Edwin Adams

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Edwin Adams
Born (1834-02-03)February 3, 1834
Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died October 28, 1877(1877-10-28) (aged 43)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Stage actor
Years active 1853–1876

Edwin Adams (February 3, 1834 – October 28, 1877)[1] was an American stage actor, considered to have been one of America's best light comedians.

He was born in Medford, Massachusetts,[1] and began his career on the stage in The Hunchback, at the National Theatre in Boston in 1853.[2] He also appeared in Hamlet with Kate Josephine Bateman in 1860, [2] as well in The Serf in 1865, and The Dead Heart, Wild Oats, The Lady of Lyons, Narcisse, and The Marble Heart. [1]

In 1867, Adams joined Edwin Booth's acting company, appearing in Romeo and Juliet, Narcisse, Othello, and Enoch Arden, [1] based on the poem by Alfred Tennyson. From 1870-75, Adams toured the country performing his best-known roles.

His last appearance was at the California Theatre in San Francisco in 1876. [1] His health failed on a visit to Australia, [2]and he died in Philadelphia in 1877. [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Adams, Edwin". Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1887. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Adams, Edwin". The New International Encyclopedia. New York: Dodd, Mead. 1905. 

External links

  • American National Biography, vol. 1, pp. 83–84.
  • Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.


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