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| name = Alfred Dampier | birth_date = 1843 | birth_place = Horsham, Sussex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1908|05|24|1843|}} | death_place = Paddington, New South Wales, Australia | occupation = Actor, playwright | years_active = 1873–1908 }}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}Alfred Dampier (1843 – 23 May 1908) was an English-born actor-manager and playwright, active in Australia.[1] Dampier was born in Horsham, Sussex, England, the son of John Dampier, builder, and his wife Mary, née Daly.[1] Dampier had a stage career in Manchester before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 1873.[1] Dampier soon formed his own company and often produced plays with an Australian theme. Dampier staged five plays by Francis Rawdon Chesney Hopkins from 1876-82. Dampier adapted For the Term of His Natural Life (1886), Robbery Under Arms (1890) and The Miner's Right (1891).[1] The two roles Dampier was most associated with in his lifetime was Jean Valjean in Valjean, an adaptation of Les Misérables, and Captain Starlight from Robbery Under Arms.[2] Dampier died in Paddington, Sydney on 24 May 1908. FamilyDampier was survived by his wife, one son and two daughters.[1] His daughter Lily Dampier was a noted actor in her own right, and married actor and director Alfred Rolfe, who adapted several of Dampier's plays to the screen. Lily Dampier died in 1915. Dampier's wife died shortly afterwards from a stroke while touring America with her other daughter Rose and son Fred.[3][4] Rose Dampier died while on tour in Nebraska in 1919.[5] Dampier's son Fred was also an actor although he was never has successful as his father, sisters or brother in law. Fred had a secret marriage to another actor, Vera in 1905.[6][7][8] Select writing credits
References1. ^1 2 3 4 John Rickard, 'Dampier, Alfred (1843–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, p. 13. Retrieved 28 August 2014 2. ^Richard Fotheringham, "Introduction", Robbery Under Arms by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch, Currency Press 1985 p14 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45346095 |title=MRS. ALFRED DAMPIER DEAD. |newspaper=The Barrier Miner |location=Broken Hill, NSW |date=16 May 1915 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15599318 |title=DEATH OF MRS. DAMPIER. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=NSW |date=6 May 1915 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28098573 |title=DEATH OF ROSE DAMPIER. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=NSW |date=22 May 1919 |accessdate=28 August 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88849745 |title=A SECRET MARRIAGE AND ITS SEQUEL. |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Adelaide |date=7 November 1914 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |page=24 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15535923 |title=THEATRICAL DIVORCE. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=4 November 1914 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59929248 |title=A SECRET MARRIAGE. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=3 November 1914 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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