William Faversham, Actor

William Alfred Faversham was born at 1 Bentic Terrace, St. John's Wood, London, England, February 12, 1868. He was the youngest of thirteen children. He had been on the English stage only a few months, when he came to New York in 1887 to support Helen Hastings at the Union Square Theatre. He afterward joined the Lyceum company, appearing as Robert Grey in The Wife, and in The Highest Bidder. Tiring of the stage, he returned to England, but came back to America at the end of 1888 and played Leo in Rider Haggard's She. With Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, Mr. Faversham played Carrol Glendenning in In Spite of All, Jacob Henderson in Caprice, Helmer in A Doll's House, and Valentine and Don Stephano in Featherbrain. Returning to the Lyceum company, he appeared as Clement Hale in Sweet Lavender Lord Seymour in The Prince and the Pauper, and Alfred Hastings in All the Comforts of Home. After a season with Augustus Pitou, Mr. Faversham went to the Empire Theatre, New York, and played second parts. The end of the second year he succeeded Henry Miller as leading man, making his first appearance in that capacity as Gil de Berault in Under the Red Robe, which ran the entire season. The following year he was the Eric von Rodeck of The Conqueror and the Lord Algy of Lord and Lady Algy. Other parts played with the Empire company were Lieutenant John Hinds in Brother Officers, Jack Martin in My Lady's Lord, and Roger Ainslie in A Man and His Wife. He also played in Sowing the Wind, Don Caesar, Phroso, John a-Dreams, Imprudence, and Letty and was the Romeo to the Juliet of Maude Adams. In March, 1902, Mrs. Marian Faversham. who was a widow when she was married to the actor ten years before obtained an absolute divorce. The same year Mr. Faversham married Julie Opp, an actress. They have one son, William Crozier Faversham, born October 31, 1905. The seasons of 1906-7-8 Mr. Faversham was seen as Jim Carson in The Squaw Man, by Edwin Milton Royle, which was produced at Wallack's Theatre, New York, under the management of Liebler & Co. Mr. Faversham was one of the biggest breeders of bull terriers in America. He had a farm in the south of England where he imported the American trotting horse, the breeding of which he found profitable.