biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1845–1911)
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| biography:
| Actor, playwright, and manager, born in New York City, New York, USA. Beginning as a vaudeville performer, he formed a highly popular team with Tony Hart. His songs and short sketches eventually grew to full-length musicals, featuring comic characters broadly drawn from American working-class life, including African-American and European immigrants. His shows include The Mulligan Guards' Ball (1879) and Cordelia's Aspirations (1883). |
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