Word: modjeska
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Forbes-Robertson was born in London on January 16, 1853, and made his debut 21 years later in "Mary Stuart." From 1880-95 he appeared with such artists as the Bancrofts, Madame Modjeska, Irving, Mary Anderson, and Sir John Hare; at the end of that period he opened the Lyceum Theatre, London under his own management. His plays with Henry Irving included "Much Ado About Nothing." "Henry VIII," and "King Arthur." The present American tour is his sixth the first being with Mary Anderson in 1885; and the others following in 1889, 1902, 1905, and 1909-10. His most famous...