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Abbey, Henry Eugene

dramatic manager, was born June 27, 1846, in Akron, Ohio. He began life as clerk in his father's jewelry store; rose to partnership; and in 1873 succeeded to the business. In 1869 he leased the Akron theater, which he managed with so much success that in 1876 he also leased the Park theater of New York city, and from that time forward devoted his energies entirely to dramatic affairs. He is now the manager of Abbey's theater and the Metropolitan opera house of New York city; and of the Tremont theater of Boston, Mass.