Samuel Anderson Emery
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Samuel "Sam" Anderson Emery (1814–1881) was an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
stage actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, the father of the actress Winifred Emery
Winifred Emery
Winifred Emery , born Maud Isabel Emery, was an English actress and actor-manager of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She was the wife of the actor Cyril Maude....
and grandfather of the actress Margery Maude
Margery Maude
Margery Kathleen Maude was an English actress of stage, screen and television.-Family:Maude was born in Wimbledon, London, the elder daughter of actors Cyril Maude and Winifred Emery. She married Joseph Warren Burden on 23 July 1917 in New York City. Maude and Burden had three children: Joseph...
and the judge John Cyril Maude.
Roles
Emery played at the Royal Adelphi TheatreAdelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a 1500-seat West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals...
in London
London
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in:
- Arrah-na-Pogue; or, The Wicklow Wedding (Drama in 3 acts by Dion L. BoucicaultDion BoucicaultDionysius Lardner Boursiquot , commonly known as Dion Boucicault, was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the...
): 36 times, 12 August 1876 – 22 September 1876 - The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen (Drama by Dion L. Boucicault): 72 times, 20 May 1876 – 11 August 1876
- Little Em'ly (Drama in 4 acts by Andrew HallidayAndrew HallidayAndrew Halliday [formerly Andrew Halliday Duff] was a Scottish journalist and dramatist.He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and in 1849 he went to London, and discarding the name of Duff, devoted himself to literature...
): 48 times, 30 October 1875 – 22 December 1875 - Nicholas Nickleby (Drama in 3 acts by Andrew Halliday): 18 times, 9–29 October 1875
- Peep o' Day; or, Savourneen Deelish (Drama in 4 acts by Edmund FalconerEdmund FalconerEdmund Falconer , also known as Edmund O'Rourke, was an Irish-born 19th century poet, actor, theatre manager, songwriter and playwright, known for his keen wit and outstanding acting skills.-Early life:...
): 66 times, 24 January 1876 – 8 April 1876 - The Shaughraun (Drama in 3 acts by Dion L. Boucicault): 24 times, 27 December 1875 – 22 January 1876
- Struck Oil; or, The Pennsylvania Dutchman (Comedy in 3 acts by Unknown): 101 times, 17 April 1876 – 11 August 1876
- The Cricket on the Hearth" (Novella by Albert Smith and Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
): Theatre Royal