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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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| 1876 |
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. |
Mary Anderson |
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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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Lester Wallack |
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Steele MacKay |
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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:
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