Evelyn D'Alroy
Evelyn D'Alroy (1881–1915,[1] née Evelyn May Tegg, and on marriage Evelyn Watson), was an Edwardian English stage actress of considerable renown.
She took to the stage in 1899,[2] and made her London debut as the Duchesse de Longueville in a period piece, The Bond of Ninon by Clotilde Graves, at the Savoy Theatre in April 1906.[1]
Her first considerable success was as Mrs. Cray in “The Builders” by Norah Keith at the Criterion on 10 November 1908.[3] She then joined the Lewis Waller Players and regularly worked at London's Lyric Theatre.[1][4]
In September 1909 she was taken on by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at Her Majesty's Theatre.[1][3] Her favourite role to play was reputedly Shakespeare's Ophelia.[5] Portraits of Evelyn in various theatrical productions are held by the National Portrait Gallery.[6]
In April 1915 while on tour she was taken ill suddenly in Sheffield with appendicitis. She was operated on at the hospital, and her appendix removed, and taken to a nursing home to recover, but died three days later of pneumonia with her husband—theatre critic Thomas Malcolm Watson—at her side.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Evelyn D'Alroy's story". The Women Who Made Me. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Provincial Theatricals". The Era. 15 July 1899.
- ^ a b Who's Who In the Theatre. 1914.
- ^ a b "Miss Evelyn D'Alroy: Death of a Popular Actress". Nottingham Evening Post. 30 April 1915.
- ^ "Evelyn D'Alroy | Shakespeare and the Players". Emory University. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Evelyn D'Alroy". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 9 March 2020.