Louise Pomeroy

Louise M. Pomeroy née Ryder (c. 1853 – 7 January 1893) was an American actress and writer who was popular in Shakespearean roles in Australia.

Her first appearance was at the Queen's Theatre, Sydney, from 7 October 1880 playing on successive nights Rosalind, Lady Macbeth and Juliet.

She played Juliet in Melbourne's Theatre Royal to T. C. Appleton's middle-aged Romeo, but his distant performance was overlooked by the audience in their appreciation for Pomeroy.

Members included W. J. Holloway and Mrs Holloway, G. P. Carey and Miss Dolly Forde (Mrs Carey), Arthur Elliott ("an actor of considerable promise")[16] who played Romeo to her Juliet,[17] Edwin Palmer, R. A. Vernon, Misses Blanche Louis and Florence Louis.

From these she organised a small but efficient company to tour India, playing first at the Corinthian Theatre, Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 1 December.