George Willoughby Dowse (c. 1869 â€" 23 December 1951), professionally
known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre
manager who had a substantial career in Australia.George came from
Southsea, England, and may have been educated at Christ's Hospital.He
was a member of the Charles Arnold theatrical company when he married
actress Alice Jackson who adopted the professional name Ada
Willoughby. He later, and with her consent, toured South Africa but
while there received a postcard informing him that she no longer
wanted to live with him. He later came in contact with her in
Melbourne, when she was living with another man and he sued her for
divorce.Late in 1901 he and Edwin Geach formed a company (took over
from Charles Arnold Company?) which toured Australia with a string of
George Howells Broadhurst comedies: The Wrong Mr. Wright, Why Smith
Left Home and What Happened To Jones Tragedy struck when two
actresses, Sallie Booth and Ada Lee, died of bubonic plague on 27 and
28 February 1902 while staying at the Criterion Hotel, Pitt Street,
Sydney.
known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre
manager who had a substantial career in Australia.George came from
Southsea, England, and may have been educated at Christ's Hospital.He
was a member of the Charles Arnold theatrical company when he married
actress Alice Jackson who adopted the professional name Ada
Willoughby. He later, and with her consent, toured South Africa but
while there received a postcard informing him that she no longer
wanted to live with him. He later came in contact with her in
Melbourne, when she was living with another man and he sued her for
divorce.Late in 1901 he and Edwin Geach formed a company (took over
from Charles Arnold Company?) which toured Australia with a string of
George Howells Broadhurst comedies: The Wrong Mr. Wright, Why Smith
Left Home and What Happened To Jones Tragedy struck when two
actresses, Sallie Booth and Ada Lee, died of bubonic plague on 27 and
28 February 1902 while staying at the Criterion Hotel, Pitt Street,
Sydney.
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