CRANE, WILLIAM H

(1845), American actor. Appeared with Stuart Robson, Park Theater, New York, in Our Boarding House, followed by numerous succe es, including the two Dromios in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, ending with The Henrietta. Appeared in star roles in The Senator, On Probation, The American Minister, A Virginia Courtship, Fool of Fortune, The Head of the Family and Brother John and others. Appeared for three years as David Harum in a dramatization of Edward Noyes Westcott’s book of that name, followed by The Spenders, adaptation by Robert Hichens of Les Affaires son Les Affaires; The Senator Kief-House, by Martin Morton and a revival of Bronson Howard’s The Henrietta rewritten and brought up to date by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes.