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Brougham, John

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Brougham, John (1810–80), Irish‐born actor and playwright, was for many years a member of the company of W.E. Burton. Among his plays were the three burlesques, Metamora; or, The Last of the Pollywoags (1847), a parody of Stone's Metamora; Po‐ca‐hon‐tas! or, Ye Gentle Savage (1855); and Columbus (1857). He dramatized Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred (1856), and wrote other successful plays, including Temptation, or the Irish Immigrant (1849) and The Mustard Ball; or, Love at the Academy (1858).

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