John Brougham (9 May 1814 â€" 7 June 1880) was an Irish-American actor
and dramatist.He was born at Dublin. His father was an amateur
painter, and died young. His mother was the daughter of a Huguenot,
whom political adversity had forced into exile. John was the eldest of
three children. The other two died in youth, and, the father being
dead and the widowed mother left penniless, the surviving boy was
reared in the family and home of an uncle.He was prepared for college
at an academy at Trim, County Meath, twenty miles from Dublin, and
subsequently was sent to Dublin University. There he acquired
classical learning, and formed interesting and useful associations and
acquaintances; and there also he became interested in private
theatricals. Brougham fell in with a crowd that put on their own
shows, cast by drawing parts out of a hat. Though he most always
traded off larger roles so he could pay attention to his studies,
Brougham took quite an interest in acting. He was a frequent
attendant, moreover, at the Theatre Royal in Hawkins Street.
and dramatist.He was born at Dublin. His father was an amateur
painter, and died young. His mother was the daughter of a Huguenot,
whom political adversity had forced into exile. John was the eldest of
three children. The other two died in youth, and, the father being
dead and the widowed mother left penniless, the surviving boy was
reared in the family and home of an uncle.He was prepared for college
at an academy at Trim, County Meath, twenty miles from Dublin, and
subsequently was sent to Dublin University. There he acquired
classical learning, and formed interesting and useful associations and
acquaintances; and there also he became interested in private
theatricals. Brougham fell in with a crowd that put on their own
shows, cast by drawing parts out of a hat. Though he most always
traded off larger roles so he could pay attention to his studies,
Brougham took quite an interest in acting. He was a frequent
attendant, moreover, at the Theatre Royal in Hawkins Street.
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