Identifier: naturalsystemofe00hyde (find matches)
Title: A natural system of elocution and oratory : founded on an analysis of human constitution, considered in its three-fold nature--mental, physiological and expressional
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Hyde, Thomas A. (Thomas Alexander), 1859-1925 Hyde, William, of Cambridge
Subjects: Elocution Oratory
Publisher: New York : Fowler & Wells Co. London : L.N. Fowler & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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• George F. Cooke, one of the greatest tragedians of the eighteenth century, was born in Westminster, Apr.17, 1756 ; died in New York City in 1812.
• Edmund Kean, unsurpassed in tragedy, was born in London, March 17,1790, died there, May 15, 1833.
• Edwin Forrest, one of the most celebrated of American actors, was born at Philadelphia, March 9, 1806. Died December 12, 1872.
• John P. Kemble, famed for his rendering of Hamlet, was born in Lancashire, February, 1757 ; died in Switzerland, February 26, 1823.
• Junius Brutus Booth, great in his impersonation of Richard III. ; born in London, May 1, 1796 ; died in December, 1852.
• William C. Macready, one of the first of dramatic actors, was born in London, March 3, 1793.
• David Garrick, the wonderful "Lear," was born at Hereford, England, February 20, 1716: died January 20, 1779.
• Thomas Hamblin was born at Pentonville near Islington, London, May 14, 1800 ; came to New York 1825, died Jan. 8, 1853. He was connected with the Bowery Theatre for many years.
• E. L. Davenport was born in Philadelphia about 1815.
• Julia Deane [Sic: Dean] Hayne, a popular American comedienne, was born in Pleasant Valley, New York, July 22,1830.
• Sarah Siddons, regarded as the most powerful actress of passion ; born in South Wales, July 5, 1775 ; died June 8, 1831.
• Charlotte S. Cushman, one of the most celebrated of tragic actresses, was born in Boston, Mass., July 23, 1816. Died in England, May 10, 1876.
• Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, authoress and actress, born in Bordeaux, France, of American parents, in 1821. Died in England, July 28, 1870.

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