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COGHLAN, CHARLES FRANCIS (1841–1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 651 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COGHLAN, See also:CHARLES See also:FRANCIS (1841–1899) , Irish actor, was See also:born in See also:Paris, and was educated for the See also:law. He made his first See also:London See also:appearance in 186o, and became the leading actor at the See also:Prince of See also:Wales's. He went to See also:America in 1876, where he remained for the See also:rest of his See also:life, playing first in Augustin See also:Daly's See also:company and then in the See also:Union Square stock company, during the See also:long run of The Celebrated See also:Case. He also played with his See also:sister, and in support of Mrs See also:Langtry and Mrs See also:Fiske, and in 1898 produced a version of See also:Dumas' See also:Kean, called The Royal See also:Box, in which he successfully starred during the last years of his life. He died in See also:Galveston, See also:Texas, on the 27th of See also:November 1899. His sister, the actress See also:RosE COGHLAN (1853– ), went to America in 1871, was again in See also:England from 1873 to 1877, playing with See also:Barry See also:Sullivan, and then returned to America, where she became prominent as Countess Zicka in See also:Diplomacy, and Stephanie in Forget-me-not. She was at See also:Wallack's almost continuously until 1888, and subsequently appeared in See also:melodrama in parts like the See also:title-role of The Sporting Duchess.

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