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772 ness. After leaving Park Theatre, she played male characters for some time. It was her professional association with Macready during the seasons of 1843 and 1844 that provided the stepping-stone for which Miss Cushman had been groping. After he witnessed her performance of Lady Macbeth he showed a sympathy for this aspiring woman which was of inestimable value to her.

Owing to the encouragement given her by Macready Miss Cushman determined to go to England, and although at the time it seemed rash the end justified the risk. One writer says of her debut in England: "Since the memorable first appearance of Edmund Kean, in 18 14, never has there been such a debut on the boards of an English theatre." Miss Cushman returned to America in 1870, and on November 7, 1874, took her farewell of the New York stage in Lady Macbeth, at Booth's Theatre. Her last appearance of all as an actress, although not as a reader, was made in Boston, May 15, 1875, as Lady Macbeth. In the autumn of this year she made her residence in Boston, where she passed away on February 18, 1876.

Born at Salt Lake City, Utah, November 11, 1872. Daughter of Annie Adams, a celebrated actress in the United States. She made her first appearance on the stage when but an infant of nine months, in "The Lost Child." As a little girl she made a great success as Little Schneider in "Fritz," with the late J. K. Emmett. She made her first appearance on the New York stage in 1888, in "The Paymaster." On February 4, 1889, she played Louisa, in "The Highest Bidder," and was next engaged for the Bijou Theatre, where she appeared March 5, 1889, as the minister's sister, in "A Midnight Bell." In 1890 she played Evangeline at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre, and on October 21, 1890, appeared