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Lackaye, Wilton

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Lackaye, Wilton (1862–1932), American actor, who was intended for the Church, but adopted the stage after a chance visit to Madison Square Theatre on his way to Rome. Lawrence Barrett gave him a part in his revival of Boker's Francesca da Rimini at the Star Theatre, New York, in 1883, and he later appeared many times with Fanny Davenport. In 1887 he made a success in a dramatization of Rider Haggard's novel She. He was thereafter constantly in demand, appearing in a number of Shakespeare plays and in many new productions. He also played Jean Valjean in his own dramatization of Hugo's Les Misérables but his greatest part was undoubtedly Svengali in Du Maurier's Trilby (1895), which he played for two years and then in many revivals. He founded the Catholic Actors' Guild and helped to organize the American Actors' Equity Association.

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