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Biographical Note
Richard Mansfield
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1857, May 24 | Born, Berlin, Germany |
| 1859-1872 | Traveled with mother, a singer, on concert tours of England and Europe |
| 1872 | Settled with mother in Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1877-1888 | Performed in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, London, England |
| 1882 | Returned to the United States Performed in the operetta Manteaux Noirs, New York, N.Y. Performed as Baron Chevrial in A Parisian Romance, his first major role in the legitimate theater, Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. |
| 1886 | Performed in Prince Karl, Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. |
| 1887-1888 | Performed the dual title role in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, New York and London |
| 1889 | Performed in Richard the Third, London, England |
| 1890 | Acted the title role of Beau Brummell |
| 1892 | Married Beatrice Cameron |
| 1893 | Acted the role of Shylock in Merchant of Venice |
| 1895 | Produced and performed in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man |
| 1887 | Produced and performed in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple |
| 1898 | Performed the tile role in Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1902 | Acted the role of Brutus in Julius Caesar |
| 1906 | Produced and acted the title role in the first American production of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt |
| 1907, Aug. 30 | Died, New London, Conn. |
Paul Wilstach
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870, July 1 | Born, Lafayette, Ind. |
| ca. 1882 | Graduated, St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais, Ill. |
| 1898-1907 | Secretary to Richard Mansfield |
| 1908 | Published Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor. New York: C. Scribner's & Sons |
| 1952, Feb. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |