John Brougham

John Brougham

John Brougham (May 9, 1814 - June 7, 1880), was an Irish-American actor and dramatist.

Born at Dublin, he was educated with the intention of his becoming a surgeon. Owing to family misfortunes he was left to his own devices, and made his first appearance on the London stage in 1830, at the Tottenham Street theatre in "Tom and Jerry", in which he played six characters. In 1831 he was a member of Madame Vestris's company, and wrote his, first play, a burlesque. He remained with Madame Vestris as long as she and Charles Mathews retained Covent Garden, and he collaborated with Dion Boucicault in writing "London Assurance", the role of Dazzle being one of those with which he became associated. His success at small or "low" comic roles such as Dazzle earned him the nickname "Little Johnny Brougham," a moniker which he embraced and which boosted his popularity with working-class audiences.

In 1840 he managed the Lyceum theatre, for which he wrote several light burlesques, but in 1842 he moved to the United States, where he became a member of WE Burton's company, for which he wrote several comedies. Later he was the manager of Niblo's Garden, and in. 1850 opened Brougham's Lyceum, which, like his next speculation, the lease of the Bowery Theatre, was not a financial success. He was later connected with Wallack's and Daly's theatres, and wrote plays for both.

In 1860 he returned to London, where he adapted or wrote several plays, including "The Duke's Motto" for Fechter. After the American Civil War he returned to New York City. Brougham's theatre was opened in 1869 with his comedy "Better Late than Never", but this managerial experience was also a failure, and he took to playing the stock market. His last appearance was in 1879 as O'Reilly, the detective, in Boucicault's "Rescued", and he died in New York City.

Brougham wrote nearly 100 plays, most of them now forgotten.Fact|date=February 2007 He was the founder of the Lotus Club in New York, and for a time its president. He also edited there in 1852 a comic paper called "The Lantern", and published two collections of miscellaneous writings, "A Basket of Chips" and "The Bunsby Papers". Brougham is said to have been the original of Harry Lorrequer in Charles Lever's novel. He was twice married, in 1838 to Emma Williams (d. 1865), and in 1844 to Mrs Annette Hawley (d. 1870), both actresses.

References

*1911

External links

* [http://gettysburg.cdmhost.com/u?/p126301coll1,69 John Brougham Photograph part of the Nineteenth Century Notables Digital Collection at Gettysburg College]


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