Elizabeth Tyree (November , â€" August , ) was an actress in Broadway
theatrical productions beginning in the mid-s. Her married name was
Elizabeth Tyree Metcalfe. Professionally she was billed as Bess
Tyree.Tyree was born in Augusta County, Virginia and came to New York
City to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.She appeared in
over productions as a member of Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Stock
Company, as "Bessie Tyree" until the end of and as "Elizabeth Tyree"
thereafter. Her debut came as understudy to the ailing Effie Shannon
in The Charity Ball by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille in
February . The Lyceum Company staged The Home Secretary in November .
A play in four acts written by R.C. Carton, the themes were love,
politics, and society. The time frame of the action is a single
evening. Tyree acted the part of Jane Craigengelt in The Courtship of
Leonie in November . Written by Henry V. Esmond, the production began
the Lyceum's tenth season under Frohman's management.
theatrical productions beginning in the mid-s. Her married name was
Elizabeth Tyree Metcalfe. Professionally she was billed as Bess
Tyree.Tyree was born in Augusta County, Virginia and came to New York
City to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.She appeared in
over productions as a member of Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Stock
Company, as "Bessie Tyree" until the end of and as "Elizabeth Tyree"
thereafter. Her debut came as understudy to the ailing Effie Shannon
in The Charity Ball by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille in
February . The Lyceum Company staged The Home Secretary in November .
A play in four acts written by R.C. Carton, the themes were love,
politics, and society. The time frame of the action is a single
evening. Tyree acted the part of Jane Craigengelt in The Courtship of
Leonie in November . Written by Henry V. Esmond, the production began
the Lyceum's tenth season under Frohman's management.
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