德鲁家族

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美国戏剧世家。露易莎.雷恩(婚後名露易莎.雷恩.德鲁,1820~1897)在其寡母将她从英国带回後,八岁便开始其在费城的舞台表演事业。她经常扮演罗密欧、安东尼等男性角色,但最令人难忘的是马拉普洛普太太。1850年与爱尔兰喜剧演员老约翰.德鲁(1827~1862)结婚。他在1842~1846年间,初次在纽约登台。後与人共同经营费城牌楼街剧院,1861年雷恩当了剧院经理。约翰.德鲁到处旅行,并指导牌楼街剧团至1892年。他们的儿子小约翰.德鲁(1853~1927)首次随其母的剧团演出(1873),後分别加入奥古斯丁.戴利(1879~1892)和查理.弗罗曼(1892~1915)的剧团。他擅长演出莎士比亚的喜剧、社会戏剧和轻松喜剧。老德鲁的女儿乔琪亚娜.爱玛.德鲁(1856~1893)首次随其母的剧团演出(1872)。她与莫里斯.巴瑞摩结婚,生了莱昂内尔、埃塞尔和约翰(参阅Barrymore family)。

Drew family

U.S. theatrical family. Louisa Lane (later Louisa Lane Drew; 1820-1897) began her stage career at 8 in Philadelphia, where her widowed mother had brought her from England. Her many successful parts included Lady Teazle, Mrs. Malaprop, and such “breeches” roles as Shakespeare's Romeo and Mark Antony. In 1850 she married the Irish comic actor John Drew (1827-1862), who made his U.S. debut in 1842 and comanaged the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. He toured widely, and she managed the theater from 1861, directing the renamed Mrs. John Drew's Arch Street Theatre company with notable success until 1892. Their son John Drew, Jr. (1853-1927) made his debut (1873) with his mother's company, then joined the companies of Augustin Daly (1879-92) and Charles Frohman (1892-1915). He was noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. Their daughter Georgiana Emma Drew (1856-1893) made her acting debut with her mother's company (1872). She became the wife of Maurice Barrymore and the mother of Lionel, Ethel, and John Barrymore (see Barrymore family).