id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6978 Thomas William Robertson - Wikipedia .html text/html 2265 213 69 Born in Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, Robertson was the eldest son of William Shaftoe Robertson, a provincial actor and theatre manager, and his wife Margharetta Elisabetta Robertson (nee Marinus), a Danish-born actress.[1][2] His family was famous for producing actors, including his brothers Edward Shaftoe Robertson (1844–1871)[3] and Craven Robertson (died 1879),[4] his youngest sister, Dame Madge Kendal.,[1] and his father's aunt and uncle Fanny Robertson and Thomas Shaftoe Robertson.[5] He was schooled in Spalding, Lincolnshire.[6] By the age of five he was performing in the Wisbech Georgian theatre, run by his family, as Hamish, the son of the title character in Rob Roy.[5] As a child, Robertson continued to act in juvenile parts in Pizarro, The Stranger, "French" parts and eccentric comedy elsewhere on the Lincoln circuit and at the Marylebone in London, all managed by his family.[7] He later visited Paris as the stage manager and interpreter for an English company.[8] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6978.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6978.txt