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Lewis Hallam the Younger
American actor
Lewis Hallam the Younger (born c. 1740, Englandādied Nov. 1, 1808, Philadelphia) was the son of Lewis Hallam and part of a family that pioneered professional theatre in the United States. After his fatherās death, Hallamās mother married the theatrical manager David Douglass, and the company worked in the U.S. with Hallam as the leading man. After Hallamās mother died (1774) and his stepfather retired to Jamaica, he succeeded to management of the family company. For the next 25 years he managed and acted with various companies throughout the U.S. Though an accomplished actor, he was known as a quarrelsome and financially inept manager.
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