Charles Francis Coghlan
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Canada
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actor
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, was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was educated in law.
He made his first London
London
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appearance in 1860, and became the leading actor at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. He starred in Sweethearts
Sweethearts (play)
Sweethearts is a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts by W. S. Gilbert. The play tells a sentimental and ironic story of the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and reunited after 30 years.It was first produced on...
by W. S. Gilbert
W. S. Gilbert
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. He went to America in 1876, where he remained for most of his life, playing first in Augustin Daly
Augustin Daly
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's company and then in the Union Square stock company, during the long run of The Celebrated Case. He was in London in 1881, however, starring in the long-running The Colonel (play)
The Colonel (play)
The Colonel is a farce in three acts by F. C. Burnand based on Jean François Bayard's Le mari à la campagne, first produced in 1844 and produced in London in 1849 by Morris Barnett as The Serious Family....
.
He also played with his sister, Rose Coghlan
Rose Coghlan
Rose Coghlan , English actress was the sister of Charles Francis Coghlan.She went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan, and then returned...
, and in support of Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry , usually spelled Lily Langtry when she was in the U.S., born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British actress born on the island of Jersey...
and Minnie Maddern Fiske
Mrs. Fiske
Minnie Maddern Fiske , born as Marie Augusta Davey, but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom...
, and in 1898 produced a version of Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, père
Alexandre Dumas, , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world...
' Kean, called The Royal Box, in which he successfully starred during the last years of his life.
His sister Rose
Rose Coghlan
Rose Coghlan , English actress was the sister of Charles Francis Coghlan.She went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan, and then returned...
was an actress. His daughter Gertrude Coghlan (1 February 1876 - 11 September 1952) was also an actress, and his son Charles Jr
Charles F Coghlan (actor)
Charles Coghlan , American actor and writer, was the nephew of Rose Coghlan.Charles Coghlan died in 1972 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.-External links:...
was an actor.
He died in Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas
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, on 27 November 1899. Nearly one year after his burial, he was washed away from the graveyard by the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas, on September 8, 1900.It had estimated winds of at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale...
, in which 6,000 people died. His coffin was washed away and eight years later found by fishermen at the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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and returned to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. (P.E.I.). The reburial took place at the birthplace of Coghlan.
External links
- The Coffin Came Home
- Charles Coghlan photo gallery at NYP Library
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