Henry John Wallack

Henry John Wallack (1790 – 30 August 1870) was a British actor, stage manager, and brother of actor James William Wallack.[1]

Henry John Wallack

Wallack was born in London. Wallack's parents were comedians, who performed at the London minor playhouses and in the British provinces.

He worked in the United States, making his debut at the Anthony Street Theatre on May 9, 1821. In America he was received as Hamlet, Sir Peter Teazle, Sir Anthony Absolute, and many other parts.

He appeared at Drury Lane on 26 October 1829 as Julius Caesar to his brother's Mark Antony. Subsequently he was stage-manager at Covent Garden. He played the title role in Sheridan's Pizarro, Lord Lovell in A New Way to pay Old Debts, O'Donnell in Henri Quatre, Buckingham in Henry VIII, and other parts, and was on 28 November 1829 the first Major O'Simper in Follies of Fashion, by the Earl of Glengall.

Family

He married 1. Frances (aka Fanny) Jones (divorced 1833)[2] and 2. Miss Maria Turpin,[3] an actress at the Haymarket Theatre.

He and Frances, an actress, had a son James and two daughters, Julia Wallack, a vocalist, and Fanny Wallack, an actress. Julia, stage name Julia Harland, married the actor William Hoskins in England on 24 August 1842[4] and moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she died on 19 August 1872.[5] He and Maria, a vocalist, had children, sons George, William Henry James and Augustus Charles. [6] Henry Wallack died in New York City on 30 August 1870.

References
  1. Brown, T. Allston (1870). History of the American Stage. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. p. 372.
  2. "What a Lot of Wallack". Theatre History Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. "Miss Turpin, Mrs. Henry Wallack". PictureHistory. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. "What a Lot of Wallack". Theatre History Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. "Death of Miss Julia Harland". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. IX, no. 2, 647. South Australia. 28 August 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 29 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "What a Lot of Wallack". Theatre History Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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