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and secured a reputation as an intelligent interpreter of supporting roles. Essie Jenyns married brewery heir John Robert Wood on 5 December 1888 and left the stage for good.
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and the Lyceum cast, then during Irving's convalescence the two artists alternated. He became manager of Terry's
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William John Holloway was born on 4 February 1843 at Westminster in London, the eldest child of William Michael Holloway and Emma (
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