Alice Marriott (actress)
Alice Marriott (17 December 1824 – 25 December 1900), known professionally as Mrs Marriott or Miss Marriott, was a nineteenth-century British stage actress. She was known for regularly playing the part of Hamlet in doublet and hose, to good reviews. She married Robert Edgar, lessee of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and took responsibility for management and production at this and other theatres for some years, besides touring America and Britain. Towards the end of her career she played alongside Sir Henry Irving and Dame Ellen Terry at the Lyceum Theatre, London, but it was Alice Marriott who "made the female Hamlet respectable in England." She was the grandmother of Edgar Wallace and Marriott Edgar.
Alice Marriott | |
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Alice Marriott as Hamlet at Sadler's Wells (1864) | |
| Born | 17 December 1824 London, England |
| Died | 25 December 1900 (aged 76) Marylebone, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Professional names: Mrs Marriott; Miss Marriott. Private name: Alice Edgar |
| Occupation(s) | Stage actor and manager |
| Years active | 1854–1900 |
| Known for | Playing Shakespearean male leading roles in doublet and hose |
| Notable work | Leading part in: Hamlet, Jeanie Deans, and Vengeance in The Only Way |
| Spouse | Robert Edgar |
| Relatives | Marriott Edgar, Edgar Wallace |
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