Lotty Hough

Charlotte Hough (c. 1833 – January 17, 1896), known as Lotty Hough, sometimes spelled Lottie Hough, was a 19th-century actress and comedian. She played roles for the companies of Laura Keene and Mrs. John Wood.(9 September 1861). Amusements, The New York Times(4 December 1862). Return of A Popular Actress, Daily National Republican, p. 2, col. 5

She debuted in New York at the Bowery Theatre in The Stranger as Charlotte Hough. She also acted in London.A History of the New York Stage, Vol. I, p. 128 (1903) Around 1871 she gave a lecture tour on "Popping The Question".(22 November 1871). The Great Question of the Day (advertisement), Boston Evening Transcript

During the U.S. Civil War, she was involved in obtaining passes to get cotton through Union lines.Furgurson, Ernest B. Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War, p. 209 (2004)

T. Allston Brown's History of the American Stage (1870) described Hough as a "well known impersonator of Yankee characters" with "considerable talent."Brown, T. Allston. History of the American Stage, p. 185 (1870)

Selected performances (incomplete) The Seven Sisters (1860 in New York) (also performed in productions elsewhere) Seven Sons (1861) (New York) The Serious Family (1862, Washington D.C.) Yankee Legacy as Mehitable Ann (1863, New York)(16 December 1863). Amusements, The New York Times

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