Carlotta Addison
Carlotta Addison (July 1849 - 1914) was a British professional actress. Her career was partly established through performing female roles alongside male amateurs.
Personal Life
Her father was Charles Phillips Addison (Haddy) a comedian (died 16 April 1874). She married Charles La Trobe in September 1876.
Professional Life
Her professional career began in Liverpool. Her professional appearances include:
- 1862 - Liverpool Theatre Royal
- 1863 - Doncaster Theatre Royal
- 1870, January - T. W. Robertson's School at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Her appearances alongside amateurs include:
- 1864, 2 February, Theatre Royal Southampton supporting Captain Disney Roebuck and other amateurs. Addison appeared in two of the four pieces, My Daughter's Debut; Or, the Old Man's Darling, and J. H. Morton's farce A Regular Fix.
- 1864, 9 February, Theatre Royal Southampton, supporting Captain Disney Roebuck and other amateurs. She appeared in a one-act comic drama titled A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock, Tom Taylor's comedy Still Waters Run Deep and the farce The Lancashire Weaver.
- 1864, 29 April, the Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, supporting the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dramatic Society. She is listed as 'Miss Carlotta Addison of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool'. She played Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- 1865, 25 July, Victoria Rooms, Clifton. Supporting amateurs including Captain Disney Roebuck and Captain Hood. The playbill also includes an unnamed 'distinguished Lady Amateur'. She appeared in T. G. Bowles's Marriage by Command, written for the occasion, and Tom Taylor's Still Water's Run Deep.
- 1868, August - with the Canterbury Old Stagers in Canterbury.
Along with her husband, Charles La Trobe, and their daughter, Victoria, they founded the Addison Amateur Dramatic Club on 17 June 1897 at their home of 134 Lexham Gardens, South Kenisngton. In January 1899 the President is Carlotta Addison (La Trobe), the Vice-President is Miss Victoria Addison and the Stage Manager is Charles La Trobe, Esq.