Ada

Ada (name)

Ada is a feminine given name. One source indicates it originates from a Germanic word meaning "nobility". It can also be a short form of names such as Adelaide and Adeline...

 Cavendish (1839 – 5 October 1895) was an English actress known for her Shakesperean roles and for popularising the plays of Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces...

 in America.

After her stage debut in 1863, beginning in musical burlesques by F. C. Burnand and others. Cavendish became known for playing such Shakespearean heroines as Juliet, Beatrice and Rosalind. She also famously played the title role of Miss Gwilt in the stage adaptation of Armadale

Armadale (novel)

Armadale is a mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.-Plot summary:The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other...

and Mercy Merrick in The New Magdalen, both by Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces...

. She married Frank Marshall (1840-1889), who published a scholarly edition of Shakespeare.

She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton's poem The Rolling English Road from his book The Flying Inn: "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of...

, London.

External links

• Description of Cavendish
• Information about Cavendish
• Ada Cavendish (1839-1895) at PictureHistory.com
• review in The New York Times
• The New Magdalen
• Photos of Cavendish
• Ada Cavendish at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (subscription required)