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Marie Jansen (November 18, 1857 – March 20, 1914)〔At her death, ''The New York Times'' reported that Jansen was 65 years old: "Marie Jansen Dies at 65", ''The New York Times'', March 21, 1914, p. 13. However, in the 1870 census, Hattie Johnson, age 12, is listed as the daughter of Benjamin and Harriet Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, which puts the year of Jansen's birth as 1857. In her US Passport application, May 5, 1891, Jansen listed her date of birth as November 18, 1863, so we identify her birth month and day as November 18.〕 was an American musical theatre actress best known for her roles at the end of the 19th century. She starred in a number of successful comic operas, Edwardian musical comedies, and comic plays in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and London during the 1880s and 1890s. After gaining notice for her role in the American production of ''Olivette'' (1880), she became known for her performances in the title role of the original American production of ''Iolanthe'' (1882), in the long-running comic opera ''Erminie'' (1886), the title roles in ''Featherbrain'' (1884) and ''Nadjy'' (1888), and her role in ''The Oolah'' (1889). Later in her career, she performed in vaudeville and formed her own touring theatre company. Jansen ran into financial difficulties, by the late 1890s, partly due to losses as a producer, that left her in reduced circumstances for the remainder of her life. ==Early life and career== Jansen was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was adopted as an infant by Benjamin and Harriet Johnson and named Harriet "Hattie" Mary Johnson.〔"Made $500,000, Marie Jansen Went Through It All", ''Lowell Sun'', Lowell, Massachusetts, June 2, 1904, p. 11〕 Her father was a merchant with the means to send his daughter to the New England Conservatory of Music. While there, she appeared in music hall concerts and caught the eye of the British-American orchestra conductor and composer John Braham, who felt that she had stage presence and later helped her secure a position with the Comley-Barton Opera Company.〔Dale, Allen. (''Queens of the Stage'' ), 1892, pp. 205–223. Retrieved December 30, 2012〕 Jansen made her professional stage debut at the Park Theatre in Boston on September 13, 1880 in B. E. Woolf's musical comedy, ''Lawn Tennis''.〔〔"''Lawn Tennis'' at the Park", ''The Boston Daily Globe'', September 12, 1880, p. 3〕 The play made its New York debut a few weeks later at the Bijou Theatre and ran until Christmas Eve. ''Olivette'', the English adaption of ''Les noces d'Olivette'', a comic opera with music by Edmond Audran, debuted at the Bijou on Christmas Day with Jansen as the Waiting Maid to the Countess. In May 1881 ''Olivette'' opened at the Boston Globe, with Jansen assuming the role of the Countess, with great success.〔〔"Record of Amusements", ''The New York Times'', December 26, 1880, p. 7〕 She next played in ''The Vicar of Bray'' and ''Billee Taylor''.〔Stone, David. ("Marie Jansen" ), ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', August 27, 2001〕 Jansen was married in 1881, while starring in ''Olivette'', to James Barton (1854–1910), an actor, theater manager and singer who was a co-founder of the Comley–Barton Opera Company. He was a son of Philip Barton Key II and grandson of Francis Scott Key.〔"Ought Actresses Wed? Marie Jansen", ''The Chicago Daily Tribune'', October 21, 1888, p. 27〕〔''San Francisco Chronicle'', July 9, 1883, p. 4; and "An Incident in the Lobby", ''The Standard'' (Lea, Minnesota ), April 12, 1883〕 They divorced, she said, by the time she introduced the song "Ohé, Mamma" in 1883.〔〔"To Correspondents", ''The Times'' (Philadelphia), June 20, 1889, p. 5〕 From November 1882 to February 1883, she appeared at the Standard Theatre in the title role in the original American production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera ''Iolanthe'', followed by the title role in an unauthorized production〔Gänzl, Kurt (1986), ''The British Musical Theatre'' – Volume I, 1865–1914, Oxford University Press, p. 187, ISBN 0-19-520509-X. See also Prestige, Colin (1971). "D'Oyly Carte and the Pirates: The Original New York Productions of Gilbert and Sullivan", pp. 113–48, (Papers Presented at the International Conference of G&S ) held at the University of Kansas, May 1970 (ed. James Helyar), Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Libraries〕 of ''Patience'' at the Standard.〔 She transferred to the Fifth Avenue Theatre in March 1883, reprising her role in an unauthorized production of ''Iolanthe''.〔"Fifth-Avenue Theatre", ''The New York Times'', March 6, 1883, p. 5〕 With the McCaull Comic Opera Company in November 1883, she appeared at Haverley's Theatre, Philadelphia, in the title role of the Johann Strauss operetta ''Prinz Methusalem''.〔"Dramatic and Musical", ''The North American'' (Philadelphia), November 13, 1883, col. D〕 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「Marie Jansen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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