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Leland T. Powers
Leland T. Powers (January 28, 1857 – 1920) was an American performing arts educator, author, and actor. The founder of the Leland Powers School, he was once renowned as "the highest paid man in the Lyceum field."〔Bacon, E.M. (1916). ''The book of Boston: Fifty years' recollections of the New England metropolis''. Book of Boston Co. p. 236.〕
== Biography ==
Born in Pultneyville, New York, Powers attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated there in 1875. In 1884, Powers gained popularity for acting all the roles in plays on his own, and was noted for being "the first man on the Lyceum platform in America to do this."〔Bacon, E.M. (1916). ''The book of Boston: Fifty years' recollections of the New England metropolis''. Book of Boston Co. p. 237.〕 In 1888, he married his first wife Louise Baldwin. They were divorced in 1895.〔(March 23, 1897.) ("Louise Baldwin Married" ), ''New York Times''. Retrieved May 28, 2011.〕 He eventually traveled across the country and to South America, and was noted as being the best paid performer on the Lyceum circuit in America between 1890 and 1900, during which time he was managed by the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. In 1895, he married Carol Hoyt Powers, and they had two children. The family were Christian Scientists.〔Leonard, J.W. (1914) ''Woman's who's who of America: A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company. p 1695.〕
In 1893, it was written that, "Leland Powers is small and active, and tropical in temperament, and he dare enact a play with great fidelity."〔(1893) ''Proceedings of the eNational Speech Arts Association. p 208.〕
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