Henry Farren [SEP] date of death
Henry Farren
Henry Farren (1826?–1860), was an English actor known mostly in comedy. Beginning his career in plays in the British provinces starring his actor father, William Farren, Henry played in London for several years before moving to America, where he died in St. Louis. His daughter Nellie Farren became a famous player in Victorian burlesque.
Biography.
Farren was the son of William Farren, and his brother was another actor, William Farren Jr.
In 1846, Farren played Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet
Farren in favor of Dowton as Anthony Absolute (Sheridan's "The Rivals"). Even Hunt, though, acknowledged Farren's exceptional self-possession. Writing in "The Times" in 1855, Henry Morley called Farren "one of the most finished actors by whom the stage has been adorned in the present century." Writing after the actor's death, John Westland Marston recalls that the actor excelled in portraying "the vanity, the self-love, the inconsistency, and now and then the redeeming good-