Biography Augustin Daly

reading play (1882)

at first of these, gathered company of players, headed ada rehan, made high reputation, , them adapted plays foreign sources, , revived shakespearean comedies in manner before unknown in america. took entire company on tour, visiting england, germany , france, , of best actors on american stage have owed training , first successes him. among these clara morris, sara jewett, john drew, jr., maurice barrymore, fanny davenport, agnes ethel, maude adams, mrs. gilbert, tyrone power, sr., ada dyas, isadora duncan, maud jeffries , many others. daly s willingness to, put it, stoop curb , bestow upon low, untried actor chance @ greatness earned him nickname little man auggie among peers. play leah forsaken, adapted deborah of hermann salomon mosenthal, star vehicle margaret mather.

his shakespeare productions severely criticized george bernard shaw, active drama critic during years. shaw took daly severely task cutting shakespeare s plays , presenting them in unorthodox ways. (shaw strong believer in presenting shakespeare s plays uncut.) several of shaw s criticisms of daly s shakespeare productions reprinted in anthology shaw on shakespeare.

daly great book-lover, , valuable library dispersed auction after death, occurred in paris. besides plays, original , adapted, wrote woffington: tribute actress , woman (1888).

dora knowlton ranous, onetime actress in daly company, published 1910 memoir of experiences entitled diary of daly débutante.