Rose Coghlan

Rose went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical.

She was at Wallack's almost continuously until 1888, and subsequently appeared in melodrama in parts like the title-role of The Sporting Duchess.

Rose stated that "my particular reason for coming to Denver was to produce my brother's play -- the one he finished just before his death.

Rose explained that the manuscript was sent to a typist and at the end her brother signed it and added his Canadian address: "Charles Coghlan, Fortune Bridge."

Apparently the typist moved it to the head of the first page and typed, "Fortune's Bridge, by Charles Coghlan."

Rose Coghlan, 1884
Litograph of Rose Coghlan, c.1893
Rose Coghlan, 1870s
Rosalind Goghlan, daughter