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Sir Gerald du Maurier
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Also Known As Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier
Born March 26, 1873 • London • England
Died April 11, 1934 (aged 61) • London • England
Notable Family Members father George du Maurier • daughter Daphne du Maurier
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Charles Mathews, detail from a mezzotint by C. Turner, 1825, after an oil painting by James Lonsdale
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Frank Benson, 1882.
Sir Frank Benson
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Lena Ashwell
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David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
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Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.
Sir Henry Irving
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John Philip Kemble
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Laura Keene, lithograph.
Laura Keene
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Konrad Ernst Ackermann
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Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
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Christopher Beeston
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James William Wallack, detail from an engraving by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1807.
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H.L. Bateman
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André Antoine
André Antoine
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Friedrich Ludwig Schröder
German actor and theatrical manager
Charles Kemble as Romeo, engraving by P. Thomson, c. 1819
Charles Kemble
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Sir Squire Bancroft.
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John Brougham
John Brougham
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Thomas Sheridan
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Wallack, Lester
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