May Brookyn

May Brookyn (?1854/59 - February 15, 1894) was an English born American stage actress.^{[citation needed]}

May Brookyn

E. M. Holland and May Brookyn, Alabama

Brookyn was born in Cornwall, England.^[1] Her name was spelled Brookyn but is often misspelled Brooklyn.

Brookyn joined a theatrical company at age 15 when her parents were abroad. They made her return to school, but she persisted and resumed acting. Wilson Barrett signed her to act in a production of The Silver King in England. Her American stage debut came in the role of Claire in a production of The Forge Master.^[1]

On February 15, 1894 she died by suicide by taking carbolic acid in San Francisco several months after the death of her lover Frederic A. Lovecraft shot himself.^[2] Brookyn was born in Greater London, England and is buried in Brooklyn's Evergreen Cemetery.

Selected roles

• Jim the Penman as Mrs. Ralston (substitute for Agnes Booth)
• The Pharisee
• Alabama as Widow Page (1891)
• Lady Windermere's Fan as Mrs. Erlynne