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Edward Marble
Edward Stevenson Marble (September 3, 1846 – January 3, 1900) was a 19th-century American actor and songwriter.(17 December 1897)Edward Marble - Some Account of a Popular Song-Writer, Actor and Playwright '' Boston Evening Transcript''(21 September 1900)Edward Marble (obituary) ''The Lafayette'', Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 8 Among other works, he wrote '' Tuxedo'' for vaudeville. He was the son of actor and comedian Dan Marble Danforth Marble (April 27, 1810 – May 13, 1849) was an American comedic actor who gained great popularity playing "Yankee" roles in the 1830s and 1840s. Marble was born in East Windsor, Connecticut and made his stage debut in 1831 at Chatham G ..., and Anna Warren; and the father of Anna Marble, who married playwright Channing Pollock.Who's who in Music and Drama p. 212 (1914)
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Boston Evening Transcript
The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941. Beginnings ''The Transcript'' was founded in 1830 by Henry Dutton and James Wentworth of the firm of Dutton and Wentworth, which was, at that time, the official state printer of Massachusetts. and Lynde Walter who was also the first editor of the ''Transcript''. Dutton and Wentworth agreed to this as long as Walter would pay the expenses of the initial editions of the newspaper. In 1830 ''The Boston Evening Bulletin'', which had been a penny paper, ceased publication. Lynde Walter decided to use the opening provided to start a new evening penny paper in Boston. Walter approached Dutton and Wentworth with the proposal that he would edit the paper and that they would do the printing and circulation. ''The Transcript'' first appeared on July 24, 1830, however after three days Walter suspended publication of the paper until he could build u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuxedo (vaudeville)
''Tuxedo'' was a vaudeville show with minstrelsy in which the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" was interpolated. Actor and songwriter Edward Marble wrote and produced ''Tuxedo'' for George Thatcher and his minstrel troupe known as Thatcher's Minstrels. The show debuted in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 23, 1891. Gänzl, Kurt"Ta-ra-ra-boom-de ... oy? " Kurt Gänzl's blog, 20 August 2018 It then toured, including to Boston, Massachusetts, beginning on August 24, 1891, and the National Theater in Washington, D.C. ''Tuxedo'' arrived in New York at the Park Theatre (at Broadway and 35th Street) on October 5, 1891. The song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" was introduced in this show as an interpolated number. Background In describing ''Tuxedo'', ''The New York Times'' wrote: The work, it is said, makes no pretension to anything like a connected plot, but affords opportunity for the introduction of a large number of 'specialties' which are relied on to keep alive the interest of the audience. The actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Marble
Danforth Marble (April 27, 1810 – May 13, 1849) was an American comedic actor who gained great popularity playing "Yankee" roles in the 1830s and 1840s. Marble was born in East Windsor, Connecticut and made his stage debut in 1831 at Chatham Garden Theatre in New York, playing the role of Rollin Roughhead in ''Fortune's Frolic'' by John Till Allingham. Marble had great success playing the role of famous daredevil jumper Sam Patch starting in 1836. He first played the role at the Eighth Street Theatre in Buffalo, New York, where Patch's successful jump at nearby Niagara Falls in 1829 made him a local legend. Marble went on to star in a number of "Sam Patch" plays throughout the United States. He also went to England to perform in September 1844, returning to America in 1845. Marble died of cholera in Louisville, Kentucky on May 13, 1849.Berg, Albert ElleryThe drama, painting, poetry, and song p. 292 (1884) Humorist Jonathan Falconbridge Kelly wrote a biography of Marble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channing Pollock (writer)
Channing Pollock (March 4, 1880 – August 17, 1946) was an American playwright, critic and screenwriter, whose works included '' The Evil Thereof'' (1916) and the memoir ''The Footlights, Fore and Aft'' (1911). Pollock is perhaps best remembered in connection with a review of one of his later plays, in which Dorothy Parker famously wrote "'The House Beautiful' is the play lousy." Pollock began his career in 1896 as the dramatic critic at ''The Washington Post'', and later worked at the ''Washington Times''. Biography His father, Alexander L. Pollock, was consul of the United States of America in San Salvador, El Salvador. His mother took Channing and his two siblings to join him on April 1894. They took the Pacific Mail Steamship Company liner SS ''San Blas'' from San Francisco and arrived at the port of Acajutla on April 7. The country was at peace when they arrived; however, by the end of the month, the Revolution of the 44 occurred, during which President Carlos Ezeta was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Stage Actors
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1900 Deaths
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1846 Births
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19th-century American Male Actors
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Songwriters
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19th-century American Musicians
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