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Alfred Klein
Alfred Asher Klein (May 12, 1861 – February 21, 1904)〔(Record of Current Events ), ''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'', p. 414 (April 1904)〕 was an English-born stage actor, singer and comedian who appeared in operettas and musical theatre in America in the late 19th century.
==Life and career==
Klein was born in Norwich, England in 1861, and emigrated to the United States as a young man. He had five brothers: the dramatist Charles, the composer Manuel, the music critic Herman, the violinist Max, and Philip. They had a sister, Adelaide.〔1871 and 1881 England Census, available on Ancestry.com.〕 His first appearances on stage included Sir Joseph in a juvenile production of ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' in 1879,〔Ganzl, Kurt. (''The encyclopedia of the musical theatre'', Volume 2 ), 1100 (2001)〕 and a role with the traveling company of ''Only a Farmer's Daughter'' around 1881.
Small in stature,〔(3 November 1895). (At The Theatres ), ''The Salt Lake Herald'', p. 11, col. 2 (anecdote about Hopper and Klein, "the midget of the company," betting on a horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track)〕 Klein's notable roles included Buttons in ''The Rajah'' in 1883, where he had fall into a tank of water in the third act. In 1891, he appeared in the musical ''Wang'' with DeWolf Hopper,〔Wolf, Rennold. (The Man Who Ran Away From Too Much Success ), ''The Green Book Magazine'' (June 1913), p. 950 ("Who, for instance, does not recall the immensely funny antics of litter Alfred Klein as DeWolf Hopper's foil in 'Wang?'")〕 and in 1896 in the operetta ''El Capitan''.〔(6 August 1898). (The Stage Names of Player Folk ), ''The Deseret News''〕〔Leavitt, Michael Bennett. (Fifty Years in Theatrical Management ), p. 586 (1912)〕
Klein died in Amityville, New York on February 21, 1904 after a three year illness, survived by his wife and two children.〔(30 May 1902). (In Gay New York ), ''The Virginia Enterprise'' ("Alfred Klein, who has long been a familiar figure in comic opera, is now an inmate of an asylum in Amityville, where he was taken some weeks ago by his brother, Charles Klein, the dramatist. His condition is said to be serious.")〕〔(23 February 1904). (Death of Alfred Klein. Diminutive Comedian Who Played for a Long Time with De Wolf Hopper ), ''The New York Times''〕〔(20 August 1916). (Mrs. Klein Settles Suit ), ''New York Tribune'', p. 2, col. 2 (reporting that Klein's widow Rachel had settled a claim against Charles Klein's estate for $2000)〕
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