Owens was a popular comedian whose regular repertory included about fifty parts and who earned a fortune. His Solon Shingle (1864) was famous both in the United States and in England;[1] among his other favorite characters were Dr. Pangloss (in George Colman the Younger's The Heir at Law), Caleb Plummer in stage adaptations of Charles Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth, and the old man (Elbert Rogers) in Esmeralda, in which he last appeared in New York. He was both humorist and a comedian. John E. Owens, describing the conduct of a bee in an empty molasses barrel, once threw a circle of his hearers almost into convulsions of laughter.[2] He died at his home, Aigburth Vale near Towson, Maryland, 7 December 1886.
Owens was the first East Coast actor to tour to San Francisco's California Theatre in 1869 after completion. He then made an arduous journey to perform in Virginia City in his most popular productions. According to Owens' wife, he found the mining camp theater inadequate to stage his productions.[3]
^Owens, Mrs. John E, Memories of the Professional and Social Life of John E. Owens, (Baltimore: J. Murphy and Company, 1892; Eichin, Carolyn Grattan, From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West, (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2020, 179).
john, owens, john, edward, edmund, owens, april, 1823, liverpool, december, 1886, maryland, english, american, comedian, born, aigburth, district, liverpool, england, taken, united, states, when, three, years, began, stage, career, 1841, philadelphia, born1823. John Edward or Edmund Owens 2 April 1823 in Liverpool 7 December 1886 in Maryland was an English American comedian born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool England but taken to the United States when three years old He began his stage career in 1841 in Philadelphia John E OwensJohn E OwensBorn1823Liverpool England United KingdomDied 1886 12 07 7 December 1886 age 63 Towson Maryland United States Owens was a popular comedian whose regular repertory included about fifty parts and who earned a fortune His Solon Shingle 1864 was famous both in the United States and in England 1 among his other favorite characters were Dr Pangloss in George Colman the Younger s The Heir at Law Caleb Plummer in stage adaptations of Charles Dickens s The Cricket on the Hearth and the old man Elbert Rogers in Esmeralda in which he last appeared in New York He was both humorist and a comedian John E Owens describing the conduct of a bee in an empty molasses barrel once threw a circle of his hearers almost into convulsions of laughter 2 He died at his home Aigburth Vale near Towson Maryland 7 December 1886 Owens was the first East Coast actor to tour to San Francisco s California Theatre in 1869 after completion He then made an arduous journey to perform in Virginia City in his most popular productions According to Owens wife he found the mining camp theater inadequate to stage his productions 3 References edit July 1879 The American on the Stage Scribner s Monthly pp 321 331 The Wallet of Time Owens Mrs John E Memories of the Professional and Social Life of John E Owens Baltimore J Murphy and Company 1892 Eichin Carolyn Grattan From San Francisco Eastward Victorian Theater in the American West Reno University of Nevada Press 2020 179 Winter The Wallet of Time New York 1913 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John E Owens amp oldid 1212804689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
