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- The Vermont watchman, Montpelier, March 26, 1903
The Late Alden Bass
Brief Sketch of His Dramatic Career
High Tribute to His Personal Character
The following tribute to the late Alden Bass is taken from the New York Dramatic Mirror:
Alden Bass, the actor, who this season was a member of Sylvia Lynden?s company playing the Gay Lord Quex, died in St. Joseph?s Hospital, Milwaukee, on February 19. For some time he had been suffering from a malady of the stomach, but he insisted upon playing until his condition made such an effort impossible. On the night of February 15, he played his role of Sri Chichester Frayne, though suffering greatly, in Milwaukee. The next day he was removed to the hospital, and three days later he passed away. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure.
During this comparatively brief career on the stage Alden Bass won considerable honor as an actor, and beyond that ? and greater than that ? he won the esteem and most cordial regard of every one with whom he came into personal contact. He was a man of dignified, noble mind, of high ambitions and of gentle breeding. His attitude toward his art was that of a sincere disciple, and in his relations with his fellow players he bore himself ever as a kindly, thoughtful gentleman.
Alden Bass came of an old and prominent New England family, and was born in Vermont about forty years ago. His relatives were not in sympathy with his dramatic ambitions, and during the years of his early manhood he devoted himself to other pursuits. During that period, however, he was a student at the Boston School of Oratory and managed to prepare himself excellently for a stage career. Seven or eight years ago, after appearing with small companies, he made his first important essay as an actor in the company of the late James A. Herne. For several seasons he played under the direction of that master of realism, and profited much by his instruction. His Squire Andrews in Shore Acres, was a notably good performance. Later he made a personal success as Simkins in Vermont, and three years ago he played a season on the road under Frederick G. Berger?s management, in the late Sol Smith Russell?s role of Noah Vale in the Poor Relation. He also appeared in Peaceful Valley with great success. This season he entered a different line of work in the Gay Lord Quex, and was genuinely successful as Sir Chichester as he had been in portraying quaint American characters. On the day following the death of Mr. Bass, his brother, Dr. G.E. Bass of Chicago, went to Milwaukee and took the remains to Williamstown, Vt., where they were interred in the family lot.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1864 - 1903 (38 years)