as playing Lord Dundreary, his father's famous role, in Our American Cousin. Also in 1908, he played the title role in Paul Kester's adaptation of Don Quixote that was written especially for him. In 1909, he played the title role in Richelieu. At the end of 1909, Sothern and Marlowe reunited in Antony and Cleopatra at the New Theatre in New York under the direction of Louis Calvert. In 1910 they toured in Macbeth, receiving enthusiastic notices and bringing the production to New York, where it was a hit. They then continued to tour their Shakespearean repertoire, also playing special performances of the plays for children at schools. Sothern divorced Harned to marry Marlowe in 1911. In 1914, Sothern played the title character in Charlemagne, and the next year he played Jeffery Panton in The Two Virtues and Dundreary in Lord Dundreary. In 1916, he played the title character in David Garrick, a role that his father had created. Sothern appeared in several early films, including The Chattel (1916) and The Man of Mystery (1917). He also wrote about a dozen plays that he appeared in, although most of them are lost. After more touring with Marlowe in Shakespeare, the two brought their production of The Merchant of Venice to New York in 1921. Soon afterwards, Marlowe's health was failing, and she retired in 1924, although she lived until 1950. In 1925, Sothern played Edmund de Verron in Accused, and in 1926, he played Tiburtius in What Never Dies. In 1928, he began to lecture about Shakespeare on successful speaking tours, continuing on the lecture circuit until his death in 1933. He and Marlowe had homes in Luxor, Egypt and Lausanne, Switzerland. Sothern died in New York City at the Plaza Hotel, of pneumonia, in 1933 at the age of 73 and was cremated. Filmography See also Matinee idol Notes References Pemberton, T. Edgar (1890). A Memoir of Edward Askew Sothern, London: Richard Bentley and Son Sothern, E. H. A melancholy tale of ‘me’ (1916) Towse, J. R. Sixty years of theatre (1916) External links Sothern and Marlowe papers, 1860-1950, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Links to photos of Sothern 1859 births 1933 deaths 19th-century American male actors American male stage actors Male actors from New Orleans People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School 20th-century American male actors American male