Humphreys, Joseph

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Humphreys, Joseph [né Murphy] (1861–1904), actor and director. Born in Boston, he served as a clerk in a dry‐goods store and then worked for several circuses before becoming a character actor and director for the Kiralfy brothers. In 1889 Charles Frohman placed him in charge of casting all Frohman productions, except for their stars, and also made him his house director. Humphreys staged many of Frohman's early successes, such as The Masqueraders (1894), Under the Red Robe (1896), The Little Minister (1897), The Liars (1898), and Quality Street (1901). His briskness and firmness antagonized many performers, but Frohman admired his work and kept him at his post until Frohman's death.

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