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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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His daughter, Harriette Georgiana (died 1897), was the first wife of [[Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Burnham, 1st Baron| |
His daughter, Harriette Georgiana (died 1897), was the first wife of [[Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Burnham, 1st Baron|journal=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=258|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA258}}</ref> |
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His son, W.S. Webster, had three children – [[Ben Webster (actor)|Benjamin Webster]] (b. 1864; married to [[May Whitty|Miss (Dame) May Whitty]]), Annie (Mrs A.E. George)<ref name="moviemoviesite">{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Films/1911/GB/henry_viii|title=Henry VIII (1911): Movie Movie – The History of World Cinema|website=moviemoviesite.com|accessdate=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122530/http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Films/1911/GB/henry_viii/|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1557832692 According to ''Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film'' by R. G. Young, A. E. George played Napoleon in the 1915 silent film ''Brigadier Gerard''.]</ref> and Lizzie (Mrs [[Lionel Brough#Later years|Sydney Brough]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater|author=Barranger, Milly S.|year=2004|publisher=U. of Michigan Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/margaretwebsterl00barr_0/page/10 10]|url=https://archive.org/details/margaretwebsterl00barr_0|url-access=registration}}</ref> – all well known on the London stage, and further connected with it in each case by marriage.<ref name="EB1911"/> |
His son, W.S. Webster, had three children – [[Ben Webster (actor)|Benjamin Webster]] (b. 1864; married to [[May Whitty|Miss (Dame) May Whitty]]), Annie (Mrs A.E. George)<ref name="moviemoviesite">{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Films/1911/GB/henry_viii|title=Henry VIII (1911): Movie Movie – The History of World Cinema|website=moviemoviesite.com|accessdate=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122530/http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Films/1911/GB/henry_viii/|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1557832692 According to ''Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film'' by R. G. Young, A. E. George played Napoleon in the 1915 silent film ''Brigadier Gerard''.]</ref> and Lizzie (Mrs [[Lionel Brough#Later years|Sydney Brough]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater|author=Barranger, Milly S.|year=2004|publisher=U. of Michigan Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/margaretwebsterl00barr_0/page/10 10]|url=https://archive.org/details/margaretwebsterl00barr_0|url-access=registration}}</ref> – all well known on the London stage, and further connected with it in each case by marriage.<ref name="EB1911"/> |
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* [[Clement Scott|Scott]], ''The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day'' (London, 1899) |
* [[Clement Scott|Scott]], ''The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day'' (London, 1899) |
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* [[Brander Matthews|Matthews]] and [[Laurence Hutton|Hutton]], ''Actors and Actresses of Great Gritain and the United States'' (New York, 1886) |
* [[Brander Matthews|Matthews]] and [[Laurence Hutton|Hutton]], ''Actors and Actresses of Great Gritain and the United States'' (New York, 1886) |
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* {{cite book|last=Anonymous|others=Illustrated by [[s:Author:Frederick Waddy|Waddy, Frederick]]|title=Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cartoon_portraits_and_biographical_sketches_of_men_of_the_day/Benjamin_Webster|accessdate=30 December 2010|year=1873|publisher=Tinsley Brothers|location=London|pages=66–67}} |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 05:53, 16 November 2020
Benjamin Nottingham Webster | |
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| Born | 3 September 1797 Bath, England |
| Died | 3 July 1882 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, dramatist |
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Benjamin Nottingham Webster (3 September 1797 – 3 July 1882) was an English actor-manager and dramatist.
Early life
Webster was born in Bath, the son of a dancing master.[1]
Career
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First appearing as Harlequin, and then in small parts at Drury Lane, he went to the Haymarket Theatre in 1829, and was given leading comedy character business.
Webster was the lessee of the Haymarket from 1837 to 1853; he built the new Adelphi Theatre (1859); later the Olympic Theatre, Princess's Theatre, London and St James's Theatres came under his control; and he was the patron of all the contemporary playwrights and many of the best actors, who owed their opportunity of success to him. He wrote, translated or adapted nearly a hundred plays.[1]
As a character actor he was unequalled in his day, especially in such parts as Triplet in Masks and Faces, Joey Ladle in No Thoroughfare, and John Peerybingle in his own dramatization of The Cricket on the Hearth.[1]
Webster took his formal farewell of the stage in 1874.[1]
Later life
Webster died in 1882, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[2] The grave lies 10m east of the main path, midway between the north entrance and the colonnades on an east–west path.
Personal life
His daughter, Harriette Georgiana (died 1897), was the first wife of Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham.[3]
His son, W.S. Webster, had three children – Benjamin Webster (b. 1864; married to Miss (Dame) May Whitty), Annie (Mrs A.E. George)[4][5] and Lizzie (Mrs Sydney Brough)[6] – all well known on the London stage, and further connected with it in each case by marriage.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Webster, Benjamin Nottingham". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 459.
- ^ List of Brompton cemetery residents Archived 23 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Burnham, 1st Baron". Who's Who. 59: 258. 1907.
- ^ "Henry VIII (1911): Movie Movie – The History of World Cinema". moviemoviesite.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ According to Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film by R. G. Young, A. E. George played Napoleon in the 1915 silent film Brigadier Gerard.
- ^ Barranger, Milly S. (2004). Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater. U. of Michigan Press. p. 10.
Further reading
- Scott, The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day (London, 1899)
- Matthews and Hutton, Actors and Actresses of Great Gritain and the United States (New York, 1886)
- Anonymous (1873). Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day. Illustrated by Waddy, Frederick. London: Tinsley Brothers. pp. 66–67. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
External links
Media related to Benjamin Nottingham Webster at Wikimedia Commons
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