Rose Eytinge

Rose Eytinge

Rose Eytinge (1838 – 1911) was an American actress and author, born in Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1869 she played in various theatres in New York City and then went abroad with her second husband, Col. George H. Butler, Consul General to Egypt.

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birthdate=1838
birthplace=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate=1911
occupation=Stage actress
spouse=George H. Butler

On her return to the United States in 1871 she took the rôle of "Cleopatra" at the Broadway Theatre, to the "Antony" of Frederick B. Warde. Among her principal later parts were "Nancy Sykes" in "Oliver Twist", "Gervaise" in "Drink", "Ophelia" to the "Hamlet" of E. L. Davenport, and "Desdemona" with James W. Wallack as "Othello" and Davenport as "Iago". Her literary works include adaptations of Dicken's "Oliver Twist" and "Dombey and Son", Browning's "Colombe's Birthday", her personal "Recollections", published serially, and "Memories" (1905). Her daughter became the second wife of actor John T. Raymond. A son, Frank Butler, was a newpaper artist and roommate of a novice young actor named John Barrymore. Frank died in 1904.

Publications

*Clapp and Edgett, "Players of the Present" (Dunlap Society, New York, 1899)
*Winter, "The Wallet of Time" (New York, 1913)
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External links

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