Articles on the death of actor George Holland

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Published

Last Updated:
27 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Dec 1870
07 Jan 1871

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George [comedian] Holland

Citations

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Article: New York Clipper, 31 December 1870, 310.

Long obit.

2)
Article: New York Clipper, 07 January 1871, 318.

Refusal of William T. Sabine, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Atonement, to officiate at Holland’s funeral because he was an actor; his suggestion that the Little Church around the Corner might be willing; marvel that such a spirit of intolerance, bigotry, and prejudice should exist in the nineteenth century; Holland’s exemplary personal qualities; gross insult to his memory; quote of pointed remarks from the New York Times.