Wilstach, Paul, 1870-1952

Epithet: of Lafayette Indiana

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003df

Biographer.

From the description of Richard Mansfield collection, 1889-1918 (bulk 1898-1909). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82961899

Biographical Note

Richard Mansfield

• 1857, May 24: Born, Berlin, Germany
• 1859 - 1872 : Traveled with mother, a singer, on concert tours of England and Europe
• 1872: Settled with mother in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1877 - 1888 : Performed in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, London, England
• 1882: Returned to the United States Performed in the operetta Manteaux Noirs, New York, N.Y. Performed as Baron Chevrial in A Parisian Romance, his first major role in the legitimate theater, Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y.
• 1886: Performed in Prince Karl, Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y.
• 1887 - 1888 : Performed the dual title role in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, New York and London
• 1889: Performed in Richard the Third, London, England
• 1890: Acted the title role of Beau Brummell
• 1892: Married Beatrice Cameron
• 1893: Acted the role of Shylock in Merchant of Venice
• 1895: Produced and performed in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man
• 1887: Produced and performed in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple
• 1898: Performed the tile role in Cyrano de Bergerac
• 1902: Acted the role of Brutus in Julius Caesar
• 1906: Produced and acted the title role in the first American production of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt
• 1907, Aug. 30: Died, New London, Conn.

Paul Wilstach

• 1870, July 1: Born, Lafayette, Ind.
• ca. 1882: Graduated, St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais, Ill.
• 1898 - 1907 : Secretary to Richard Mansfield
• 1908: Published Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor. New York: C. Scribner's & Sons
• 1952, Feb. 9: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Paul Wilstach Collection of Richard Mansfield Papers, 1889-1918, (bulk 1898-1909), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)