Jane Vezin
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| Born |
Jane Elizabeth Thomson 24 February 1829 Bath, Somersetshire, England |
| Died | 17 April 1902 (aged 73) Margate |
| Occupation | Stage actor |
| Years active | 1845–1883 |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Frederick Young; Hermann Vezin |
Jane Elizabeth Vezin (née Thomson; 24 February 1829 – 17 April 1902) was a British actress.
She was born while her mother was on tour in England in 1829. She was the daughter of George Thomson, merchant, by his wife Peggy Cook, an actress, whose aunt, Sarah West, enjoyed a high position on the stage. At an early age, she accompanied her parents to Australia, and at eight, as a child singer and dancer, earned a reputation as a prodigy. In 1845, she was playing at the Victoria Theatre, Melbourne. In June 1846, at Trinity Church, Launceston, Tasmania, she was married to Charles Frederick Young, a comedian. She supported G. V. Brooke, the well-known actor, during his Australian tour of 1855, appearing with him as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Emilia in Othello, Pauline in The Lady of Lyons, and Lady Macbeth.
As Mrs. Charles Young, she made her first appearance on the London stage under the management of Samuel Phelps, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, on 15 September 1857, playing Julia in The Hunchback. She was welcomed with enthusiasm as an accomplished interpreter of the poetic and romantic drama. During the seasons of 1857 and 1858, she played most of the leading parts in Phelps's productions, making striking successes as the Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost, Rosalind in As You Like It, Clara Douglas in Money, Portia, Desdemona, Fanny Stirling in The Clandestine Marriage, Imogen, Cordelia, Mrs. Haller in The Stranger, Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Lydia Languish in The Rivals, Lady Mabel Lynteme in Westland Marston's Patrician's Daughter, Pauline in The Lady of Lyons, Virginia in Virginius, Mrs. Oakley in George Cohnan's The Jealous Wife, Lady Townley in Vanbrugh and Cibber's The Provoked Husband, Viola in Twelfth Night, Constance in King John, and Juliet.
During the summer vacation of 1858 she had appeared at the Haymarket Theatre, and Lyceum Theatre, playing at the former house the Widow Belmour in Murphy's The Way to Keep Him on 10 July, the last night of Buckstone's five years continuous "season".
In March 1859, she appeared at the Lyceum under Benjamin Webster and Edmund Falconer. At the opening of the Princess's Theatre under the management of Augustus Harris, senior (24 September), she rendered Amoret in Ivy Hall, adapted by John Oxenford from Le Roman d'un Jeune Homme Pauvre; Henry Irving made his first appearance on the London stage on this occasion. Mien Phelps reopened Sadler's Wells Theatre, under his sole management, on 8 Sept. 1860, Mrs. Young appeared as Rosalind, acting for the first time with Hermann Vezin [q. v. Suppl. II], who appeared as Orlando. She remained with Phelps through the season of 1860–61, adding the parts of Miranda in The Tempest and Donna Violante in The Wonder to her repertory. Her chief engagement during 1861 was at the Haymarket Theatre, where on 30 September she played Portia to the Shylock of the American actor Edwin Booth, who then made his first appearance in London.
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