DREW
, the name of a See also:family of See also:American actors
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See also:JOHN DREW (4827-1862) was See also:born in See also:Dublin and made his first New See also:York See also:appearance in 1846
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He played Irish and See also:light See also:comedy parts with success in all the American cities, and was managerof the See also:Arch See also:Street See also:theatre in See also:Philadelphia
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He visited See also:England in 1855, and See also:Australia in 185g, and died in Philadelphia
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His wife, See also:LOUISE See also:LANE DREW (1820-1897), was the daughter of a See also:London actor, and in 1827 went to See also:America, appearing as the See also:Duke of York to the See also:elder See also:Booth's See also:Richard III., and as See also:Albert to See also:Edwin See also:Forrest's See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Tell
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After this she starred as a See also:child actress, and then as leading See also:lady
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She had been twice married before she became Mrs Drew in 185o
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Fom 1861 to 1882 she had the management of the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia
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In 188o she toured with See also:Joseph See also:Jefferson. in his elaborate revival of The Rivals, playing Mrs Malaprop to perfection
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She had three See also:children, John, See also:Sidney and Georgiana, wife of See also:Maurice Barrymore (1847-1905), and See also:mother of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, all actors
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The eldest son, JOHN DREW (b
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1853), began his See also:stage career under his mother's management in Philadelphia as Plumper in Cool as a See also:Cucumber, on the 22nd of See also:March 1873; and after playing with Edwin Booth and others, became leading See also:man in Augustin See also:Daly's See also:company in 1879
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'His association with this company, and with Ada See also:Rehan as the leading lady, constituted a brilliant See also:period in See also:recent stage See also:history, his Petruchio being only one, though. perhaps the most striking, of a See also:series of famous impersonations
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