Difference between revisions of "Ada Ward"
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| + | |||
| + | Ada Ward was an English actress and singer, who first appeared on the London stage in the mid-1870s. She went to tour the colonies and become a star in Australia in the 1880s. She later also worked in the United States. | ||
| + | |||
| + | She caused a sensation in 1897 by leaving the stage and joining the Salvation Army as a preacher and going on to work in the slums of London. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | She had been twice married, divorcing one husband and outliving the second. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 31 January 2020
Contents
Biography
Ada Ward was an English actress and singer, who first appeared on the London stage in the mid-1870s. She went to tour the colonies and become a star in Australia in the 1880s. She later also worked in the United States.
She caused a sensation in 1897 by leaving the stage and joining the Salvation Army as a preacher and going on to work in the slums of London.
She had been twice married, divorcing one husband and outliving the second.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She performed in South Africa in the period July to November 1878, working with a few visiting companies, including performances in the Athenaeum Hall for the Egerton and Case Company and the Theatre Royal , Cape Town, with Henry Smith and Richard Thatcher (the Smith and Thatcher Company).
Awards, etc
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.372.
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities N
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
