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:''"Ida Lewis" redirects here. For the American lighthouse keeper of the same name, see Ida Lewis (lighthouse keeper)'' Julia Arthur (May 3, 1869 – March 28, 1950)〔Although 1868 is accepted as the year of her birth, both ''The National Cyclopaedia of National Biography'' and ''Who Was Who in America'' give 1869 as the year.〕 was a Canadian-born stage and film actress.〔(Julia Arthur: ''North American Theatre. )〕 ==Early life== Born Ida Lewis in Hamilton, Ontario, May 3, 1869, she was the daughter of Thomas J. Lewis, a tobacco manufacturer, and Elizabeth (Arthur) Lewis.〔Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903) ()〕 Her younger sister, Eleanor Letitia Lewis, became an actress known by the stage name, "Eleanor Dorel." Their mother was a fine Shakesperian reader, but only in an amateur way. Ida Lewis began acting at the age of 11, in 1879, when she played the part of Gamora in ''The Honeymoon'' in some amateur theatricals in her own home. She displayed such remarkable ability, for her age, that a brilliant future for her was predicted. She made her first professional appearance in 1880 with the Daniel E. Bandmann repertoire company, as the Prince of Wales in ''Richard III'' and thenceforth she was before the public as Julia Arthur, using the first name of Julia and her mother's maiden name.〔''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'', Vol. X, p. 455. New York: James T. White & Company, 1909. Reprint of 1900 edition.〕〔''Who Was Who in America'', Vol. V, p. 22. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc., 1973.〕 Her first New York success was at the Union Square Theatre in ''The Black Masque'' a stage adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's ''Masque of the Red Death'' by Frederick Giles. At the age of 12, in 1881, she became the leading woman, playing Ophelia, Juliet, Portia, Lady Macbeth, Lady Anne in ''Richard III'', and other important roles, and remained with the Bandmann company until 1884.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/tric/article/view/7446/8505 )〕 A year of study in Germany followed. Upon her return in 1885 she joined a repertoire company in California, playing the leading female roles in a number of modern plays, among them the ''Galley Slave'', ''Called Back'', ''Two Orphans'', ''Woman Against Woman'', ''Captain Swift'', ''Colleen Bawn'', ''Arrah na Pogue'', ''Jim the Penman'', ''The Silver King'', ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', ''The Still Alarm'', ''Peril'', ''Divroce'', and ''The Private Secretary''.〔 She performed in London, February, 1895, with Sir Henry Irving's Company, as Rosamond in Tennyson's ''Becket''. Subsequently she toured with Sir Henry Irving's Company in the United States. She performed in Frances Hodgson Burnett's play, ''A Lady of Quality''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Arthur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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