BIO: John Augustin DALY ( 1839-99) was one of America's most successful and influential theater managers and dramatists. Born in Plymouth, North Carolina, he moved to NYC in the 1850s and worked as a drama critic for several New York newspapers. Drawing on his knowledge of several languages, he translated and adapted many plays from French and German. His debut as manager came in 1867 with the production of the melodrama "Under the Gaslight." Success in that and other ventures allowed him to open his first theater in 1869. When it burned down, he established a new one named Daly's Theatre. Daly earned critical and popular praise for his noted productions of Shakespearean comedies and other original works of serious drama. Augustin Daly continued to write and at the time of his death he had written more than 90 plays. It should be noted that the celebrated Irish-born actress under Daly's tutelage, Ada REHAN, had actually been born with the surname CREHAN. Ada (1850-1916), who emigrated to New York took the stage name of Rehan only as the result of a printing error in her debut performance in Newark, NJ. A Shakespearean actress who worked with Augustin DALY's New York theater company from 1879 to 1899, she was the company's leading woman and performed memorable comedic roles in addition to successful serious performances. Her last performance was a benefit in the New York Met in 1905