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The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Gilbert John [ John Gibbs] (1810–89), American actor, who made his début in Boston in 1828. He then toured the Mississippi river towns until 1834 and returned to the Tremont Theatre, Boston, remaining there until it closed, playing character roles. An excellent comic actor, he was particularly good as Sir Anthony Absolute and Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's The Rivals and The School for Scandal. In 1847 he had a successful season in London and then returned to play at the Park Theatre, New York, until it was destroyed by fire. He was with Lester Wallack's company from 1861 until it was disbanded in 1888, dying the following year while touring with Jefferson in The Rivals.

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