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HARRIGAN, EDWARD (1845– )
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See also:HARRIGAN, See also:EDWARD (1845– ) , See also:American actor, was See also:born in New See also:York of Irish parents on the 26th of See also:October 1845. He made his first See also:appearance in See also:San Francisco in 1867, and soon afterwards formed a See also:stage See also:partnership with Tony See also:Hart, whose real name was See also:Anthony See also:Cannon. As " Harrigan and Hart," they had a See also:great success in the presentation of types of See also:low See also:life in New York. Beginning as See also:simple sketches, these were gradually worked up into plays, with occasional songs, set to popular See also:music 2 A singular See also:mistake, which has been productive of further See also:error, was made by Albin, who See also:drew his figure (Hist. Birds, ii. pl. 5) from a specimen of one See also:species, and coloured it from a specimen of the other. by See also:David See also:Braham. The titles of these plays indicate their See also:character, The Mulligan See also:Guards, Squatter See also:Sovereignty, A See also:Leather Patch, The O'Regans. The partnership with Hart lasted from 1871-1884. Subsequently Harrigan played in different cities of the See also:United States, one of his favourite parts being See also:George Coggswell in Old See also:Lavender. End of Article: HARRIGAN, EDWARD (1845– )Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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