Adelaide Neilson
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Lilian Adelaide Neilson, born Elizabeth Ann Brown, was a British stage actress.
Adelaide Neilson
Image of Neilson created by Napoleon Sarony
Gravestone, Brompton Cemetery, London
Adelaide Neilson blue plaque, Leeds Playhouse, Leeds (30th May 2014)
Andrew Halliday (journalist)
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Andrew Halliday was a Scottish journalist and dramatist.
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…conspicuous success as the eponymous heroine Amy Robsart, a part that suited her well, in a new play adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth by Andrew Halliday; and in 1871 she obtained critical admiration as Rebecca, in a play based on Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. By 1872 she was hugely popular and, after…
Andrew Halliday by Frederick Waddy (1872)
Grave of Andrew Halliday in Highgate Cemetery