Georgia Cayvan | |
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 Georgia Cayvan, circa 1888 | |
| Born | Georgie Eva Cayvan August 22, 1857
Bath, Maine, US |
| Died | November 19, 1906 (aged 49) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Comedian |
Georgie Eva Cayvan (August 22, 1857 – November 19, 1906) [1] was a popular stage actress in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Georgia Cayvan was born at Bath, Maine. [2] [4] She attended and graduated from the Boston School of Oratory. [2] [3] She initially earned a living as a professional fortune teller. [2] [3] She had insight into how to play out stage drama and brought her characters to fruition with her humor and expressive eyes. [5]
Cayvan in 1879 accepted her first job on stage as Hebe in H.M.S. Pinafore with the Boston Ideal Opera Company. [2] [3] [5] She was a member of the Union Square Company. [2] She appeared in Hazel Kirke at the Madison Square Theatre in New York City in 1881. [2] She played the part of Dolly Dutton. [2] [4] In 1881 she played the heroine part in a road company in such comedies and dramas as The Professor (1881); The White Slave (1882); Siberia (1883); May Blossom (1884); The Wife (1887); The Charity Ball (1889); and Squire Kate (1892). [4] She then appeared in " Oedipus Tyrannus" at the Boston Theater. [3]
Cayvan also acted at Booth's Theatre in New York City. [3] She performed at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in "The White Slave" and Laura in "The Romany Rye." [3] She also played Marcelle in "A Parisian Romance" in the Union Square Company. [3] Cayvan was successful in the leading part of David Belasco’s "La Belle Russe." [2] She was also a short time with Dion Boucicault. [2]
In 1893 Cayvan became one of the first people to wear a glass dress. [6] [7] [8] [9] The dress was too brittle to be practical however. [6] [9] It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in The Chicago's World's Fair of 1893. [6] [9] [10] An article in The New York Times of July 28, 1893, predicted that glass dresses would become a fashion "fad." [11] It points out that the first dress was made for Cayvan for her performance in "American Abroad." [11] It was made by the Libbey Glass Company. [11] [12] Author Amelia Ransome Neville in her book gave an account of seeing Cayvan wear the fiberglass dress made by Edward Drummond Libbey. [12] She points out that Cayvan wore it in The Charity Ball. [12]
In 1886 Cayvan contracted with Daniel Frohman, becoming the star of the Lyceum Theater in New York. [2] Cayvan toured with her own company (which included Lionel Barrymore) starting in 1896. [2] [3] In March 1897, she performed with her company in El Paso, Texas in a production called "Squire Kate". [13] She was involved in a difficult divorce case in 1896 as being the other woman. [14] She was, however, totally exonerated after defending herself. Cayvan received much support from several women's groups. [2] [3]
After an operation in 1892 her health began to fail. [2] [3] In 1900 her poor health forced her to retire to the Sandford Sanitarium in Flushing, New York. There she died in 1906, aged 49, after an illness. [2] [3] [4] She is buried at Newton Cemetery, Newton Massachusetts.
- ^ Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage p. 167 v.1(A-J) by William C. Young, c. 1975
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Willa Cather Archive". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Brooklyn Standard Union — 20 November 1906". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Georgia Cayvan — The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2004". Answers.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "PictureHistory — Georgia Cayvan". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "Georgia Cayvan's Glass Dress". Retrieved 2008-08-10. [ dead link]
- ^ "Chicago World's Fair of 1893 — THE BOOK OF THE FAIR: Chapter Twenty-Four: The Midway Plaisance". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Cook, J. Gordon , Handbook of Textile Fibres, Man-Made Fibres, p. 641, Woodhead Publishing (1984), ISBN 1-85573-485-0
- ^ a b c Kane, Joseph Nathan, Famous First Facts, THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY, 1933, 1935, 1950; "Glass Dress", The first GLASS DRESS of spun glass was made in 1893 for Georgia Cayven who ordered twelve yards of glass cloth at $25 a yard from the E. D. Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio, who produced it at their exhibit at the World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 111. The cloth was made into a dress for her, but was not practical for wearing purposes.
- ^ "A City Built of Glass". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "The New York Times — Glass Dresses a "Fad."". The New York Times. 1893-07-29. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "The Fantastic City (1932: Cambridge, Massachusetts), Chapter VIII". Archived from the original on October 22, 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "29 Mar 1897, Page 4 - El Paso Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ Barbas, Samantha, The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons, University of California Press (2005), p. 46, ISBN 0-520-24213-0
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Georgia Cayvan | |
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Georgia Cayvan, circa 1888 | |
| Born | Georgie Eva Cayvan August 22, 1857
Bath, Maine, US |
| Died | November 19, 1906 (aged 49) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Comedian |
Georgie Eva Cayvan (August 22, 1857 – November 19, 1906) [1] was a popular stage actress in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Georgia Cayvan was born at Bath, Maine. [2] [4] She attended and graduated from the Boston School of Oratory. [2] [3] She initially earned a living as a professional fortune teller. [2] [3] She had insight into how to play out stage drama and brought her characters to fruition with her humor and expressive eyes. [5]
Cayvan in 1879 accepted her first job on stage as Hebe in H.M.S. Pinafore with the Boston Ideal Opera Company. [2] [3] [5] She was a member of the Union Square Company. [2] She appeared in Hazel Kirke at the Madison Square Theatre in New York City in 1881. [2] She played the part of Dolly Dutton. [2] [4] In 1881 she played the heroine part in a road company in such comedies and dramas as The Professor (1881); The White Slave (1882); Siberia (1883); May Blossom (1884); The Wife (1887); The Charity Ball (1889); and Squire Kate (1892). [4] She then appeared in " Oedipus Tyrannus" at the Boston Theater. [3]
Cayvan also acted at Booth's Theatre in New York City. [3] She performed at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in "The White Slave" and Laura in "The Romany Rye." [3] She also played Marcelle in "A Parisian Romance" in the Union Square Company. [3] Cayvan was successful in the leading part of David Belasco’s "La Belle Russe." [2] She was also a short time with Dion Boucicault. [2]
In 1893 Cayvan became one of the first people to wear a glass dress. [6] [7] [8] [9] The dress was too brittle to be practical however. [6] [9] It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in The Chicago's World's Fair of 1893. [6] [9] [10] An article in The New York Times of July 28, 1893, predicted that glass dresses would become a fashion "fad." [11] It points out that the first dress was made for Cayvan for her performance in "American Abroad." [11] It was made by the Libbey Glass Company. [11] [12] Author Amelia Ransome Neville in her book gave an account of seeing Cayvan wear the fiberglass dress made by Edward Drummond Libbey. [12] She points out that Cayvan wore it in The Charity Ball. [12]
In 1886 Cayvan contracted with Daniel Frohman, becoming the star of the Lyceum Theater in New York. [2] Cayvan toured with her own company (which included Lionel Barrymore) starting in 1896. [2] [3] In March 1897, she performed with her company in El Paso, Texas in a production called "Squire Kate". [13] She was involved in a difficult divorce case in 1896 as being the other woman. [14] She was, however, totally exonerated after defending herself. Cayvan received much support from several women's groups. [2] [3]
After an operation in 1892 her health began to fail. [2] [3] In 1900 her poor health forced her to retire to the Sandford Sanitarium in Flushing, New York. There she died in 1906, aged 49, after an illness. [2] [3] [4] She is buried at Newton Cemetery, Newton Massachusetts.
- ^ Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage p. 167 v.1(A-J) by William C. Young, c. 1975
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Willa Cather Archive". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Brooklyn Standard Union — 20 November 1906". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Georgia Cayvan — The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2004". Answers.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "PictureHistory — Georgia Cayvan". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "Georgia Cayvan's Glass Dress". Retrieved 2008-08-10. [ dead link]
- ^ "Chicago World's Fair of 1893 — THE BOOK OF THE FAIR: Chapter Twenty-Four: The Midway Plaisance". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Cook, J. Gordon , Handbook of Textile Fibres, Man-Made Fibres, p. 641, Woodhead Publishing (1984), ISBN 1-85573-485-0
- ^ a b c Kane, Joseph Nathan, Famous First Facts, THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY, 1933, 1935, 1950; "Glass Dress", The first GLASS DRESS of spun glass was made in 1893 for Georgia Cayven who ordered twelve yards of glass cloth at $25 a yard from the E. D. Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio, who produced it at their exhibit at the World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 111. The cloth was made into a dress for her, but was not practical for wearing purposes.
- ^ "A City Built of Glass". Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "The New York Times — Glass Dresses a "Fad."". The New York Times. 1893-07-29. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c "The Fantastic City (1932: Cambridge, Massachusetts), Chapter VIII". Archived from the original on October 22, 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "29 Mar 1897, Page 4 - El Paso Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ Barbas, Samantha, The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons, University of California Press (2005), p. 46, ISBN 0-520-24213-0
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