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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1910 Excerpt: ... CHRONOLOGY. 1854. Birth of Richard Mansfield, at Berlin, Germany. While an infant he was taken to the island of Heligoland, and thence to London, England. 1859. Death of his father, Maurice M... More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1910 Excerpt: ... CHRONOLOGY. 1854. Birth of Richard Mansfield, at Berlin, Germany. While an infant he was taken to the island of Heligoland, and thence to London, England. 1859. Death of his father, Maurice Mansfield, in London. Burial in Kensal Green Cemetery. 1859-1875. Mansfield, while a boy, resided in London; Jena, with his grand-uncle, "the friend of poets"; Bourbourg; Yverdon; Berlin; Derby, England--receiving tuition at those places, sometimes at school, sometimes from private instructors; he studied for the Indian Civil Service; he was brought to America, 1872, and resided in Boston and at his mother's farm at Berlin, near Fitchburg, Mass.; he studied the arts of drawing and painting; he was employed as a clerk in the mercantile house of Eben D. Jordan, he joined an amateur theatrical society, called "The Buskin Club." 1876. Jan. 14. He appeared as Beau Farintosh, in Robertson's "School," in a performance given by "The Buskin Club," at Beethoven Hall, Boston. Feb. 9 That performance was repeated, at the Globe Theatre, Boston, for the benefit of the New England Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital. June 1. He gave a miscellaneous entertainment, as Mr. Vincent Crummies, at the Young Men's Christian Union Hall, Boston. 1877-1880. He returned to London; he studied and practiced painting; he endured poverty; he eked out a living by giving musical and mimetic entertainment in private houses and by writing for the press; he appeared at a music hall, giving a varied entertainment, under the designation of "The Ravishing Roach": he was engaged by German Reed to take the place of Corney Grain; he broke down, failed, and was discharged; he obtained an engagement in a fourthrate provincial opera company, managed by D'Oyly Carte, and appeared as Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., in "H. M....

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