American Theater
Soon after she came to America under the management of J.H. Selwyn. She made her New York City debut at the Olympic Theater on 31 October 1864, as Helen in Marguerite’s Colors. She played there with some success before returning to England for about a year. When she returned to the United States she met and married a merchant named W.H. Blackmore.
Newton was with the company of John Brougham when the Fifth Avenue Theater opened in 1869. She became a favorite of the New York public. She left the Fifth Avenue Theater and said goodbye to America at New York’s French Theater.
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