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Born September 3, 1827 • Dublin • Ireland
Died May 21, 1862 (aged 34) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
House / Dynasty Drew family
Notable Family Members spouse Louisa Lane Drew • son John Drew, Jr.
Laura Keene, lithograph.
Laura Keene
British actress
James William Wallack, detail from an engraving by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1807.
James William Wallack
American actor
H.L. Bateman
American actor
John Brougham
John Brougham
American dramatist and actor
Wallack, Lester
Lester Wallack
American actor
William Hunter Kendal
British actor and manager
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble
British actor
Konrad Ernst Ackermann
German actor and manager
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
Charles Mathews, detail from a mezzotint by C. Turner, 1825, after an oil painting by James Lonsdale
Charles Mathews
British actor
Christopher Beeston
English actor and theatrical manager
André Antoine
André Antoine
French actor
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder
German actor and theatrical manager
Charles Kemble as Romeo, engraving by P. Thomson, c. 1819
Charles Kemble
British actor
Sir Squire Bancroft.
Sir Squire Bancroft
British actor and manager
Thomas Sheridan
Irish actor
Frank Benson, 1882.
Sir Frank Benson
British actor
John Rich
British theatrical manager and actor
Lena Ashwell
British actress

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