Talk:Edgardo Colona

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 * As copied from the original version of this article (previously at Don Edgardo Colona), the obituary in Era Magazine, August 20 1904, reads: "We regret to record the death,in his 59th year,from heart disease (angina pectoris)0f Mr Edgar Chalmers-Colona better known as Don Edgardo Colona,the Mexican Tragedian.Mr Colona made his first appearance in England in his 18th year,when he played Hamlet at Astley's Theatre,Some 2 years laterhe becamea member of the Drury-Lane stock company.He supported such artists as Miss Helen Fawcit,Mrs Herman Vezin.Mr.Phelps,Mr barry Sullivan,Mr,Walter Montgomery and other stars.He played Austria ,to the King John of Mr.Phelps.Laertes to the Ophelia of Mrs.Madge Robertson(Mrs.Kendall),and Arthur Carrington,in the Great City,as deputyfor Mr.Charles Warner.HeAfterwards appeared as Richard the Third at the City of London Theatre and the same character and Othello at the St.Jame's.Still later Mr.J.A.Cave engaged him to play Hamlet And a round of Shakespearian plays at the old Marylebone Theatre.He also appeared at the Elephant and Castle,the Greenwich Theatre,and other suburban theatres.Then for a succession of years he toured the provinces,sometimes as a star with resident stock companies and sometimes with his own company.Among other starring engagements he had one from the lateMr.Wilson Barrett,who producedunder his own management a blank verse play by Mr.Colona entitled Crime and Atonementwhich he performed for hundreds of nights in London and the provinces.He also produced various plays written or adapted by himself,among these being Don John of Seville,the Two Daughters,a Year and a Day,the Road to Transportation and a one-set tragedy Ye Olden Times.Among latwer engagements werethose he fulfillrdat Sadler's Wells under the management of Mr.Chas.Wilmot,where he played Hamlet and Othello to the Iago of Mr.Henry Lorraine.Shortly after he made a reappearance at the Elephant and Castle Theatre,and sustained Virginus among other legitimate roles.In 1901 he appearedin Liverpool,and performed Hamlet, Othello,Macbeth, Shylock, Don Ceasar,and Richard the Third, Mr.Colona,had acted very little during the last few years,owing to an accident in which he sustained a broken ankle,but followed the profession of linguist and jounalist.He married in January 1878,Miss Edith Temple Turner (now his widow),and had issue an only daughter Miss Josephine Colona,and 2 little sons still at school.Mr.Chalmers-Colona died very suddenly in his office in Cornhill on the 12th inst.And he was buried in the family grave in Tooting Cemeterey on Wednesday.Mr. Wallace Groves,of Grove and Chalmers duologue artists,is a nephew of the deceased."--Wageless (talk) 14:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)