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1855 |
April 7:
Joseph Haworth is born in
Providence, RI to
Benjamin &
Martha (O'Leary) Haworth. |
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Benjamin Haworth |
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1860 |
Brother
William Haworth is born. |
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1865 |
Benjamin dies in a
southern prison camp.
Martha moves the
family to Cleveland, OH.
Joseph goes to
work in a newspaper office. |
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| 1874 |
February 8: Joseph recites
"Shamus O'Brien" at a benefit
performance with
John
Ellsler's stock company at the
Cleveland Academy of Music.
May 16: Joseph
makes his professional debut as
Richmond in Richard III at
the Cleveland Academy of Music,
starring
Charlotte Crampton.
December 7:
Joseph, now a member of John
Ellsler's acting company, appears
with
Lawrence Barrett in Julius
Caesar. (note:
Joseph Haworth appeared in literally
hundreds of productions for Mr.
Ellsler; only a few representative
role are listed here.) |
Charlotte Crampton |
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| 1875 |
September 23:
Joseph plays Jaques DeBois is As
You Like It with
Effie
Ellsler as Rosalind.
October 20:
Joseph plays Balthasar in Romeo
and Juliet with John Ellsler's
stock company at the Euclid Avenue
Opera House in Cleveland. |
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February23: Joseph plays
Gabrielle in Guy Mannering at
the Euclid Avenue Opera House with
Augusta L. Dargon as Meg Merrilies.
March 16:
Joseph plays Gower in Henry V
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House
with
George Ringnold.
November 13:
Joseph plays Cromwell in Crown of
Thorns at the Euclid Avenue
Opera House with Anna Dickinson.
December 4:
Joseph plays Sir William Davidson in
Mary Stuart at the Euclid
Avenue Opera House with
Madame Janauschek.
December 9:
Joseph plays Malcolm in Macbeth
a the Euclid Avenue Opera House with
Madame Janauschek. |
Fanny Janauschek
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1877 |
March 17:
Joseph plays Horatio in Hamlet
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House
with Lawrence Barrett.
April 4:
Joseph makes his New York debut at
the Eagle Theatre as Cromwell in
Crown of Thorns with
Anna
Dickinson, followed by performances
at the Eagle Theatre as Malcolm in
Macbeth with Louis Aldrich,
and Sir Thomas Clifford in The
Hunchback.
May: Joseph
plays Benvolio in Romeo and
Juliet and Guiderius in
Cymbeline at Daly's Theatre, New
York, starring
Adelaide Neilson.
October 29:
Joseph plays Robert Ffolliot in
The Shaughraun at the Euclid
Avenue Opera House with
Dion
Boucicault.
November 20:
Joseph plays Laertes in Hamlet
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House
with Edwin
Booth. |
Anna Dickinson |
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1878 |
May 10:
Joseph plays the title role in
Hamlet in his farewell performance
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House.
September 7:
Joseph debuts at the
Boston Museum
as Count Henri de Beausoleti in
Satan in Paris.
(note: Joseph Haworth
appeared in hundreds of roles in his
four years at the Boston Museum;
only a few representatiove
productions are listed here.)
November 28:
Joseph plays Bill Bobstay in the
American premier of H.M.S.
Pinafore at the Boston Museum. |
Boston Museum |
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1879 |
March 22:
Joseph gives his final performance
of H.M.S. Pinafore at the
Boston Museum.
September 8:
Joseph plays Vladimir, Count
Danicheff in The Danicheff,
opening the 37th season of the
Boston Museum. |
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1880 |
February 16:
Joseph plays Michael O'Dowd, Jr. in
Daddy O'Dowd at the
Boston Museum directed by Dion
Boucicault.
April 24: Joseph plays Joseph
Surface in School
for Scandal at the Boston Museum
with William Warren as Sir Peter.
October 18:
Joseph plays Hastings in She
Stoops to Conquer with William
Warren as Tony Lumpkin. |
William Warren |
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1881 |
January 25:
Joseph plays Romeo to
Mary
Anderson's Juliet for one night at
the Boston Museum; it sets a record
for the playhouse for a single
night's gross receipts.
February 12: A
benefit performance is given for
Joseph at the Boston Museum; he
plays Romeo in the balcony scene of
Romeo & Juliet, after which
The Marble Heart is
presented.
September 18:
Joseph plays
Algernon Grosvenor in
the American premier of Gilbert and
Sullivan's Patience at the
Boston Museum.
December 24:
Joseph plays his 100th and final
performance of Patience at
the Boston Museum. |
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1882 |
March 25: A benefit performance
is given for Joseph at the Boston
Museum; he plays Iago in Othello
with Charles Barron.
April 10:
Joseph plays Mathew Leigh in
Rosedale at the Boston Museum
with Lester Wallack as Elliot Grey.
September:
Joseph is hired by
John McCullough
as leading man.
October 25:
Joseph plays Iago in Othello
at the Grand Opera House in St.
Louis with John McCullough, while on
national tour.
October 26:
Joseph plays Icilius in Virginius
at the Grand Opera House in St.
Louis with John McCulllough, while
on national tour.
October 27:
Joseph plays Titus in Brutus
at the Grand Opera House in St.
Louis with John McCullough, while on
tour.
October 28:
Joseph plays Ingomar in Ingomar
at the Grand Opera House in St.
Louis, while on tour; it is John
McCullough's policy to star Joseph
in matinee performances.
November 11:
Joseph appears with John McCullough
at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre
as Iago, Icilius, Titus. |
John McCullough |
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1883 |
April 9:
Joseph opens an engagement with John
McCullough at Nibbo's Garden, New
York; the repertory consists of
Virginius, Julius Caesar, and
Jack Cade. |
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1884 |
March 24:
Joseph opens an engagement with John
McCullough at the Star Theatre; the
repertory included Othello
and Brutus.
April 3:
Joseph opens an engagement with John
McCullough at the Novelty Theatre,
Brooklyn; Joseph plays Richmond in
Richard III and
Phasarius in The Gladiator,
along with Othello, Virginius,
and starring matinees in Ingomar;
Joseph's brother William is in the
supporting company.
April 14:
Joseph opens as Captain Trevor in
The Fatal Letter at the Union
Square Theatre, New York.
May 27:
Joseph opens as Theophilus
Pocklington in Whose Are They?
at the Star Theatre, written by his
friend and fellow actor
E. H.
Sothern.
September 29:
With Joseph onstage with him, John
McCullough breaks down during a
performance of The Gladiator
at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago; it
is McCullough's final performance.
November 5:
Joseph plays the title role in Dion
Boucicault's new plays Robert
Emmet; the play fails;
subsequently Haworth wins a lawsuit,
releasing him from his contact with
Boucicault. |
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E.H.Sothern |
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1885 |
March 4:
Joseph co-stars with
Clara Morris in
Denise at Daly's Theatre
September 7:
Joseph stars as Phillipe Count
d'Albert in the long-run A Moral
Crime at the Union Square
Theatre;
William Haworth open as
Balthazar in A Comedy of
Errors at the Start Theatre,
starring
Robson and Crane, which
tours after a hugely successful New
York run. |
Clara Morris |
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1886 |
February 19:
Joseph plays Orlando in As
You Like It at the Star Theatre,
for the benefit of Polish Exiles
with Helene Modjeska as Rosalind.
March 1:
Joseph plays Romeo at the Boston
Theatre opposite Maragret Mather.
October 17:
Joseph launches a national tour as
Jack Yeulette in Hoodman Blind
at the Columbia Theatre in Chicago;
Hodman Blind is Haworth's
first star billing.
October 25:
William Haworth open as Oliver in
As You Like It at the Union
Square Theatre, starring Helene
Modjeska and Maurice Barrymore.
November 10:
William Haworth open as Pille-Miche
in The Chouans at the Union
square Theatre, starring Helene
Modjeska |
Helene Modjeska |
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1887 |
January 24:
Joseph opens in Hoodman Blind
at the Grand Opera House in New York
City; following its New York run,
Hoodman Blind tours throughout
the rest of the season.
September 12:
Joseph launches an East Coast tour
as Elliot Grey in Rosedale
at the Arch Street Theatre in
Philadelphia, under the direction of
the play's author and original star,
Lester Wallack.
October 3:
William Haworth opens in Troy, NY in
Held by the Enemy,
succeeding star and author William
Gillette as leading man; the
production tours for two seasons.
November 14:
Joseph opens as Gonzales in Loyal
Love at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre, co-starring with Mrs.
Potter and Kyrle Bellew.
December 12:
Joseph opens as Romeo, Malvolio,
and Ingomar at the Star Theatre
opposite Julia Marlowe.
December 24:
Joseph opens in the title role
of Steele MacKay's Paul Kauvar
at he Standard Theatre. |
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1888 |
May 5: Joseph plays Paul
Kauvar at the National Theatre
in Washington under the patronage of
President and Mrs. Cleveland;
Haworth continues with the role
through the end of the season.
August 27:
Joseph opens in the title role in
Philip Herne at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. |
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1889 |
September 2:
Joseph Hawoth plays a return
engagement of Paul Kauvar at
the Grand Opera House.
September 9:
William Haworth opens in his own
play Ferncliff at the
Union Square Theatre; both Haworth
brothers star on Broadway at the
same time. |
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1890 |
September:
WIlliam Haworth opens at the Garden
Theatre, New York, as Lycias in
Nero starring Richard Mansfield;
following a final New York
appearance in October, William tours
in Mansfiled's support for the rest
of the season.
November 20:
A.M. Palmer's touring company of
Aunt Jack and A Man of
the World starring Joseph
Haworth plays New York's Grand Opera
House for a limited engagement
before resuming it tour. |
A.M. Palmer |
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1891 |
July 24:
Joseph plays Orlando in As You
Like It in an open air
production at the Hotel Kenmawr in
Pittsburg with
Rose Coghlan; William
Haworth is in the cast as Orlando's
brother, Oliver.
September:
Joseph launches a starring tour at
the head of his own company; the
neoclassical repertory including
Ruy Blas, St. Marc's, Fra Diano, The
Leavenworth Case, and The
Bells |
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Rose Coghlan |
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1892 |
March:
Joseph Haworth's repertory of The
Bells, St. Marc's, Ruy Blas, and
A Man of the World plays New
York's People's Theatre, then
resumes its tour.
October 11:
Joseph stars as Ralph Izzard in
Ye Earlie Trouble at Proctor's
Theatre, New York.
December 5
William Haworth's second play The
Ensign opens at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre; it is a popular
success with many return New York
engagement and subsequent revivals.
December 26:
Joseph opens as Oliver St. Aubyn in
Dumas fils The Crust of
Society at the Union Square
Theatre. |
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1893 |
February 27:
William Haworth's third play A
Mutmeg Match opens at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre; it is a
comedy/melodrama set in rural New
England, with an actual steam driven
pile driver used in the third act
climax.
April 24: Joseph opens at the
Union Square Theatre in The Froth
of Society, a reworking of the
The Crust of Society; this is
a sanitized version of the earlier
play that is intended to tour.
May 12:
Emily Rigl
breaks out of character during a
performance of The Froth of
Society in Montreal; she tells
the audience that Joseph Haworth is
"no gentleman" and leaves the stage;
the rest of the tour is cancelled;
Joseph is reported to have suffered
a breakdown.
June 3:
Joseph opens in Rosedale at
the Boston Grand Opera House; it
settle in for a long time; this
begins a two year period when
Joseph's career has Boston as its
center.
June 13:
Mrs. Martha Haworth, mother of
William and Joseph, dies in
Cleveland at age 72.
December 9:
A Nutmeg Match opens at the
Grand Opera House, New York,
followed by The Ensign the
next week. |
Emily Rigl |
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1894 |
January 18: Joseph reopens
Rosedale at the Boston Grand
Opera House.
February 4:
William Haworth's fifth play On
the Mississippi opens at the
People's Theatre, new York.
March 12:
Joseph opens at the Star Theatre in
New in Rosedale with
the Boston Grand Opera House company
in his support.
April 10:
Joseph opens in The Diplomats,
followed by Sapho, at the
Boston Grand Opera House.
September 10:
Joseph returns to the Star Theatre,
New York, with Rosedale,
which has been on a national tour.
November:
Joseph becomes leading man to Helene
Modjeska; their repertory will
eventually include Macbeth, Much
Ado About Nothing, As You Like It,
Measure for Measure, Camille, Mary
Stuart, Magda, and Hamlet;
they embark on a tour which includes
The Walnut Street Theatre in
Philadelphia, the Lyceum in
Baltimore, and The Tremont in
Boston; scheduled for Cincinnati,
the tour is cancelled due to a
Modjeska's suffering a slight
stroke. |
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1895 |
January 21:
Joseph opens at the Castle Square
Theatre in Boston in Hamlet,
Rosedale, and Richelieu;
he is billed as "America's
Greatest Actor and America's
Greatest Hamlet."
March 4:
Joseph adds Richard III, The
Bells, and Rinaldo, a
commissioned verse play, to his
repertory at the Castle Square
Theatre.
April 14:
Joseph performs A Man of the
World at the Broadway Theatre,
New York, in a testimonial
performance to Clara Morris.
April 20:
Joseph takes a repertory of
Hamlet, Richelieu, Rosedale, and
Macbeth on national tour;
with a summer break, the tour
continues through the end of the
1895-96 season. |
Castle Square
Theatre, Boston |
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1896 |
September 15:
Joseph returns to commercial New
York theatre in Bret Hart's Sue
at Hoyt's Theatre; his leading lady
is Annie
Russell; Theodore Roberts is in
the supporting cast. |
Annie Russell |
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1897 |
January 26:
Joseph rejoins Modjeska for an
engagement at the Baldwin Theatre in
San Francisco; the plays performed f
r this engagement are Magda,
Macbeth, Mary Stuart, and Adrienne
Lecouvreur; a subsequent booking
in Los Angeles is cancelled due to
Modjeska's illness.
March 8:
Joseph opens Ruy Blas and A
Man of the World at the Columbia
Theatre in San Francisco; this
booking was made when Haworth was at
liberty following Modjeska's
cancellation.
November 8:
Joseph and Modjeska open at the
Grand Opera House in CHicago with
Adrienne Lecouvreur, Magda, Camille,
Mary Stuart, Macbeth, As You Like
It, and Hamlet; following
this engagement they continue on
national tour. |
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1898 |
February 7:
Joseph and Modjeska open at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, new York,
with their reperotry.
February 28:
Joseph and Modjeska open at the
Globe Theatre in Boston.
March 14:
Joseph and Modjeska return to the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.
April 2:
Joseph and Modjeska give their final
performance together, in Macbeth,
at Gillmore's Auditorium in
Philadelphia.
April 18:
Joseph gathers the remaining members
of Modjeska's company together to
support him in a tour of Eastern
states; they open in Providence with
a repertory of Macbeth, Hamlet,
and Romeo and Juliet;
twenty-two year old Bertha Gallard
is his leading lady, and
seventy-eight year old John Ellsler
is his Polonius.
August:
Joseph leads the acting company of
the Shakespeare Festival at the Park
Theatre in Philadelphia; Haworth's
roles, included Iago, Richelieu,
Hamlet, Shylock, Icilius in
Virginius and Cassius in
Julius Caesar; again, John
Ellsler is a member of the acting
company.
November:
Joseph assume the title role in
The Christian at the Garden
Theatre, New York, opposite
Viola
Allen. |
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Viola Allen |
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1899 |
May 1: Joseph
opens as Kerchival West in
Shenandoah at the Broadway
Theatre.
September 15: Joseph opens as
Rafael in The Ghetto at
the Broadway Theatre.
December 12:
Joseph opens in Quo Vadis at
McVicker's Theatre, Chicago, in a
pre-Broadway try-out. |
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1900 |
April 9:
Joseph opens as Vinicius in Quo
Vadis at the New York Theatre,
August 19:
William Haworth returns to acting as
Sergeant Keller in Arizona
at the Herald Square Theatre, New
York.
November 29:
Joseph opens in Robert of Sicily
at the Worchester Theatre,
Worchester, MA. |
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1901 |
February 21:
Plans for Joseph to open Robert
of Sicily at the Herald Square
Theatre in March 4 fall through.
September 3:
Joseph opens an engagement at the
Grand Opera House, San Francisco;
his vehicles include Rosedale,
Richelieu, The Merchant of Venice,
Hamlet, Quo Vadis, and Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dramatized
by William Haworth. |
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1902 |
February 2:
William Haworth opens as Sergeant
Keller in Arizona at the
Adelphia Theatre, London, England.
June 1: Joseph
opens in Coriathon, a Morman
drama, in Salt Lake City.
December 1:
Joseph opens as Cassius in Julius
Caesar at the Herald Square
Theatre, opposite
Richard Mansfield as Brutus,
this production remains the longest
running Julius Caesar in
Broadway history. |
Richard Mansfield |
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1903 |
February 17:
Joseph opens as Prince Dimitri
Neckhludoff in Tolstoy's
Ressurection at Hammerstein's
Victoria, New York.
August 28:
Joseph Haworth dies of heart failure
in Willoughby, Ohio; his sudden
death is front page news throughout
the united States. |
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