George Rignold

George Rignold (born George Richard Rignall ; * 1839 in Birmingham , † December 16, 1912 in Sydney ) was an Australian actor of English origin.

The son of the theater manager William Rignall and the actress Patience Rignall (née Blaxland ) began his artistic career like his brother William Rignold as a violinist in theater orchestras. He appeared in small supporting roles in the theater from 1857 and married the actress Mary Braybrooke Henderson in 1865 . From 1870 he played leading roles at the Queen's Theater in London.

In 1872 he was engaged by Henry C. Jarrett and AM Palmer for performances of Henry V at the Booth Theater in New York . The performances took place in 1875, after which Rignold toured the United States and Canada with his wife. In 1876 he played Henry V with great success in Sydney, and in 1879 he presented an opulent performance of the work at the Drury Lane Theater .

From 1880 to 1887 he toured America and Australasia, after which he was a partner of James Allison at Her Majesty's Theater in Sydney until 1895 . During that time he wrote autobiographical writings and published his own stage versions of Shakespeare's works . In 1889 he played the Mark Antony in Julius Caesar and in 1890 the Master Francis Ford in a performance by his brother William of The Funny Wives of Windsor .

From 1895 he toured Victoria, Queensland and South Australia and returned to the Criterion Theater in Sydney in 1899 in the role of Othello and Falstaff in "Lustige Women" . His wife fell ill around 1900, and after her death in 1902, Rignold retired to his Middle Harbor estate , which he had acquired in the 1890s. In 1907 he married Georgina Harriet Don , a daughter of the actor George Coppin . In 1912 he died in Sydney of complications from angina pectoris and was buried in Waverley Cemetery .

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• Australian Dictionary of Biography - Rignall, George Richard
• Dictionary of Australian Biography - Rignold, George