Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24
WEALTHY ENGLISH ACTORS.
Many Have Made the Balk Of Their
Fortunes in America.

The richest living actor is Mr..
Bancroft, and the beginning of his
| fortune, which is said to be nearly
| 81, 800, 900, was made at little
theater in Tottenham court road,
known in its day as the Queens.
Mr.. Bancroft received $50, 900 per
annum from Beeroohm Tree in ths
form of rent for the Haymarket
theater, which he purchased soma
Is years ago.
Sir Henry Irving gives away
thousands of dollarS every year to
less fortunate brothers and sisters
on the stage Unfortunate actors
have not better or more willing
friend Wilson Barrett perhaps ex-
cepted, than the Knight of the
Stage" Were it not for this fact
Sir Henry would probably be very
rich. His productions. even costing,
as they frequently do, as much as
500, 900 to stage, have scarcely
ever proved financial failures, while
his tours in this country, where he
is most popular, have brought him
enormous sums Of clear profit. His
first two tours in America cleared
for him above $3.50, 900, and his last
trip is said to have increased his
banking account to the tune of $780,
600.
The Kendals have also made large
fortunes here, where they have al
ways met with greater success
than at homo. BY two trips taken
in 1889 and 1890 they cleared $780,,
600, which they have increased very
considerably by doing the provinces
in England.
J. l. Toole, ia spite of his popu-
larity in London, has never made
any very big sums out of his metro
politan productions. In Australia
and in the provinces he is more ap-
preciated than in London, and he
has had great financial prosperity.
His Australian tour, made some six
years ago, put some $50, 600 into his
pocket, and his fortune is now said
to exceed $500, 600.
George Conquest, whose right
name is Oliver, inherited from his
father $3.50, 000 which he is said to
have doubled during the many years
he has run the Surrey theater with
such conspicuous success. His
yearly pantomimes, although cost
ing enormous sums to produce, have
always added largely to his wealth
Mrs. Sara Lane is probably the
richest woman in the profession.
Her productions at the Britannia
theater, Hoxton, have ever met
with success only equaled by her
own enormous popularity at this
seat of blood and thunder drama.
Her theater, which is nightly filed
from floor to roof by most enthusi-
astic audiences, only holds $500, but
in 81 years she has, by careful man
agement and judicious catering, sue
ceeding in accommodating fortune
of more than 5000, 600.
Charles Wyndham has made a
fortune since he first
took the Criterion theater II years
ago. His productions have always
been very successful, and his wealth
is estimated at $500, 900.
Beerbohm Tree is another actor
who has been enormously success
full, but the exact amount Of his
fortune is not known. 1t is, how
ever, acknowledged to be very large
". S. Penley has made fortune
out of "Charley's Aunt" Indeed,
If reports are to be believed, the
amount of the fortune exceeds ST.
600, 900; and this is quite possible,
the years this play has
been running, not only in London,
but all over the world. Edward
Terry, whose successes in Australia
have been much greater than his
in England, is the lucky
Of some 5000, 600, a con-
siderable portion Of which was made
out of Sweet Lavender" Charles
is somewhat Of a go-as you
please gentleman, and contents him
self with a fortune Of approximately
$3.50, 900; while Mrs. Langtry is said
to be worth about 81, 900, 600. Hart
lord Times.