Rose Eytinge, Actress

Miss Rose Eytinge was born in Philadelphia November 21, 1835. She was educated there and in Brooklyn, where she acted as an amateur. Her first professional appearance was as Melanie in Dion Boucicault's one act drama, The Old Guard at the Green Street Theatre, Albany, N. Y., with Hough's Dramatic Company in 1852. After ten years in stock companies she made her first appearance in New York at Niblo's Garden with Edwin Booth in A Fool's Revenge in 1862, and then went to Boston, opening at the Boston Theatre with E. L. Davenport and J. W. Wallack. In 1868 she was leading woman in Lester Wallack's company, playing Nancy Sykes and Lady Gay Spanker with pronounced success at the old Star Theatre, New York. She left Wallack's management to go abroad, and after some years re turned to the stage, appearing again in New York in The Heart of Midlothian. She was next engaged by Augustin Daly for the heroine in the dramatization of Charles Reade's novel, Griffith Gaunt. Again she went abroad and in 1872 returned, appearing under the management of A. M. Palmer at the Union Square Theatre, New York, creating in this country the parts of Rose Michel, Felicia and Gervaise in Drink. For several seasons she was under Mrs. John Drew's management at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and later went to the California Theatre, San Francisco. In 1880 Miss Eytinge made her third trip to London and supported Barry Sullivan and many other English stars. She returned to this country in 1884 and played numerous engagements. Of late years her appearances have been infrequent, and she has devoted her time chiefly to teaching the art of acting and to writing for the magazines. She is the author of a novel, It Happened This Way, and a play, Golden Chains. She appeared for a short time in The Bishop's Carriage during the season of 1906-7, but owing to ill health, was forced to retire from the cast Miss Eytinge has been married thrice; first to David Barnes, next to George H. Butler, United States Consul-General to Egypt and thirdly to Cyril Searle, an actor. Her home was at the Westminster Hotel, Irving place, New York.