Harry Lacy

{{Infobox person | name = Harry Lacy | image = File:Harry Lacy.png | caption = Lacy circa 1894 | birth_name = | birth_date = 1853 | birth_place = Ohio | death_date = December 14, 1920 | death_place = | spouse = | children = }} '''Elanson Henry Lacy''', known as '''Harry Lacy''' (1853 – December 14, 1920) was an American actor, a star in his time best known for playing the role of Jack Manley in the hit play ''The Still Alarm'' in the 1880s and 1890s.<ref name="harry1">(8 January 1899). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/01/08/117909802.pdf Harry Lacy A Bankrupt], ''The New York Times''</ref> By 1901, it was reported that Lacy had played the part of Manley in over 1800 performances.<ref name="acamand">(5 January 1901). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1901-01-05/ed-1/seq-22/ Academy of Music], ''Evening Star'' (same page also has account from Lacy as to how he became involved with Joseph Arthur to produce the play)</ref><ref name="henry1">(4 December 1898). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042461/1898-12-04/ed-1/seq-13/ Henry Lacey at the Orpheum], ''The Herald'' (illustration)</ref><ref name="cigars1">(14 November 1902). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1902-11-14/ed-1/seq-8/ Cigars Craze Harry Lacey], ''The World''</ref><ref name="revolv">(9 January 1903). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19030109&id=GAMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_UkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1881,1685966 Flourished A Revolver], ''Pittsburgh Press''</ref><ref name="jack">[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror%201890%20Sep-Mar%201892%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror%201890%20Sep-Mar%201892%20Grayscale%20-%200959.pdf Advertisement for "Harry Lacy's Jack Royal of the 92nd"], ''New York Dramatic Mirror''</ref>

Lacy was born to Alonzo and Sarah C. Lazy in Ohio around 1853. He was acting at least as early at 1873, when he appeared in a minstrel show.<ref name="monarchs">[https://books.google.com/books?id=nvY5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA270 Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date], p. 270 (1911)</ref> One of his early stage successes was in the play ''The Planter's Wife'' playing opposite Maude Granger in 1883, and later Emily Rigl.<ref name="pic1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=RZFBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT25 The Marie Burroughs Art Portfolio of Stage Celebrities] (1894)</ref>

His wife Katherine Crittendon, whom he married around 1881, died in New York on May 9, 1907.<ref name="drama">(18 May 1907). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror%201907%20May-May%201908%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror%201907%20May-May%201908%20Grayscale%20-%200052.pdf Obituary], ''New York Dramatic Mirror''</ref><ref name="secondob">(12 May 1907). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1907-05-12/ed-1/seq-27/ Obituary], ''Sunday Star''</ref> Lacy died in California on December 14, 1920.

==Select performances== * ''The Planter's Wife'' (1883) as Albert Graham * ''The Still Alarm'' (1887) as Jack Manley * ''Jack Royal of the 92nd'' (1891) (play by Andrew Carpenter Wheeler) * ''The Man From the West'' (1894) (adapted from novel by David Law Proudfit) * ''Bob Rackett's Pajamas'' (1898) (one-act piece)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacy, Harry}} Category:American male stage actors Category:1853 births Category:1920 deaths