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[[Image:Ada Dyas.jpg|right|thumb|The Irish actress, Ada Dyas, as character Claire Folliott in the Broadway show, The Shaughraun. Circa 1874.]] |
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'''Ada Dyas''' (1843-1908) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] actress. She made her [[London]] debut in 1861 in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]'', and became famous in the 1871 play based on [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]''. |
'''Ada Dyas''' (1843-1908) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] actress. She made her [[London]] debut in 1861 in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]'', and became famous in the 1871 play based on [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]''. |
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==Career== |
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Dyas's first [[United States|American]] appearance was under the management of [[Augustin Daly]] in 1872 at the [[Fifth Avenue Theatre]], [[New York City|New York]], in ''[[Man and Wife (play)|Man and Wife]]'', based on [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[Man and Wife (novel)|Man and Wife]]''. Later, at [[John Lester Wallack|Wallack's]], her most successful rôles were those of [[Kate Hardcastle]], Lady Teazle in ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', [[Lady Gay spanker]], [[Lydia Languish]], and especially that of [[Claire Ffolliott]] in [[Dion Boucicault|Boucicault's]] ''[[The Shaughraun]]''. She toured as [[Esther Eccles]] in ''Caste'' and subsequently as [[Mrs. Ralston]] in ''[[Jim the Penman (play)|Jim the Penman]]'' and as [[Mrs. Seabrooke]] in ''[[Captain Swift]]''. In 1892 she played [[Goneril]] in [[Henry Irving|Sir Henry Irving's]] revival of ''[[King Lear]]'' at the [[London Lyceum]]. |
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Ada Dyas was the daughter of Mrs. Edward Dyas, "an actress of some ability attached to the London theatres". Ada made her [[London]] debut in 1861 in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]'', playing "Prince John of Lancaster". <ref name=Pascoe>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jm0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=ada+dyas+actress&source=bl&ots=I-Bv1GcOsZ&sig=hAIgqGb06Lv9-JGsOBJfzbJZ2vU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE8Q6AEwDmoVChMI8KyrwPrExwIVg3Q-Ch1sDARn#v=onepage&q=ada%20dyas%20actress&f=false Pascoe, Charles E., ''Our Actors and Actresses'', Bogue, 1880]</ref> |
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Dyas gained a degree of popularity while touring with "[[Effie Bancroft|Miss Marie Wilton's London Comedy Company]]", where she played as "Esther Eccles" in [[Thomas William Robertson]]'s ''Caste''. In 1871 she was in the original cast of Wilkie Collins's ''The Woman in White'' which opened at the Olympic Theatre on October 9, playing both "Laura Fairlie" and "Anne Caherick".<ref name=Pascoe/> In 1873 she was at the Vaudeville Theater. |
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Dyas's first American appearance was under the management of [[Augustin Daly]] in 1872 at the [[Fifth Avenue Theatre]], in [[New York City|New York]], in ''Man and Wife'', based on the [[Wilkie Collins]]'s [[Man and Wife (novel)|novel]]. Daly was a disciplinarian who set firm rules forbidding members of the company to leave the city without permission, even if they were not on the evening's bill, nor were they free to speak to visitors in the Greenroom. Dyas was one of those who took exception to the regulations and left to join Wallack's.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3PUsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=ada+dyas+actress&source=bl&ots=VLyd2nwIDN&sig=U3XxGjm4g8TKTEj1cciFccQPtj0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBDgKahUKEwiv0d3RgsXHAhVJHD4KHf6vBmc#v=onepage&q=ada%20dyas%20actress&f=false Hornblow, Arthur. ''A History of the Theatre in America from Its Beginnings to the Present Time'', J. B. Lippincott, 1919]</ref> |
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Later, at [[John Lester Wallack|Wallack's]], her most successful rôles were those of Kate Hardcastle, Lady Teazle in ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', Lady Gay Spanker, [[Lydia Languish]], and especially that of Claire Ffolliott in [[Dion Boucicault|Boucicault's]] ''[[The Shaughraun]]''. After Wallack's she became a member of the Madison Square Company. |
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Albert Ellery Berg said of Dyas, she "...has a crisp, bright style which she uses with fine intelligence".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5tNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=ada+dyas+actress&source=bl&ots=ZFHGxHI1bp&sig=i0Gj8hoCKej7eCu3_vTqCict_XU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEkQ6AEwDGoVChMI8KyrwPrExwIVg3Q-Ch1sDARn#v=onepage&q=ada%20dyas%20actress&f=false Berg, Albert Ellery. ''The drama, painting, poetry, and song'', P. F. Collier, 1884]</ref> |
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She toured as Mrs. Ralston in ''Jim the Penman'' and as Mrs. Seabrooke in ''[[Captain Swift]]''. In 1892 she played [[Goneril]] in [[Henry Irving|Sir Henry Irving's]] revival of ''[[King Lear]]'' at the [[London Lyceum]]. |
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Her performance in ''The Shaughraun'' is mentioned in [[Edith Wharton]]'s 1920 novel ''[[The Age of Innocence]]''. |
Her performance in ''The Shaughraun'' is mentioned in [[Edith Wharton]]'s 1920 novel ''[[The Age of Innocence]]''. |
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Ada Dyas died in Seaton, England in 1908.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19080314&id=X68pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3240,355384&hl=en "Miss Ada Dyas Dead at Seaton, England", ''The Norwalk Hour'', March 14, 1908]</ref> |
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Ada Dyas (1843-1908) was an Irish actress. She made her London debut in 1861 in Henry IV, and became famous in the 1871 play based on Wilkie Collins's novel The Woman in White.
Career
Ada Dyas was the daughter of Mrs. Edward Dyas, "an actress of some ability attached to the London theatres". Ada made her London debut in 1861 in Henry IV, playing "Prince John of Lancaster". [1]
Dyas gained a degree of popularity while touring with "
Thomas William Robertson's Caste. In 1871 she was in the original cast of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White which opened at the Olympic Theatre on October 9, playing both "Laura Fairlie" and "Anne Caherick".[1]
In 1873 she was at the Vaudeville Theater.
Dyas's first American appearance was under the management of Augustin Daly in 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, in New York, in Man and Wife, based on the Wilkie Collins's novel. Daly was a disciplinarian who set firm rules forbidding members of the company to leave the city without permission, even if they were not on the evening's bill, nor were they free to speak to visitors in the Greenroom. Dyas was one of those who took exception to the regulations and left to join Wallack's.[2]
Later, at
Lydia Languish, and especially that of Claire Ffolliott in Boucicault's The Shaughraun
. After Wallack's she became a member of the Madison Square Company.
Albert Ellery Berg said of Dyas, she "...has a crisp, bright style which she uses with fine intelligence".[3]
She toured as Mrs. Ralston in Jim the Penman and as Mrs. Seabrooke in London Lyceum.
Her performance in The Shaughraun is mentioned in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel The Age of Innocence.
Ada Dyas died in Seaton, England in 1908.[4]
References
- ^ a b Pascoe, Charles E., Our Actors and Actresses, Bogue, 1880
- ^ Hornblow, Arthur. A History of the Theatre in America from Its Beginnings to the Present Time, J. B. Lippincott, 1919
- ^ Berg, Albert Ellery. The drama, painting, poetry, and song, P. F. Collier, 1884
- ^ "Miss Ada Dyas Dead at Seaton, England", The Norwalk Hour, March 14, 1908
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