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The Wild Rose and Its Roses of the Stage
A retrospective on The Wild Rose at Knickerbocker Theatre in 1902 and the tangled lives of its stars. Edna Goodrich, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Ada Louise Lonedele, Marguerite Clark, May Mackenzie, Maddie Follette, Hattie Forsythe, and George Lederer are linked to marriages, rivalries, and scandals. Nat Goodwin, Stanford White, and others shade the saga with romance and tragedy in early American theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EW York
Hdna Goodrich
Nat Godwin
Sti
Ady Lise Lonedele
Heael
Blaine Elkins
Kulekerbocker Theater
Per
Evelyn Nesbit
May Mackenzie
Ada Louise Lonsdale
Magie Follette
Edna Goodrich
Hattie Forsythe
Marguerite Clark
Pete Heatley
Bush
Surdener
George W. Lederer
Ain
Stanford White
Nat Goodwin
Hasp
Hecht
Paria
McMillan
Paris
San Francisco
America
Maxine Elliott
Miss Goodrich
Mazie Follette
Alvorce
Evelyn Thaw
Adele Rice
Baltimore
Manhattan
Lederers
George Lalenmr
Bohemia
May Mackensie
New York
Mackenzie
Metropolitan
Hal Rose Garden
Duke of the
Memphis
Tenn
Winnie Elkins