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JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE (1802-1879)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:BALDWIN See also:BUCKSTONE (1802-1879)  , See also:English actor and dramatic writer, was See also:born at Hoxton on the 14th of See also:September 1802 . He was articled to a See also:solicitor, but soon ex-changed the See also:law for the See also:stage . After some years as a provincial actor he made his first See also:London See also:appearance, on the 3oth of See also:January 1823, at the See also:Surrey See also:theatre, as See also:Ramsay in the Fortunes of See also:Nigel . His success led to his engagement in 1827 at the Adelphi, where he remained as leading See also:low comedian until 1833 . At the Haymarket, which he joined for summer seasons in 1833, and of which he was lessee from 1853 to 1878, he appeared as Bobby Trot in his own See also:Luke the Labourer; and here were produced a number of his plays and farces, Ellen See also:Wareham, See also:Uncle Tom and others . After his return from a visit to the See also:United States in 184o he played at several London theatres, among them the See also:Lyceum, where he was See also:Box at the first See also:representation of Box and See also:Cox . As manager of the Haymarket he surrounded himself with an admirable See also:company, including See also:Sothern and the Kendals . He produced the plays of See also:Gilbert, See also:Planche, Tom See also:Taylor and See also:Robertson, as well as his own, and in most of these he acted . He died on the 31st of See also:October 1879 . He was the author of 150 plays, some of which have been very popular . His daughter, See also:Lucy See also:Isabella See also:Buckstone (1858-1893), was an actress, who made her first London appearance at the Haymarket theatre as Ada See also:Ingot in See also:David See also:Garrick in 1875 .

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