Francis Wilson (1854- ? ) was an American actor, born in Philadelphia. He began his career in a minstrel show, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in M'liss with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some opera. In 1889, leaving the New York Casino, he made his appearance as a star in The Oolah. Plays in which he starred subsequently include: The Lion Tamer (1891); The Little Corporal (1898); The Bachelor's Baby (1909), written by himself. He was the author of Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player (1906), The Eugene Field I Knew (1898), and several plays of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D... Poster featuring Haverly and his United Mastodon Minstrels Haverlys United Mastodon Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe created in 1877 when J. H. Haverly merged four of the companies he owned and managed. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... Jefferson as Rip van Winkle, 1869 Joseph Jefferson (February 20, 1829 - April 23, 1905) was an American actor. ... Eugene Field, American writer Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) American writer, best known for poetry for children and for humorous essays. ...

Publications

• Clapp and Edgett, Players of the Present (New York, 1901)

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