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George Jolly
English actor and manager
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- Died:
- 1673?
George Jolly (died 1673?) was an actor-manager who, after obscure beginnings, emerged as the leader of the last troupe of English strolling players in a tradition that influenced the German theatre. Early in his career Jolly was reportedly employed at the Fortune Theatre in London. Traveling in Germany in 1648, Jolly and his company gained a foothold at Cologne, moving on to other German cities, notably Frankfurt am Main, where they performed annually at that city’s fair and where they probably played before Prince Charles (later King Charles II), who visited Frankfurt in 1655. Like his predecessors Jolly made use ...(100 of 242 words)