actor-manager system: Quick Facts

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Sir Henry Irving

British actor and theatrical manager

William Charles Macready

English actor

Colley Cibber

English actor and author

Dame Margaret Kendal and William Hunter Kendal

English actors and managers

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

British actor and manager

Charles Kean

British actor

Dame Margaret Kendal

British actress and manager

Sir John Hare

British actor

Thomas Doggett

English actor

Sir Gerald du Maurier

British actor