Julia Marlowe stage actress Printed picture (Barbara to Clyde Fitch) antique for Sale

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Julia Marlowe stage actress Printed picture (Barbara to Clyde Fitch) antique For Sale

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Julia Marlowe stage actress Printed picture (Barbara to Clyde Fitch) antique:
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Julia Marlowe Shakespearean and Stage Actress One of America\'s most noted Shakespearean and actresses of the 19th century stage. Julia Marlowe was born Sarah Frances Frost in England. At age four her family emigrated to the US. Her father \"fled to America in 1870 under the erroneous impression that he had destroyed a neighbor\'s eye by flicking a whip at him during a race. He changed his name to Brough. Marlowe made her Broadway debut in 1895, she went on to appear in more than 70 Broadway productions. Clyde Fitch (May 1865- September 1909) was an American dramatist, actually believed to be the most popular writer for the Broadway Stage of his time. Marlowe starred in his Play as “Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl,” in the title role. It opened in Philadelphia in early October 1899 and moved to Charles Frohman’s Criterion Theater at 44th Street and Broadway two weeks later. The reviewer for The New York Times rhapsodized that “Such a combination—a memorably worthy play and a piece of acting of rarest merit and charm—is not often the lot of the reviewer of dramatic incidents to chronicle. The picture of Julia Marlowe in this new role of Barbara Frietsche [sic] will be treasured in the minds of all who are privileged to see it” (October 24, 1899, p. 5). Fitch borrowed the name Barbara Frietchie from John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1863 poem which spun a tale of Barbara Fritchie, a real person, who may or may not have been a Union sympathizer, who may or may not have taunted Confederate Troops in Fredericksburg, Maryland, by waving the stars and stripes, and who was certainly not a young woman in 1862. This is signed To Clyde Fitch Julia Marlowe 1900- Your grateful \"Barbara\" signature / inscription is a printed facsimile. it\'s printed and appears on the copy of the photo reproduction. The photo was published in a book published in 1900 -- BARBARA FRIETCHIE: THE FREDERICK GIRL It measures 7 inches high and 4 1/4 Inches wide