. Players and plays of the last quarter century; an historical summary of causes and a critical review of conditions as existing in the American theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. at the London Adelphi, as Victorine in Victorine, and as Nelly Armroyd in Lostin London, she gained considerable popularattention. In Edinburgh, in 1868, she actedRosalind for the first time, and soon afteradded Julia in The Hunchback and Paulinein The Lady of Lyons to her in March 1869, she appeared as Lillianin Life for Life, Joseph Knight gave herher first real encouragement.
. Players and plays of the last quarter century; an historical summary of causes and a critical review of conditions as existing in the American theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. at the London Adelphi, as Victorine in Victorine, and as Nelly Armroyd in Lostin London, she gained considerable popularattention. In Edinburgh, in 1868, she actedRosalind for the first time, and soon afteradded Julia in The Hunchback and Paulinein The Lady of Lyons to her in March 1869, she appeared as Lillianin Life for Life, Joseph Knight gave herher first real encouragement. In September, 1870, Miss Neilson actedAmy Robsart at Drury Lane, and was hailedby another critic as a true dramatic December 19, 1870, still at Drury Lane,she gave the notable impersonation of Julietwhich immediately ranked her at the head ofall Enghsh-speaking actresses. In the samecharacter she made her first appearance in theUnited States at Booths Theatre, New York,on November 18, 1872. Her success was re-markable. The following spring she actedRosalind at Booths Theatre, and on her sec-ond visit to this country, in 1874, she playedBeatrice in Much Ado at the Lyceum The-. ADELAIDE NEILSON. The Juliets of a Century 211 atre, New York. She subsequently abandonedthat character. Isabella in Measure for Meas-ure was first given in London in 1876, andon her third American tour, begun at DalysTheatre, New York, on May 12, 1877, MissNeilson presented two more new^ parts, Violain Twelfth Night and Imogen in Cymbe-line. Miss Neilsons last tour of the UnitedStates started at the Brooklyn Theatre on Oc-tober 20, 1879, and her last appearance in NewYork occurred at Booths Theatre on May 24,1880. She then went to San Francisco, whereshe acted from June 8 until July 13. Shesailed from New York on July 28, and eight-een days later she died in Paris. Such a nature might easily go to shipwreckand ruin, wrote William Winter. She out-rode the storms of a passionate, wayward youthand
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