Ada Dyas (1843-1908) was an Irish actress. She made her London debut
in 1861 in Henry IV, and became famous in the 1871 play based on
Wilkie Collins's novel The Woman in White.Ada Dyas was the daughter of
Mrs. Edward Dyas, "an actress of some ability attached to the London
theatres". Ada made her London debut in 1861 in Henry IV, playing
"Prince John of Lancaster". Dyas gained a degree of popularity while
touring with "Miss Marie Wilton's London Comedy Company", where she
played as "Esther Eccles" in Thomas William Robertson's Caste. In 1871
she was in the original cast of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White
which opened at the Olympic Theatre on October 9, playing both "Laura
Fairlie" and "Anne Caherick". In 1873 she was at the Vaudeville
Theater.Dyas's first American appearance was under the management of
Augustin Daly in 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, in New York, in Man
and Wife, based on the Wilkie Collins's novel. Daly was a
disciplinarian who set firm rules forbidding members of the company to
leave the city without permission, even if they were not on the
evening's bill, nor were they free to speak to visitors in the
Greenroom. Dyas was one of those who took exception to the regulations
and left to join Wallack's.
in 1861 in Henry IV, and became famous in the 1871 play based on
Wilkie Collins's novel The Woman in White.Ada Dyas was the daughter of
Mrs. Edward Dyas, "an actress of some ability attached to the London
theatres". Ada made her London debut in 1861 in Henry IV, playing
"Prince John of Lancaster". Dyas gained a degree of popularity while
touring with "Miss Marie Wilton's London Comedy Company", where she
played as "Esther Eccles" in Thomas William Robertson's Caste. In 1871
she was in the original cast of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White
which opened at the Olympic Theatre on October 9, playing both "Laura
Fairlie" and "Anne Caherick". In 1873 she was at the Vaudeville
Theater.Dyas's first American appearance was under the management of
Augustin Daly in 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, in New York, in Man
and Wife, based on the Wilkie Collins's novel. Daly was a
disciplinarian who set firm rules forbidding members of the company to
leave the city without permission, even if they were not on the
evening's bill, nor were they free to speak to visitors in the
Greenroom. Dyas was one of those who took exception to the regulations
and left to join Wallack's.
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