Maurice Barrymore

Maurice Barrymore ca. 1894

Maurice Barrymore (eigtl. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe; * 21. September 1849 in Amritsar; † 25. März 1905 in Amityville) war ein britischer Broadway-Schauspieler.

Barrymore studierte in Oxford und Harrow und debütierte zunächst in London 1872 in dem Stück The London Assurance. Sein Debüt in den Vereinigten Staaten gab er 1875 in Boston im Stück Under the Gaslight.

Er war seit 1876 verheiratet mit Georgiana Drew, Tochter der Schauspieler John und Louisa Lane Drew.

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Personendaten
NAMEBarrymore, Maurice
ALTERNATIVNAMENBlythe, Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne
KURZBESCHREIBUNGbritischer Schauspieler
GEBURTSDATUM21. September 1849
GEBURTSORTAmritsar
STERBEDATUM25. März 1905
STERBEORTAmityville

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Maurice Barrymore ca. 1894.

Credit reads: “From Photo by Morrison.”

Caption reads: ”Mr. Barrymore, whose real name is Herbert Blythe, was born in England, took his degree at Cambridge University, and studied for the Indian Civil Service. He gave up the idea of going to India and was called to the bar, but gave up the law for the stage. He played his first engagement in this country at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, and has since gained fame as leading man for Mme. Modjeska, Mrs. Langtry, and others, and also in A. M. Palmer’s company. He is also a notable playwright, having written Nadjesda for Mme. Modjeska, and the libretto for the comic opera The Robber of the Rhine. He married, in 1877, Georgie Drew, daughter of Mrs. John Drew, but she died in July, 1893, at Santa Barbara, Cal.”