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Ludlow, Noah M(iller)
Ludlow, Noah M[iller] (1795–1886), manager and actor. One of the great pioneers of the American theatre, he was born in New York and made his debut as an actor in Albany in 1813. Ludlow acted with Samuel Drakebefore he organized his own troupe in 1817 called the American Theatrical Commonwealth Company. For a decade he toured regions of the South and Midwest (then the West), many of which had never seen proper live theatre before. In 1835 he joined with Sol Smith to form a reorganized, reinvigorated American Theatrical Commonwealth Company, which soon was managing theatres in all the major cities along the Mississippi River and in some inland towns as well. Joseph Jefferson, who worked briefly with them, recalled the company was notorious for its “economy of organization.” It was dissolved when Ludlow elected to retire after a farewell entertainment at the New Orleans St. Charles Theatre in 1853. He was considered a competent actor, especially in comic roles, but his claim to fame rests on two other achievements: his acumen and courage as a theatrical producer and theatre manager in regions largely ignored by most professional luminaries, and his superb autobiography, Dramatic Life as I Found It, 1880, filled with historically important and fascinating pictures of America and its playhouses.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ludlow, Noah M(iller)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ludlow, Noah M(iller)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LudlowNoahMiller.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ludlow, Noah M(iller)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LudlowNoahMiller.html |
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Ludlow, Noah Miller
Ludlow, Noah Miller (1795–1886), American actor-manager of the pioneering days, who in 1815 was engaged by Samuel Drake to go to Kentucky and later founded his own company, with which in 1817 he gave English plays in New Orleans. He travelled extensively, with his own or other companies, often being the first actor to penetrate to some of the more remote regions in the South and West. In 1828 he was induced to take over the old Chatham Theatre in New York with Cooper, but failed to make it pay, and moved to St Louis. From 1835 to 1853 he was in partnership with Sol Smith in the American Theatrical Commonwealth Company, and ran several theatres simultaneously in St Louis, New Orleans, Mobile, and other cities, often engaging outstanding stars. He was himself an excellent actor, particularly in comedy.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ludlow, Noah Miller." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ludlow, Noah Miller." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-LudlowNoahMiller.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ludlow, Noah Miller." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-LudlowNoahMiller.html |
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