Edwin Adams

Edwin Adams

infobox actor
birthdate=birth date|1834|2|3
birthplace=Medford, Massachusetts
deathdate=death date and age|1877|10|28|1834|2|3
deathplace=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
occupation=Stage actor

Edwin Adams (February 3, 1834 - October 28, 1877) was a United States stage actor, considered to have been one of America's best light comedians.

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

In 1869, Adams joined Edwin Booth's acting company, appearing in "Romeo and Juliet", "Narcisse", "Othello", and "Enoch Arden", 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. He died the following year in Philadelphia.

References

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

External links

* [http://virtualology.com/edwinadams/ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 ]


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