Edward Lamb (1828-1887) American actor
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[THEATRE] E(dward) LAMB - American actor, born in New York city, 18 October, 1828; died in Brooklyn, New York, 5 July, 1887. He entered his profession as utility-man in the Chatham street theatre in 1852, and subsequently played in the Bowery and other theatres in New York and Brooklyn. From 1856 till 1859 he appeared in low comedy parts in Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and Montreal, and in 1880 went with Edward A. Sothern to San Francisco, appearing as Asa Trenchard in "Our American Cousin." He played his most successful engagement at the old Park theatre in Brooklyn, of which he was lessee and manager. Mounted AQS, dated March 22, 1870. He adds "Neither a marrower not a lender be." Scarce theatrical autograph. Provenance: ex-theatre collection, Boothbay Theatre Museum [Maine].
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