Jessie Mackaye

Jessie Mackaye was a comic[1] stage actress of the Victorian era. Prior to becoming an actress she spent part of her youth in a convent in the United States.[2] Mackaye is remembered for her role as "Micah Dow" in The Little Minister. The play was staged at the Olympia Theatre (New York) in September 1897.

Jessie Mackaye

Victorian actress

She was in the graduating class of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in April 1896, held at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway).[3]

Mackaye began acting with the Amateur Comedy Club in a production of Dandy Dick, which was staged at the Lyceum Theatre in April 1896. She acted the role of "Sheba" at the entertainment venue at Seventh Avenue and 57th Street.[4] In January 1900 Mackaye teamed with DeWolf Hopper in The Mystical Miss (aka The Charlatan) in London, England.[5]

References
  1. "Music", New York Times, May 7, 1899, pg. SM7.
  2. "Flashes From The Footlights", English Illustrated Magazine, 1900, Volume XXII, pg. 590.
  3. "More Young Actors Graduated", New York Times, April 28, 1896, pg. 2.
  4. "The Social World", New York Times, April 9, 1896, pg. 8.
  5. "Notes of the Foreign Stage", New York Times, January 21, 1900, pg. 16.
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