A FAMOUS ACTRESS
DEATH OF GENEVIEVE WARD. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received August 20, 5.5 p.m.> LONDON, August 19. Genevieve Ward, the actress, is dead. Genevieve Ward, the famous tragedienne, was born at New York in 1838. Previous to her appearance on the dramatic stage she won distinction as an operatic singer, and made her debut in that capacity an 1856 under the name of Ginevra Guenrabella. Impairing her voice as the result of overexertion, she studied the dramatic art, .and in 1873 she appeared as Lady Macbeth at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. In 1879 she produced the play “Forget-me-not,” and subsequently toured with it all over the world. After that she .acted with Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum in “Becket,” “King Arthur” and “Richard HI.” She appeared in London as late ee 1917. In 1855 Genevieve Ward married Count de Guerhel.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11294, 21 August 1922, Page 5
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