Wyzeman Marshall
Encyclopedia
Wyzeman Marshall was a stage
actor
in New York City
and Boston between the 1820s and 1870s, as well as a teacher of oration and elocution
. He often shared the same stage with Edwin Booth
, noted brother of assassin John Wilkes Booth
.
, the book included music composed by Leonard Marshall
.
.
From 1858 to 1860, he was a "Past Junior Grand Warden" with St. John's Lodge, an Freemason
organization in Boston.
Sometime in the early 1860s, Marshall managed the Howard Athenaeum
in Boston.
In 1863 and 1864 the Boston Theater was under the management of Wyzeman Marshall.
The Waltham Sentinel (in Waltham, Massachusetts
) reported on 25 January 1867 about a Rumford Institute lecture by Marshall, "the well-known Shakesperian [sic] actor".
Between 1867 and 1874, Marshall was a regular lecturer at the Salem Lyceum where he was often on the same bill as Frederick Douglass
, Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
From the Harvard News: Secure your tickets for the grand musical and literary entertainment at Union Hall, Thursday evening, Jan. 17, 1884, at Brock and Leavitt's. Talent-Germania Orchestra; Thomas Henry, cornetist; Wyzeman Marshall, elocutionist; Mrs. E. A. Taylor, soprano; Lotos Glee Club.
On 4 December 1896, the New York Times reported: "Wyzeman Marshall, the actor, Dying." He was referred to as a veteran actor and teacher of elocution
.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
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...
in New York City
New York City
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and Boston between the 1820s and 1870s, as well as a teacher of oration and elocution
Elocution
Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone.-History:In Western classical rhetoric, elocution was one of the five core disciplines of pronunciation, which was the art of delivering speeches. Orators were trained not only on proper diction, but on the proper...
. He often shared the same stage with Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth
Edwin Thomas Booth was a famous 19th century American actor who toured throughout America and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869 he founded Booth's Theatre in New York, a spectacular theatre that was quite modern for its time...
, noted brother of assassin John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor...
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Family
Wyzeman Marshall had a brother named Leonard who published a book in 1854, titled Hunter's Glee, dedicated to Wyzeman. Containing many references in the German languageGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, the book included music composed by Leonard Marshall
Leonard Marshall
Leonard Allen Marshall Jr. is a former American football defensive lineman who played twelve seasons in the National Football League . Marshall played defensive end for the New York Giants for ten seasons, then played a season each as a defensive tackle for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins...
.
Life and career
In the 1850s, Wyzeman taught oratory at the Norway Liberal Institute in Massachusetts. Among his students was the famous painter, Darius CobbDarius Cobb
Darius Cobb was one of the most celebrated figures in Boston, Massachusetts, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cobb was considered to be one of America's better historical painters during his lifetime, as well as a painter of society portraits, landscape, religious themes and...
.
From 1858 to 1860, he was a "Past Junior Grand Warden" with St. John's Lodge, an Freemason
Freemasonry
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
organization in Boston.
Sometime in the early 1860s, Marshall managed the Howard Athenaeum
Howard Athenaeum
The Howard Athenæum in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most famous theaters in Boston history. Founded in 1845, it remained an institution of culture and learning for most of its years, finally closing in 1953.- History :...
in Boston.
In 1863 and 1864 the Boston Theater was under the management of Wyzeman Marshall.
The Waltham Sentinel (in Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
) reported on 25 January 1867 about a Rumford Institute lecture by Marshall, "the well-known Shakesperian [sic] actor".
Between 1867 and 1874, Marshall was a regular lecturer at the Salem Lyceum where he was often on the same bill as Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...
, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat...
From the Harvard News: Secure your tickets for the grand musical and literary entertainment at Union Hall, Thursday evening, Jan. 17, 1884, at Brock and Leavitt's. Talent-Germania Orchestra; Thomas Henry, cornetist; Wyzeman Marshall, elocutionist; Mrs. E. A. Taylor, soprano; Lotos Glee Club.
On 4 December 1896, the New York Times reported: "Wyzeman Marshall, the actor, Dying." He was referred to as a veteran actor and teacher of elocution
Elocution
Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone.-History:In Western classical rhetoric, elocution was one of the five core disciplines of pronunciation, which was the art of delivering speeches. Orators were trained not only on proper diction, but on the proper...
.