Who's who in music and drama : an encyclopedia of biography of notable men and women in music and the drama . ager. Born Speen, Berkshire,Eng.,June 22,1864; ed. Eton, Christ Church, permission and co-opera-tion of late Prof. Jowett, then Vice-Chancellor, to found Univ. and build theatre at Oxford,where he played Shylock, Hotspur,Falstaff, Brutus, Feste and Thanatos(in Alcestis); mem. of the Old Stagersand Windsor Strollers; first prof, ap-pearance at Wolverhampton, asJaques in As You Like It, Sept. 10,1889, which he played afterwards fornearly 100 nights at the St. Ja
Who's who in music and drama : an encyclopedia of biography of notable men and women in music and the drama . ager. Born Speen, Berkshire,Eng.,June 22,1864; ed. Eton, Christ Church, permission and co-opera-tion of late Prof. Jowett, then Vice-Chancellor, to found Univ. and build theatre at Oxford,where he played Shylock, Hotspur,Falstaff, Brutus, Feste and Thanatos(in Alcestis); mem. of the Old Stagersand Windsor Strollers; first prof, ap-pearance at Wolverhampton, asJaques in As You Like It, Sept. 10,1889, which he played afterwards fornearly 100 nights at the St. James,London; played Joseph Surface andCharles Courtly with Charles Wyndhamat Criterion, London; joined late Au-gustin Daly as leading man and playedRobin Hood in Tennysons Foresters,and Charles Surface in The School forScandal; played lead at Drury Lane,London, in The Derby Winner. Createdrole John Hinds in Brother Offi-cers; also appeared in WheelsWithin Wheels, as Chivy withSir Charles Wyndham in DavidGarrick; subsequently joined himin partnership at the Criterion, London,where they prod. His Excellency. Kaithej^e, G-rje^t wl \y Louijsi; I\akdox,ph— Bon WHOS WHO IN MUSIC AND DRAMA Bra the Governor, Lady HuntworthsExperiment, The Noble Lord and Mamma; also at GarrickLondon prod. The Wedding Guest,The Man Who Stole the Castle, andShockheaded Peter, a revival ofPeril, Iris, Pilkertons Peerage, TheBishops Move, My Lady Virtue,Water Babies, Whitewashing Julia,The Golden Silence, The Cricket onthe Hearth, The Arm of the Law,The Fairys Dilemma, A Lesson inHarmony, The Walls of Jericho, Shy-lock, The Fascinating Mr. Vander-feldt, The Third Time of Asking,Down Our Alley, Macbeth, Mr. Sheri-dan, The Duel, and played the lead-ing part in Simple Simon, Her Father,John Gladyes Honor, 1908; The Out-sider, Samson, Making a Gentleman,1909; The Tenth Man, Parasites,Glass Houses, King Henry VIII., as Bottom in A MidsummerNights Dream, His Majestys, Lon-don, Apr. 17, 1911; as Mr.
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