayvan and Rose Coghlan, with anecdotes about smoking habits and effects on singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Roger Kemble
Charles
Charles Kemble
Fanny
John Kemble
Charles Macklin
David Garrick
Thomas Betterton
Drury Lane
Westminster Abbey
Thomas Gray
Covent Garden
Samuel Phelps
Buckstone
Larah Siddons
Campbell
Lester Wallack
Henry
Jack Johnstone
Thomas Placide
Jack Banister
Paul J. Bedford
Joe Cowell
William Farren
Henry Sloman
James Quin
George Tit
Liston
Thomas King
Peter Teazle
T. P. Cooke
John Collins
James H. Hackett
Shakespeare
John Brougham
Greenwood
Colley Cibber
Reynolds
O'Keefe
Mrs. Inchbald
Sheridan Knowles
Samuel Lover
Cumberland
Murphy
Pierce Eagan
Charles Dance
Sir Henry Bishop
Dr. Arne
Ball
Myerbeer
Rossini
Haydn
Handel
Mme. Saporiti
de Rosa
Tamburini
John Braham
Mme. Pasta
Norma
Henry Phillips
Caradori-Allan
Mine
Catalani
Dibdin
Fitzball
Horncastle
Incledon
Charlotte Cushman
George Hollard
Hale
John Gilbert
William Warren
John Drew
John E. Owens
Joe Jefferson
Stoddart
O. W. Couldock
Charles Thorne
Mme. Ponisi
Georgie Cayvan
Miss Rose Coghlan
Mr. Edgerly
Rose
Miss Coghlan
Westchester County
Milo
Rhea
Aimee
Rose Mignon
Mme
Theo and
Bernhardt
Ada Gilman
Geraldine Almar
Margaret Mather
Fanny Davenport
Miss Mathew
New York Journal
Angel
Clara Vere de Vere
Hamlet
Stage manager touts lavish touring show aboard steamer Nausea
The manager brags of a grand next season production with costumes designed in Rome and scenery painted in Paris. He claims English chorus singers from a London theater and star Ethelinda Plantagenet, a controversial performer, will headline though he admits he has not seen her perform.
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Rome
Paris
London
Ethelinda Plantagenet
Royal Paradise Theater
Lord Hairbrain
Duke of Lawntennis
Hambler
Theaters Visit Amid Onstage Shooting Inquiry
Farmer Jones and his wife attend a theater as news spreads about a shooting in the first act. They note few patrons leave while the scene unfolds and debate whether to stay or depart to see if the wounded man survives.
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Farmer Jones
Henry
Sarah
Sean
Kingdom of God
Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Heaven
Archdeacon Farrar
Christ
New Ballet Costumes Shrink After Washing Change
A Lowell Citizen joke notes the ballet manager explaining why costumes seem to shorten after washing. He says they wash regularly and shrink, prompting new and startling costume changes.
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Lowell
Caprice and The Deacon's Daughter In Season Spotlight
Minnie Mapporn’s Caprice remains in the repertoire while Annie Pixtey finds success in The Deacon's Daughter. Charles Wyndham recovers from illness delaying London stage return. Mary Anderson’s rising Blue Grass popularity noted amid lunches between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mapporn
Annie Pixtey
Charles Wyndham
London
Sins of forefathers visit Baltic shore forests collapse
On the Baltic coast the beech woodlands once protected Prussia have been stripped away since the Great Elector era, and relentless storms have left dunes hundreds of feet high. From Schwarzort to Koenigsberg, towns like Altnegeln Karwaiten and Pilkuppen faced inundation or relocation as sand swallows villages and shorelines. The last vestiges of the old forests cannot halt the rising dunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Prussia
Schwarzort
Koenigsberg
Altnegeln
Karwaiten
Pilkuppen
Aluminum and Iron as Rival Metals in Modern Industry
A Philadelphia Telegraph piece contrasts aluminum and iron, noting aluminum's rapid price drop from $32 to $4 per pound and its potential to rival iron yet preserving iron's dominance due to cost. It explores aluminum’s future but emphasizes iron’s cheapness and current supremacy.
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Troy
New York
Boston
Philadelphia Telegraph
Origin of the Commune in France
Brick Pomeroy's Democrat explains the commune's origins as a medieval peace movement begun in 10th century Normandy and evolving through charters and town rights. It details collective defense, local self rule, and the clash with royal and clerical powers that shaped early communes in France.
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France
Republic of
Richard I
Normandy
Orleans
Henry I
Etampes
Brick Pomeroy
Women at Work in Cuba and Social Etiquette Observed
The Chicago News describes Cuba’s lack of women workers outside shops, noting one modiste on Obispo street. It praises Havana’s well-dressed stevedores and clean workers while contrasting American women in public trust positions with Cuban social norms and shop behavior.
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Stevedore
Hardy
Cash
Cuba
Havana
Obispo
Col
Chicago News
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