Actors - John Forbes-Robertson

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John Forbes-Robertson (1822-1903) was an English actor.

He was educated at Charterhouse. His many performances led him into, among other things, travel to the USA, and work with Sir Henry Irving. He was hailed as one of the most individual and refined of English actors. He was a personal friend of the Duke of Sutherland and his family and often stayed with them at Trentham Hall; he is known to have recommended to them various writers & musicians in dire need of assistance.

From 1895 Forbes-Robertson undertook several Shakespeare plays at the Lyceum with Mrs Patrick Campbell, and was highly acclaimed in the part of Hamlet. In 1900 he married actress Gertrude Elliott.

In the last years of his life he produced plays by George Bernard Shaw and Jerome K. Jerome. His literary works include: The Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (actor & theatre manager), and The Great Painters of Christendom From Cimabue to Wilkie.

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