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WYNDHAM, SIR CHARLES (1837— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 872 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WYNDHAM, See also:SIR See also:CHARLES (1837— ) , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:Liverpool on the 23rd of See also:March 1837, the son of a See also:doctor. He was educated abroad, at See also:King's See also:College, See also:London and at the College of Surgeons and the See also:Peter See also:Street Anatomical School, See also:Dublin, but his See also:taste for the See also:stage was too strong for him to take up either the clerical or the medical career, suggested for him, and See also:early in 1862 he made a first See also:appearance in London as an actor. Later in the See also:year, being in See also:America, he volunteered during the See also:Civil See also:War, and became See also:brigade surgeon in the Federal See also:army, resigning in 1864 to appear on the stage in New See also:York with See also:John Wilkes See also:Booth. Returning to See also:England, he played at See also:Manchester and- Dublin in Her Ladyship's See also:Guardian, his own See also:adaptation of See also:Edward B. See also:Hamley's novel See also:Lady See also:Lee's Widowhood. He reappeared in London in 1866 as Sir See also:Arthur Lascelles in See also:Morton's All that Glitters is not See also:Gold, but his See also:great success at that See also:time was in F. C. See also:Burnand's See also:burlesque of See also:Black-eyed Susan, as Hatchett, " with See also:dance." This brought him to the St See also:James's See also:theatre, where he played with See also:Henry See also:Irving in Idalia; then with Ellen See also:Terry in Charles See also:Reade's See also:Double See also:Marriage, and Tom See also:Taylor's Still See also:Waters Run Deep. As Charles See also:Surface, his best See also:part for many years, and in a breezy three-See also:act See also:farce, See also:Pink See also:Dominoes, by James See also:Albery, and in See also:Brighton, an anglicized version of See also:Saratoga by Bronson See also:Howard (1842—1908), who married his See also:sister, he added greatly to his popularity both at See also:home and abroad. In 1876 he took See also:control of the Criterion theatre. Here he produced a See also:long See also:succession of plays, in which he took the leading part, notably a number of old English comedies, and in such See also:modern plays as The Liars, The See also:Case of Rebellious Susan and others by Henry Arthur See also:Jones; and he became famous for his acting in See also:David Garlick. In 1899 he opened his new theatre, called Wyndham's.

In 1902 he wasknighted. From 1885 onwards his leading actress was See also:

Miss See also:Mary See also:Moore (Mrs Albery), who became his partner in the proprietorship of the Criterion and Wyndham's theatres, and of his New Theatre, opened in 1903; and her delightful acting in See also:comedy made their long association memorable on the London stage.

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