Jane Wheatley ( â€" February , ) was an actress of the American stage.
In private life her name was Mrs. Galway Herbert.Wheatley was a member
of the Theatre Guild companies for many years and performed with Ethel
Barrymore and Lynn Fontanne. In May , she joined the summer stock
company at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. She first
appeared at the Murat in late May in the title role of "Barbara
Frietchie." She also appeared in the Murat summer stock productions
"Mary Jane's Pa" (with Lillian Sinnott as Mary Jane), "The Great John
Ganton," "Arizona," "Wildfire," "The Prisoner of Zenda," and "Mrs.
Temple's Telegram." ( Indianapolis Star: May , , ; June , , , , , , ,
, ; July , , , , ; August )While in Indianapolis, Wheatley married
actor Galway Herbert on June , , in a simple ceremony before a justice
of the peace. They had been engaged for two years. "Mr. Herbert came
here soon after the stock company season opened, and one day we just
ran down to the squire's office and were married," Wheatley told the
Indianapolis Star. "No one in the company knew of marriage except Mr.
[Leslie] Kenyon and Miss Lillian Sinnott, who 'stood up' with us."
(Indianapolis Star, July , ).In December Wheatley played the role of
Mary in The Wayfarer. It is considered a modern Passion Play. The
production began a short season at Madison Square Garden in New York,
New York. The drama drew on impressions of World War I along with the
social despair which had continued for ages of the Christian era. The
play also featured Blanche Yurka and J. Harry Irving.
In private life her name was Mrs. Galway Herbert.Wheatley was a member
of the Theatre Guild companies for many years and performed with Ethel
Barrymore and Lynn Fontanne. In May , she joined the summer stock
company at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. She first
appeared at the Murat in late May in the title role of "Barbara
Frietchie." She also appeared in the Murat summer stock productions
"Mary Jane's Pa" (with Lillian Sinnott as Mary Jane), "The Great John
Ganton," "Arizona," "Wildfire," "The Prisoner of Zenda," and "Mrs.
Temple's Telegram." ( Indianapolis Star: May , , ; June , , , , , , ,
, ; July , , , , ; August )While in Indianapolis, Wheatley married
actor Galway Herbert on June , , in a simple ceremony before a justice
of the peace. They had been engaged for two years. "Mr. Herbert came
here soon after the stock company season opened, and one day we just
ran down to the squire's office and were married," Wheatley told the
Indianapolis Star. "No one in the company knew of marriage except Mr.
[Leslie] Kenyon and Miss Lillian Sinnott, who 'stood up' with us."
(Indianapolis Star, July , ).In December Wheatley played the role of
Mary in The Wayfarer. It is considered a modern Passion Play. The
production began a short season at Madison Square Garden in New York,
New York. The drama drew on impressions of World War I along with the
social despair which had continued for ages of the Christian era. The
play also featured Blanche Yurka and J. Harry Irving.
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