page_title: Clare Eames
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Clare Eames / Career
caption_attribution_description: Portrait photograph of Clare Eames as Princess Elizabeth in the Broadway production of The Prince and the Pauper Caption reads as follows: Clare Eames as Princess Elizabeth One performance stood out above all others in the production of The Prince and the Pauper, at the Booth—the notable impersonation of England's virgin queen by this practically unknown actress, seen only once before on Broadway in a small part in Déclassée
context_page_description: Clare Eames was an American actress and stage director, and the first wife of playwright Sidney Howard.
context_section_description: In 1919, Eames joined the repertory theatre headed by Ethel Barrymore.
  After World War I, Eames was considered one of the leading new female lights of the Broadway stage, performing classical roles in plays by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. She made her stage debut in 1918. As a virtual unknown on Broadway, she won acclaim for her performance as the young Princess Elizabeth in a 1920 stage adaptation of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. After her starring role in John Drinkwater's one-act play Mary Stuart (1921), Eames quickly rose to the top rank in the American theatre.
  Eames made a handful of silent pictures, but died before having the opportunity to appear in sound films.
caption: Clare Eames as Princess Elizabeth in Amélie Rives' stage adaptation of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper (1920)
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