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Also Known As Annie Elizabeth Fredericka Horniman
Born October 3, 1860 • England
Died August 6, 1937 (aged 76) • England
Founder Gaiety
Walter Hampden, c. 1919.
Walter Hampden
American actor
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Detail of portrait of Charles Dibdin, oil on canvas, by Thomas Phillips, 1799; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Dibdin
British composer, author, actor and manager
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Christopher Beeston
English actor and theatrical manager
Sir Squire Bancroft.
Sir Squire Bancroft
British actor and manager
Frank Benson, 1882
Sir Frank Benson
British actor
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John Rich
British theatrical manager and actor
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Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Sam S. Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Jacob J. Shubert
American theatrical manager
Arthur Penn looks through a Panavision film camera while directing The Missouri Breaks, wearing a hat and sunglasses on his head.
Arthur Penn
American director
Laura Keene, lithograph.
Laura Keene
British actress
Ames, Winthrop
Winthrop Ames
American theatrical producer and director
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
German writer and producer
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Lennox Robinson
Irish playwright
Billy Rose.
Billy Rose
American composer
Fiske, Harrison Grey: The Privateer
Harrison Grey Fiske
American playwright, theatrical manager, and journalist
George II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1900.
George II
duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.
Edward Gordon Craig
British actor and director