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.
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He was the grandfather of stage and screen actress Edith Barrett, the first wife of Vincent Price.
He also wrote a number of plays, including the comedy-drama Pluck which was produced by Lawrence Barrett in 1873.
D. H. Lawrence | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Lawrence, Kansas | Lawrence | Martin Lawrence | Syd Barrett | Saint Lawrence River | Lawrence, Massachusetts | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Lawrence Ritter | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | T. E. Lawrence | Steve Lawrence | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Lawrence Summers | Sarah Lawrence College | Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Taylor | Gertrude Lawrence | Lawrence v. Texas | Barrett Watten | The Lawrence Welk Show | Lawrence Weiner | Lawrence Kasdan | Jacob Lawrence | Barrett | Tracy Lawrence | Thomas Lawrence | Lawrence University | Lawrence Hayward |
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.