See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• SQUIRE

SQUIRE See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT (1841– )

BANCROFT (1841– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor and manager, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• LONDON

London on the 14th of May 1841 . His first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage was in 1861 at See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and he played in the provinces with success for several years . His first London appearance was in 1865 in Wooler's A Winning See also:

• HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

Hazard at the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre off See also:

• TOTTENHAM

Tottenham See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court Road, then under the management of Effie See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• WILTON

Wilton (b . 1840), whom he married in 1868 . Mr and Mrs See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft were associated in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of all the See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson comedies: Society (1865), Ours (1866), See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

Caste (1867), See also:

• PLAY

Play (1868), School (1869) and M.P . (187o), and, after Robertson's See also:

• DEATH

death, in revivals of the old comedies, for which they surrounded themselves with an admirable See also:

• COMPANY

company . See also:

• LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

Lytton's See also:

• MONEY

Money (1872), See also:

• BOUCICAULT, DION (1822–1890)

Boucicault's London Assurance (1877), and See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

Diplomacy—an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of See also:

• SARDOU, VICTORIEN (1831-1908)

Sardou's Dora—were among their premieres, which helped to make the little playhouse famous . The Bancroft management at the Prince of Wales's constituted a new era in the development of the English stage, and had the effect of reviving the London See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama . In 1879 they moved to the See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

Hay-See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, where Sardou's Odette (for which they engaged Madame See also:

• MODJESKA, HELENA (1844–1909)

Modjeska) and Fedora, W . S . See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert's Sweethearts and See also:

• PINERO, SIR ARTHUR WING (1855– )

Pinero's Lords and See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, with revivals of previous successes, were among their productions . Having made a considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, they retired in 1885, but Mr Bancroft (who was knighted in 1897) joined See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving in 1889 to play the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe Latour in a revival of See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips's Dead See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

Heart .

See Mr and Mrs Bancroft, on and off the Stage (1888), and The Bancrofts: Recollections of Sixty Years (1909), by themselves .