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John Brougham
1810–1880
A lively force in 19th-century theater, he built a career as an actor, playwright, manager, and humorist on both sides of the Atlantic. Best remembered for comic performances and a huge output of popular plays, he helped shape the stage life of his era.
2 Audiobooks
The Bunsby Papers (second series): Irish Echoes
by John Brougham
Jane Eyre : a drama in five acts
by John Brougham, Charlotte Brontë
About the author
Born in Dublin in 1810, John Brougham first prepared for a medical career before turning to the theater instead. After making his stage debut in London, he went on to spend much of his working life in the United States, where he became especially well known as an actor and dramatist.
Brougham wrote more than 75 plays and was admired for comic and eccentric roles, particularly Irish characters. Alongside writing and acting, he also worked as a theater manager, making him one of those restless 19th-century performers who seemed to do everything at once.
His career connected him to the fast-moving world of popular entertainment in both Britain and America, and his reputation endured as that of a witty, prolific man of the stage. He died in New York in 1880.