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See also:BROUGHAM, See also:JOHN (1814-188o) , See also:British actor, was See also:born at See also:Dublin on the 9th of May 1814, and was educated for a surgeon. Owing to See also:family misfortunes he was thrown upon his own re-See also:sources and made his first See also:appearance on the See also:London See also:stage in 183o, at the See also:Tottenham See also:Street See also:theatre in Tom and See also:Jerry, in which he played six characters. In 1831 he was a member of Madame See also:Vestris's See also:company, and wrote his,. first See also:play, a See also:burlesque. He remained with Madame Vestris as See also:long as she and See also:Charles See also:Mathews retained Covent See also:Garden, and he collaborated with See also:Dion See also:Boucicault in See also:writing London Assurance, Dazzle being one of his best parts. In 1840 he managed the See also:Lyceum theatre, for which he wrote several See also:light burlesques, but in 1842 he moved to the See also:United States, where he became a member of W. E. See also:Burton's company, for which he wrote several comedies. Later he was the manager of Niblo's Garden, and in 185o opened Brougham's Lyceum, which, like his next See also:speculation, the See also:lease of the Bowery theatre, was not financially a success. He was later connected with See also:Wallack's and See also:Daly's theatres, and wrote plays for both. In 18bo he returned to London, where he adapted or wrote several plays, including The See also:Duke's See also:Motto for See also:Fechter. After the See also:Civil See also:War he returned to New See also:York. Brougham's theatre was opened in 1869 with his See also:comedy Better See also:Late than Never, but this managerial experience was also unfortunate, and he took to playing with various stock companies. His last appearance was in 1879 as O'Reilly, the detective, in Boucicault's Rescued, and he died in New York on the 7th of See also:June 1880. Brougham was the author of nearly See also:loo plays, most, of them now forgotten. He was the founder of the See also:Lotus See also:Club in New York, and for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time its See also:president. He also edited there in 1852 a comic See also:paper called The See also:Lantern, and published two collections of See also:miscellaneous writings, A See also:Basket of Chips and The Bunsby Papers. Brougham is said to have been the See also:original of Harry Lorrequer in Charles See also:Lever's novel. He was twice married, in 1838 to Emma See also:Williams (d. 1865), and in 1844 to Mrs Annette See also:Hawley (d. 187o), See also:bath. actresses.
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