Famous actors and their homes . on of thatmuch-beloved players library. There are more than 100 volumes of theolder dramatists and a collection of o\er30,000 playbills. Above the shelves are death-masks of Garrick, Kean, Malibran, Goethe,and Devrient, and portraits, all of actors, saveone of George Washington. But then he maybe classified as our leading man. Besides Founders Night, the only annualcelebration of the club is Ladies Day. It ischaracteristic of the clubs dignity that this isheld on Shakespeares birthday, April 23. THE END. hotogi-aph ay Hicti:d Famous yictors And Their Homes By Gu


Famous actors and their homes . on of thatmuch-beloved players library. There are more than 100 volumes of theolder dramatists and a collection of o\er30,000 playbills. Above the shelves are death-masks of Garrick, Kean, Malibran, Goethe,and Devrient, and portraits, all of actors, saveone of George Washington. But then he maybe classified as our leading man. Besides Founders Night, the only annualcelebration of the club is Ladies Day. It ischaracteristic of the clubs dignity that this isheld on Shakespeares birthday, April 23. THE END. hotogi-aph ay Hicti:d Famous yictors And Their Homes By Gustav Kobbe Author of Signora, a Child of the Opera-HouseOpera Singers, etc. With Numerous Illustrations from Photographs BostonLittle, Brown, and Company 1905 Copyright, The Curtis Publishing Co. Copyright, igoj, 1905,By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, u. S. a. To EDWARD BOK Contents Page John Drew 1 William GiLLETfE 33 Richard Mansfield 71 E. H. SOTHERN AND HIS WiFE, ViRGINIA HaRNED 109 Francis Wilson 151 The Lambs 179 The Players 203 [vii] Illustrations Richard Mansfield Frontispiece Page On the Piazza^ Easthampton 7 John Drew in his Libraiy 12 John Drew and his Daughter ready for a Ride . 19 John Drew, his Daughter, and their Pets .... 22 John Drew in his Study 25 John Drew 29 The Gillette Homestead, Hartford 37 William Gillette 41 The Den at the Homestead 47 Deck View of the ^Mn< Po/Zj/ 51 The Salon on the Aunt Polly 59 The Engine built by Gillette when a Boy ...cu31924075696322


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