BARRETT, LAWRENCE

(18381891), American actor; 6. Paters on, N. J He made his stage debut at the age of 19 in The French Spy, at Detroit, Michigan. In 1856 he appeared in New York in The Hunchback, and a year later was in the cast supporting Charlotte Cushman. In the early part of the Civil War he served as captain in the 28th: Ma achusetts Infantry. His dramatic ho iteritertie thin aennSSnSns ae ones nnn SIE STEEN ability had by this time been established and he was engaged by Edwin Booth to play Othello to his Iago. He then became the a ociate manager of the Varieties Theater in New Orleans, where he played the parts of Richelieu, Hamlet and Shylock. For several years following, he managed a theater in San Francisco. In 1870 he went with Booth, playing in alternate characters in Booth’s Theater. He scored great dramatic triumphs in 1875 in the roles of Ca ius and King Lear. In 1882 he produced Francesca di Rimini in Philadelphia and in 1887 began his first joint engagement with Booth in Buffalo. For many years he stood second only to Booth in the affection and esteem of the theater going public. His last appearance was on March 18, 1891.