Julia Marlowe
Julia Marlowe (born Sarah Frances Frost; August 17, 1865[1][2] – November 12, 1950) was an English-born American actress, known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays.Her father, who was an avid fan of local sports, "fled to America in 1870 under the erroneous impression that he had destroyed a neighbour's eye by flicking a whip at him during a race.Marlowe obtained the nickname of "Fanny" and in her early teens began her career in the chorus of a juvenile opera company.Colonel Miles, the new manager of the New York Bijou Opera House, gave her the opportunity to play for two weeks on tour in New England, starting in New London, Connecticut.On 20 October 1887, her mother hired the Bijou for a matinee of Ingomar the Barbarian (Maria Lovell's adaptation of Friedrich Halm's Der Sohn der Wildnis),[6] in which Marlowe received acclaim[7] which served as a stepping stone to Broadway.In early 1891, Marlowe came down with a severe case of typhoid fever while on tour in Philadelphia.Other hits for Marlowe followed, including Charlotte Oliver in the adaptation[16] by Kester and Middleton of George Washington Cable's The Cavalier, and Ingomar, both in 1903.Of her performance in the latter, The New York Sun wrote, "There is not a woman player in America or in England that is – attractively considered – fit to unlace her shoe".[17] In 1904, she began an extremely successful partnership with actor E. H. Sothern, beginning with their appearances in the title roles in Romeo and Juliet, Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and the leads in Hamlet.In 1906, together with Sothern, she played the title character in Percy MacKaye's Jeanne d'Arc, Salome in Sudermann's John the Baptist and Rautendelein in The Sunken Bell, receiving favorable reviews.
Cumberland, EnglandNew York CityStage actressRobert TaberE. H. SothernPygmalion and GalateaManuel RosenbergWilliam ShakespeareCaldbeckCumberlandKansasPortsmouth, OhioCincinnatiGilbert and SullivanH.M.S. PinaforeW. S. GilbertAda DowRomeo and JulietTwelfth NightNew York Bijou Opera HouseNew London, ConnecticutIngomar the BarbarianFriedrich HalmWhen Knighthood Was in FlowerBroadwayRiverside DrivePaul KesteradaptationKesterMiddletonGeorge Washington CableMuch Ado About NothingThe Taming of the ShrewThe Merchant of VeniceCharles FrohmanShubert BrothersPercy MacKayeSalomeSudermannThe Sunken BellPortiaAcademy of MusicJ. B. FaganAs You Like ItMary JohnstonMacbethVictorEdward SheldonGeorge Washington UniversityColumbia UniversityChisholm, HughEncyclopædia BritannicaKen BloomTaylor & FrancisScarecrow PressInternet Broadway DatabaseRussell, Charles EdwardInternet ArchiveNew York Public Library for the Performing ArtsNew York Public LibraryYouTubeHerbert Satterlee