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(1839-1901) Actor and playwright. James A. Herne was born James Aherne in Cohoes, New York. He first appeared in a traveling company and later in various roles and organizations throughout the United States. Later he was actor-manager at San Francisco and in 1879 presented his first play, “Hearts of Oak,” which won immediate success. “Drifting Apart” (1888), “The Minutemen” (1886), and “Margaret Fleming” (1890) were less favorably received, although the last was highly ranked by the critics. In 1883-1884 Herne wrote his most successful work, “Shore Acres,” which was first performed as “The Hawthornes at Chicago” in 1892. “Shore Acres” was followed by “The Rev. Griffith Davenport” (1899), a dramatization of Helen Gardners “An Unofficial Patriot”.
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James A Herne
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Albany
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