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Ada Dyas (1843-1908) was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 actress. She made her London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 debut in 1861 in Henry IV
Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II of England, Henry IV of England , and Henry V of England....
, and became famous in the 1871 play based on Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was an English people novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work....
's novel The Woman in White
The Woman in White (novel)

The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, Serial ized in 1859?1860, and first published in book form in 1860....
.

Dyas's first American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 appearance was under the management of Augustin Daly in 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, in Man and Wife. Later, at Wallack's
John Lester Wallack

John Lester Wallack , was an United States actor and son of James William Wallack.At one time in the British Army, then on the Dublin and London stage, he made his first stage appearance in New York in 1847 under the name of John Lester as Sir Charles Coldstream, in Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Used Up....
, her most successful rôles were those of Kate Hardcastle, Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on May 18, 1777....
, Lady Gay spanker, Lydia Languish, and especially that of Claire Ffolliott in Boucicault's
Dion Boucicault

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot was an Irish people actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the English speaking theatre, eventually heralded by The New York Times in his o...
 The Shaughraun
The Shaughraun

The Shaughraun is a melodrama Play written by Irish people scriptwriter Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, on 14 November 1874....
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Ada Dyas (1843-1908) was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 actress. She made her London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 debut in 1861 in Henry IV
Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II of England, Henry IV of England , and Henry V of England....
, and became famous in the 1871 play based on Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was an English people novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work....
's novel The Woman in White
The Woman in White (novel)

The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, Serial ized in 1859?1860, and first published in book form in 1860....
.

Dyas's first American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 appearance was under the management of Augustin Daly in 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, in Man and Wife. Later, at Wallack's
John Lester Wallack

John Lester Wallack , was an United States actor and son of James William Wallack.At one time in the British Army, then on the Dublin and London stage, he made his first stage appearance in New York in 1847 under the name of John Lester as Sir Charles Coldstream, in Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Used Up....
, her most successful rôles were those of Kate Hardcastle, Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on May 18, 1777....
, Lady Gay spanker, Lydia Languish, and especially that of Claire Ffolliott in Boucicault's
Dion Boucicault

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot was an Irish people actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the English speaking theatre, eventually heralded by The New York Times in his o...
 The Shaughraun
The Shaughraun

The Shaughraun is a melodrama Play written by Irish people scriptwriter Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, on 14 November 1874....
. She toured as Esther Eccles in Caste and subsequently as Mrs. Ralston in Jim the Penman
Jim the Penman

Jim the Penman may refer to:* James Townsend Saward , Victorian English barrister* Emanuel Ninger * Jim the Penman , a 1947 British film...
 and as Mrs. Seabrooke in Captain Swift. In 1892 she played Goneril in Sir Henry Irving's
Henry Irving

Sir Henry Irving , born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood....
 revival of King Lear
King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
 at the London Lyceum.

Her performance in The Shaughraun is mentioned in Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was an United States novelist, short story writer and designer....
's 1920 novel The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence is a novel by Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s....
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