DREW

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DREW , the name of a family of American actors. JOHN DREW (4827-1862) was born in Dublin and made his first New

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appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

in 1846. He played Irish and light comedy parts with success in all the American cities, and was managerof the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia. He visited England in 1855, and Australia in 185g, and died in Philadelphia. His wife, LOUISE LANE DREW (1820-1897), was the daughter of a London actor, and in 1827 went to America, appearing as the Duke of

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to the elder Booth's Richard III., and as Albert to Edwin Forrest's William Tell. After this she starred as a child actress, and then as leading lady. She had been twice married before she became Mrs Drew in 185o. Fom 1861 to 1882 she had the management of the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia. In 188o she toured with Joseph Jefferson. in his elaborate revival of The Rivals, playing Mrs Malaprop to perfection. She had three children, John, Sidney and Georgiana, wife of Maurice Barrymore (1847-1905), and mother of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, all actors. The eldest son, JOHN DREW (b. 1853), began his stage career under his mother's management in Philadelphia as Plumper in Cool as a Cucumber, on the 22nd of March 1873; and after playing with Edwin Booth and others, became leading man in Augustin Daly's company in 1879. 'His association with this company, and with Ada Rehan as the leading lady, constituted a brilliant period in

recent

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stage history, his Petruchio being only one, though. perhaps the most striking, of a

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

of famous impersonations. In 1892 he left Daly's company, and began a career as a "

star

STAR

."

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