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Born: 16 January 1853 Died: 6 November 1937
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United Kingdom
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Gertrude Elliot
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatrical impresario that George Bernard Shaw and other critics considered to be the finest Hamlet (1913) of his generation. Forbes-Robertson had trained to be an artist and was not overly fond of acting, but he took to the boards to make a living. He did his apprenticeship with Samuel Phelps' company and made his theatrical debut in 1874. He played the second lead in the company of Henry Irving, indisputably the greatest actor of his generation and the first actor to be knighted.
Forbes-Robertson did not play Hamlet until he was 44 years old, but excelled at it.
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1. Hamlet (1913)
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2. Masks and Faces (1917)
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3. Hamlet (1915)
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