biography
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| lived:
| (1860–1915)
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| biography:
| Theatrical agent and manager, born in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The brother of Daniel Frohman, he was interested in the theatre from his youth. He settled in New York and worked at various theatres and agencies, setting out as an independent manager (1883) and then as a booking agent. He soon built up his Empire Stock Theatre Co, developing such notable actors as John Drew, Maude Adams, and Ethel Barrymore, and he produced an endless series of plays in New York and London, encouraging new playwrights such as J M Barrie, Clyde Fitch, and Somerset Maugham. Less admirable was his Theatrical Syndicate, which dictated to many theatres throughout the USA and even in London. Extravagant as a personality and in his productions, he died when he went down with the torpedoed Lusitania. |
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