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Izetta Jewel (November 24, 1883 – November 14, 1978) was an American stage actress, women's rights activist and politician. At the 1924 Democratic National Convention Jewel’s seconding speech for presidential nominee John W. Davis marked the first time a woman had addressed a major American political party convention. ==Early life and stage career== Izetta Jewel Kenney was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, the daughter of Cornelius Cook and Elizabeth (née Denno) Kenney. Her father was a professional photographer and her mother an artist and early advocate of women's rights.〔Mrs. Izetta Jewel Kenney Miller – The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Volume 121; page 38; Ancestry.com〕〔Izetta Miller; b. November 24, 1883 Hackettstown, N.J; Passenger Manifest – Queen Mary; April 19, 1937; Ancestry.com〕〔Izetta Jewel Miller; b. November 24, 1883; New Jersey California Death Index; Ancestry.com〕 Jewel received her education at the Henry C. de Mille School for Girls at Pompton Township, New Jersey, the East Greenwich Academy in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and a year's studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She made her professional stage debut at Wilmington, North Carolina on May 14, 1900 in a summer stock production of Thomas Hardy’s ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles''.〔The Green Book Album, January 1910, pg.1206–1208〕〔Actress to get Millions – New York Times; March 20, 1916; pg. 11〕〔(Izetta Jewel Papers –Harvard University ) accessed August 30, 2012〕 Within two weeks of her debut the sixteen-year-old actress was offered the opportunity to replace the troupe's recently departed lead actress as Fanny Le Grande in the their production of the Jules Massenet opera, ''Sapho''. Later that year she joined the Rowe-King Repertoire Company's tour of New England and the following year supported actress Katherine Rober in summer stock productions at Providence, Rhode Island before touring with the Bennett and Moulton Opera Company for the 1901–02 season.〔 On May 5, 1902, Jewel began a consecutive sixty-six week run with the Castle Square Stock Company in Boston, playing such roles as Marianne in ''The Two Orphans,''〔(''The Two Orphans'' by MM. d'Ennery and Carmon, adaption, Moss Jackson; Brown, Thomas Allston; A History of the New York Stage; 1903; pg. 155 ) accessed August 26, 2012〕 Polly Fletcher in ''The Lost Paradise,''〔(Fulda, Ludwig – The Lost Paradise ) accessed August 26, 2012〕 Helen McFarland in ''The Greatest Thing in the World''〔(''The Greatest Thing in the World'', by Harriet Ford and Beatrice de Mille; Brown, Thomas Allston; A History of the New York Stage; 1903; pg. 364 ) accessed August 26, 2012〕 and Caroline Murat in ''More Than Queen''.〔(''More Than Queen'', by Émile Bergerat, adaption, Charles F. Nirdlinger; Brown, Thomas Allston; A History of the New York Stage; 1903; pg. 417 ) accessed August 26, 2012〕 During her time at the Boston Square Theatre Jewel also appeared in a number of Shakespearean productions such as ''The Merchant of Venice'' (Jessica), ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (Bianca), ''Hamlet'' (the Player Queen) and ''As You Like It'' (Celia). Her performance in the latter was particularly well received by Boston critics.〔〔French, Charles Elwell – Six Years of Drama at the Castle Square Theatre: 1903; pg. 23〕 Over the following couple of seasons, Jewel toured in W. J. Thorold's ''Near the Throne'', co-starred with Richard Buhlar in a road production of ''Paul Revere'' and played opposite Charles Bradshaw in a vaudeville skit entitled ''Fix in a Fix''. Not long afterwards she joined the Pawtucket Theatre Stock Company in Rhode Island as a lead actress before forming the Jewel-Archer Stock Company in Salem, Massachusetts with actor Edward Archer. The following season she returned to repertoire with the Bennett-Moulton organization.〔〔(Leypoldt, Frederick; The Literary News; February 1900; pg. 37, 60 ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 For the 1905–06 season, Jewel joined the Proctor Stock Company in New York City, where she was well received portraying Hugette in ''If I Were King'';〔(McCarthy, Justin Huntly – ''If I Were King: A Romantic Play in Four Acts'' ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 Stella Darbisher in ''Captain Swift'';〔(Chambers , Charles Haddon -''Captain Swift: A Comedy Drama in Four Acts'' ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 Florence Sherwood in ''Northern Lights'' and Antoinette De Mauban in ''The Prisoner of Zenda''.〔(Hope, Anthony – ''Prisoner of Zenda'' ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 〔(''Northern Lights'' by James W. Harkens and Edward Barbour – Brown, Thomas Allston; A History of the New York Stage; 1903; pg. 582 ) accessed August 26, 2012〕 On October 6, 1906, in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake, Jewel starred in the first production at the city’s new Colonial Theatre, as Clementina Fitzhugh in ''The Man from Mexico.''〔(''The Man from Mexico'' by H. A. Du Souchet – French, Charles Elwell – Six Years of Drama at the Castle Square Theatre; 1903; pg. 54 ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 Upon her arrival in San Francisco in mid September, Jewel received the news that her father had been killed in a train-pedestrian accident shortly after she and her mother had left for California.〔 〔(Izetta Jewel’s Father Dead – New York Dramatic Mirror; October 6, 1906; pg. 8 ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 During her time at the Colonial Jewel’s most memorable roles were probably Oscar Wilde's ''Salomé''〔(Wilde, Oscar – ''Salomé: A Play'' ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 and Pierre Burton’s ''Zaza''.〔(''Zaza'' by Pierre Berton – Hearst's Magazine; Volumes 27–28 – 1918; Pg. 22 ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 Over the following two seasons she performed with the Bishop Stock Company in Oakland and the Baker Stock Company in Portland, Oregon. At the latter becoming something of a local celebrity by anointing her the first Rose Queen of the new Portland Rose Festival.〔〔Izetta Jewel,Beloved Delightful – Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri); Saturday, September 04, 1976; pg.28〕 While in Portland, Otis Skinner's business manager, Joseph J. Buckley, saw Jewel play Ida Pipp in C. D. Gibson’s ''The Education of Mr. Pipp'', as a result, on January 3, 1910 she made her Broadway debut at the Garrick Theatre as Margaret Druce to Skinner's Lafayette Towers in the hit play, ''Your Humble Servant''.〔〔(''Your Humble Servant" – Internet Broadway Database ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 The following season she played opposite Skinner in Charles Frohman’s production of ''Sire'' at the Criterion Theatre and in 1912 with James K. Hackett in ''The Grain of Dust'' also staged at the Criterion.〔(Izetta Jewel – Internet Broadway Database ) accessed August 27, 2012〕 Jewel next was engaged for several seasons as lead actress at The Poli’s Theatre on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. In 1913 the theater’s manager, Sylvester Poli, paid the Otis Lithograph Company of Ohio $3,250 for 1,000 prints of an eleven color lithograph of Jewel’s image; reportedly the most expensive lithograph ever produced up to that time.〔Entertainment page – Washington Post (Washington, District Of Columbia); Sunday, August 17, 1913; pg. 31; col. 4〕〔Lawmaker Weds Actress – New York Times; December 6, 1914; pg. 18〕 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「Izetta Jewel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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