Evelyn D'Alroy
Evelyn D'Alroy(1881–1915,[1]néeEvelyn May Tegg,and on marriageEvelyn Watson), was an Edwardian English stage actress of considerable renown.
She took to the stage in 1899,[2]and made her London debut as the Duchesse de Longueville in a period piece,The Bond of NinonbyClotilde Graves,at theSavoy Theatrein April 1906.[1]
Her first considerable success was as Mrs. Cray in “The Builders” byNorah Keithat the Criterion on 10 November 1908.[3]She then joined theLewis Waller Playersand regularly worked at London'sLyric Theatre.[1][4]
In September 1909 she was taken on by SirHerbert Beerbohm TreeatHer Majesty's Theatre.[1][3]Her favourite role to play was reputedlyShakespeare'sOphelia.[5]Portraits of Evelyn in various theatrical productions are held by the National Portrait Gallery.[6]
In April 1915 while on tour she was taken ill suddenly inSheffieldwithappendicitis.She was operated on at the hospital, and her appendix removed, and taken to a nursing home to recover, but died three days later of pneumonia with her husband—theatre criticThomas Malcolm Watson—at her side.[4]
References
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- ^"Provincial Theatricals".The Era.15 July 1899.
- ^abWho's Who In the Theatre.1914.
- ^ab"Miss Evelyn D'Alroy: Death of a Popular Actress".Nottingham Evening Post.30 April 1915.
- ^"Evelyn D'Alroy | Shakespeare and the Players".Emory University.Retrieved9 March2020.
- ^"Evelyn D'Alroy".National Portrait Gallery.Retrieved9 March2020.