SORSOGON 495 SOUBISE rounded by water and is traversed by forest-clad mountains. It produces hemp and copra. Before 1901 it was a district of the Province of Albay. Pop. about 150,000. SORSOGON, the capital of the Province of Sorsogon, Philippine Islands. It is situated in the S. of the island of Lu- zon, on the bay of Sorsogon. The bay which almost divides the province is 6 by 12 miles, and forms a good harbor. The town is connected with the Strait of Bernardino on the route from Manila to the United States. Pop. about 18,000. SOTHERN, EDWARD ASKEW, an English-American comedian; born in Liverpool, England, April 1, 1826. De- clining the Church, medicine, or the bar, in 184k he joined a company of players in Jersey, and soon afterward passed into the stock company of the Theater Royal, Birmingham. From 1852 he ap- peared in the United States, without much success, till in 1858 "Our American Cousin," by Tom Taylor, was brought out in New York, with Sothern cast for the small part (47 lines) of Lord Dundreary. The piece was a poor thing, and the character of the English peer as play- goers know it was Sothern's own creation, bit by bit. In November, 1861, the play was produced in London at the Haymar- ket and ran for over 500 nights; and it was again and again revived in later years. Sothern essayed many other char- acters, but he is remembered chiefly as Dundreary; his other most memorable parts were David Garrick in Robertson's comedy, and perhaps Fitzaltamont in "The Crushed Tragedian"; the latter failed utterly in England, but was always popular in America, whither Sothern re- turned several times. He died in London, Jan. 21, 1881. SOTHERN, EDWARD HUGH, an American actor, born at New Orleans, in 1859, the son of E. A. Sothern (q. v.). He was educated in England and studied painting in Spain. In 1879, however, he turned his interests to the stage and ap- peared in a small part with his father at Abbey's Park Theater, New York. He later toured the United States with John McCullough, and England in 1882 and 1883. In the latter year he was the leading comedian in McCullough's com- pany. Since then he has played leading parts in "A Scrap of Paper," "One of Our Girls," "Peg Woflington," etc. In 1887 he formed a company of his own with which he starred in "Lord Chumley," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "The Sunken Bell," "Richard Lovelace," "If I Were King," "John the Baptist," "Lord Dun- dreary." "Don Quixote," etc. His chief fame, however, is based on his interpre- tation of Shakespearian roles. With his company he has produced at various times "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Twelfth Night," EDWARD HUGH SOTHERN "As You Like It," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Merchant of Venice," "Romeo and Juliet," etc. He has appeared in all parts of the United States and has been highly successful. He was married twice, first to Virginia Harned, and later to Julia Marlowe. SOUBISE (so-bez'), BENJAMIN DE ROHAN, SEIGNEUR DE, a famous Huguenot captain; born in Rochelle, France, in 1583. He was the son of Rene de Rohan, and brother of the famous Henri de Rohan, chief of the Protestant party under Louis XIV. He learned the trade of arms under Maurice of Orange; and when the religious wars again broke out in 1621 he was intrusted with the chief command in Brittany, Anjou, and Poitou. He conducted the war with much spirit, but was eventually obliged to seek refuge in England. In 1625 he made a dashing attack on the royalist fleet in the river Blavet, seized a number of vessels, and captured the islands of Oleron and Re. He was active at Rochelle during the famous siege in 1627 and 1628, and when the town was captured he retired once more to England. He died in London, England. Oct. 9, 1642.
