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Brady, William A(loysius)
Brady, William A[loysius] (1863–1950), producer. After getting his theatrical start by bluffing his way into a small part in The White Slave in his native San Francisco in 1882, Brady turned to producing in 1888. Although he got into trouble for presenting pirated works early in his career, he eventually found favor presenting a series of vehicles for James J. Corbett and securing the Western rights to Trilby, even taking it to Australia. In 1896 he leased the Manhattan Theatre in New York and began to mount plays there, the most successful being Way Down East (1898). A year later he married his second wife, actress Grace George, whose career thereafter was often intermixed with his. In 1911 Brady built the Playhouse, managed such performers as Wilton Lackaye, Robert Mantell, and Henry E. Dixey, and presented notable productions, including Baby Mine (1910), The Boss (1911), Bought and Paid For (1911), Bunty Pulls the Strings (1911), Sinners (1915), The Man Who Came Back (1916), Forever After (1918), The Skin Game (1920), The Enchanted Cottage (1923), and Street Scene (1929). His daughter was actress Alice Brady and his son William A. BRADY Jr. (1900–35) was also a producer, entering into partnership with Dwight Deere Wiman and presenting, among others, Lucky Sam McCarver (1925), Little Eyolf (1926), The Two Orphans (1926), The Road to Rome (1927), Women Go on Forever (1927), The Little Show (1929), and The Second Little Show (1930). After the partnership was dissolved, he produced Little Women (1931) and several failed plays. Autobiography: ( William Brady Sr.): Showman, 1937.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brady, William A(loysius)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brady, William A(loysius)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BradyWilliamAloysius.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brady, William A(loysius)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BradyWilliamAloysius.html |
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Brady, William Aloysius
Brady, William Aloysius (1863–1950), American actor and theatre manager, who made his first appearance on the stage in San Francisco in 1882 and toured successfully for a long time as Svengali in Du Maurier's Trilby. From 1896 until its demolition in 1909 he managed the Standard Theatre, and he also built and managed the Forty-Eighth Street Theatre and the Playhouse. Many of his productions starred his second wife Grace George. By his first wife Brady was the father of the actress Alice Brady (1892–1939), who first appeared on the stage in 1909 but spent her later years in films.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Brady, William Aloysius." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Brady, William Aloysius." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BradyWilliamAloysius.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Brady, William Aloysius." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BradyWilliamAloysius.html |
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