Ada Cavendish (1839 – 5 October 1895) was an English actress known for her Shakespearean roles and for popularising the plays of
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for '' The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moonstone'' (1868), which has be ...
in America .
Life
After her stage debut in August 1863, beginning in
musical burlesques by
F. C. Burnand and others, Cavendish became known for playing such Shakespearean heroines as Juliet, Beatrice and Rosalind. She also famously played the title role of Miss Gwilt in the stage adaptation of ''
Armadale'' and Mercy Merrick in ''The New Magdalen'', both by
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for '' The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moonstone'' (1868), which has be ...
.
Family
She married
Francis Albert Marshall (1840-1889), who published a scholarly edition of Shakespeare.
She was buried at
Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederic ...
, London.
Photo of Cavendish's grave
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Notes
References
*Peters, Catherine. ''The King of Inventors, A Life of Wilkie Collins'', Seeker & Warburg, London 1991
External links
Description of CavendishAda Cavendish (1839-1895)
at PictureHistory.com
''The New Magdalen''Photos of Cavendish
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1839 births
1895 deaths
19th-century English actresses
English stage actresses
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