Warde, Frederick

Warde, an actor, came to the U.S. from his native England in 1874. He lectured and wrote on Shakespeare and theatrical subjects.

Warde was born on Feb. 23, 1851 in Wardington, Oxfordshire, England; attended the City of London School, studied law, then went on the stage; first appeared on stage in a minor part in Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, England in 1867; played in successive seasons at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, the Amphitheatre, Leeds, and the Princess Theatre, Manchester; came to the US in 1874; became a leading man in Booth's Theatre in NY, supporting Edwin Booth and John McCullough, and starring in many of the great tragedies; became a lecturer on Shakespeare and other subjects; published books include The fools of Shakespeare (1913) and Fifty years of make-believe (1920); he died on Feb. 7, 1935.

Biography

Warde was born on February 23, 1851 in Wardington, Oxfordshire, England; attended the City of London School, studied law, then went on the stage; first appeared on stage in a minor part in Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, England in 1867; played in successive seasons at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, the Amphitheatre, Leeds, and the Princess Theatre, Manchester; came to the U.S. in 1874; became a leading man in Booth's Theatre in New York, supporting Edwin Booth and John McCullough, and starring in many of the great tragedies; became a lecturer on Shakespeare and other subjects; published books include The fools of Shakespeare (1913) and Fifty years of make-believe (1920); he died on February 7, 1935.