PHELPS, SAMUEL (1804-1878)

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PHELPS, SAMUEL (1804-1878) , English actor and manager, was born at Devonport on the 13th of February 1804. He was early thrown upon his own resources, and worked in various newspaper offices. Shortly after his

marriage

MARRIAGE

in 1826 to Sarah Cooper (d. 1867), he accepted a theatrical engagement in the

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

circuit at eighteen shillings a

week

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=
change
- CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)
, turn)

, and afterwards appeared in south of England towns in prominent tragic roles, attracting sufficient attention to be spoken of as a rival to

Kean

KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

He made his first London appearance on the 28th of August 1837 as Shylock .at the Haymarket. After a short season there he was with Macready for about six years at Covent Garden, the Haymarket and Drury Lane successively. In 1844 he became co-lessee of Sadler's Wells Theatre with Thomas L.

Greenwood

GREENWOOD, FREDERICK (1830-19o9)
GREENWOOD, JOHN (d. 1593)

and Mrs Mary Amelia Warner (1804-18J4).

Greenwood

GREENWOOD, FREDERICK (1830-19o9)
GREENWOOD, JOHN (d. 1593)

supplied the business capacity, Phelps was the theatrical manager, and Mrs 'Warner leading lady. In this position Phelps remained for twenty years, during which time he raised the Sadler's Wells

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

to an important position,
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and himself appeared in a very exsensive and varied repertory. Thirty-four of Shakespeare's plays were presented there under his direction, with great educational effect, both on public and players. In 1861 Greenwood retired from the partnership, and Phelps, unable to cope with the business of management, retired from it in the following year. For the next fifteen years he acted under various managements, achieving considerable success in some of Halliday's dramatic versions of Scott's novels, such as The Fortunes of Nigel and Ivanhoe. His last appearance was in 1878 as Wolsey in Henry VIII., and he died on the 6th of November 1878. He was a sound and capable actor, rather than one of any marked genius; and, in spite of his predilection for tragedy, was most successful in such characters of comedy as called for dry humour. Perhaps Sir Pertinax Macsycophant in Charles Macklin's The Man of the World was his finest impersonation. He published an annotated edition of Shakespeare's plays (2 vols., 1852-1854).

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