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LAURA KEENE (c. 1820-1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KEENE (c. 1820-1873)  , Anglo-See also:American actress and manager, whose real name was See also:Mary See also:Moss, was See also:born in See also:England . In 1851, in See also:London, she was playing Pauline in The See also:Lady of See also:Lyons . She made her first See also:appearance in New See also:York on the loth of See also:September 1852, on her way to See also:Australia . She returned in 1855 and till 1863 managed Laura See also:Keene's See also:theatre, in which was produced, in 1858, Our American See also:Cousin . It was her See also:company that was playing at See also:Ford's theatre, See also:Washington, on the See also:night of See also:Lincoln's assassination . See also:Miss Keene was a successful melodramatic actress, and an admirable manager . She died at See also:Montclair, New See also:Jersey, on the 4th of See also:November 1873 . See See also:John Creahan's See also:Life of Laura Keene (1897) .

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