Lucy Isabella Buckstone
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Lucy Isabella Buckstone was an English actress, the daughter of John Baldwin Buckstone
and Isabella Copeland and the sister of actor J. C. Buckstone
.
Buckstone made her first appearance on stage at the Croydon Theatre as Gertrude in The Little Treasure. She made her first appearance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 26 December 1875 Ada Ingot in David Garrick
.
In 1876 at the Lyceum Theatre, she played Lady Frances Touchwood in The Belle's Strategem In 1877, she appeared as Minnie in Engaged
, a comedy by W. S. Gilbert
at the Haymarket. At the Olympic Theatre
in 1883, she played Abigail Hill in The Queen's Favorite by Sydney Grundy
. In 1891 she appeared in Miss Decima at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
On 6 January 1879, at St. James's, Piccadilly, Buckstone was married to H. E. Smithes.
John Baldwin Buckstone
John Baldwin Buckstone was an English actor, playwright and comedian who wrote 150 plays, the first of which was produced in 1826....
and Isabella Copeland and the sister of actor J. C. Buckstone
J. C. Buckstone
John Copeland Buckstone was an English stage and film actor of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, who was most famous for his 1901 stage play Scrooge, which was the basis for the first film version of A Christmas Carol in the same year...
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Buckstone made her first appearance on stage at the Croydon Theatre as Gertrude in The Little Treasure. She made her first appearance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 26 December 1875 Ada Ingot in David Garrick
David Garrick (play)
David Garrick is a comic play written in 1864 by Thomas William Robertson about the famous 18th century actor and theatre manager, David Garrick....
.
In 1876 at the Lyceum Theatre, she played Lady Frances Touchwood in The Belle's Strategem In 1877, she appeared as Minnie in Engaged
Engaged (play)
Engaged is a three-act farcical comic play by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on 3 October 1877, the same year as The Sorcerer, one of Gilbert's comic operas written with Arthur Sullivan, which was soon followed by the collaborators' great success in H.M.S. Pinafore...
, a comedy by W. S. Gilbert
W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S...
at the Haymarket. At the Olympic Theatre
Olympic Theatre
The Olympic Theatre, sometimes known as the Royal Olympic Theatre, was a 19th-century London theatre, opened in 1806 and located at the junction of Drury Lane, Wych Street, and Newcastle Street. The theatre specialised in comedies throughout much of its existence...
in 1883, she played Abigail Hill in The Queen's Favorite by Sydney Grundy
Sydney Grundy
Sydney Grundy was an English dramatist. Most of his works were adaptations of European plays, and many became successful enough to tour throughout the English-speaking world...
. In 1891 she appeared in Miss Decima at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
On 6 January 1879, at St. James's, Piccadilly, Buckstone was married to H. E. Smithes.