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HACKETT, JAMES HENRY (1800—1871)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HACKETT, See also:JAMES See also:HENRY (1800—1871) , See also:American actor, was See also:born in New See also:York. After an unsuccessful entry into business, in 1826 he went on the See also:stage, where he soon established a reputation as a player of See also:eccentric See also:character parts. As Falstaff he was no less successful in See also:England than in See also:America. At various times he went into management, and he was the author of Notes and Comments on See also:Shakespeare (1863). His son, JAMES KETELTAS HACKETT (1869— ), born at See also:Wolfe See also:Island, See also:Ontario, and educated at the See also:College of the See also:City of New York, also became an actor. He came into prominence at the See also:Lyceum in See also:Daniel Frohman's See also:company, and afterwards had considerable success in romantic parts. As a manager he stood outside the American See also:syndicate of theatres, and organized several companies to See also:play throughout the See also:United States. In 1897 he married See also:Mary Mannering, the Anglo-American actress.

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