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... death relieved hint of pain- In conrsany With Dexter Follett, of Boston, he built a Theatre on the site of the present Globe Theatre, and called it Selwyn's Theatre, out of cosnpli- menut to John H. Selwyn, who was selected to msaile it, iind it was ...

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... New Bowery Theatre about 1866-7, and has scarcely been conspicuous since. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Campbell Maywood. Her birthplace was Belfast, Ireland, and her debut upon the stage was made at the Chestnut-street Theatre, Philadelphia ...

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... there in May last. She had been a member of the company at Burton's Chambers-street Theatre in New York ; also at the Arch-street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the Theatres in Pittsburg. She was considered a con- scientious andl reliable actress. She had been ...

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... the well- known theatrical manager, at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, in which theatre he made his first appearance. Coming to this country, afterseveral years'absence, he became the Lessee of the Preston Theatre in 1863, and there had a full share of the ...

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... moments were solaced by the kindly attention shown by Miss M. Oliver, Mr. Maow- bray, of the Royalty Theatre, Mr. C. J. James, of tbe Prince of Wales's Theatre, Mr. T. L. Greenwood, and the friends whose sympathetic aid wee most generously given and most ...

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... health had prevented her from acting. She made her dedut at Wood's Theatre, Cincinnati, in 1861, and was twenty-nine years of age. DESTRUCTION OF A THEATRE BY FIRE.-The Bellecour Theatre in Lyons was destroyed by fire on Wednesday last. One of the firemen ...

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... the New York City Theatre, and out of this spring the Old Stadt Theatre, as hichi Herr Hoyso began to snake remunserative during the season of 1850-60, and avhicsh lie abhadoned itJauly, 1804. On May 26th 1858, lie openied lHoyn's Theatre, which on that ...

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... at the Chestnut-street Theatre, Phil(delphia, on the l4th of October, 1872, in Bronson Howard's comedy of Diamonds, and became a member of the stock cosmpany at that Theatre. Miss Josephs next played at Fox's Auserican Theatre, Philadelphia, with Colville's ...

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... juvenile parts in the last-namned Theatre. The pity of TOe I/tL tfbi was handsomely presented for hint by Mr ,Simpson, and he maade a strong and fine impression in the chief part. In 1833 lie was at the Blowery Theatre, acting walking gentleme.l In 1834 ...

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... Shortly after the opening of Barton's New Theatre September 8th, 1856, MIr Davenport played there for two months as a stock star, and for nearily the same length of time in 1856-7 he played in Brougham's Bowery Theatre, in the course of which engagement Brougham ...

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... he came up to London, and at the Victoria Theatre in 1835 opened as Pizarro. He then went to the Standard Theatre, under the Management of Mr John Gibson, and was the first to address an audience in that Theatre. He then went to the Old Garrick, under the ...