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John Drew

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Drew 1827-62, American actor, b. Dublin. After establishing a reputation as a comedian in the 1840s, he devoted his energies to the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, where he maintained a famous stock company, with his wife as co-star. His wife, Louisa Lane Drew, 1820-97, b. London, came to the United States as a child and, until her marriage in 1850, acted with such stars as J. B. Booth and Edwin Forrest. On her husband's death she assumed management of the Arch Street Theatre until 1892, establishing her reputation as a character actress. She was constantly seen on tour (1880-92)... Read more
Drew, Mrs. John
...actors: Henry Hunt, whom she divorced, George Moosop, and John Drew . Under her stern tutelage her son John Drew and her daughter Georgiana Drew Barrymore began their own...Barrymore . Autobiography: Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew , 1899. Read more
Drew, John
Drew, John (1827–62), actor and manager. He came...Louisa Lane. Two years later he and Mrs. John Drew joined the ensemble at Philadelphia's Chestnut...Theatre with William Wheatley . An attempt by Drew to run the National Theatre in Washington... Read more

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