Author: Dixey, Henry E. (1859-1943). American actor & theatre producer.
Title: Playful Autograph Quote "I Never Was Born / I Was Quarried" Signed by the American Actor Henry E. Dixey.
Description: September 18th, 1886. 1886. - A quote alluding to his role as the statue of Adonis which comes to life in the burlesque musical of the same name, "I never was born / I was quarried", signed by the American stage and screen actor Henry E. Dixey. The quote, penned on 3-3/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide paper is dated "Sept 18th / 86". The paper is mounted in glue from the verso onto heavier stock which was once mounted into an album. The top right corner is diagonally clipped, though not affecting the text. Very good.

Born in Boston, the American actor and theatre producer Henry E. Dixey (1859-1943) joined the cast at the Howard Athenaeum when only 9 years old, playing the child character Peanuts in Augustin Daly's "Under the Gaslight". He went on to perform in many plays and musicals and was best known for his role in the burlesque musical "Adonis" from 1883 to 1885. Dixie played the title role of a handsome male statue that comes to life and, finding the ways of man unpleasant, chooses to turn back into stone. Dixie went on to perform other roles on stage and in silent movies. He was one of the group of "gentlemen" invited by Robert Emmet Odlum to witness his fatal jump from the Brooklyn Bridge and was the one who timed the jump with his gold stopwatch. Very good .

Keywords: THEATRE; BURLESQUE MUSICALS; THEATER; STAGE; HOWARD ATHENAEUM; HENRY E. DIXEY; ADONIS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; QUOTE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; ADONIS; I WAS NEVER BORN I WAS QUARRIED; ACTOR; PRODUCER; SILENT SCREEN.

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