and
Edward Morton's
San Toy which she portrayed on Broadway in 1900 and 1902. Marie Celeste made her stage debut performing with a
stock theatre company in
Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1890 in the role of the maid Fantile in
Ben Teal's
The Great Metopolis. The company was led by actor William H. Lytell (1851-1925). She toured with this organization; progressing from smaller parts to leading roles before returning to New York to pursue education for a career in opera. She trained as a
soprano at the
National Conservatory of Music of America in Manhattan. In 1892 Marie Celeste portrayed Polly Hoss in the original cast of the farce
Hoss and Hoss which starred Charles Reed and
William Collier Sr. It began its tour at the
Hollis Street Theatre in Boston on January 12, 1892. After this she joined the touring theatre company of
Lillian Russell for the 1893-1894 season. Parts she performed with this company included Paquita in
Giroflé-Girofla, Wanda in
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, and Petita in
William Furst's
Princess Nicotine. She made her Broadway debut in the latter operetta at the
Casino Theatre on November 20, 1893. In the 1894-1895 season, Marie Celeste was a member of
Della Fox's theatre troupe in which she performed the role of Octavie in William Furst's
The Little Trooper. She returned to Lillian Russell's company for the 1895-1896 season as Duchess Blanche of Parthenay in
Le petit duc, Guadalena in
La Périchole, and Ninetta in
La Tzigane. In 1896 illness kept Marie Celeste mostly inactive on the stage, and in 1897 she toured as the Queen in
Klaw and Erlanger The Brownies. This was followed by performances as Peone Burn in
One Round of Pleasure,
Mistress Mary in
Robert Barnet and
Alfred Baldwin Sloane's
Jack and the Beanstalk, and Minutezza in
John Philip Sousa's
The Bride Elect. In 1898 she portrayed several roles at
The Boston Theatre; including Phoebe Fairleigh in
Billee Taylor and Josephine in
H.M.S. Pinafore. In 1899 she portrayed
Bo-Peep in
Louis De Lange and
Edgar Smith's musical
Mother Goose at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre in Manhattan. She returned to Broadway in 1900 as Winifred Grey in the revival of
A Runaway Girl at
Daly's Theatre. She portrayed the title role in both the 1900 and 1902 Broadway productions of
Sidney Jones and
Edward Morton's
San Toy. Marie Celeste performed only one role from the
grand opera repertoire; portraying Santuzza in
Cavalleria rusticana with the
Castle Square Opera Company in Boston. ==Later life and death==