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Kate Mayhew
Kate Mayhew (September 2, 1853 – June 16, 1944), also known as Katie Mayhew and Kate Mayhew Widmer, was an American stage and radio actress. She first performed on stage as a four year old child at the Metropolitan Opera House in Indianapolis, and her first New York performance was at Niblo's Garden Theatre in 1873. Mayhew became involved in producing plays, and owned the rights to ''M'Liss'' written by Clay M. Greene (adapted from a story by Bret Harte), in the 1870s. Mayhew performed the title role herself at the Grand Opera House in New York in September 1878, however, a legal battle over rights to the play eventually saw Annie Pixley take up the role to critical acclaim. She performed in productions of Shakespeare, playing the roles of Juliet's Mother in Romeo and Juliet, and Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, in Hamlet. In the 1890s, she appeared in Oriental parts. She was long on Broadway in support of most of the well-known names. She made films, and also voiced characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River (Indiana), White River. The city's official slogan, "Crossroads of America", reflects its historic importance as a transportation hub and its relative proximity to other major North American markets. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the Indianapolis (balance), balance population was 887,642. Indianapolis is the List of United States cities by population, 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, Midwest after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital in the nation after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Austin, Texas, Austin, and Columbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay M
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as a reddish or brownish colour from small amounts of iron oxide. Clays develop plasticity when wet but can be hardened through firing. Clay is the longest-known ceramic material. Prehistoric humans discovered the useful properties of clay and used it for making pottery. Some of the earliest pottery shards have been dated to around 14,000 BCE, and clay tablets were the first known writing medium. Clay is used in many modern industrial processes, such as paper making, cement production, and chemical filtering. Between one-half and two-thirds of the world's population live or work in buildings made with clay, often baked into brick, as an essential part of its load-bearing structure. In agriculture, clay content is a major fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Harte
Bret Harte ( , born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches. Harte moved from California to the eastern U.S. and later to Europe. He incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been those most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. Early life Harte was born in 1836 in New York's capital city of Albany. He was named after his great-grandfather, Francis Brett. When he was young, his father, Henry, changed the spelling of the family name from Hart to Harte. Henry's father was Bernard Hart, an Orthodox Jewish immigrant who flourished as a merchant, becoming one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange. Bret's mother, Elizabeth Reb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Pixley
Annie Pixley (née Annie Shea, c.1848 – November 8, 1893) was an American stage actress. Pixley was born in Brooklyn, and moved with her family to San Francisco. After her father died, her mother married a California rancher, and Annie took his last name, Pixley. She made her debut performing comic opera and was well known for her work on stage. She went to Australia in 1876 and performed in comic opera there. Pixley's work in the United States included portraying the widow in ''The Danites'' and Gretchen in ''Rip Van Winkle''. On Broadway, Pixley produced, and portrayed Ruth Homewebb, in ''The Deacon's Daughter'' (1887). Pixley was married to Robert Fulford. Their 12-year-old son, Tommy, died in 1886, after which Pixley "lost her ebullience and her nimble grace". She died November 8, 1893, of brain fever in London, England while visiting family. Her ashes and those of her husband and son are in a mausoleum in the Woodland cemetery in London, Ontario, Canada. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
