Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ity, and again five years in Bos-ton. In 1847 Mr. Gilbert went to London andjoined the company of the Princesss theatre, hav-ing been engaged to represent the parts of old menin standard comedies. His first appearance therewas as Sir Robert Bramble in The Poor Gentle-man. After the close of the London season hevisited Paris, for the purpose of study. In 1848Mr. Gilbert returned to this country, and appearedunder the management of Hamblin. at the NewYork Park theatre. His last performance at thisplace was in the part of Admiral Kingston in Naval Eng
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ity, and again five years in Bos-ton. In 1847 Mr. Gilbert went to London andjoined the company of the Princesss theatre, hav-ing been engaged to represent the parts of old menin standard comedies. His first appearance therewas as Sir Robert Bramble in The Poor Gentle-man. After the close of the London season hevisited Paris, for the purpose of study. In 1848Mr. Gilbert returned to this country, and appearedunder the management of Hamblin. at the NewYork Park theatre. His last performance at thisplace was in the part of Admiral Kingston in Naval Engagements, the evening before it wasdestroyed by fire, after a few months of unsuccess-ful management. Thereafter he joined Hamblmscompany at the Bowery theatre. From the latterplace, in 1851, he went to Philadelphia for five years,and thence to Boston until 1857. when he returnedto Philadelphia, remaining until 1862. In 1S62Mr. Gilbert joined the company of Wallaeks thea-tre in New York city, with which he has since been (-40 GILBERT GILBERT. ^-/V^ e&^^> connected. He has been twice married. Hissec- ond \. Sarah 11. Gravett, is living, Mr. Gil- berts career of sixty years before the public hasbeen unmarked either by vicissitudes or adven-tures. Away from the theatre his life has boonquiet and retired. He is one of the few perform-ers before the public whose career compasses morethan two generations, from the days when het in connection with Cooper, Junius B. Booth,andthe Kem-bles. His range ofcharacters lias beenw ide, in comedy andtragedy, and at thepresent time (1887)lie is among- thefew who are able toportray effectivelythe tine old Englishgentleman of otherdays. Among hismost popular per-sonations are SirPeter Teazle, SirAnthony Absolute,Lord Ogieby, JobThornberry and OldDornton. His abil-ity to learn new parts is unimpaired, and after afew readings of old ones that were favorites withhim many years ago, he is able to recite them withprecision. With all his experience h
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