Augustus Glossop Harris
Augustus Glossop Harris | |
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| Born | Augustus Frederick Glossop 5 June 1825 Portici, Naples, Italy |
| Died | 19 April 1873 (aged 47) London, England |
| Burial place | Brompton Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, theatre manager |
| Spouse |
Maria Ann Bone (m. 1846) |
| Children | 5, including Patience and Augustus |
Augustus Frederick Glossop Harris (5 June 1825 – 19 April 1873) was a British actor, writer, and theatre manager.
Born in Portici, Naples, Italy, on 5 June 1825,[1] he was the son of Joseph Glossop, first manager of the Royal Coburg Theatre (now known as the Victoria Theatre or the Old Vic), and opera singer Mme Féron (aka Fearon), a former prima donna assoluta at La Scala in Milan.[2][3]
Career[edit]
His early career saw limited success as a comedian in London, and he was imprisoned for bankruptcy in June 1848.[4] By 1851 he had adopted the surname Harris.[5]
Harris became a leading manager of opera and ballet, notably at Covent Garden, London, but also in Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg. He wrote the libretto, with Edmund Falconer, for the opera The Rose of Castille, with music by Michael William Balfe; it was produced in London in 1857 and on Broadway in 1867. In the last four years of his life, he put on Christmas spectacles at Covent Garden.[2]
Personal life[edit]
He married Maria Ann Bone on 17 February 1846. They had five children: daughters Ellen (Nelly), Maria, and Patience, a costume designer, and sons Charles and Augustus, an actor and theatrical manager.[2][6]
Death[edit]
He died at his home in London on 19 April 1873, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.[2][7][8]
Works[edit]
- The avalanche; or; The trials of the heart (1854)
- The little treasure (1855)
- Too much of a good thing! (1855)
- Doing the hansom (1856)
- My son Diana (1857)
- A very serious affair (1857)
- Gossip (with Thomas J. Williams, 1859)
- Ruthven (1859)
- Satanella, comic opera (1863)
- Tom Thrasher (1868)
- The little treasure (1880)[9]
See also[edit]
- Dick Warner (1856–1914), impresario
References[edit]
- ^ 1871 Middlesex Census
- ^ a b c d Knight, Joseph; Banerji, Nilanjana. "Harris, Augustus Frederick Glossop [Augustus Glossop Harris]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12381. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Sala, George Augustus (1898). The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala. Cassell. p. 124. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ London Gazette, 6 June 1848
- ^ 1851 Middlesex Census
- ^ "Augustus Henry Glossop Harris, 1852-1896" The Correspondence of James MacNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow.
- ^ "Death of Mr. Augustus Harris". The Observer. London. 20 April 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Friends of Brompton Cemetery". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ The Open Library
External links[edit]
- 1825 births
- 1873 deaths
- British male stage actors
- British dramatists and playwrights
- Burials at Brompton Cemetery
- British theatre managers and producers
- 19th-century British male actors
- British male dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century British dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century British male writers
- 19th-century British businesspeople