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1469 pages of entries for actors, actresses and those involved in the theatre and still living in 1930 and listsof Hereditary Theatrical Families, Notable Revivals of the London Stage (a-z), earliest times to December 1929 (132 pages), Long Runs on the London Stage, List of playbills (plays and who did what) 1913 to 1928, Synopsis of London Playbills 1925 - 1929. List of Managers of London Theatres, Stage dimensions, Theatrical and Musical Obituary (a-z 63 pages), Seating Plans.
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None of the following persons are listed in the main body of the 1930 book as they all had died before that date, however they all should all appear in the obituary pages where a date of death is given (ask me).
From: WHO'S WHO IN THE THEATRE 1930
Theatrical Wills
A List of a few well-known Managers, Actors, and others,
whose Wills have been proved - before 1930 (in UK Pounds)OCR scanned and manually corrected.
PHINEAS T. BARNUM, Showman, aged 80 .. .. .. .. .. . ............................................ l,000000
LOTTA, Actress, aged 77 . .. .. .. .. ..............................................................................800,000
H. H. FRAZEE, Manager and Producer, aged 49 .. .. ................................. ................ 700,000
EDWARD LEDGER, formerly Editor and Proprietor of The Era (d. 1921) ................... 450,351
JAMES A. BAILEY, Showman, aged 59 .. .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................400,000
W. H. C. NATION, Manager and Dramatic Author, age 70 ......................................... 311,672
SIR RUPERT CLARKE, Manager, aged 61 .. .. . .. .. .. ................................................285,023
SIR JOHN M. GATTI, Theatre Proprietor and Manager, aged 57 ............................... 254,988
R. D'OYLY CARTE, Manager, aged 56 .. .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................240,817
EUGENE TOMPKINS, Manager, aged 58 .. .. .. .. .. .................................................. 225,230
SIR H. E. MOSS, Music-hall and Theatrical Manager, age60........................................ 204,814
AVERY HOPWOOD, Dramatic Author, aged 46 .. .. .. .. (over)..................... .............200,000
ALEXANDER W. DINGWALL, Manager, aged 60 .. .. .. .. .. .....................................200,000
SIR CHARLES WYNDHAM, Theatre Proprietor, Manager and Actor, aged 81.......... 197,035
JAMES C. WILLIAMSON, Manager and Actor, aged 67 .. .. .. .. ...............................193,038
FRANK CURZON, Manager, formerly Actor, aged 59 .. .. ....................................... . 181,588
SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT, Actor and Manager, aged 85 .. .. .................................... 174,535
JAMES K. HACKETT, Actor and Manager, aged 57 .. .. .. ........................................ 157,782
J. B. MULHOLLAND, Manager, formerly Actor, aged 57 .. .. .. ..................................148,533
STEFANO GATTI, Manager, aged 61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .......................................................139,796
COSMO GORDON-LENNOX, Dramatic Author, formerly Actor, aged 52 .. .............139,397
lMRE' KIRALFY, Manager, formerly a dancer, aged 73 .. .. ........................................ 136,680
WILLIAM HARRIS, Manager, aged 83.. .. .. .. .. .. .....................................................131,300
SARA LANE, Actress and Manageress, aged 77 .. .. .. .. ............................................ 126,000
DAVID GARRICK, Actor, Manager, and Dramatic Author, aged 61........................... 120,000
CHRISTINE NILSSON, Operatic Vocalist, aged 78.. .. .. .. ........................................119,920
MRS. R. D'OYLY CARTE, Theatrical Manageress (d. 1913) .. .. ................................117,670
SIR W. S. GILBERT, Dramatic Author, aged 74 .. .. .. ................................................ 111,971
RICHARD THORNTON, Music-hall Proprietor, aged 83 .. .. .................................... 105,000
JOHN B. SCHOEFFEL, Manager, died 1918 .. .. .. .. .. .. ...........................................102,000
AL. HAYMAN, Theatrical Manager, aged 67.. .. .. .. .. ............................................... 100,000
ANDREW MELVILLE, Manager, aged 43 . .. .. .. .. ...................................................100,000
SIR GEORGE ALEXANDER, Actor and Manager, aged 59 .. .. .................................. 90,672
FREDERICK HARRISON, Manager, formerly Actor, aged 72 .. ................................. 81,334
JOHN L. TOOLE, Actor-Manager, aged 76 .. .. .. ..................................................... ..79,984
LIONEL MONCKTON, Composer and Musical Critic, aged 62 .. .............................. 79,517
H. G. DUDLEY-BENNETT, Manager, aged 52 .. .. .. .. ............................................... 71,701
ANNA HELD, Actress and Vocalist, aged 45 (8300,000) .. ........................(about).......71,405
W. H. KENDAL (Grimston), Actor and Manager, aged 73.. .. ...................................... 66,251
ALF HAYMAN, Manager, aged 56 .. . - .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................65,500
GEORGE CONQUEST (Oliver), Actor-Manager, aged 64 .. .. .................................... 64,417
JOHN S. CLARKE, Actor and Manager, aged 65 .. .. .. .. ............................................ 63,756
JOSEPH BROOKS, Manager, aged 68 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................... .61,420
ANDREW DUCROW, Equestrian Manager and Performer, aged 48 .. ..........................60,000
SAMUEL LANE, Manager, aged 71 .. .. .. .. .. .. .......................................................... 60,000
FREDERICK CHARLES HENGLER, Circus Proprietor, aged 67 .. .. ..........................59,655
HENRY 13. HARRIS, Manager, aged 45 .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................... 59,000
ROI COOPER MEGRUE, Dramatic Author, aged 43.. .. . - .. ..................................... .57,050
R. H. WYNDHAM, Manager, formerly Actor, aged 81 .. .. .. .. .....................................56,460
HOWARD PAUL, Actor and Entertainer, aged 75 .. .. .. -............................................ 55,905
ISAAC B. RICH, Manager, aged 81 .. .. .. .. .. .. -. .......................................................55,876
WILLIAM THOMAS LEWIS (Gentleman Lewis ), Actor, aged 62 .. ...........................55,000
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, Composer, aged 58 .. .. .. .. ............................................. 54,527
HERBERT SPRAKE, Music-hall Manager (d. 1904) .. .. .. .. ........................................54,284
MARSHALL P. WILDER, Entertainer, aged 56 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................52,851
AUGUSTIN DALY, Manager and Author, aged 61 .. .. .. ........................................... 51,033
JAMES W. BOUGHTON, Manager (d. 1914) .. .. .. .. .. ............................................ 50,300
GEORGE EDWARDES, Manager, aged 62 .. .. .. .. .. ................................................ 49,780
HENRY PETTITT, Dramatic Author, aged 45 .. .. .. .. .. ..............................................48,477
NEIL FORSYTH, Manager, aged 49 .. .. .. .. ....................................................... .. .. 47,699
MRS. LANGTRY (Lady de Bathe) Actress and Manageress, aged 75 .. .................... 47,445
T. B. VAUGHAN, Manager (d. 1928) .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................... .. 44,688
SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE, Theatre Proprietor,Actor and Manager, aged 63 44,085
EDWARD TERRY, Actor and Manager, aged 67 .. .. .. .. .......................................... 44,056
CLYDE FITCH, Dramatic Author, aged 44.. .. .. .. ................................................. .. 43,000
COURTENAY THORPE, formerly Actor (d. 1927) .. .. .. ...................................... .. 42,837
HAMILTON AIDE', Dramatic Author, aged 79 .. .. .. ............................................ .. 42,782
DAVID JAMES (Belasco), Actor, aged 54 .. .. .. .. .............. ,................................... 41,594
MARY SHAW, Actress, aged 68 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .........................................................41,000
JOHN SANGER, Circus Proprietor and Showman, aged 73 .. .. ............................... 40,747
JENNY LIND (Mdme. Goldschmidt), Vocalist, aged 67 .. .. ................................ .... 40,630
ERNEST NICOLINI (Dinard), Vocalist, aged 62 .. .. .. ........................................ ... 40,560
AUGUSTUS PITOU, Manager, aged 71 .. .. .. .. ......................... (over).................. 40,000
JOHN LISTON, Actor, aged 69... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......................................................... 40,000
ELIOT GALER, Vocalist and Manager, aged 73 .. .. .. .. .......................................... 39,877
H. B. IRVING, Actor and Manager, aged 49.. .. .. .. .. ............................................. 39,176
DOROTHY DONNELLY, Dramatic Author, former Actress, aged 47 .. .................. 39,100
SYDNEY GRUNDY, Dramatic Author, aged 66 .. .. .. .. ......................................... 37,957
ALFRED LESTER (Alfred Edwin Leslie), Actor, aged 50 .. .. .................................. 37,779
W. B. REDFERN, Manager, aged 83.. .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................... 37,605
MRS. H. NYE-CHART, Manageress, formerly Actress, aged 69 .. ....................... .. 36,738
ADA REHAN, Actress, aged 55 .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................... 35,477
JOHN SANGER, Circus Proprietor, aged 76 .. ., .. .. .. ........................................... 35,098
MRS. SARAH SIDDONS, Actress, aged 76 .. .. .. .. .. ........................................... 35,000
CHARLES KEAN, Actor and Manager, aged 57 .. .. .. .. ........................................ 35,000
FREDERICK GINNETT, Circus Proprietor, aged 67 .. .. .. ..................................... 32,139
EDWARD CORYTON ENGELBACH, Theatre Proprietor, aged 68 .. ................ .. 31,910
J.W. TURNER, Operatic Vocalist and Manager, aged 68 .. .. ................................... 31,600
MRS. FRANCIS HODGSON BURNETT, Novelist and Dramatic Author, aged 74 . 31,050
WILSON BARRETT, Actor, Manager, and Author, aged 57 .. .. .. ...........................30,862
SIR JOHN HARE, Actor and Manager, aged 77 .. .. .. .. ......................................... 30,066
CHARLES MAYNE YOUNG, Actor, aged 79 .. .. .. .. .. .. ......................................30,000
SOL SMITH RUSSELL, Actor, aged 54 .. .. .. .. .. .. ................................................30,000
WILLIAM MORGAN, J.P., Manager, aged 78 .. .. .. .. ........................................... 29,954
GEORGE SANGER, Circus Proprietor and Showman, aged 84 .. .. ........................, 29,348
ERNEST MEYER, Play Producer and Broker, aged 50 .. .. .. .................................. 28,907
HELEN FAUCIT (Lady Martin), Actress, aged 82 .. .. .. .. .......................................27,977
G. B. DAVIDGE, Manager, formerly Actor, aged 49 .. .. .. .. ....................................27,000
PAUL CINQUEVALLI, juggler and Equilibrist, aged 59 .. .. .. ................................. 26.217
PERCY FITZGERALD, F.S.A., Dramatic Author, Biographer, Critic, and Historian,
aged 95 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................................................ 25,643
T. P. COOKE, Actor, aged 77.. ., .. .. .. .. ............................................................ .. 25,000
LIEUT.-COL. N. NEWNHAM DAVIS,DramaticAuthor,Critic and Soldier,aged 62 24,780
ALFRED MOUL, Manager and Agent (d. 1924) .. .. .. .. .. ......................................24,356
JAMES MACREADY CHUTE, Theatre Proprietor and Manager, aged 55 .. .......... 24,152
PAUL A. RUBENS, Composer and Dramatic Author, aged 40 .. .. ......................... 24,128
EDWIN BOOTH, Actor-Manager, aged 59 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................ 24,000
SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS, Manager arid Author, aged 44.. .. ............................ .. 23,677
H. B. FARNIE, Dramatic Author (d. 1889) .. .. .. .. ................................................. 23,072
MICHAEL MAYBRICK, Vocalist and Composer, aged 69 .. .. ., ...........................23,012
B. HOLMAN CLARK, Actor and Producer, aged 61.. .. .. .. ..................................22,578
CAPT. ROBERT MARSHALL, Dramatic Author, aged 47 .. .. .. ........................... 22,260
DAME ELLEN TERRY, G.B.E., Actress, aged 80 .. .. .. .. ..................................... 22,231
F. C. BOSTOCK, Circus Proprietor, aged 46.. ,. .. .. .. ........................................... 22,166
C. M. S. MCLELLAN, Dramatic Author, aged 51 .. .. .. .. ...................................... 22,166
EDMUND PAYNE, Actor, aged 49 .. .. .. .. .. .. ......................................................21,657
WILLIAM GREET, Manager, aged 63.. .. .. .. .. .. .................................................. 21,530
DENNIS O'SULLIVAN, Actor and Vocalist, aged 39 .. .. .. ................................. 20,989
SIR HENRY IRVING (photo with Ellen Terry), Actor and Manager, aged 67....20,527
MICHAEL GUNN, Manager, aged 61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .................................................20,447
EDGAR BRUCE, Manager and Actor, aged 56 .. .. .. ........................................ ... 20,273
HENRY ARTHUR JONES, Dramatic Author, aged 77 .. .. .................................... 20,144
CHARLES KLEIN, Dramatic Author, aged 48 .. .. .............. .. (over) .....................20,000
W. C. MACREADY, Actor and Manager, aged 80 .. .. .. ,..................................... 20,000
JOSEPH MUNDEN, Actor, aged 74 .. .. .. .. .. .. .................................................. 20,000
B. O. CONQUEST, Manager, formetly Actor, aged 68 .. .. ................................... 20,000
GEORGE GROSSMITH, Actor, Composer and Entertainer, aged 64 .................... 19,628
J. A. E. MALONE, Manager and Producer, aged 69 .. ...........................................19,560
RICHARD CORNEY GRAIN, Entertainer, aged 50 .. .. .. .................................... 18,950
AGNES BOOTH, Actress, aged 56 .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................... 18,650
EDWARD ROSE, Dramatic Author, aged 55 .. .. .. ............................................... 18,586
WILLIAM TERRISS (William James Charles Lewin), Actor, aged 49 ....................18,257
KATE MUNROE, Actress and Vocalist, aged 39 .. .. ........................................ .. 18,200
SIR FRANCIS C. BURNAND, Dramatic Author and Editor of Punch, aged 80 ... 18,176
WILLIAM SMITH (“ Gentleman Smith “), Actor, aged 89 .. .. ............................. 18,000
ROBERT KEELEY, Actor, aged 75 .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................... 18,000
LIONEL RIGNOLD (RIGNALL), Actor and Manager, aged 69 .. .......................17,853
LOUIS MEYER, Manager, aged 43 .. .. .. .. .. .. ...................................................17,531.
MARY ANNE KEELEY, Actress, aged 93 .. .. .. ............................................. .. 17,000
ADA CROSSLEY, Vocalist, aged 55 .. .. .. .. .. ................................................... 16,989
H. E. RAYNE, Theatrical Costumier (d. 1915) .. .. ............................................ .. 16,471
ARTHUR BOURCHIER, Actor and Manager, aged 63 .. .. .. ...............................16,277
FRED LESLIE (Frederick Hobson), Actor and Dramatic Author, aged 37............. 16,113
EDWARD ASKEW SOTHERN (“ Lord Dundreary “), Actor, aged 54 .. .............16,000
W. S. PENLEY, Actor and Manager, aged 60 .. .. .. ............................................ 15,642
KEBLE HOWARD, Dramatic Author and Novelist, aged 52 .. .. ...........................15,332
ARTHUR STIRLING (William Rogers) Actor, aged 71 .. .. .. ................................15,227
E. S. WILLARD, Actor and Manager, aged 62 .. .. .. ........................................... 14,681
KATE SANTLEY, Actress, Vocalist and Manageress, aged 86 .. .. .......................14,257
ARTHUR CECIL (Blunt), Actor and Manager, aged 52 .. .. .. ...............................14,000
H. G. PE'LISSIER, “The Follies,” Entertainer, aged 39 .. ....................................... 13,837
WILLIAM MUSKERRY-TILSON, Dramatic Author, and Play Publishcr (d. 1918)13,113
WINIFRED EMERY, Actress, aged 61 .. .. .. .. ..................................................... 12,955
HUBERT HENRY DAVIES, Dramatic Author, aged 48 .. .. .................................. 12,284
LILIAN ELDER, Vocalist and Dramatic Author, aged 34 .. .................................... 12,282
JAMES F.. ELLISTON, Manager, aged 66 .. .. .. ............................................... .. 11,920
JAMES T. TANNER, Dramatic Author, aged 56 .. .. .. .......................................... 11,788
MRS. STIRLING (Lady Gregory), Retired Actress, aged 79 .. .............................. 11,556
PAUL MARTINETTI, Pantomimist, aged 73.. .. .. .. .. ............................................11,408
AMELIA BINGHAM, Actress, aged 57 .. .. .. ........................................................11,017
CHARLES READE, Dramatic Author and Novelist, aged 69 .. ............................... 11,000
GEORGE RIGNOLD (Rignall), Actor and Manager, aged 75, .. ............................. 11.000
ROBERT PATEMAN, Actor, aged 83 .. .. .. .. .. .....................................................11,000
DAN LENO (George Wild Galvin), Music-hall Comedian, aged 45 ........................ 10,994
JOSEPH HARKER, Scenic Artist, aged 71 .. .. .. .. ............................................... 10,937
J. D. BEVERIDGE, Actor, aged 81 .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................ 10,924
FREDERICK BURGESS, Minstrel-Manager, aged 67 .. .................................... .. 10,894
HON. GEORGE COFFIN, Actor and Manager, aged 88 .. .. ............................... 10,232
KATHERINE COMPTON, Actress, aged 70 .. .. -. .. .. ........................................10,219
LESTER COLLINGWOOD, Manager, aged 53.. .. .. .. . -................................. .. 10,034
JOHN QUICK, Actor, aged 84.. .. .. .. .. .. .......................................................... 10,000
JOHN HARTLEY MANNERS, Dramatic Author, aged 57 (Estate in U.K.) ........... 9,835
AUSTIN HARRISON, Former Dramatic Critic and Author, aged 55 ...................... 9,801
FRED HENGLER, Circus Proprietor and Showman, aged 67 ................................. 9,666
DAME GENEVIE'VE WARD, Actress, aged 85.. .. .. .. . . .................................... 9,354
C. HADDON CHAMBERS, Dramatic Author, aged 60.. .. .. ................................. 9,195
SAMUEL PHELPS, Actor and Manager, aged 74 .. .. .. . ....................................... 9,000
LUIGI LABLACHE, Actor, aged 64 .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................... 8,899
CECIL RALEIGH (Rowlands), Dramatic Author, aged 58.. .. ..................................8,575
WALTER LACY (Williams), Actor, aged 89 .. .. .. .. .............................................. 8,566
DION G. BOUCICAULT, Actor and Manager, aged 70 .. .. .. ...............................8,322
WILL DENNIS (Stephen Towneshend), Actor and Dramatic Author, aged 54.........8,116
JOHN CLAYTON (Calthrop), Actor and Manager, aged 44 . . ............................. 8,120
CHARLES INCLEDON, Actor, aged 63.. -. .. .. .. . - ........................................... 8,000
ELEONORA DUSE, Actress and Malrageress, aged 64 .. .. . ................................ 8,000
FANNY BROUGH (Boleyn), Actress, aged 60 .. .. .. ............................................ 7,824
JOHN GLENDINNING, Actor and Manager, aged 58.. .. .. ................................. 7,822
HENRY NEVILLE, Actor, aged 73 .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................... 7,724
MARIE LLOYD, Music-hall Comedienne, aged 52 .. .. .. ...................................... 7,334
GABY DESLYS, Actress arid Dancer, aged 36 (English Estate) .. ..........................7,225
EDYTH GOODALL, Actress, aged 47 .. .. ........................................................... 7,203
LEONARD BOYNE, Actor and Manager, aged 71 .. ........................................... 7,168
ALBERT CHEVALIER, Actor, Author and Entertainer, aged 62............................ 7,164
FREDERICK W. PURCELL, Manager (d. 1927) ..................................................7,147
VICTOR HERBERT, Composer, aged 65 .. .. ...................................................... 7,130
GEORGE R. SIMS, Dramatic Author and Journalist, aged 75................................ 7,111
W. L. COURTNEY, Dramatic Critic, Author, and Journalist, aged 78.................... 7,014
MRS. (JANE) POPE, Actress, aged 76.. .. .. ....................................................... 7,000
A. B. WALKLEY, Dramatic Critic and Essayist (70) ............................................6,896
DENNIS EADIE, Actor and Manager, aged 59 .. .. .. .......................................... 6,710
ORLANDO BARNETT, Actor (d. 1927).. .. .. .. .............................................. .. 6,549
TOM PITT, Business Manager, aged 68 .............................................................. 6,334
LESLIE FABER, Actor, aged 49 .. .. .. .. .. .......................................................... 6,146
ISAAC COHEN, Manager, aged 77 .. .. .. .. ..................................................... .. 6,065
JOHN HENDERSON, Actor, aged 38 .. .. .. ................................................. .. .. 6,000
FREDERICK ROBSON, Actor, aged 43.. .. .. .....................................................6,000
KATE SAVILLE, Actress and Manageress (d. 1922) .. .. .................................... 5,986
GEORGE H. CHIRGWIM (“The White-Eye'd Kaffir “), aged 67 .. ..................... 5,956
CHARLES FROHMAN, Manager, aged 54 (Property in U.K., £5,804 ; Gross Estate,
U.S.A., $918,932; Net Value, $451 = about £90) .. .. ......................................... 5,894
HARRY PAYNE, Clown and Pantomimist, aged 64 .. .. ...................................... 5,858
LEWIS WALTER (William Waller Lewis), Actor-Manager, aged 54 ................... 5,845
H. H. VINCENT (Barnett), Actor, aged 65 .. .. .. .. ............................................. 5,801
MABEL HACKNEY (Mrs. Laurence Irving), Actress (d. 1914) .. .. .....................5,760
PATRICK KIRWAN, Actor and Producer, aged 67 .. .. .................................. .. 5,719
JAMES BLAKELEY (Baseley), Actor, aged 42 .. .. ......................................... .. 5,712
FRED EMNEY, Actor, aged 51 .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................... 5,708
MRS. LEWIS WALLER, Actress and Manageress, aged 49 ............................ .. 5,693
HENRY DANA (Henry C. T. M. Torrens), Manager, aged 66 .. ......................... 5,673
EDWARD CORRIE RIGHTON, Actor and Dramatic Author, aged 61 ............... 5,563
STANLEY HOUGHTON. Dramatic Author, aged 32.. .. ................................. .. 5,488
JEROME K. JEROME, Dramatic Author and Novelist, aged 68 .. ....................... 5,478
ARTHUR PLAYFAIR, Actor, aged 49 .. .. ................................................ .. .. .. 5,438
JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE, Entertainer and Illusionist, aged 77.. .................... 5,366
MAURICE FARKOA, Actor and Vocalist, aged 48 .. .. .. ................................... 5,193
MICHAEL LEVENSTON, Manager, aged 48 .. .. .. .. ........................................ 5,077
MARGARET COOPER, Vocalist and Entertainer (d. 1922) .. .. .......................... 5,032
RE'GINE FLORY, Actress, aged 31, English Estate.. .. .................................... .. 5,030
WALLACE EDDINGER, Actor, aged 47 .. .. .. .. ............................................... 5,000
BEAM STOKER, Business Manager and Novelist, aged 64 .. ............................. 4,875
A. E. GEORGE, Actor, aged 51 .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................4,852
JAMES FERNANDEZ, Actor, aged 80 .. .. .. .. ................................................. 4,819
FRED BILLINGTON, Actor, aged 63 .. .. .. .. ................................................ .. 4,768
LAURI DE FRECE, Actor, aged 41 .. .. .. .. .. .................................................... 4,686
A. E. DRINKWATER, Dramatic Author and Manager, aged 71 ...................... .. 4,604
CLARA BLOODGOOD, Actress, aged 37 .. ............................................ .. .. .. 4,579
M. R. MORAND, Actor, aged 61 .. .. .. .. ....................................................... .. 4,571
HERBERT CAMPBELL(Herbert Edward Storey),Music-hall Comedian,aged 61 4,477
CHARLES WARNER (Lickfold), Actor, aged 62 .. .. .. ..................................... 4,428
DAVID MONTGOMMERY, Actor, aged 47 .. .. .. .. ........................................ 4,307
HENRY JAMES BYRON, Dramatic Author and Actor, aged 49 .. .................... 4,200
WILLIAM RIGNOLD (Rignall), Actor, aged 63 .. .. .. .. .....................................4,196
JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE (the Younger), Entertainer and Conjuror, aged 63 3,628
MAY PALFREY (Mrs. Weedon Grossmith), Actress, aged 62 .. .. ......................3,625
LADY BANCROFT (Marie Wilton), Actress and Manageress, aged 81 ............. 3,596
WILLIAM FARREN, Actor, aged 82 .. .. .. .. .. .. ...............................................3,522
JAMES LAWRENCE GRAYDON, Music-hall Director, aged 74 ................... .. 3,392
MRS. HERMANN VEZIN, Actress, aged 74 .. .. .. ........................................ .. 3,329
ROBERT DROUET, Actor and Dramatic Author, aged 44 .. .............................. 3,278
EUGENE STRATTON, Negro Delineator and Dancer, aged 57 .. .......................3,112
SYDNEY VALENTINE (Nossiter), Actor and Chairman of the Actors' Association,
aged 54 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......................................................................................2,948
WILLIAM MOLLISON, Actor and Manager, aged 50.. .. .. .. ............................2,871
JULIE (Mrs. W. Faversham), Actress, aged 50 .. .. .. ...........................................2,750
HERMAN MERIVALE, Dramatic Author, aged 67 .. .. .. ................................... 2,832
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, Translator, aged 65 .. .........................2,831
CLEMENT SCOTT, Dramatic Critic and Author, aged 62 ...................................2,748
FRANCOIS ARSENE CELLIER, Conductor and Composer, aged 64 ........... .. 2,724
DAWSON MILWARD, Actor, aged 60 .. .. ......................................... .. .. ... .. 2,630
HENRY WOODWARD, Actor, aged 62.. .. .. .. .. .......................................... .. 2,600
G. G. COLLINGHAM (Mary Helen White), Dramatic Author (d.. 1923) .. .. ......2,625
H. J. LOVEDAY, Stage Manager, aged 71 .. .. .. .. ......................................... .. 2,328
LIONEL BROUGH. Actor, aged 72 .. .. .. .. .. .. ................................................ 2,317
MRS. CHARLES CALVERT, Actress, aged 83 .. .. .. ....................................... 2,281
SOPHIE LARKIN, Actress, aged 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .............................................2,138
SIR JOHN HANKIN, Dramatic Author, aged 39 .. .. .................................. .. .. 2,116
CYRIL HARCOURT, Dramatic Author and Actor, aged 52 .. .. ........................ 2,115
GEORGE HENRY LEWES,. Dramatic Author and Critic, aged 61 .. ................. 2,000
MRS G. H. GILBERT, Actress, aged 84 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................. 2,000
ALFRED SIDNEY WIGAN Actor and Manager, aged 61 .. .. ........................ .. 2,000
B. MACDONALD HASTINGS, Dramatic Author and Critic, aged 46 .. ............ 1,984
KATE TERRY, Actress, aged 79 .. .. .. .. ..................................................... .. .. 1,966
FRANK DESPREZ, Theatrical Journalist and Author, aged 63 .. .. ..................... 1,896
THOMAS F. DAWE, Manager, aged 44 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................ 1,859
THEO STIER, Conductor (d. 1928) .. . .. .. .. .. ................................................. 1,737
COWLEY WRIGHT, Actor, aged 33 .. .. .. .. .............................................. .. .. 1,693
HENRY H. HOWE, Actor, aged 83 .. .. .. .. .. ................................................ .. 1,667
ATHOL FORBES (Rev. Forbes Phillips), Dramatic Author and Clergyman, aged 50 1,614
MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD Dramatic Author and Novelist (d. 1929) ................. .. 1,570
LEO TREVOR, Dramatic Author, aged 62 .. .. .. .. ......................................... .. 1,537
F. A. SCUDAMORE, Dramatic Author and Manager, aged 58 .. .. .................... 1,403
BARCLAY GAMMON, Entertainer, aged 48 .. .. .. .. .................................... .. 1,367
C. H. BOVILL, Dramatic Author, aged 39 .. .. .. .. ......................................... .. 1,339
ADA CAVENDISH Actress, aged 48 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................... 1,323
PITT CHATHAM, Actor and Vocalist, aged 37 .. .. .. .. .................................... 1,309
COURTICE POUNDS, Actor and Vocalist, aged 65 .. ............................ .. .. .. 1,249
WAL PINK, Dramatic Author and Actor, aged 60 .. .. ................................... .. 1,204
NAT. C. GOODWIN, Actor, aged 61 .. .. ............................................ .. .. .. .. 1,200
SIR CHARLES HAWTREY, Actor, Manager and Dramatic Author, aged 64 ... 1,180
AUSTIN BRERETON, Critic, Biographer and Manager, aged 60 .. .. ............... 1,152
LILY HANBURY, Actress, aged 33 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................... .. 1,102
CARLOTTA ADDISON (La Trobe), Actress, aged 64 .. .. .. ........................... 1,101
R. C. CARTON, Dramatic Author, formerly Actor, aged 71 .. .. .. ......................1,093
A. C. CALMOUR, Author, formerly Actor, aged 55 .. .. .. ................................ 1,080
HARRY FRAGSON (Potts), Vocalist and Entertainer, aged 44 .. .. ................... 1,067
BRONSON HOWARD, Dramatic Author, aged 65 .. .. .. .. .............................. 1,000
JOHN N. RAPHAEL (“ Percival “), Dramatic Author, Critic, and journalist, aged
47 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................................................... .. .. 1,000
JOHN OLIVER HOBBES (Mrs. Craigie), Dramatic Author, aged 38 .. ............... 995
EDMUND HOLLAND, Actor, aged 65.. .. .. .. .. .. ............................................. 980
EDWARD SASS, Actor and Author, aged 58.. .. .. .. .. .. ......................................954
ALFRED BRYDONE (Boak), Actor, aged 56 .. .. .. .. ...................................... .. 950
MALCOME SCOTT, Comedian, aged 57 .. .. .. .. .. ............................................ 947
LAURENCE IRVING, Manager, Actor, and Dramatic Author, aged 42 .. ............. 937
DELLA FOX Actress and Vocalist, aged 41 .. .. .. .. ............................................ 899
KITTY LOFTUS, actress and vocalist, aged 59 .. .. ....................................... .. .. 847
EVELYN D'ALROY, Actress, aged 33.. .. .. .. .. .. .............................................. 829
WILLIE EDOUIN, Actor, aged 67 .. .. .. .. .. .................................................... .. 821
JAMES DOEL, Retired Actor and Author, aged 98.. .. ......................................... 810
FRED EASTMAN. Actor, aged 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................786
CHARLES H. GLENNEY, Actor, aged 65 .. .. .. .. ........................................... .. 785
CLAUD LOVAT FRASER, Artist and Designer, aged 31 .. .. .. ............................ 761
CAPTAIN BASIL HOOD, Dramatic Author, aged 53.. .. .. .. .. .............................724
H. KYRLE BELLEW, Actor, aged 57 .. ............................................................... 705
MEYER LUTZ, Composer and Conductor, aged 72 .. .. ................................. .. .. 575
BASIL HALLAM, Actor and Vocalist, aged 27 .. .. .. .. ........................................ 556
HERBERT E. HAINES, Composer and Conductor, aged 43 .. .. .. .........................513
KATE BISHOP, Actress, aged 75 .. .. .. .. .. .. ....................................................... 474
FRED. WRIGHT, Actor, aged 85 .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................ 405
JOHN BILLINGTON, Actor, aged 75 .. .. .. .. .. ................................................ .. 374
HOWARD TALBOT (Munkittrick) Composer, aged 63 .. .. ............................... .. 374
G. A. REDFORD, Film Censor, formerly Licenser of Plays, died 1916 ................ .. 337
GEORGE GIDDENS, Actor, aged 75 .. .. .. .. .. ................................................. .. 310
GLADYS FFOLLIOTT, Actress, aged 69 .. .. .. .. .............................................. .. 279
CHARLES H. E. BROOXPIELD, Actor, Author, and Dramatic Censor, aged 56... 269
T. E. DUNVILLE, Music-hall Comedian, aged 56 .. ......................................... .. .. 236
AUGUSTE VAN BIFNE, Actor, Manager and ‘Cellist, aged 62 .. ...................... .. 228
PAUL ARTHUR, Actor, aged 68 .. .. ..................................................................... 216
EBEN PLYMPTON, Actor, aged 62 .. .. ...................................................... .. .. .. 200
BLANCHE WALSH, Actress, aged 42.. .. .. .. .. .................................................... 200
MISS DARRAGH (Letitia Marion Dallas), Actress, died 1917 .. .......................... ..190
CHARLES H. WORKMAN, Actor and Vocalist, aged 50 .. .. .. .............................159
MARY EASTLAKE, Actress, aged 55.. .. .. .. ................................................... ... 147
HERMANN VEZIN, Actor, aged 81 .. .. .. .. .. ...................................................... 138
EDWARD A. MORTON, Dramatic Critic and Author (d. 1922) .. .. ...................... 120
OSCAR WILDE, Dramatic Author, aged 44 .. .. .. ................................................. 100
PAUL ARMSTRONG, Dramatic Author, aged 46 .. .. .. ........................................ 100
JOHN D'AUBAN, Stage Manager, formerly Dancer, aged 80 .. .. .......................... 100
MRS. JOHN DREW, Actress, aged 79.. .. .. .. ....................................................... . 42
THE “GREAT” VANCE (Alfred Peck Stevens), Vocalist and Entertainer,
aged 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................................................... 39
LOIE FULLER, Dancer (d. 1928) .. .. .. .. ............................................................... 25
CHARLES McEVOY, Dramatic Author, aged 49 ................................................ ... 21
STEPHEN PHILLIPS, Poet and Dramatic Author, formerly Actor, aged 49 ............... 5
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