Occupation actor Died 1958, Nice, France Role Actor | Name Hamilton Revelle Years active 1890s to 1927 | |
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Full Name Arthur Hamilton Revelle Engstrom Born May 31, 1872 Moorish Castle, Gibraltar Movies The Telephone Girl, Monna Vanna, Doctor Antonio Parents Louisa M. Reade-Revell, George Lloyd Engstrom | ||
Hamilton Revelle (1872 - 1958) was a British born stage and later silent screen actor.
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He was born Arthur Hamilton Revelle Engstrom at Moorish Castle in Gibraltar, which is part of the United Kingdom. His parents were George Lloyd Engström, an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery and Louisa M. Reade-Revell.
Revelle famously was arrested on March 5, 1900 along with his female costar Olga Nethersole for performing the play Sapho which was considered salacious for the time for its depiction of a woman who has love affairs with men to whom she is not married. Their theatre was padlocked by the New York Police. Two plays replaced Sapho, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray and The Profligate. Eventually the two were freed and the play was allowed to continue. The trial for Sapho and Nethersole began on April 3, 1900 and Nethersole and Revelle were acquitted on April 7. The play was allowed to continue.