So it is. The majority of those actors and singers, who in bygone times held large audiences spellbound, are forgotten. There are only few exceptions which in the history of dramatic art and music will remain. So for instance with the history of the English stage of the latter part of the 17th Century the names of two great actresses are inseparably connected: =Gwynn= and =Elizabeth Barry=. The former especially was the darling of the people, and much favored by King Charles II. During the following century =Anne Oldfield=, =Mary Porter=, =Elizabeth Billington=, =Anne Spranger Barry=, =Hannah Pritchard=, =Mary Robinson=, =Jane Pope=, =Susanne Cibber=, =Frances Abington= and =Margaret Woffington= were celebrated for their talent, charm, and elegance. Of =Sarah Siddons=, called “the Incomparable,” it has been reported that by means of her excellent art as well as by her beauty, dignity and personal distinction she reduced her audiences to an awe-struck reverence. Edmund Gosse, in an article devoted to the memory of Sarah Siddons says: “Under the effect she produced, women as well as men lost all command over themselves, and sobbed, moaned, and even howled with emotion. Young ladies used suddenly to shriek; men were carried out, gibbering, in hysterics.” Of the many excellent English actresses of the 19th Century and of our present days =Louise Nisbett=, =Mary Stirling=, =Elizabeth O’Neill=, =Helen Faucit=, =Lillian Neilson=, =Deborah Lacy=, =Frances Kemble=, =Adelaide Kemble-Sartoris=, =Charlotte Dolby=, =Ellen Terry=, =Gertrude= and =Rose Coghlan= have to be mentioned. Also we must remember the great triumphs of =Nellie Melba=, a native of Australia, but at home on the stages and in the concert halls of Europe as well as of America. The United States produced likewise a number of brilliant actresses and opera stars. Among the former were =Clara Fisher=, =Mary Vincent=, =Laura Keene=, =Anna Gilbert=, =Anna= and =Cora Ritshie=, not to forget =Mary Ann Dyke-Duff=, whom the elder Booth declared to be “the greatest actress in the world.” Furthermore, there was the classic =Mary Anderson=, who was followed later on by such eminent performers as =Ida Conquest=, =Adelaide Phillips=, =Julia Marlowe=, =Leslie Carter=, =Maud Adams=, and =Ethel Barrymore=. Our United States have been also the native land of the famous opera stars =Minni Hauck=, =Lillian Nordica=, =Emma Eames=, =Olive Fremstadt=, =Florence Macbeth=, =Mary Garden=, =Anna Case= and =Geraldine Farrar=.