Famous " Shakespearean and Charles Dickens " stage performer 1800s. Autograph

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Francesa (Franziska) Janauschek was born on July 20, 1829 inPrague. Her mother worked as a theatre laundress and her father as a tailor.She came to America in 1867 and first performed at theAcademy of Music,New York City, on October 9, 1867 managed byMax Maretzek. She spoke no English, only German and often worked with all English speaking casts.[6]In three years time since arriving in the US she mastered enough English dialect to communicate with American audiences and decided to make America her home. Some of her performances, especiallyMedea, were compared to the revered Italian tragedienneAdelaide Ristori. She became famous acting in great Shakespearean parts and other famous parts. She was particularly noted for playingMeg Merrilies, a roleCharlotte Cushmanmade famous. In 1873, Janauschek starred in an adaptation ofCharles Dickens'sBleak House, in which she played both the heroine Lady Dedlock and her murderous French maid Hortense, demonstrating Janauschek's range as an actress.[7]She played this double role in touring companies for decades. In 1900 Janauschek had a stroke and was paralyzed. She died in 1904 partially blind and bankrupt. Friends and actors gathered a collection to have her buried properly inEvergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn New York.
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