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HAWTREY, CHARLES HENRY (1858— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 104 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAWTREY, See also:CHARLES See also:HENRY (1858— ) , See also:English actor, was See also:born at See also:Eton, where his See also:father was See also:master of the See also:lower school, and educated at See also:Rugby and See also:Oxford. He took to the See also:stage in 1881, and in 1883 adapted von See also:Moser's Bibliothekar as The Private Secretary, which had an enormous success. He then appeared in See also:London in a number of See also:modern plays, in which he was conspicuous as a comedian. He was unapproachable for parts in which cool imperturbable lying constituted the leading characteristic. Among his later successes A See also:Message from See also:Mars was particularly popular in London and in See also:America.

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