Darragh, Miss (d. 1917)

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Darragh, Miss (d. 1917)

English stage actress. Name variations: Letitia Marion Dallas. Born Letitia Marion Dallas; died Dec 15, 1917.

Made London debut as Mrs. Maydew in The Queen's Proctor (1897); came to prominence in the part of Margot Le Gros in Margot (1903) and created the title role in Deirdre for William Butler Yeats when the play opened at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin (1907); also appeared in Wilde's Salomé, Shaw's Man and Superman and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (title role).