See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE See also:

• MARY ANNE KEELEY (18o6–1899)

KEELEY (18o6–1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actress, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1805 or 18o6 . Her See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was Goward, her See also:

• FATHER

father being a See also:

• BRAZIER (from the Fr. brasier, which comes from braise, hot charcoal)

brazier and tinman . After some experience in the provinces, she first appeared on the See also:

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

stage in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1825, in the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Rosina . It was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before she gave up " singing parts " in favour of the See also:

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

drama proper, where her See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character-acting could have See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1829 she married See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• KEELEY, MARY ANNE (18o6–1899)

Keeley (1793–1869), an admirable comedian, with whom she had often appeared . Between 1832 and 1842 they acted at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, at the Adelphi with See also:

• BUCKSTONE, JOHN BALDWIN (1802-1879)

Buckstone, at the Olympic with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• MATHEWS, CHARLES (1776-1835)
• MATHEWS, THOMAS (1676-1751)

Mathews, and at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane with See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready . In 1836 they visited See also:

• AMERICA

America . In 1838 she made her first See also:

• GREAT

great success as Nydia, the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind girl, in a dramatized version of Bulwer See also:

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

Lytton's The Last Days of See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii, and followed this with an equally striking impersonation of Smike in See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas Nickleby . In 1839 came her decisive See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph with her picturesque and spirited acting as the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of a See also:

• PLAY

play founded upon See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison See also:

• AINSWORTH, HENRY (1571–1622)
• AINSWORTH, ROBERT (166o-1743)
• AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON (1805-1882)

Ainsworth's See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• SHEPPARD, JOHN [JACK] (1702-1724)

Sheppard . So dangerous was considered the popularity of the play, with its glorification of the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison-breaking felon, that the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord chamber-lain ultimately forbade the performance of any piece upon the subject . It is perhaps mainly as Jack Sheppard that Mrs Keeley lived in the memory of playgoers, despite her long subsequent career in plays more worthy of her remarkable gifts . Under Macready's management she played Nerissa in The See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, and Audrey in As You Like It .

She managed the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum with her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband from 1844 to 1847; acted with See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster and See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean at the Haymarket; returned for five years to the Adelphi; and made her last See also:

• REGULAR

regular public See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at the Lyceum in 1859 . A public reception was given her at this See also:

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

theatre on her 9oth birthday . She died on the 12th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1899 . See See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• GOODMAN, GODFREY (1583–1656)

Goodman, The Keeleys on the Stage and off (London, 1895) .