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Drew, John
Drew, John (1827–62), actor and manager. He came as a ten‐year‐old with his parents from his native Dublin to New York, where his father assumed the post of treasurer at Niblo's Garden. Not until after going to sea and running a dry‐goods store in Ireland did he settle into the family profession, finding success in New York as Dr. O'Toole in The Irish Tutor at the Bowery Theatre. Thereafter, most of his best‐received roles were his Irish characters. In 1850 he joined the company at the Albany Museum, where he met and married Louisa Lane. Two years later he and Mrs. John Drew joined the ensemble at Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre, and in 1853 they became co‐managers of the Arch Street Theatre with William Wheatley. An attempt by Drew to run the National Theatre in Washington quickly failed, so he returned to touring, both in America and in Ireland and England. When Mrs. Drew took over sole management of the Arch Street in 1861, he appeared under her aegis, playing not only his famous Irish parts but Meddle in London Assurance, William in Black‐Eyed Susan, and Sir Lucius O'Trigger in The Rivals, as well as Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Dromio. He died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Drew, John." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Drew, John." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DrewJohn.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Drew, John." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DrewJohn.html |
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Louisa Albany, countess of
Louisa Albany, countess of , 1752–1824, wife of Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender), self-styled count of Albany; daughter of a German noble, the prince of Stolberg-Gedern. Married in 1772, she left her dissolute husband after eight years and became the mistress of the poet Vittorio Alfieri. After his death in 1803, she was mistress of a French painter, François Fabre. Secret marriages with both men were rumored, but not well attested. |
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"Louisa Albany, countess of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Louisa Albany, countess of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Albany-L.html "Louisa Albany, countess of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Albany-L.html |
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