Effie Bancroft: Difference between revisions

Bancroft was born at [[Doncaster]], and as a child appeared on the [[Stage (theatre)|stage]] with her parents, who were both actors. Among her early parts was that of Fleance in ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1846). She made her London début on 15 September 1856, at the [[Lyceum Theatre (London)|Lyceum Theatre]], as the boy Henri in ''Belphegor'', playing the same night in ''Perdita; or, the Royal Milkmaid''.

She won great popularity in several boy roles, in [[Victorian burlesque|burlesque]]s at various theatres, as Cupid in two different plays, and notably as Pippo, in ''The Maid and the Magpie'', by [[Henry James Byron|H. J. Byron]], at the [[Royal Strand Theatre]] (1858). For several years she remained at the Strand, taking numerous parts of the same general type. A benefit performance was given for her in 1859.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strand|newspaper= [[The Era (newspaper)|The Era]] |date= 3 July 1859 |page= 11}}</ref>