'''Johnston Forbes-Robertson''' ([[January 16]], [[1853]] - [[November 6]], [[1937]]) was an English actor.
He was educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]]. His many performances led him into, among other things, travel to the USA, and work with [[Sir Henry Irving]]. He was hailed as one of the most individual and refined of English actors. He was a personal friend of the [[Duke of Sutherland]] and his family and often stayed with them at [[Trentham Hall]]; he is known to have recommended to them various writers & musicians in dire need of assistance.
From 1895 Forbes-Robertson undertook several [[Shakespeare]] plays at the [[Lyceum]] with [[Mrs Patrick Campbell]], and was highly acclaimed in the part of [[Hamlet]]. In 1900 he married actress [[Gertrude Elliott]].
In the last years of his life he produced plays by [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[Jerome K. Jerome]]. His literary works include: The Life and Life-Work of [[Samuel Phelps]] (actor & theatre manager), and The Great Painters of Christendom From [[Cimabue]] to [[Wilkie]].
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[[Category:1903 deaths|Forbes-Robertson]]
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