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3 unusual facts about Lawrence Barrett


Lawrence Barrett

Among his many and varied parts may be mentioned Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Shylock, Richard III, Wolsey, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Richelieu, David Garrick, Hernani, Alfred Evelyn, Lanciotto in George Henry Bokers (1823–1890) Francesca da Rimini, and Janies Harebell in The Man o' Airlie.

He was the grandfather of stage and screen actress Edith Barrett, the first wife of Vincent Price.

Thomas Cooper de Leon

He also wrote a number of plays, including the comedy-drama Pluck which was produced by Lawrence Barrett in 1873.


Amphitheatre Auditorium

Many of the day's great actors and political figures performed there, including Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John Phillip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, and Booker T. Washington.


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