Stage Actor Herbert Kelcey Autograph

Description

STAGE ACTOR HERBERT KELCEY AUTOGRAPH
Bold signatures "Very truly, Herbert Kelcey" dated 1895 on the portion of an autograph album page
.
Measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"
In very good condition
Herbert Kelcey
(October 10, 1856 – July 10, 1917) born
Herbert Henry Lamb
,
[1]
was an English-born American stage and film actor.
Born in 1856 in London, Kelcey made his stage debut at
Brighton, England
, in 1877 and had his first appearance in London in 1880. He came to New York and first appeared at
Wallack's Theatre
in 1882. He appeared in many society dramas. In the 1890s he formed a partnership with
Effie Shannon
that mimicked English husband-wife acting teams like the
Bancrofts
and the
Kendals
. In 1902 Kelcey became the second actor in history to play
Sherlock Holmes
after famed
William Gillette
.
[2]
[3]
Personal
Kelcey was married to actress
Caroline Hill
from the 1870s to the early 1890s. Some film and theater sources claim he was later married to Shannon, whom he was in a theatrical partnership with, but there is no evidence they were ever married. Shannon had been married to
Henry Guy Carleton
from 1890-92 so she would've been free to marry Kelcey when they began their theatrical partnership. Kelcey died in 1917 and Shannon long outlived him. When she died in 1954 she was buried beside him in Saint Anns Cemetery in Sayville New York
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