Ada Rehan

Ada Rehan (April 22, 1860 - January 8, 1916), was an Irish-American stage actress.

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April 22 - 1860 - January 8 - 1916

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Her real name was Ada Crehan, and she was born in County Limerick, Ireland. Her parents emigrated to the United States when she was five, and it was in Newark, New Jersey, that she made her first stage appearance in 1874, in a small part in Across the Continent. She was with Mrs. John Drew's stock company in Philadelphia, John W. Albaugh's in Albany, New York and Baltimore, Maryland, and with other companies for several seasons, playing every kind of minor part, until she became connected with Augustin Daly's theatrical management in 1879. Under his training she soon showed her talent for vivid, charming portrayal of character, first in modern and then in older comedies.

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County Limerick, Ireland - Newark, New Jersey - Augustin Daly

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She was the heroine in all Daly's adaptations from the German language, and added to her triumphs the parts of Peggy in William Wycherley's The Country Girl, Julia in the Hunchback, and especially Katharina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, besides playing Rosalind and Viola in other works by Shakespeare. Miss Rehan accompanied Daly's company to England (first in 1884), France and Germany (in 1886).

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German language - William Wycherley - The Country Girl - The Taming of the Shrew

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Her life-size portrait as Katharina, and her bust, along with Dame Ellen Terry's, were both displayed in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.

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She died at the age of 55 from unknown causes in 1916.

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This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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