Amy Fawsitt (1836 – December 26, 1876) also known as Mrs. Menzies, was an English actress.
In 1867, Miss Fawsitt made her first appearance on the London stage at the old
Standard Theatre Standard Theatre or Standard Theater may refer to:
;in Australia
*Royal Standard Theatre, in Sydney, known as "Standard Theatre", since demolished
;in Canada;
* Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ontario)
;in the United States
*Standard Theatre, early n ...
,
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend, and gra ...
,
Vaudeville Theatre. At this period she was looked upon as a promising rival of
Marie Wilton.
Fawsitt died of
tuberculosis on December 26, 1876, in New York. She had made her American debut in September 1876 in ''Life'' at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Fifth Avenue Theatre was a Broadway theatre in New York City in the United States located at 31 West 28th Street and Broadway (1185 Broadway). It was demolished in 1939.
Built in 1868, it was managed by Augustin Daly in the mid-1870s. In 1877, ...
, and withdrew on October 10.
[Brown, T. Allston]
A History of the New York Stage, Vol. 3
pp. 14-15 (1903)[(12 September 1877)]
Amy Fawsitt's Sad Death
'' The New York Times''
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portrait Amy Fawsittarchived)
1836 births
1876 deaths
English stage actresses
Actresses from London
19th-century English actresses
19th-century English singers
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