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THE present is the fifth edition of Who's Who in the Theatre, and 
perhaps I may be pardoned if I dwell with some satisfaction on 
the fact that no other work dealing with theatrical biography 
has ever succeeded as this work has succeeded. 

During the nineteenth century there must have been thirty 
or more works devoted to dramatic biography, and none of these 
publications reached a third issue. The best was undoubtedly 
Charles Pascoe's Dramatic List, published in 1879 and again in 
1880. During the nineties of the last century, there were not a 
few such ephemeral publications. Half-a-dozen works made 
their appearance and vanished. 

Players of the Day was issued in 1902, and then, in 1906, came 
The Green Room Book, which I was able to pilot to a fourth issue, 
when, owing to the death of my publisher, the series came to an 
end. 

In 1912 Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., undertook for me the 
publication of Who's Who in the Theatre. Everywhere since that 
date the work has been received with the greatest appreciation. 
It is as popular in the United States, Australia and South Africa 
as it is in England. 

The present edition contains between 2,000 and 3,000 biogra- 
phies, over 350 of which appear for the first time. I should like 
to take this opportunity of again drawing attention to the 
extraordinary difficulty which I experience in persuading a great 
many members of the Profession to give anything like accurate 
details of their early theatrical careers. Players of both sexes 
seem to have an inordinate dislike of revealing facts and dates, 
and quite a number appear to have no compunction in striking 
years off the date of a production in which they have appeared, 
ignoring the fact that I am able to trace these incorrect state- 
ments quite easily, from my files. Others, quite calmly, inform me 
that I must have mixed them up with someone else of the same 
name, but somehow these other persons always seem to disappear. 

A good actor or actress is like a good vintage of wine. The 



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public adores it, but likes to know the year of the vintage all the 
same. The difference is that usually the player puts the date 
forward, the vintner does not. 

Since the last issue of Who's Who in the Theatre, death has once 
more taken a full toll, and over 100 biographies disappear from the 
book. It is melancholy to reflect that among those who are now 
only memories, and will never delight us more, are Meggie 
Albanesi, Rutland Barrington, Kate Bishop, Louis Calvert, 
Malcolm Cherry, Albert Chevalier, Charles Collette, Kenneth 
Douglas, Winifred Emery, H. V. Esmond, Charles Glenney, Lucien 
Guitry, Sir Charles Hawtrey, Agnes Hewitt, Alfred Lester, Letty 
Lind, Marie Lloyd, Robert Pateman, Mrs. Raleigh, Lilian Russell, 
Kate Santley, Herbert Standing, Kate Terry, Genevieve Ward, 
Arthur Whitby, Charles Workman, Cowley Wright, and many 
more. 

Among others whose loss we have to lament, authors, com- 
posers, managers and critics, are Austin Brereton, John Crook, 
A. E. Drinkwater, Herbert E. Haines, Cyril Harcourt, Victor 
Herbert, H. G. Hibbert, Louis A. Hirsch, Aaron Hoffman, Walter 
Howard, Gustave A. Kerker, Lionel Monckton, J. B. Mulholland, 
George R. Sims, and Herbert Trench. 

In the present issue I have included a synopsis of play-bills of 
the principal productions and revivals in London, from the 
beginning of 1922 to 15th July, 1925, which I hope will prove 
useful. The biographies are corrected to the end of December, 
1924, the synopsis of playbills brings the record up to date. 

Once again I would call attention to the genealogical tables 
dealing with theatrical heredity, compiled by Dr. J. M. Bulloch, 
the esteemed critic of the Graphic. These now number over ninety 
and are well worthy of study. They have involved research 
through records from the early eighteenth century, and form a 
remarkable index to hereditary talent in the theatre. My sincere 
thanks are due to Dr. Bulloch for his ever ready help in this work. 

Again I have to acknowledge my thanks to Mrs. Gabrielle 
Enthoven, who has supplied me with many notes of early appear- 
ances, from her vast collection of play-bills ; and to my daughter, 
Mrs. George Carpenter, Mr. J. R. Platt and Mrs. Stanley Penny, 
who have helped in the reading of certain proofs. 

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tion of a volume of this description, for, with the exception of the 
genealogical tables, it has been a single-handed task. However, 
I trust the result will prove of some value to those who are 
interested in the world of the Theatre and its people. 

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PREFACE ........ 

THEATRICAL CALENDAR ...... 

SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS ..... 

BIOGRAPHIES, BRITISH AND AMERICAN SECTION . 
WHO'S WHO AMONG THE CRITICS .... 

HEREDITARY THEATRICAL FAMILIES, BY JOHN MALCOLM BULLOCH . 1019-1076 

NOTABLE PRODUCTIONS AND PRINCIPAL REVIVALS OF THE LONDON 

STAGE 1077-1195 

LONG RUNS ON THE LONDON STAGE 1196-1216 

COMMAND PERFORMANCES ........ 1217-1218 

THE KING AT THE THEATRE 1218-1220 

KING GEORGE'S PENSION FUND FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . 1221-1228 

WEST END THEATRES, MANAGERS, ETC 1229 

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS OF STAGES OF LEADING THEATRES . . 1230-1231 

LONDON SUBURBAN THEATRES 1232 

OPENING OF EXISTING LONDON AND SUBURBAN THEATRES . . 1232-1233 

LIST OF NEW YORK THEATRES ....... 1234 

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL OBITUARY ...... 1235-1292 

ROLL OF HONOUR (THE GREAT WAR, 1914-18) .... 1293-1295 

THEATRICAL WILLS 1296-1300 

SEATING PLANS OF THE PRINCIPAL LONDON THEATRES . . i-xlvi 



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1. Lester Wallack, born 1819. Tornmaso Salvini, born 1829. Ellen Terry created 

[Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire, 1925. 

2. " The Wedding Gown," produced at Drury Lane, 1834. " Donna Diana,'* at 

[Princess's, 1864. 

3. Douglas Jerrold, born 1803. J. Maddison Morton, born 1811. Mrs. Chas. Calvert, 

[born 1336. 

4 . Madame Vestris, born 1797. " The Sign of the Cross," produced at the Lyric, 1 896. 

5. " King Henry VIII," revived at Lyceum by Irving, 1892. 

6. " The Danischeffs," produced at St. James's, 1877. 

7. " The Cricket on the Hearth," produced at City of London, 1846. 

8. Mrs. Glover, born 1781. H. J. Byron, born 1835. 

9. George Colman, born 1 732. T. W. Robertson, born 1 829. E. S. Willard, born 1 853. 

10. Richard Savage, born 1698. Charles Young, born 1777. Opening of Charles 

[Fechter's Management, Lyceum, 1863, 

11. Charles Kean played " Hamlet," at Windsor Castle, 1849. 

12. Lady Bancroft, born 1839. " Diplomacy," produced at Prince of Wales's, 1878. 

13. " Belphegor," produced at Adelphi, 1851. 

14. " The Cynic," produced at Globe, 1882. 

15. Moliere, born 1622. " The Dancing Girl," produced at Haymarket, 1891. 

16. " Our Boys," produced at Vaudeville, 1875. 

17. " The Rivals," produced Covent Garden, 1775. " The Wife's Secret," produced 

[at Haymarket, 1848. 

18. R. W. Honner, born 1809. Charles Kean, born 1811. 

19. " The Country Squire," produced at Covent Garden, 1837. 

20. " The Omadhaun," produced at Victoria, 1840. Mary Eastlake, born 1856. 

21. Mrs. Frederick Yates (Elizabeth Brunton), born 1799. 

22. " Mary Stuart," produced at Drury Lane, 1840. " Chilperic," at Lyceum, 1870. 

23. " Our Miss Gibbs," produced at Gaiety, 1909. 

24. Paul Bedford, born 1792. Beerbohm Tree revived " Much Ado About Nothing," 

[H.M., 1905. 

25. David James, born 1836. " Nero," produced at H.M., 1906. 

26. " The Nervous Man," produced at Drury Lane, 1833. 

27. Samuel Foote, born 1720. " The Green Bushes," produced at Adelphi, 1845. 

28. " The Stranger," revived at New Olympic by Wilson Barrett, 1891. 

29. " The Beggars' Opera," produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728. 

30. Dr. Westland Marston, born 1820. Dutton Cook, born 1829. 

3 1 . The Bancrofts opened the Haymarket with " Money," 1 880. Sir George Alexander's 

[Management of St. James's Theatre commenced 1891. 



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1. John Philip Kemble, born 1757. " Ulysses, 5 ' produced at H.M., 1902. 

2. Nell Gwyn, born 1651. " Jane Shore," produced Dniry Lane, 1714. 

3. Felix Mendelssohn-Bar tholdy, born 1809. 

4. Sir William Davenant, born 1606. " Good for Nothing," produced Hayt, 1857. 

5. " Carmen" (English version by Hersee) performed at Her Majesty's, 1879. 

6. Sir Henry Irving, born 1S38. " Becket," produced at Lyceum, 1893. 

7. "The Gamester," produced DruryLane, 1753. Charles Dickens, born 1812. 

8. Thos. Killigrew, born 1611. " Lohengrin," first performed at H.M., 1880. 

9. Theatre Royal, Dublin, burnt down, 1880. 

10. " The New Babylon," produced at the Duke's Theatre, 1879. 

11. " The Blot in the 'Scutcheon," produced at Drury Lane, 1843. 

12. Marie Lloyd, born 1870. " A Fool's Paradise," produced at Gaiety, 1889. 

13. Samuel Phelps, born 1804, Pavilion Theatre burnt down, 1856. 

14. 1st English Com. prod. " Ralph Roister Doister," 1530. John Clayton, born 1843. 

[Sydney Valentine, born 1865. 

15. " The Lady of Lyons," produced at Covent Garden, 1838. 

16. American Theatre, San Francisco, burnt down, 1868. 

17. Edwin Forrest appeared Princess's, 1845. " The Maid of the Mountains," produced 

[Daly's, 1917. 

18. Wilson Barrett, born 1847. C. D. Marius, born 1850. "Back to Methuselah," 

[produced 1924. 

19. David Garrick, born 1716. Richard Cumberland, born 1732. 

20. William Terriss, born 1847. " Lady Windermere's Fan," pro. St. James's, 1892. 

21. " The Lilac Domino," prod, at The Empire, 1918. " The Lady of the Rose," prod. 

[at Daly's, 1922. 

22. " A Pair of Spectacles," produced at Garrick, 1890. " Baby Mine," produced at 

[Criterion, 1911. 

23. " Les Cloches de Corneville," produced at Folly, 1878. 

24. Drury Lane burnt down, 1809. " The Corsican Brothers," produced at Princess's, 

[1852. 

25. Garrick Club founded, 1831. " Walker, London," produced at Toole's, 1892. 

26. Victor Hugo, born 1802. "The Idler," produced at St. James's, 1891. 

27. J. R. Planche, born 1796. " For the Crown," produced Lyceum, 1896. 

28. McKean Buchanan, born 1S23. Charles Calvert, born 1828. 

29. G. A. Rossini, born 1792. " Charley's Aunt," produced at Bury St. Edmunds, 1892. 



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1. Samuel Phelps's last appearance on the stage, Imperial Theatre, IS7S. 

2. Hermann. Venn, born 1S29. 

3. W. C. Macready, born 1793. Lilian Adelaide Neilson, born 1848. 

4. Charles Dibdin, born 1745. " London Assurance," produced at Covent Garden, 1841 . 

5. Covent Garden Theatre burnt down, 1856. " Milestones " produced at the Royalty, 

[1912. 

6. " Life for Life," produced at Lyceum, 1869. " Peer Gynt," produced at Old Vic, 

[1922. 

7. " Richelieu," produced at Covent Garden, 1839. 

8. "The Beaux' Stratagem," produced at Drury Lane, 1707. Florence St. John , 

[born 1854. 

9. Edwin Forrest, born 1806. 

10. Nell Gwyn first appeared at Duke's Theatre, 1667. Lionel Brough, born 1S36. 

[Edward Terry, born 1844. 

11. Vincent Wallace, born 1812. " The Farmer's Wife," produced at Court, 1924. 

12. John L. Toole, born 1830. New Theatre opened with " Rosemary," 1903. 

13. John Doel, born 1804. J. K. Ernmett, born 1841. 

14. " The Mikado," produced at Savoy, 1885. 

15. " She Stoops to Conquer," first produced at Covent Garden, 1773. J. H. Hackett* 

[born, 1800- 

16. First Meeting of the Actors' Association held at Lyceum, 1891. 

17. John Douglass, born 1814. Edmund Phelps, born 1838. 

18. " Becket " performed at Windsor Castle by Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and Co., 

[1893. 

19. " Old Heidelberg," produced at St. James's, 1903. 

20. Henrik Ibsen, born 1828. tl Captain Brassbound's Conversion " revived at the 

[Court, 1906. 

21. Tom Dibdin, born 1771. " Sweet Lavender " produced at Terry's, 1888. 

22. Henry Compton, born 1805. Carl Rosa, born 1843. " Arrah-Na-Pogue," 

[produced at Princess's, 1865. 

23. 1st Irish Theatre opened in Dublin, 1635. Sir Chas. Wyndham, born 1837. 

[Dame Genevieve Ward, born 1837. 

24. Mdme. Malibran, born 1808. Alfred Wigan, born 1818. Mdlle. Rachel, born 1821. 

25. " The Physician," produced at Criterion, 1897. Drury Lane stage burnt, 1908. 

26. The second Drury Lane Theatre opened, 1674. " Saint Joan," produced at New 

[Theatre, 1924. 

27. City of London Theatre, Norton Folgate, first opened, 1837. 

28. J. B. Buckstone assumed management of Haymarket Theatre, 1853. H. Kyrle 

[Bellew, born 1855. 

29. " The Princess and the Butterfly," produced at St. James's, 1897. 

30. " Olivia," produced at Court Theatre, 1878. 

31. Henry H. Howe, born 1812. " Pink Dominos," produced at Criterion, 1877. 



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1 . Thomas Betterton, bora 1635, E. A. Sothern, bora 1830. Fred Leslie, born 1855. 

2. " Merrie England," produced at the Savoy, 1902. 

3. Tom Taylor, born 1817. Laura Keene, born 1820. 

4. Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh, burnt down, 1877. 

5. William Congreve, born 1670. John Ryder, born 1814. 

6. " Caste," produced at Prince of Wales's Theatre, 1S67. 

7. Henry Pettitt, born 1848. Sir Herbert Tree's revival of " The School for Scandal/' 

[at His Majesty's, 1909. 

8. Hon. Geo. Coppin, born 1819. Frank Celli, born 1841. i 

9. " The Heart of Maryland," produced at the Adelphi, 1898. " Othello " revived at i 

[His Majesty's, 1912. ! 

10. " Madame Sans- Gene," produced Lyceum, 1897. " Anna Christie," produced ! 

[Strand, 1923. | 

11. Leonard Boyne, born 1849. New Theatre Royal, Torquay, opened, 1880. 

12. " Madame Favart," produced at Strand Theatre, 1879. 

13. Globe Theatre, Bankside, demolished, 1644. " Tons of Money/' produced 

[Shaftesbury, 1922. 

14. Lawrence Barrett, born 1838. " Potash and Perlmutter," prod, at Queen's, 1914. 

15. Charles Wyndham assumed the management of Criterion Theatre, 1876. 

16. Vaudeville Theatre first opened under Thomas Thome, David James, and H. J. 

[Montague, 1870. 

17. George Frederick Cooke, born 1756. " Tom Jones," produced at Apollo, 1907. 

18. George Henry Lewes, born 1817. Bath Theatre burnt down, 1862. 

19. " Faust and Marguerite," produced at Princess's, 1854. " Kismet," produced at 

[the Garrick, 1911. 

20. H. Beerbohm Tree commenced management at Comedy Theatre, 1887. 

L" Quinney's," prod, at Haymarke't, 1915. 

21. Kate Terry, born 1844. " Lord and Lady Algy," produced at the Comedy, 1898. 

22. Henry Fielding, born 1707. E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe season at Waldorf 

[commenced, 1907. 

23. Shakespeare, born 1564. T. P. Cooke, born 1786. 

24. Sir John Hare opened the Garrick Theatre, 1889. 

25. G. V. Brooke, born 1818. " The Geisha," produced at Daly's, 1896. 

26. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Bankside, first opened, 1594. 

27. " The Emerald Isle," produced at the Savoy, 1901. 

28. H. Beerbohm Tree opened the present His Majesty's Theatre, 1897. " The 

[Arcadians," produced at Shaftesbury, 1909. 

29. Shirley Brooks, born 1S16. " On Trial," produced at Lyric, 1915. 

30. " David Garrick," produced at Haymarket, 1864. 



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1. Joseph Addison, born 1672. Charles Macklia, born 1690. 

2. Robert Reece, bom 1838. Clyde Fitch, born 1865. 

3. Stephen Kemble, bora 1758. " Masaniello," produced at Drury Lane, 1829. 

4. "A Story of Waterloo," produced at Lyceum for first time, 1895. 

5. " Fedora/' produced at Hayrnarket, 1883. 

6. Shakespeare entered into part proprietorship of Blackfriars Theatre, 1589. 

7. First Drury Lane Theatre opened with " The Humorous Lieutenant," 1663. 

[Mrs. Centlivre, born 1680. 

8. " The School for Scandal," produced Drury Lane, 1777. J. R. Anderson, bora 

[1811. 

9. John Brougham, born 1810. " Bertram," produced at Drury Lane, 1816. 

10. Riot at Astor Place Theatre, N.Y., to prevent Macready from playing, 1849. 

11. Coburg Theatre opened, 1811, with " The Trial by Battle." 

12. " Mrs. Gomnge's Necklace," produced at Wyndham's, 1903. " Raffles," at 

[Comedy, 1906. 

13. William Farren (2nd), born 1786. Sir Arthur Sullivan, born 1842. 

14. " Still Waters Run Deep," produced at Olympic, 1855. 

15. " The Girls of Gottenburg," produced at Gaiety, 1907. 

16. Sir John Hare, born 1844. " Rosemary," produced at Criterion, 1896. 

17. " Virginius," produced at Covent Garden, 1820. Command Performance, Drury 

[Lane, 1911. 

18. " Veronique," produced at the Apollo, 1904. 

19. Last night of the old Princess's, 1880. "The Lyons Mail," produced at Lyceum, 

[1877. 

20. Operas first introduced into England by Sir W. Davenant, 1656. " The Count of 

[Luxembourg," produced at Daly's, 1911. 

21. " Judah," produced at Shaftesbury, 1890. " A Runaway Girl," at the Gaiety, 

[1898. 

22. Isabel Dallas Glyn, born 1823. " The Lion and the Mouse," produced at Duke of 

[York's, 1906. 

23. " Wheels Within Wheels," produced at the Court, 1899. " Man and Superman." 

[at Court, 1905. 

24. Richard Mansfield, born 1857. Henry Irving, created a Knight, 1895. 

25. " H.M.S. Pinafore," produced at Opera Comique, 1878. 

26. " Ion," produced at Covent Garden, 1836. 

27. " The Ticket of Leave Man," produced at Olympic, 1863. 

28. James Fernandez, born 1835. " My Wife," produced at Haymarket, 1907. 

29. " Colonel Newcome," produced at His Majesty's, 1906. 

30. Charles Mayne Young's farewell, as Hamlet, Covent Garden, 1832. 

31. Sir Henry Irving recited selections from " Becket," in Canterbury Cathedral, 1897. 



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1. "The Silver Slipper," produced at the Lyric, 1901. " Troilus and Cressida," 

[revived at Gt. Queen Street, 1907. 

2. " Drink,'* produced at Princess's, 1879. " The Ambassador/* at St. James's, 1898 

3. Barton Booth, born 1681. " L'Aiglon," first produced in London at H.M., 1901. 

4. Royal General Theatrical Fund established. 1839. 

5. " A Marriage of Convenience," produced at Haymarket, 1897. 

6. Corneille, born 1606. " Black-Eyed Susan," produced Surrey, 1829. 

7. Ira Aldridge, born 1804. " A Doll's House," first produced in London, at Novelty, 

[1889. 

8. Chas. Reade, born 1814. " The Merry Widow," produced at Daly's, 1907. 

9. George Farquhar, born 1678. T. W. Robertson, born 1829. 

10. David Garrick's farewell at Drury Lane, 1776. 

11. " His Excellency the Governor," produced at Court, 1898. 

12. Ellen Terry " Jubilee " Matinee at Drury Lane, 1906. 

13. Mrs. Siddons, bom 1755. " Our Flat," produced at Prince of Wales's, 1889. 

14. Siddons Statue, Paddington Green, unveiled by Sir Henry Irving, 1897. 

15. Lionel Brough "Jubilee" Matinee at H.M., 1905, when Sir Henry Irving 

[made his last appearance on London stage, in " Waterloo." 

16. " Monna Vanna," produced at Bijou, Bayswater, 1902. " Hindle Wakes " first 

[produced Aldwych, 1912. 

17. Charles Frohman, born 1860. " The Toreador," produced at the Gaiety, 1901. 

IS. Wilson Barrett produced " Quo Vadis ? " at Kennington, 1900. 

19. Sir George Alexander, born 1858. 

20. John Braham, born 1774. Henry Neville, born 1837. " Captain Swift," produced 

[at Haymarket, 1888. 

21. " Pelleas and Melisande," produced at P.O.W., 1898. 

22. Sir Squire Bancroft knighted, 1897. Sir George Alexander knighted, 1911. 

23. Clement Scott Matinee, at H.M., 1904. 

24. First Actor's Benevolent Fund Dinner given, Henry Irving, Chairman, 1891. 

25. " The Professor's Love Story," produced at Comedy, 1894. 

26. Sir Charles Wyndham knighted, 1902. Sir Herbert Tree and Sir A. W. Pinero 

[knighted, 1909. 

27. Daly's Theatre opened, 1893. Gala performance His Majesty's Theatre, 1911. 

28. Charles Mathews, the Elder, born 1776. 

29. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burnt down, 1613. 

30. Mrs Siddons' farewell benefit, Covent Garden, 1812. " Henry V," played entirely 

[by women, Queen's, 1916. 



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1. Mrs. Charles Kean, born. 1S05. 

2. " Set " scenes, invented by DC Loutherburgh, first used in 1777. 

3. " Divorgons," first produced in London, at Gaiety, 18S2. 

4. Duke's Theatre, Holborn, burnt down, 1880. Last night of the old Gaiety, 1903. 

5. Sarah Siddons, born 1755. P. T. Bamum, born 1810. Barry Sullivan, born 1821. 

6. Farewell benefit to Mr. and Mrs, Wigan, Drury Lane, 1S72. 

7. Henry Irving created Doctor of Letters, University of Dublin, 1892. 

8. Fanny Brough, born 1854. u Victims," by Tom Taylor, produced at Hayniarket, 

[1857. 

9. " Lena " ( u As in a Looking Glass "), produced by Mine. Bernhardt, Lyceum, 1889. 

10. "El Capitan," produced at Lyric, 1899. " Oliver Twist," at H.M., 1905. 

11. !i The Casino Girl," produced at Shaftesbury, 1900. 

12. Avonia Jones (Mrs. G. V. Brooke), born 1S39. 

13. M. Jules Claretie delivered an address on Shakespeare and Moliere, Lyceum, 1899. 

14. Edmund Yates, born 1831. Lyceum Theatre first opened, 1834. 

15. Haymarket Theatre re-opened, 1821. Termination of Harrison and Maude. 

[partnership at Haymarket, 1905. 

16. Cyril Maude received 20,000 compensation from S.E.R. for Playhouse Calamity, 

[1906. 

! 17. Bradford Theatre burnt down, 1878. 

18. Pauline Lucca first appeared in England, 1863. Sir Henry Irving's Knighthood 

[ceremony, Windsor Castle, 1895. 

19. Daly Company first appeared in England at Toole's Theatre, 1884. 

20. The Bancrofts retired from management of Haymarket Theatre, 1885. 

21. Frederic Lemaitre, born 1800. 

22. John L. Toole first appeared in London, Haymarket, 1852. " Chu-Chin-Chow " 

[ended its record run of 2,238 performances, His Majesty's, 1921 . 

23. Charlotte Cushrnan, born 1816. 

24. George Conquest relinquished management of the Surrey, 1904. 

25. Edward Solomon, born 1858. 

26. W. J. Florence, born 1831. 

27. Huntley Wright made his first appearance in London, 189 1 . 

28. Kitty Clive, born 1711. Caroline Heath (Mrs. Wilson Barrett), born 1835. 

29. Jerrold Memorial Night at Adelphi Theatre, 1857. 

30. Samuel Foote's last appearance on the stage, at Haymarket, 1777. 

31. Colosseum, Regent's Park, opened, 1829. 



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1. "The Streets of London," produced at Princess's, 1864. 

2. Sydney Brough, born 1867. "What the Butler Saw," produced at Wyndham's, 

[1905. 

3. Frederick Clay, born 1839. 

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley, born 1792. " The Better 'Ole," produced at the Oxford, 

5. Ambroise Thomas, born 1811. H. B. Irving, born 1870. 

6. Madame Celeste, born 1811. 

7. " Bombastes Furioso," produced at Haymarket, 1810. 

8. Samuel Foote, born 1720. 

9. John Dryden, bom 1631. 

10. Blackfriars Theatre pulled down, 1655. Samuel Arnold, born 1740. 

11. " Little Jack Sheppard," revived at Gaiety, 1894. 

12 Surrey Theatre destroyed, by fire, 1805. " Ready Money" produced at the New, 

[1912. 

13. Philip Massinger, bora 1584. 

14. " Hard Times," produced at the Strand, 1854. W. H. Chippendale, born 1801. 

15. " The Tailors' " riot, at the Haymarket, 1805. 

16. " The Dandy Fifth," produced at Duke of York's, 1898. 

17. Richard Lalor Shiel, born 1791. " The Sleeping Partner," produced at Criterion, 

[1897. 

18. Robert Buchanan, born 1841. 

19. Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, burnt down, 1880. 

20. " Married Life," produced at Haymarket, 1834. 

21. " Forget-me-not," produced at Lyceum, 1879. 

22. The Theatres Registry Act passed, 1843. 

23. Grand Theatre, Fulham, first opened with " The Geisha," 1897. 

24. " A Royal Rival," produced at Duke of York's, 1901. 

25. " The Fatal Wedding," produced at Princess's, 1902. 

26. " Boys Together," produced at Adelphi, 1896. 

27. " The Middleman," produced at the Shaftesbury, 1889. 

28. " In the Soup," produced at the Strand, 1900. 

29. Charles Kean terminated his management of Princess's, 1859. 

30. " Sweet Nell of Old Drury," produced at Haymarket, 1900. 

31. " The Degenerates," produced at Haymarket, 1899. " Chu- Chin-Chow," produced 

[at His Majesty's, 1916. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



September 



1. Edward Alleyn, born 1566. Mary Anderson first appeared in England, Lyceum 

[1883. " Sir Herbert Tree's revival of" King Henry VIII," His Majesty's, 1910. 

2. " When we were Twenty-one," produced at Comedy, 1901. 

3. Benjamin Webster, born 1798. John Drew, Senior, born 1825. " Drake " prod. 

[at H.M., 1912. 

4. Joseph Jefferson first appeared in England, Adelphi, 1865. 

5. First play, " The Merchant of Venice," produced U.S.A., at Williamsburg, Pa., 1752. 

6. Robb Harwood, born 1869. " The Green Goddess," produced St. James's, 1923. 

7. " Trilby," produced at Theatre Royal, Manchester, 1895. 

8. " Merely Mary Ann," produced at Duke of York's, 1904. 

9. " Sherlock Holmes," produced at Lyceum, 1901. " The Whip," produced at Drury 

[Lane, 1909. 

10. Samuel Anderson Emery, born 1817. " The Chocolate Soldier," produced at 

[Lyric, 1910. 

11. J. Forbes- Robertson revived " Hamlet," at Lyceum, 1897. 

12. " Everywoman," produced at Drury Lane, 1912. " Our Betters," prod. Globe, 1923. 

13. W. H. Betty ("The Young Roscius "), born 1791. "Paul Pry," produced at 

[Haymarket, 1825. 

14. J. B. Buckstone, born 1802. " The Boy," produced at Adelphi, 1917. 

15. H. Beerbohm Tree assumed management of Haymarket Theatre, 1887. 

16. William Macready made his first appearance at Covent Garden, 1816. 

17. " Quality Street," produced at the Vaudeville, 1902. 

18. " 0. P." riots commenced at Covent Garden Theatre on re-opening of Theatre, 1809. 

19. " The Prayer of the Sword," produced at the Adelphi, 1904. 

20. Covent Garden Theatre burnt down, 1808. " Hassan " prod. His Majesty's, 1923. 

21. William Terriss made his first appearance on London stage, Prince of Wales's, 1868. 

[Sir Charles Hawtrey, born 1858. 

22. " The Elder Miss Blossom," produced at St. James's, 1898. 

23. Mrs. Charles Kean (Ellen Tree) made her first appearance in London at Drury 

[Lane, 1826. 

24. Sir Henry Irving made his first appearance on London stage at Princess's, 1859. 

25. " Dorothy," produced at Gaiety, 1886. " The Dollar Princess," produced at 

[Daly's, 1909. 

26. H. Beerbohrn Tree appeared at Waldorf Theatre in " Oliver Twist," 1905. 

27. " The Wedding Guest," produced at the Garrick, 1900. 

28. Charles Kean and Robert Keeley commenced management of the Princess's, 1850. 

29. Sir Henry Irving made his first appearance on the stage, Lyceum, Sunderland, 1856. 

30. R. B. Sheridan, born 1751. John Philip Kemble first appeared in London at 

[Drury Lane, 1783. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



ctober 



1. Charles Kean made his first appearance in London, Drury Lane, 1827. 

2. " The Eternal City," produced at His Majesty's, 1902. 

3. Eleonora Duse, born 1859. " The Yeomen of the Guard," produced at the Savoy, 

[1888. 

4. Spranger Barry first appeared in London, at Drury Lane, 1746. 

5. Mrs. Bernard-Beere, born 1856. Farm} 7 Kerable made her first appearance on 

[stage, Covent Garden, 1829. 

6. " The Liars," produced at Criterion, 1S97. " Romance," produced at Duke of 

[York's, 1915. 

7. " Man and His Makers," produced at Lyceum, 1899. 

8. George Edwardes, born 1852. Great fire at Chicago, U.S.A., eight theatres burnt 

[down, 1871. 

9. " Mrs. Dane's Defence," produced at Wyndharn's, 1900. Lena Ash well opened 

[Kingsway Theatre, " Irene Wycherley," 1907. 

10. Drury Lane Theatre (present structure) opened 1812. Charles Warner, born 1846. 

[" Peg o' My Heart " prod, at Comedy, 1914. 

11. " The Adventure of Lady Ursula," produced ai Duke of York's, 1898. The Little 

[Theatre opened, 1910. 

12. Madame Modjeska, born 1844. u The Immortal Hour," produced Regent, 1922. 

13. Sir Henry Irving's last appearance on the stage, at Bradford, 1905. 

14. " A Gaiety Girl/' produced at Prince of Wales' s, 1893. 

15. Mrs. Inchbald, bora 1753. Fanny Brough first appeared in London, St. James's, 
I [1870. 
I 16. " The Christian," first produced in London, at the Duke of York's, 1899. 

j 17. Edwin Forrest first appeared in England, Drury Lane, 1836. 

j 18. Peg Woffington, born 1720. " The Fool's Revenge," produced Sadler's Wells, 1859. 

j 19. David Garrick first appeared in London, at Goodman's Fields, 1741. Leigh 
! [Murray, born 1820. 

i 20. Shaftesbury Theatre opened, 1888. 

i 21. Jenny Lind, born 1821. " The Wreck Ashore," produced Adelphi, 1830. 

i 22. " The Rose of Castile," produced at the Lyceum, 1857. 

j 23. Charles Fechter, born 1824. Sarah Bernhardt, born 1844. 

| 24. " The Last of the Dandies," produced at His Majesty's, 1901. 

25. " New Men and Old Acres," produced at Hayrnarket, 1869. 

26. The New Gaiety opened with " The Orchid," 1903. " Lady Frederick," produced 

[Court, 1907. 

27. Charles Fechter made his English-speaking debut at Princess's, 1860. " A Little 

[Bit of Fluff," produced Criterion, 1915. 

28. Dryden's play, " Amphytrion," produced at Court, 1872. 

29. New Grecian Theatre opened, 1877. 

30. " Manfred," produced at Covent Garden, 1824. 

31. Sir Charles Young, born 1839. " The Pilot," produced at Surrey, 1825. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



November 



1. Harriet Coveney, born 1827. " John Bull's Other Island," pro. at the Court, 1904. 

2. Tyrone Power, bora 1797. John McCuUough, born 1837. 

3. " Fra Diavolo," produced at Covent Garden, 1831. Lewis Waller, bom 1860. 

4. Edmund Kean, born 1787. Alfred Wigan first appeared in London, Covent Garden. 

[1839. 

5. " The Squire of Dames," produced Criterion, 1895. " The Quaker Girl," produced 

[at Adelphi, 1910. 

6. Colley Gibber, born 1671. Mrs. John Wood, born, 1831. "The Little Minister" 

[produced at Haymarket, 1897. 

7. " The Voysey Inheritance," produced at the Court, 1905. 

8. " Adriana Lecouvreur," opera by Cilea, produced Covent Garden, 1904. 

9. Sir John Hare and Cyril Maude appeared Sandringham, 1907. 

10. Oliver Goldsmith, bom 1728. "The Jest," produced Criterion, 1898. 

11. ' Florodora," produced at the Lyric, 1899. 

12. " The Flute of Pan," produced at Shaftesbury, 1904. " The Thief," produced St. 

[James's, 1907. 

13. Edwin Booth, born 1833. Lewis Waller appeared in " A Marriage of Convenience," 

[at Sandringham, 1903. 

14. The first melodrama produced, " A Tale of Mystery," at Covent Garden, 1802. 

15. " The Jewess," produced at Drury Lane, 1835. " Twelfth Night/ 7 revived by 

[Granville Barker at Savoy, 1912. 

16. Lewis Waller appeared in " Robin Hood," at Windsor Castle, 1906. 

17. H. Beerbohm Tree appeared in " A Man's Shadow," at Windsor Castle, 1904. 

18. Sir W. S. Gilbert, born 1836. W. S. Penley, born 1851. " The Octoroon," prod. 

[at Adelphi, 1861. 

19. Curtain Theatre, Holy well Lane, Shoreditch, first opened, 1576. 

20. " The Enchanted Isle," produced at the Adelphi, 1848. 

21. John Ford's tragedy, " The Broken Heart," revived at Royalty, 1904. 

22. " A Message from Mars," produced at the Avenue, 1899. 

23. Thomas Thome, born 1841. 

24. " The Shop Girl," produced at Gaiety, 1894. 

25. Charles Kemble, born 1775. " Caesar and Cleopatra," produced Savoy, 1907. 

26. Theophilus Cibber, born 1703. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hicks at Sandringham, 1901. 

27. Frances Anne Kemble, born 1809. " Mr. Wu," produced at Strand, 1913. 

28. " Major Barbara," produced at the Court, 1905. 

29. Burnand's burlesque, " Black-Eyed Susan," produced Royalty, 1866. 

30. Mark Lemon, born 1809. H. V. Esmond, born 1869. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



December 



1. W. H. Betty (The Young Roscius) first appeared in London, at Covent Garden, 1804. 

2. " The Unforeseen," produced at the Hayrnarket, 1902. 

3. " Cupboard Love," produced at the Court, 1898. 

4. John Vollaire, born 1820. Wilson Barrett opened new Olympic Theatre, 1890. 

5. Avenue Theatre destroyed by collapse of Charing ^ Stn., 1905. Sir Henry Irving* s 

[Statue unveiled, 1910. 

6. " The Brixton Burglary," produced at Terry's, 1898. 

7. Covent Garden Theatre first opened, 1732. Violet Cameron, born 1862. 

8. Actresses appeared on stage for first time, Killigrew's Theatre, Vere Street, in 

[" Othello," probably Mrs. Hughes was Desdemona, 1660. 

9. John Milton, born 1608. Geo. Grossmith, born 1847. " Bella Donna," produced 

[at St. James's, 1911. 

10. Thomas Holcroft, bora 1745. " The Man Who Stayed at Home," produced 

[Royalty, 1914. 

11. E. L. Blanchard, bora 1820. 

12. Marylebone Theatre (now West London) first opened, 1842. 

13. " The Mystical Miss," Sousa's opera, produced at Comedy, 1899. 

14. Sale of Sir Henry Irving's relics, 1905 : 18,500 realised. 

15. Hayrnarket Theatre first opened, 1720. Mrs. Lewis Waller born, 1862. The last 

[" Britannia Theatre Festival," 1902. 

16. W. H. Kendal, born 1843. William Terriss murdered, 1897. 

17. Sir Herbert Tree born 1853. " Lady Madcap," produced at the Prince of Wales's, 

[1904. 

18. Joe Grimaldi, born 1778. Tennyson's play " The Falcon," produced St. James's, 

[1879. 

19. John L. Toole made his last appearance on the stage at T. R., Rochdale, 1896. 

20. " Madame Pompadour," produced at Daly's, 1923. 

21. Racine, born 1639. Laurence Irving, born 1871. " Charley's Aunt," produced 

[at Royalty, 1892. 

22. Pantomime first performed in England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1716. " Lilac Time," 

[produced Lyric, 1922. 

23. " Prunella," produced at the Court, 1904. " Treasure Island," prod. Strand, 1922. 

24. Eugene Scribe, born 1791. William Holland assumed management of the Surrey, 

[1873. 

25. Christmas Day. Mrs. Dion Boucicault, born 1831. Brandon Thomas, born 1856. 

26. Charles J. Mathews, born 1803. Dion Boucicault, born 1820. 

27. William Creswick, born 1813. " Peter Pan," produced at Duke of York's, 1904. 

28. " The Darling of the Gods," produced at His Majesty's, 1903. 

29. Mrs. Siddons made her first appearance in London, Drury Lane, 1775. 

30. Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, burned down, 1903 : 588 lives lost. 

31. "A Little Ray of Sunshine," produced at Royalty, 1898. 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 
1922-1924 



* Signifies a revival. 

1922 



PRINCE'S 

2 JANUARY, 1922 
* "HJLS. PINAFORE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT; composed by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Joseph Porter H. A. Lytton 

Captain Corcoran Leo Sheffield 

DickDeadeye Darrell Fan court 

Bill Bobstay Sydney Granville 

Ralph Racks traw ".Derek Oldham 

Bob Becket Robert McQueen 

Josephine Elsie Griffin 

Hebe Catherine Ferguson 

Buttercup Bertha Lewis 



PRINCE'S 

9 JANUARY, 1922 
* " IOLANTHE ; or the Peer and the Peri " 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; composed by 

ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Earl of Mountararat Darrell Fan court 

Earl of Tolloller Leo Darnton 

Private Willis Leo Sheffield 

Lord Chancellor H. A. Lytton 

Strephon Sydney Granville 

Phyllis Helen GiUiland 

lolanthe Catherine Ferguson 

Fairy Queen Bertha Lewis 



SHAFTESBURY 

10 JANUARY, 1922 
"THE RATTLESNAKE" 

A romantic pay, in three acts, by J. E. HAROLD 
TERRY and RAFAEL SABATINI 

Mrs. Brewton Carrie Unett 

Mrs. Ralph Izard Lesley Winter 

Major Sykes Norman B. Cannon 

Ralph Izard Lawrence Anderson 

Captain Devenant Cecil Cameron 

Colonel Harvey F. G. Thurstans 

Sir James Gaspard Arthur Goullet 

Lady Gaspard Kate Carew 

Captain Mandeville Franklin Dyall 

Andrew Carey J. Fisher White 

Myrtle Carey Cathleen Nesbitt 

John Rutledge Edward O'Neill 

William Moultrie Aubrey Mather 

Lord William Campbell. . Jevan Brandon-Thomas 
Lady William Campbell Eleanor Street 



Harry Latimer Milton Rosmer 

Hannibal H. Williams 

Mr. Trevor Jack Skilton 

Captain Lee W. Douglas 

Lieut. Shubrick John Dene 

Ensign Laurens tdward C. Benfield 

Captain Shenston Christopher Foster 

Play produced by LESLIE FAEER 



ROYALTY 

16 JANUARY, 1922 
"THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT" 

A play in three acts by BRANDON FLEMING 

Lady Barchester Grace Lane 

Marian Barchester Dorothie M. Pidcock 

Benson Martin Sands 

Robert Ransome H. G. Stoker 

Sir Noel Barchester Dawson Milward 

Norman Barchester Noel Goodwin 

John Lynton Frank Esmond 

Ruth Carleon Viola Tree 

James Mountford Edmund Breon 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



STRAND 

19 JANUARY, 1922 
"OLD JIG" 

A sensational play by SYDNEY BLOW and DOUGLAS 

' HOARE 

Sir Anthony Cranford Allan Aynesworth 

Geoffrey Cranford Francis Lister 

Captain Jonathan Tallboys Felix Aylmer 

Stuart Palmer D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Philip Morton George Desmond 

Hake Paddy Dupres 

Jill Meredith Jessie Winter 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 



"ME AND MY DIARY" 

A one-act play by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Lady Adela Boxgrove Ellis Jeffreys 

The Hon. Mrs, Cheneys Lettice Fairfax 

Phyllis Awkwright Phyllis Stuckey 

Patience Marlowe Beatrice Quennell 

Miss Tibbits Mary Sumner 

Humphrey Wood Colin M. Johnston 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ST. JAMES'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 

"THE BAT" 

Mystery play by MARY ROBERTS RHINEHART 
and AVERY HOPWOOD 

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Eva Moore 

Miss Dale Ogden Nora Swinburne 

Lizzie Allen Drusilla Wills 

Billy Claude Rains 

Anderson Arthur Wontner 

Richard Fleming C. Stafford Dickens 

Brooks George Relph 

Dr. Wells A. Scott Gatty 

Reginald Beresford Herbert Bolingbroke 

An Unknown Man Allan Jeayes 

Play produced by COLLIN KEMPER 



EVERYMAN 
23 JANUARY, 1922 
* "MIXED MARRIAGE" 

Play by ST. JOHN G. IRVINE 

John Rainey Fred O'Donovan 

Hugh Rainey Parker K. Lynch 

Michael O'Hara John C, Bland 

Tom Rainey Desmond O'Donovan 

Mrs. Rainey Sara Allgood 

Nora Murray Muriel Allen 

Play produced by SARA*ALLGOOD 

PRINCE'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 
* "PRINCESS EDA" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; composed by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

King Gama Henry A. Lytton 

King Hildebrand Leo Sheffield 

Prince Hilarion Derek Oldham 

Cyril Leo Darnton 

Florian Sydney Granville 

Arac Darrell Fancourt 

Princess Ida Winifred Lawson 

Lady Blanche Bertha Lewis 

Lady Psyche Elsie Coram 

Melissa Catherine Ferguson 

DUKE OF YORK'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 

"THE NIGHTCAP" 

Play in two acts bv GUY BOLTON 
and MAX MARGIN 

Anne Maynard Anita Elson 

Mrs. Lester Knowles Margaret Halstan 

George Rainsford Clarence Blakiston 

Chief Inspector Watrous James Carew 

Jerry Hammond Spencer Trevor 

Lester Knowles Alexander Bradley. 

Fred Hammond Garry Marsh 

Mr. Forbes Wilfred Payne 

Selden J. Delacy 

Charles Arthur Hamblin 

Police Officer J. W. Austin 

CoL James Constance Harry Frankiss 

Robert Andrew Robert Loraine 

Play produced by MAX MARGIN 



LITTLE 
25 JANUARY, 1922 

"AMENDS" 
An Episode by E. CRAWSHAY- WILLIAMS 

Robert Maynard George Bealby 

Millicent Wentworth Sybil Thorndike 

" CHANGING GUARD " 
A fantasy, in one act, by W. G. NOTT-BOWER 

Peter Forrest Marie Vinten 

Nurse Cicely Gates 

Doctor Lewis Casson 

Mrs. Forrest Sybil Thorndike 

The Doll Elizabeth Arkell 

The Wooden Soldier Russell Thorndike 

Spirit of Death Ralph Neaie 

"DE MORTUIS" 

A play, in one act, by STANLEY LOGAN 

Bill Higgins George Bealby 

Alf Nicholas Hannen 

Mrs. Shuntle Cicely Gates 

Fred Margin Ralph Neale 

Herbert Cripps StockweU Hawkins 

Mrs. Cripps Barbara Gott 

Emily Cripps Ivy Williams 

Katie Cripps Sybil Thorndike 

Grandfather Russell Thorndike 

The Driver Andrew Churchman 

A Paper Boy Master Denning 

** THE REGIMENT " 

A drama, in two acts, from the French of 
ROBERT FRANCHEVILLE, adpated by LEWIS CASSON 

Colonel Schemnitz George Bealby 

Major Mauser Nicholas Hannen 

Trooper Miloch Petrowitch Russell Thorndike 

Colonel Deutsch Cyril Cattley 

Doctor Wolff StockweU Haw-fans 

Corporal Glauben Ian Fleming 

Captain Graff Lewis Casson 

Captain Ebermann Ralph Neale 

Trooper Gottlieb George Owen 

Trooper Hertz Andrew Churchman 

A Peasant Woman Barbara Gott 

"CUPBOARD LOVE" 

A comedy by E. CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS 

Stephanie Meyrick Sybil Thorndike 

May Stannard Sibell Archdale 

Derek Lane Nicholas Hannen 

Plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 

SHAPTESBURY 

29 JANUARY, 1922 
* "THE CHANCES" 
Comedy by JOHN FLETCHER 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Duke of Ferrara Felix Aylmer 

Petruchio George Zucco 

Don John Edmund WiUard 

Don Frederick George SkiUan 

Antonio Bruce Winston 

Three Gentlemen, Friends 
to the Duke 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Two Gentlemen, Friends $ Royston Wood 
to Petnichio ( Philip Cimingham, inn 

Francisco Richard Grenville 

Pete v r Charles Staite 

Anthony Victor Tandv 

A Surgeon Campbell Fletcher 

A Man Guv Bolton 

A Constable Stockwell Hawkins 

A Shopkeeper Cedric Osmond 

Constantia (the 1st) Isabel Jeans 

Gentlewoman Miele Maund 

Old Gentlewoman Clare Greet 

Constantia (the 2nd) Muriel Pratt 

Bawd Margaret Yarde 

Kinswoman Margaret Carter 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

GAERICK 

30 JANUARY, 1922 

* " THE BIRD OF PARADISE " 

Hawaiian play, in three acts, by 
RICHARD WALTON Ttrixy 

L^ 2 Evadne Price 

Makia Margaret Mitchell 

Mahumlaha Lindsay Gray 

Kaia .John Sharman 

Lemuele David Hallam 

Hoppe Marjorie Lindsay 

Konia Elsie Whybrow 

Hewahewa Jerrold Robertshaw 

Luana. Wilette Kershaw 

Paul Wilson W. Cronin Wilson 

Captain Hatch James Lindsay 

Mr. Sysonby Alfred Harding 

Mrs. Sysonby Florence Harwood 

Diana Lamed Maud Cressall 

Ten Thousand Dollar " Dean Henry Wolston 

Hoheno Harold French 

Tamoro Charles Hartopp 

Mrs. Crothers Elinor Grant 

Play produced by SAM LYSONS 

ALDWYCH . 

31 JANUARY, 1922 
"MONEY DOESN'T MATTER" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Maid Dorothy Fane 

Miss Cardew Henrietta Watson 

The Hon. Pansy Berkeley Doris Lytton 

Lady Beatrice Munroe Gladys Gray 

Sir Hugh Chiswick Evan Thomas 

Phinp Berkeley Donald Calthrop 

Lady Belton Kate Cutler 

Lord Belton Eric Lewis 

Mrs. Mozer Margaret Murray 

Mrs. Piper Betty Ward 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROF 



APOLLO 

1 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"THE WHEEL " 

Play, in three acts, by J. B. FAGAN 

Colonel John Dangan Robert Horton 

George Faraker Frank Denton 

Capt. Leslie Yeullat Philip Merivale 

Lieut. Buckmaster Walter Menpes 



Lieut. O'Reilly .Cyril Hardingium 

Lieut. Maclaren c. T. Davies 

Lieut. Manners F e iiz Irwin 

Tsenng Lama Randle Avrton 

Ruth Dangan Phyllis Neilson-terrv 

Mrs. Faraker , ." Edith Evans 

An Ayah. .Lydia Audre 

Play produced by J. B. FAGAN 



AMBASSADORS 

2 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"nas SON" 

Play, in four acts, by HERBERT THOMAS 

Mary Hollo-way Frances Ivor 

Bernard Hollo way Townsend Whitling 

Kenneth Holloway Arthur Pusey 

Kkfcy Harry Bristow 

Play produced by HERBERT THOMAS 

KDfGSWAY 

5 FEBRUARY, 1922 
"LADY LABCOMBE'S LAPSE'* 

Play, in three acts, by MRS. JESSIE PORTER 
Presented by THE PLAY-ACTORS 

Lady Larcombe Irene Rooke 

Sydney Larcombe Henry Kendall 

Sir Roland Wyse Arthur Mather 

Lord Merrilees Ben Webster 

Canon Hucklebridge Hubert Harben 

Isabel Hucklebridge Molly Harben 

Archie Hucklebridge Charles Maunsell 

Pipkin Anthony Holies 

Barnes Beatrice Marsden 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 

6 FEBRUARY, 1922 

* "FANNY'S HKST PLAY" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Footman Richard Bird 

Cecil Savoyard C. Vernon Proctor 

Count O'Dowd Gordon Bailey 

Fanny j sa bel Jeans 

Trotter Reginald Denham 

Vaughan Walter Herbage 

Gtinn George F. Wray 

Bannel George G. Carr 

Mr. Gilbey H. R. Hignett 

Mrs. Gilbey Maud Joliffe 

Juggins Geoffrey Bevan 

Darling Dora Hazel Jones 

Mrs. Knox Margaret Carter 

Mr. Knox Brember Wills 

Margaret Knox Dorothy Massingbam 

Duvallet Leslie J Banks 

Bobby Gilbey Richard Bird 

COURT 

7 FEBRUARY, 1922 
* "JUSTICE" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

James How E. Lyall Swcte 

Walter How John Howell 

Robert Cokeson Lawrence Hanray 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



William Falder ................... Leon M. Lion 

Sweecile ......................... Alec Snowden 

Wister .......................... Noel Allinson 

Cowley ...................... Arthur K. Phillips 

The Judge ........................ Acton Bond 

Counsel for the Prosecution ....... F. B. J. Sharp 

Counsel foi the Defence ......... Mouckton Hoffe 

The Clerk of the Arraigns .............. J. Caire 

An Usher ........................ Barry Moore 

Foreman of the Jury ............... Dirk Daniel 

The Governor of the" Prison ..... Douglas Jefferies 

The Chaplain ..................... Harold Scott 

The Doctor ........................... J. Carre 

The Chief Warder ................ Ernest Woods 

A Warder Instructor ............... Dirk Daniell 

Moariey ............................ F. Gremlin 

Clipton ...................... Arthur K. Phillips 

O'Cleary ......................... Barry Moore 

Ruth Honeywill ................. Edyth Goodall 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



ROYALTY 

15 FEBRUARY, 1922 

" ENTEE MADAME " 

Comedy, in three acts, by 

GILDA VA.RESI and DOLLY BYRNE 

Gerald Fitzgerald .Dennis Eadie 

Mrs. Flora Preston Gladys Mason 

Tarnamo to Toshi Komori 

John Fitzgerald John Williams 

Alice Chalmers Sylvia Oakley 

Rice Michelette Burani 

The Doctor Francis M. Verdi 

Miss Smith Minnie Milne 

Archimede William E. Hallam 

Madame Lisa Delia Robbia Gilda Varesi 

Play produced by BROCK PEMBERTON 



EMPIRE 

10 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"JENNY" 
Musical play by HARRY G RATTAN 

Music by HAIDEE DE RANOE 
Jenny ............................. Edith Day 

Mrs. Wagg ....................... Maidie Hope 

Miss Cloc-t ..................... Kittle Kirwan 

Regina ............... . ........ Maidie Andrews 

Patricia ........................ Edna Bellonini 

Lady Maud ..................... Cyllene Moxon 

Lady Alice ...................... Phyllis Sellick 

Mozart Orpheus Wagg ........... Shaun Glenville 

William Rowan .................. Billy Leonard 

Jack Trender ................ Reginald Sharland 

Joe Wibbs ....................... Alfred Austin 

Fred Carrol .................... F. Kitchen, jun. 

Philippe ............................ J. A. Reid 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 

COMEDY 

12 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"THE YELLOW POPPY" 

Romantic play by D. K, BROSTER 

and W. EDWARD STIRLING 
Play presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

The Prologue 
Duchesse de Trelan ................. Doris Lloyd 

Mdlle. Magny ................. Louise Hampton 

Comte de Brencourt ................. Eric Lugg 

Suzon Camain .................... Olive Walter 

Due de Trelan ................... William Stack 

The Play 
Viscomte de Celigny ............. Henry Kendall 

Artamene de la Vergue ............ Richard Bird 

Comte de Brencourt .................. Eric Lugg 

Abb*. Pierre Chassin .............. Leo G. Carroll 

Chariot ....................... C. Osborn Adair 

Mdlle. Magny ................. Louise Hampton 

Marquis de Quersaint ............. William Stack 

Marthe de la Vergue ............... Faith Liddle 

Mdme. Vidal ...................... Doris Lloyd 

Suzon Tessier ..................... Olive Walter 

Deputy Georges Camain ........ Harold B. Meade 

Thiebault ................... Kendrick Huxham 

Two Officers .................. |M?& 

Bernard ........................ Arthur Goullet 

Captain Guibert ................. George Morgan 

Play produced by TRISTAN RAWSON 



LYRIC 

20 FEBRUARY, 1922 
"THE EISE OF SILAS LAPHAM" 

Adapted from the novel by 
W. DEAN Ho WELL 

Silas Lapham James K. Hackett 

Persis Lapham Grace Lane 

Penelope Lapham Joan Vivian Rees 

Irene Lapham Lila Maravan 

Bromfield Corey Athol Stewart 

Anna Bellingham Corey Helen Ferrer* 

Tom Corey Cyril Raymond 

Nanny Corey Colette O'Neil 

Lily Corey Dorothy Field 

Milton A. Rogers Basil Mitchell 

James Bellingham W. Stanislas Remain 

Batty Hubbard Hubert Woodward 

The Rev. Mr. Sewell Alban Atwood 

Mrs. James Bellingham Margaret Scudainore 

Charles Bellingham Lambert Plummer 

Ethel Kingsbury Elsie Latimer 

Robert Chase Matthew Norgate 

Mr. Seymour Frank Woolfe 

Mr. Dunham Annesley Hely 

Katie lima Barnes 

Play produced by J. K. HACKETT 



DALY'S 

21 FEBRUARY, 1922 
" THE LADY OF THE ROSE " 

Musical play by FREDERICK LONSDALE (adapted 

from the Austrian) : lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM; 

music by JEAN GILBERT 

Colonel Belovar Harry Welchman 

Count Adrian Beltrami Roy Royston 

Baron Sprotti-Sprotti Leonard Mackay 

Captain Stogan Ronald Adair 

Dostal Teddy Arundel 

Mirlo Leonard Trevor 

Count Isolani .Adrian Burgon 

Suitangi Huntley Wright 

Sophie Lavalle Ivy Tresmand 

Rosina Winnie Collins 

Mariana Phyllis Dare 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



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SAVOY 

23 FEBRUARY, 1922 
SAEAH OF SOHO 

Comedy, in three acts, by DOUGLAS MURRAY 

Sarah Giliman Gertrude Elliott 

Steven Ranee C. V. France 

Mrs. Ranee Lottie Venne 

Dick Ranee James Dale 

Fred Gurran Leslie Banks 

Marquis de Morento William Mollison 

Marquise de Morento Violet Graham 

Watson Roger Livesey 

Miss Butt Ethel Oliver 

French Maid Margot Chalfont 

Play produced by ROBERT COURTNEIDGE 



KINGSWAY 

26 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH 
OF AN AUTHOR " 

Comedy, in three acts, by LUIGI PIRANDELLO ; 
translated by MRS. W. A. GREENE 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

The Father Franklin Dyall 

The Mother Lilian Moubrey 

The Stepdaughter Muriel Pratt 

The Son William Armstrong 

The Boy Freddie Peisley 

The Little Girl Sylvia Spagnoletti 

Madame Pace (Evoked) Margaret Yarde 

The Members of ih? Company 
The Manager and Leading Comedian . Alfred Clark 

The Leading Man George Hayes 

The Leading Lady Sylvia Young 

The Juvenile Man Maurice Colbourne 

The Juvenile Lady Elizabeth Arkell 

The Heavy Lady Muriel Hope 

The Third Actor Hugh Owen 

The Fourth Actor D. A. Clarke Smith 

The Stage Manager Matthew Forsyth 

The Prompter J. Leslie Frith 

The Stage Doorkeeper Gilbert Davis 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



COURT 

27 FEBRUARY, 1922 
* "THE PIGEON" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Christopher Wellwyn Leon M. Lion 

Ann Ursula Millard 

Guinevere Megan Muriel Pratt 

Rory Megan Alec. Snowden 

Ferrand Ernest Thesiger 

Timson Ernest Hendrie 

Canon Bertley E. Lyall Swete 

Professor Calway Harold Scott 

Sir Thomas Hoxton John Howell 

Police-constable Dirk Danieli 

First Humble-man Douglas Jefferies 

Second Humble-man Barry Moore 

Third Humble-man Alfred Wood 

A Loafer Arthur K. Phillips 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

1 MARCH, 1922 

"THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE" 
A " fable," in three acts, by SIR ARTHUR \V. PINERO 

Oliver Bashf orth Owen Nares 

Mrs. Small wood Winifred Emery 

Rupert Smallwood Smallwood .... Xorman Forbes 
Major Murray Hillgrove, D.S.O., M.C. 

Nicholas Hannen 

Rev. Charles Corsellis O. B. Clarence- 
Mrs. Corsellis May Whitty 

Laura Pennington Laura Cowle 

Mrs. Minnett Jean Cadell 

Rigg Ronald Simpson 



First Married Couple 
Second Married Couple 
Third Married Couple 

The Second Witch 

The Third Witch 

The Three Bridesmaids . 



f Gladys Hervey 
Geoffrey Be van 
Margot "BarS 
I William Cuiff 
Marjorie Hopkins 
Cedric Osmond 
Viola Marsh 
Dorothy Millar 
Sybil Hawkes 
K. Stanley- Alder 
f Lila Maravan 

The Fourth Bridesmaid Dorothy Stephen 

Cherubs, Imps, Children 



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QUEEN'S 

2 MARCH, 1922 
" DAVID GARRICK" 

Comedy-opera by REGINALD SOMERVILLE, 
founded on T. W. ROBERTSON'S play 

David Garrick Leonard Ceiley 

Simon Ingot Herbert Cameron 

Chivy Miles MaUeson 

Smith Sidney Groom 

Browne Charles Wingrove 

Jones E. H. Kelly 

George Garrick H. B. Carr 

T. Davies Sinclair Scott 

Thomas Harold Lester 

Stage Manager Sydney Elliot 

Stage Door-keeper William Ravenscroft 

Old Actor George Richardson 

Young Actor W. Echols 

Ada Ingot Madeline Collins 

Araminta Gladys Godwin 

Mrs. Smith Florence Vie 

Belinda Rose Hignell 

Clorinda Janet Eccles 

Flormda Beatrice Shaw 

Elderly Actress Hilda Glynn 

A Dancer Cherry Carver 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 

THE OLD VIC 

6 MARCH, 1922 
"PEER GYNT" 

A dramatic poem by HENRIK IBSEN, translated by 
WILLIAM and CHARLES ARCHER 

Grieg's music adapted by CHARLES CORRI 

Peer Gynt Russell Thorndike 

Ase Florence Buckton 

Aslak Wilfrid Waltei 

The Bridegroom Maxwell Wray 

The Bridegroom's Father Ernest Meads 

The Bridegroom's Mother Nancy Harker 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Solveig Stella Friston 

Her Father Reyner Barton 

Her Mother Joyce Cathie 

Helga Iris Roberts 

The Hegstad Farmer Austin Trevor 

Ingrid Gladys Dale 

( Esther Whitehouse 

Three Saeter Girls < Jane Bacon 

( Mary Hamilton 

The Green Clad One Frances Petersen 

The Troll King Andrew Leigh 

A Troll Courtier D. Hay Petrie 

The Brat Agnes Carter 

Kari Katherine O'Dwyer 

Herr Trumpeterstrale Wilfrid Walter 

Mr. Cotton. John Garside 

Monsieur Ballon Austin Trevor 

Herr von Eberkopf Reyner Barton 

, ( Douglas Hutchison 

biaves ' ( Guy Martineau 

An Officer Hilton Edwards 

A Thief Francis Sullivan 

A Receiver Alan Watts 

Anitra Althea Glasby 

The Captain Ernest Meads 

The Look Out Henry Cohen 

The Mate Francis Sullivan 

The Cook Hilton Edwards 

The Cabin Boy Joyce Cornish 

The Strange Passenger Austin Trevor 

The Button Moulder Rupert Harvey 

Peasants, Trolls, Troll Imps, Dancing Girls, etc. 
Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

EVERYMAN 

6 MARCH, 1922 

* "AKMS AND THE MAN" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Major Paul Pettoff Michael Sherbrooke 

Nicola. Aubrey Mather 

Major Sergius Saranofi Gordon Bailey 

Captain Bluntschli Milton Rosmer 

Katherine Pettofi Frances Wetherall 

Louka Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Raina Isabel Jeans 

An Officer Reginald Denham 

KINGSWAY 

7 MARCH, 1922 

* " THE YELLOW JACKET " 

Chinese play by GEORGE C. HAZELTQN 
and J. H. BENRIMO 

Property Man Holnian Clark 

Chorus John Tresahar 

Wu Sin Yin Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Due Jung Fah Betty Loraine 

Tso Julia Kean 

Tai Fah Min Edmund Kennedy 

Chee Moo Doris Lloyd 

Lee Sin. Malcolm Morley 

Suey Sin Fah Daisy Thimm 

Wu Hoo Git Ivor Novello 

Wu Fah Din Seton Blackden 

Yin Suey Gong Cecil Cameron 

Yong Soo Kow Doris Kealy 

Moy Fah Loy Ann Trevor 

See Noi Ellie Royter 

The Widow Ching Ethel Ross 

Git Hok Gar Dickson-Kenwin 

Kom Loi Robert Young 



ST. MABTIN'S 
8 MARCH, 1922 
" LOYALTIES " 

A drama, in three acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Charles Winsor Edmond Breon 

Lady Adela Dorothy Massingham 

Ferdinand de Levis Ernest Milton 

Treisure Gilbert Ritchie 

General Canynge Dawson Milward 

Margaret Orrne Cathleen Nesbitt 

Captain Ronald Dancy. D.S.O Eric Maturin 

Mabel " Meggie Albanesi 

Inspector Dede Griffith Humphreys 

Robert Clifford Mollison 

A Constable Ian Hunter 

Augustus Borring J. H. Roberts 

Lord St. Erth Ben Field 

A Club Footman Ian Hunter 

Major Colford Malcolm Keen 

Edward Craviter Clifford Mollison 

A Young Clerk Ian Hunter 

Gilman Ben Field 

Jacob Twisden J. H. Roberts 

Ricardos Griffith Humphreys 



* " SHALL WE JOIN THE LADIES ? " 

First act of a new play, in three acts, 
by J. M. BARRIE 

Sam Smith Leslie Faber 

Lady Jane Raye Meggie Albanesi 

Mr. Preen J. H. Roberts 

Lady Wrathie Muriel Pratt 

Sir Joseph Wrathie Ben Field 

Mrs. Preen Lady Tree 

Mr. Gourlay Dawson Milward 

Mrs. Castro Dorothy Massingham 

Mr. Vaile Edmond Breon 

Mrs. Bland Dorothy Warren 

Miss Isit Cathleen Nesbitt 

Mr. Jennings Eric Maturin 

Miss Vaile Elizabeth Pollock 

An Officer Ian Hunter 

A Maid Marda Vanne 

Dolphin Malcolm Keen 

The plays produced by BASIL DEAN 



NEW OXFOED 

9 MARCH, 1922 
MAYFAIR AND MONTMAETRE " 

Revue, in twenty scenes, by 
JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

A. W. Baskcomb 
George Hassall 
Tubby Edlin 
Albert Bruno 
George Bishop 
Charles Brooks 



Alice Delysia 

Lady Tree 

Nelly Taylor 

Anita Elson 

Joyce Barbour 

Mabel Green 

Gwendoline Floyd 

Sascha Piator and Lois Natalie 
Nikitina and Stowitts 
Charlie Poley and partner 
Fred Sylvester and company 



Play produced by BJENRIMO 



Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS 



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SHAFTESBUBY 
11 MARCH, 1922 

"IN NELSON'S DAYS" 

A play of adventure, by MRS. CLIFFORD MILLS, 
In a prologue and four acts 

Characters in ike Prologue 

Napoleon Adrian Byrne 

Marshal Soult Tarver Penna 

General O'Connor King Fordham 

Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan. . .Lawrence Anderson 

Brian O'Farrel Lionel Scott 

Mechet Philip Valentine 

Characters in ike Play 

Admiral Lord Barham, First Lord of the Admiralty 
Alfred Bishop 

Commodore Tiverton, R.N Bellenden Clarke 

Captain Charles Carrington, R.N. Percy Hutchison 
Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan . . . Lawrence Anderson 

Doctor Bosty, R.N Charles Vane 

Seaman Goliath Barnes F. G. Thurston 

The Marquis of Queenstown .... Randolph McLeod 

The Marchioness of Queenstown Hetta Bartlett 

Lady Honors Fitzgrattan Marie Hemingway 

Lady Patricia Fitzgrattan Elsie Stranack 

Masson Tarver Penna 

Arnould Alfred Brandon 

Nanterre Lewis Gilbert 

Courville Bellenden Clarke 

Lord Castleton Ben Webster 

Lady Bracebridge Mildred Cottell 

Lieut. Anthony Bracebridge, R.N. Wilfred Fletcher 

Routh Donogan Jack Fortescue 

Michael McCarthy Christopher Steele 

Lavinia Lavender Florence Rutter 

The Man in Black Ernest W. Parr 

Julie Prescott Adele Wessely 

Jenerfers F. G. Thurstans 

Play produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 



COMEDY 

12 MARCH, 1922 
"IF FOUR WALLS TOLD" 

A village tale, in three acts, by EDWARD PERCY 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

David Rysing Reginald Bach 

Benjy Sturgis Richard Bird 

Liz Rysing Muriel Alexander 

Mrs.Tibbett Louise Hampton 

Jan Rysing. . . . .Tristan Rawson 

Mrs. Sturgis Maud Jollifie 

Clare Sturgis Gipsy Ellis 

Toby Crouch William Stack 

Hope Tregoning Faith Liddle 

Ned Mason Claud Allister 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

SHAFTESBtTRY 
18 MARCH, 1922 
* "NIGHTIE NIGHT" 

Comedy by MARTHA H. STANLEY and 
ADELAIDE MATHEWS 

Billy Moffat Percy Hutchison 

Jimmy Blythe King Fordham 

Philip Burton J. Cranstoun Nevill 

Dr. Bentley Bryan Powley 

Porter Donald Walcott 

MolUe Moffat Elsie Stranack 



Ernestine Dare Joan Chaloner 

Trixie Lorratine Dorothy Miato 

Xorah Rita Otway 

* "MASTER WAYFARER" 
Play, in one act, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

Songs by ARTHUR SCOTT CRAVEN ; music by 
HOWARD CARR 

The Maid Elsie Stranack 

The Man Bryan Powley 

The Villain Wilfred Fletcher 

The Wayfarer C. Hayden Coffin 

Plays produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 

SHAFTESBIJRY 

19 MARCH, 1922 

* "ALL FOR LOVE" 

Tragedy by JOHN DRYDEN 

Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Marc Anthony Ion Swinley 

Ventidius Campbell Fletcher 

Dollabella Hugh Miller 

Alesas Felix Aylmer 

Serapion Eugene Leahy 

Myris John. Collins 

Servants to Anthony { **S Gordon Craig 

Another priest John H. Moore 

Cleopatra Edith Evans 

Octavia Ellen O'MaUey 

Charmion Muriel Dole 

Iras Clare Harris 

Anthony's two ( Barbara Dale 

little daughters ( Alma Priest 

Prologue and Epilogue spoken by 
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 

COURT 

20 MARCH, 1922 

* "THE SILVER BOX" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

John Barthwick Arthur Whitby 

Mrs. Barthwick Margaret Carter 

Jack Barthwick Hugh Wakefield 

Roper F. B. J. Sharp 

Mrs. Jones Louise Hampton 

Marlow Douglas Jefferies 

Wheeler May Haysac 

Jones Leslie Banks 

Mrs. Seddon Ethel Ramsay 

Snow C. R. Norris 

A Police Magistrate John Howell 

An Unknown Lady Auriol Lee 

Livens Dirk Daniell 

A Relieving Officer Arthur K. Phillips 

A Magistrate's Clerk Arthur Chishohn 

An Usher 1 Harry Chance 

A Bald-headed Constable Alec Snowden 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

STRAND 

21 MARCH, 1922 
"THE LOVE MATCH" 

Play by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Hugh Russ Arthur Bourchier 

Adrian Dibble '. . .E. Holman Clark 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Straker Campbell Guilan 

Nina Kyrle Bellew 

Anne Nadine March 

St. Pancras Margaret Watson 

Play produced by FRANK VERNON 

GARRICK 

22 MARCH, 1922 

" THE MAN IN DRESS CLOTHES " 

A comedy, in three acts, from the French of 

ANDRfc PICARD and YVES MIRANDE, 

by SEYMOUR HICKS 

Louis John J. Hooker 

Foxtrot Joan Vivian Rees 

Lucien Seymour Hicks 

Henri de la Tour Stanley Logan 

Pierre Lazarre J. C. Buckstone 

Perdu Hubert Fraser 

Helene Frances Doble 

Germaine Barbara Hoffe 

Gustaye Harry Jameson 

Odderitto Laurence Caird 

Marie Elizabeth Watson 

Edith Adeline Roze 

Lily Osa March 

Pimpernell Fred Fenton 

Mile. Champicniol Grace Denbigh Russell 

Rosenthal J. W- Keighley 

Andre de Landal Frederick Worlock 

Severin Louis Palgrave 

Celeste Vivienne Whitaker 

Jeannette . Adela Measor 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

AMBASSADORS 

22 MARCH, 1922 
"THE CURATE'S EGG" 

Revue, in two acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 
Music by HERMAN FINCK and VIVIAN ELLIS 



Henry Kendall 
Charles Groves 
Nelson Keys 
Charles Trevor 
lago Lewys 
Leslie Irvine 



Violet Aubert 
Sylvia Haidee 
Irene Russell 
Ethel Wagstaff 
Flora Ashe 
Ethel Maude 



Revue produced by NELSON KEYS 

KINGSWAY 

24 MARCH, 1922 

** WHEN EYES ARE OPENED " 
A play in one act by MRS. ST. CLAIR STOBART 

Heloise Beverley Sitgreaves 

John Ranger Allan Jeayes 

Perdita Hilda Bruce-Potter 

"SLINGS AND ARROWS" 
A play, in three acts, by BETTY BOWER 

Ellen Matthews Laura Smithson 

Arnold Matthews William Armstrong 

Annie Elizabeth Williams 

Harris Rothbury Evans 

Katherine Matthews Marie Royter 

Rev. David Springfield Eric Cowley 

Jarvis J. Smith- Wright 

Mrs. Somers Margaret Scudamore 

Bryan Somers Ivor Barnard 

Ernest Swynton Leslie Banks 



PALACE 

24 MARCH, 1922 

" PRIDE AND PREJUDICE " 

A dramatized version, by EILEEN H. A. 
and J. C. SQUIRE, of Jane Austen's novel 

Elizabeth Bennett Mary Jerroid 

Jane Bennett Joyce Carey 

Lydia Bennett Mary Merrall 

Kitty Bennett Ltla Maravan 

Mar} T Bennett Margery Holman 

Mr. Bennett Alfred Clark 

Mrs. Bennett Dame May Whitty 

Hill Ethel Hodgson 

Rev. William Collins Hubert Harben 

George Wickham Jevan Brandon Thomas 

Caroline Bingley Ruth Bower 

Charles Blingley Ivor No vello 

Fitzwilliam Darcy Ben Webster 

Lady Lucas Margaret Yarde 

Charlotte Lucas. . Jean Webster Brough 

Sir William Lucas .Fewlass Llewellyn 

Gardener Charles Dodds 

Footman Robert Craig 

Mrs. Hurst Honor Bright 

Mrs. Long Ellen Terry 

Lady Catherine de Bourgh Helen Ferrers 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



KINGSWAY 

26 MARCH, 1922 

" THE AFRIKANDER 

Play, in three acts, by R. HENDERSON BLAND 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Ellen Stonor Madge Mclntosh 

John Fairleigh Harold Deacon 

George Bainbridge Peter Bassett 

Charles Banting Frederick Moyes 

James Courtenay Robert Minster 

Vivien Ramsay Viva Birkett 

Edna Stonor Hilda Maude 

Beatrice Courtenay Marion Lind 

Frank Hardy Langhorne Burton 

Danvers Hugh Higson 

Aubrey Norton Wilfred Fletcher 

Sharpe Beatrice Willoughby 

Teal D. A. Clarke Smith 

Cheetle D. J. Williams 

Play produced by HENDERSON BLAND 



EVERYMAN 
27 MARCH, 1922 
* "GETTING MARRIED" 
Play by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Bridgenorth Maud Jolliffe 

Collins Aubrey Mather 

General Bridgenorth Frederick Moyes 

Lesbia Grantham Mabel Terry Lewis 

Reginald Bridgenorth Alfred Grey 

Leo (Mrs. Reginald Bridgenorth) . . .Moyna Macgill 

The Bishop of Chelsea Felix Aylmer 

St. John Hotchkiss Milton Rosmer 

Cecil Sykes Harold Scott 

Edith Bridgenorth Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Soames (Father Anthony) H. R. Hignett 

The Beadle Reginald Denham 

Mrs. George Collins Gertcude Kingston 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COMEDY 

29 MARCH, 1922 
" OTHER PEOPLE'S WORRIES " 

Comedy, in three acts, by R. C. CARTON 

Sir William Conroy, Bt Herbert Ross 

Lord Robert Blantyre Charles Maunsell 

Hon. Digby Rawes" C. M. Lovrne 

Percy Glanfield, M.P Arthur Phillips 

Major Ryecroft Edmund Willard 

Bromley Dalmore Forrester Harvey 

Swabey Compton Coutts 

Deedle's Edgar Ashley Marvin 

Lady Conroy Miss Compton 

Mrs. Ryecroft Athene Seyler 

Mrs. Ormandy Browne Ruth Maitland 

Eugenia Ormandy Browne Mercia Cameron 

Alice Cope Dorothy Edwards 

Leader of Ladies' Orchestra Dorothy Powell 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 

GAIETY 

1 APRIL, 1922 
"HIS GIRL" 

Musical play, in two acis, by AUSTEN HURGON and 

F. W. THOMAS ; lyrics by CLAUDE E. BURTON ; 

and music by ERNEST LONGSTAFFE and 

MAX DAREWSKI 

Earl of Laughden Walter Gay 

Lady Diana Mellows Patricia Malone 

Lady Anne Mellows Dorothy Bourn 

Lady Sarah Mellows Doreen Deanng 

Lady Jane Mellows Julie Hartley-Milburn 

Lady Harriet Mellows Violet Marley 

Lady Mary Mellows Vesta Sylva 

Lord Algernon Mellows Bobby Blythe 

Count Attilio del Rossi Tony de Lungo 

Bodkin Bryn Gwyn 

Susan Buckett Hilda Bayley 

Hon. Geoffrey Custance Arthur Margetson 

Mr. Longdon Sanders Warren 

Miss Sandys Helen Beltramo 

Burleigh Charles McConnell 

Ninette Maria Minetti 

Barbara Hicks Margaret Bays 

James Hicks Stanley Lupino 

Play produced by AUSTEN HURGON 

EINGSWAY 

2 APRIL, 1922 
"WASHED ASHORE" 

Play, in one act, by DOROTHY MASSINGHAM 

The Man Leslie Banks 

The Woman Margaret Carter 

First Savage Margaret Yarde 

Second Savage Ivor Barnard 

"THE GIRL AND THE CITY" 

Fantasy by BEATRICE MAYOR 
A Girl Betty Potter 

" THIRTY MINUTES IN A STREET " 

Play, in one act, by BEATRICE MAYOR 

A Stray Man Brember Wills 

A Man with a Bag Ralph Neale 

A Rich Lady Margaret Yarde 

A Curate William Armstrong 



A Frenchwoman Dulcie Leggatt 

First Charwoman Brasilia Wills 

Second Charwoman Margaret Carter 

A Girl Florence Saunders 

A Visitor Marjory Holman 

A Housewife Ray Litvin 

A Young Man Matthew Xorgate 

A Child Susan Mayor 

A Professor Ivor Barnard 

A Student Geoffrey Dunlop 

First Shop Girl Dulcie Leggatt 

Second Shop Girl Elsa Lan Chester 

An Old Lady Sybil Thorndike 

An Elderly Gentleman J. Fisher "White 

A Musician Allan Watts 

A Husband Walter Schofield 

An Actor Russell Thorndike 

Plays presented by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE? 
and produced by EDITH CRAIG 

LITTLE 

3 APRIL 1922 

"AMELIA'S SUITORS; 

or, Colonel Chutney's First Defeat " 

A farce of " the good old days," by H. F. MALTBY 

Jeremiah Jellybrook Ian Fleming 

Colonel Christopher Chutney Brember Wills 

Nathaniel Niven Leslie Perrins 

Amelia Angelfield Sybil Thorndike 

Araminta Cicely Oates 

Linkrnan Stockwell Hawkins 

" PROGRESS" 

A drama, in one act, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Professor Henry Corrie, D.Sc Lewis Casson 

Mrs. Meldon Sybil Thorndike 

Hannah Cicely Oates 

"THE NUTCRACKER SUITE" 

A play, in two acts, by E. CRAWSH AY-WILLIAMS 

Rosalie Sybil Thorndike 

Max . . . . k Ian Fleming 

Nicolas Franklin Dyall 

Marie Olivia Burleigh 

Balthazar Stockwell Hawkins 

* "COLOMBINE" 

A fantasy by REGINALD ARKELL 

Prologue Lewis Casson 

Dan'l Brember Wills 

Nathan'l Andrew Churchman 

Harlequin Ian Fleming 

Pierrot Leslie Penrins 

Colombine Elizabeth Arkell 

Old Man Stockwell Hawkins 

* "AT THE TELEPHONE" 

Drama, in two acts, by ANDRE DE LORDE and 
CHARLES FOLEY 

Andre Marex Franklin Dyall 

Rivoire Lewis Casson 

Blaise Stockwell Hawkins 

Justin Ralph Neale 

Martha Marex Sybil Thorndike 

Lucienne Rivoire Olivia Burleigh 

Nanette Barbara Gott 

A Boy Brember Wills 

Pierre Marie Vintea 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



WYNDHAM>S 

5 APRIL, 1922 

"BUNKING WATER" 

A play, in four acts, by A. E. W. MASON 

Gabriel Strood (alias Garrett Skinner) Gilbert Hare 

Reggie Barstow Spencer Trevor 

Archie Parmittter Max Leeds 

Walter Mine Edward Combermere 

Captain Hilary Chayne Wilfrid Seagram 

Sidney Jarvice .Clifford Heatherley 

Telegraph Boy Alfred Ayre 

Sylvia Strood Edna Best 

Mary Billie Hill 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



GLOBE 

6 APRIL, 1922 
* "ME. PIM PASSES BY " 

Comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

George Harden, J.P C. Aubrey Smith 

Olivia Harden Irene Vanbrugh 

Dinah Helen Spencer 

Lady Harden Ethel Griffies 

Brian Strange Jack Hobbs 

Carraway Pirn Dion Boucicault 

Anne , Ethel Wellesley 

Play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



ALDWYCH 

8 APRIL, 1922 

* " TMf) WHITE-HEADED BOY " 
Comedy by LENNOX ROBINSON 

Mrs. Geoghegan , Mignon O'Doherty 

George George Dillon 

Peter John C. Bland 

Kate Kitty Kirwan 

Jane Kathleen Moran 

Baby Muriel Allen 

Dennis Parker K. Lynch 

Donough Brosnan Desmond O'Donovan 

John Duffy Fred O'Donovan 

Delia Una O'Neill 

Hannah Kitty McVeigh 

Aunt Ellen Sara Allgood 

Play produced by SARA ALLGOOD 



KINGSWAY 

9 APRIL, 1922 
"THE RETUKN OF SYBIL" 

Play by W. LEMON HALL 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Sybil Hetherington Barbara Everest 

Violet Hetherington .Ann Desmond 

Mrs. Redfern Hilda Sims 

Victor Hetherington Geoffrey Bevan 

Reuben Gibbs Ernest Haynes 

Hon. James Crofton Wilfred Forster 

Reggie Mortimer Leonard Upton 

Saunders Marie Ault 

Parker Honor Bright 

Isaacson. H. Naylor Grimson 



SHAFTESBURY 

13 APRIL, 1922 
"TONS OF MONEY" 

Farce, in three acts, by WILL EVANS 

and VALENTINE 

Sprules George Barrett 

Simpson Ena Mason 

Benita Mullett Mary Brough 

Louise AUington Yvonne Arnaud 

Aubrey Henry Mankind Allingtou Ralph Lynn 

Giles Willie Warde 

James Chesterman J. Robertson Hare 

Jean Everard Madge Saunders 

Henry Tom Walls 

George Maitland Sidney Lynn 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



ROYALTY 

13 APRIL, 1922 

* "IF FOUR WALLS TOLD" 
Play, in three acts, by EDWARD PERCY 

Jan Rysing Tristan Rawson 

David Rysing Reginald Bach 

Toby Crouch Ambrose Manning 

Ned Mason Francis Lister 

Benjy Sturgis Roger Lyvesey 

Liz Rysing Edyth Goodall 

Mrs. Sturgis Ethel Coleridge 

Clare Sturgis Mary Forrester 

Mrs. Tibbitt Louise Hampton 

Hope Tregoning Moyna MacGill 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

NEW 

15 APRIL, 1922 
* ' MR. WU " 

Chinese play by H. M VERNON and 
HAROLD OWEN 

Mrs. Gregory Lilian Braithwaite 

Holman W. F. Grant 

Mr. Gregory Herbert Bunston 

Compradore Campbell Fletcher 

Nang Ping Nona Wynne 

Basil Denys Blakelock 

Ah Wong Marian Lynd 

Tea Servant Horton Cooper 

Simpson Donald Young 

Chinese Singer Brian Buchel 

Chinese Clerk David Gill 

Low Loong Gwynne Whitby 

Hilda Dorothy Turner 

Carruthers A. W. Tyser 

Ah Sing Herbert Young 

Mr. Wu Matheson Lang 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



EVERYMAN 

17 APRIL, 1922 

"THE BARGAIN" 

Play, in one act, by WALTER MEADE 

Abdul Hussain Michael Sherbrooke 

Captain Bruce Felix Aylmer 

Private Soldier Laurence Foley 

Major Phillips Walter Meade 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



"IIJ5 W 

Play, in one act, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

The Steward Michael Sherbrooke 

Ben Harold Scott 

Captain Keeney Frank Vosper 

Mr. Slocum Aubrey Mather 

Mrs. Keeney Mary Merrall 

Harpooner Joe Felix Aylmer 

" DAILY BREAD " 

Play, in one act, translated from the French of 
JULES RENARD, by VAUGHAN THOMAS 

She Isabel Jeans 

He Milton Rosmer 

DEFEAT " 
Play, in one act, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

The Officer Herbert Marshall 

The Girl Mary Merrall 



EVERYMAN 

18 APRIL, 1922 

* "mSALLIANCE" 

Comedy by BERNARD SHAW 

John Tarleton Alfred Clark 

Mrs. Tarleton Maud Jolliffe 

Johnny Tarleton Frank Vosper 

Hypatia Isabel Jeans 

Lord Summerhays Felix Aylmer 

Bentley Summerhays Ivor Barnard 

Lina Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Gunner '. Harold Scott 

Percival Milton Rosmer 



EMPIRE 

19 APRIL, 1922 
LOVE'S AWAKENING " 

Light opera adapted by ADRIAN Ross from the 

original of HERMAN HALLER and DR. RIDEAMUS, 

with music by EDUARD KUNNEKE 

Countess Francesa Delia Rosa Juliette Autran 

Tonio Marjorie Gordon 

Veronika Amy Augarde 

Nella Betty Chester 

Marietta Vera Pearce 

Lorenzo Edouard Lestan 

Father Filippo Harry Brindle 

Dr. Pedantius Billy Leonard 

Play produced by CHARLES Ross 



DRURY LANE 

20 APRIL, 1922 

" DECAMERON NIGHTS " 

A romantic play,, in three acts, by ROBERT 

MCLAUGHLIN, adapted (with lyrics) by BOYLE 

LAWRENCE 

Ricciardo Liberati H. A. Saintsbury 

Amato Horace Corbyn 

Bessano Arthur Lewis 

Torello d'Istria Hugh Buckler 

Azaro Tom Barrett 

Loretto Frank Haylett 

Saladin Cowley Wright 

Imliff David Miller 



Alatiel Willette Kershaw 

A Minstrel Ernest Pitt 

The Lady Theodora Gladys Ancruxn 

The Lady Viplante Ellis Jeffreys 

The Lady Lisetta Verita Vivien 

Ciacco Ivan Berlyn 

Alfredo Raymond Metcalf e 

Brunal Louis Wilson 

The Soldan of Egypt Jefferson Gore 

Merandon Winifred Davis 

Arendan David Hodder 

Koor. Carlito Ackroyd 

The Doge of Venice John Keating 

Zucco Charles Mond 

Geronimo Stanley Hay 

Pietro Frank Walsh 

Matteo George Bourne 

Beno Augustus Bowerman 

Marta Babara Hannay 

The King of Algarve Arthur Lewis 

The play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 

COMEDY 

23 APRIL, 1922 
"ZACK" 

A character comedy, in three acts, by 
HAROLD BRIGHOUSE 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mrs. Munning Louise Hampton 

Sally Teale Jean Webster-Brough 

Paul Munning W. Edward Stirling 

Virginia Ca vender Joyce Kennedy 

Zachariah Munning Henry Kendall 

Martha Wrigley Marjorie Harwood 

James Abbott .Dan F. Roe 

Joe Wrigley Harold B. Meade 

Thomas Mo watt Geoffrey Hammond 

Harry Shoebridge William Pringle 

Play produced by TRISTAN RAWSON 

COURT 

25 APRIL, 1922 
"WINDOWS" 

A comedy (for idealists and others), in three acts 
by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Geoffrey March Herbert Marshall 

Joan March Irene Rooke 

Mary March Janet Ecdes 

Johnny March John Howell 

Cook Clare Greet 

Mr. Bly Ernest Thesiger 

Faith Bly Mary Odette 

Blunter Leslie Banks 

Mr. Barnabas C. R. Norris 

The play produced by LEON M. LION 

SAVOY 

26 APRIL, 1922 
"THE CARD PLAYERS" 

A play, in three acts, by C. HADDON CHAMBERS 

Wilford Ashfield Godfrey Tearle 

The Rev. Geoffrey Chepstone C. V. France 

James Ledbury, ., E. Lyall Swete 

Harry Cockburn Martin Lewis 

Sir Richard Paynton, Bart John Williams 

Ellen Viola March 

Eileen Ashfield Pepita Bobadflla 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



QUEEN'S 

29 APRIL, 1922 

"LASS 0' LAITGHTEB" 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDITH CARTER and 
NAN MARRIOTT-WATSON 

Ronald, Earl Maxwell Frederick Worlock 

Hon. Ian Maxwell P. Percival Clark 

Charles Dennis Nicholas Hannen 

Davie Nicholson Frank Pettingell 

Sandy Macdougal George Desmond 

Martin Cox F. B. J. Sharp 

Richards Lionel Williams 

Mrs. Nicholson Jean Cadell 

Lady Ailsa Weyman Henrietta Watson 

Jean Stirling Nan Marriott- Watson 

The play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



PALACE 

I MAY, 1922 
* "THE TROJAN WOMEN" 

Tragedy by EURIPIDES 

Poseidon Lewis Casson 

Pallas Athena Saba Raleigh 

Hecuba Sybil Thorndike 

Talthybius Lewis Casson 

Cassandra Muriel Pratt 

Andromache Beatrice Wilson 

Menelaus Nicholas Hannen 

Helen Mary Grey 

Astyanax Mary Casson 

Chorus Leader Lilian Mowbray 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

WYNDHAM'S 

6 MAY, 1922 
* "DEAR BRUTUS" 

Play by SIR JAMES BARRIE 

Mr. Dearth. Gerald du Maurier 

Mr. Purdie Ronald Squire 

Mr. Coade Norman Forbes 

Matey Alfred Drayton 

Lob Arthur Hatherton 

Mrs. Dearth Madeleine Seymour 

Mrs. Purdie Moyna Macgill 

Mrs. Coade Mabel Terry Lewis 

Joanna Trout Joyce Carey 

Lady Caroline Lancy Audrey Carten 

Margaret Faith Celli 

The play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 

STRAND 

6 MAY, 1922 
* "TILLY OF BLOOMSBURY" 

Comedy by IAN HAY 

Abel Main waring Campbell Gullan 

Mr. Milroy Charles May 

Sylvia SibeU Archdale 

Lady Mary Main waring Helen Ferrers 

Rev. Adrian Rylands Christopher Steele 

Constance Darner Dorothy Overend 

Richard BasilFoster 

Tilly KyrleBellew 

Percy. Arthur Denton 

Amelia Ena Grossmith 

Grandma Banks Gladys Hamilton 



Mr. Metha Ram Christopher Steele 

Mrs. Welwyn Connie Ediss 

Lucius Welwyn E. Holman Clark 

Mr, Stillbottle Arthur BourcMer 

Mr. Pumpherston David Clarkson 

The play produced by E. HOLMAK CLARK 



DUKE OP YORK'S 

9 MAY 1922 
" NUTS IN MAY " 

Farce, in three acts, by E. LAWRENCE PRENTICE 
(From the French) 

Valentine Vervier John Deveiell 

Dubois Dan Rolyat 

Hercules Chplet Arthur Burne 

Major Martin Clive Currie 

Pierre Charles Vane 

Vicomte de Roche en Fair Geoffrey Saville 

Pommier Harold Clemence 

Captain Bessier Louis Goodrich 

Sergeant de Ville Henry Holland 

Claire Vervier Isabel Jeans 

Lola Edie Graham 

Eugenie Evelyn Kerry 

Marcelle Audrey Cameron 

Marie Ann Desmond 

Seraphine Noel Stephens 

Susette Mollie Hartley Milburn 

The play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



EVERYMAN 

14 MAY, 1922 

* "YOU NEVER CAN TELL" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Clandon Gertrude Kingston 

Gloria Clandon Jeannette Sherwin 

Dolly Clandon Nadine March 

Philip Clandon William Mollison 

Fergus Crampton H. 0. Nicholson 

Finch McComas Douglas- Jefferies 

Valentine Milton Rosmer 

Bohun, K.C Aubrey Mather 

The Waiter O. B. Clarence 

A Parlourmaid Irene Chandley 

Cook Harold Scott 



ALDWYCH 

17 MAY, 1922 
"A PRODIGAL DAUGHTER" 

A play, in three acts, by HAROLD ALFRED GURKEY 

Trevor Henry Ford 

Mrs. Kennedy Ruth Maitland 

Mr. Kennedy Lauderdale Maitland 

Maid Phyllis Stuckey 

Arthur Parker Garry Marsh 

Doris Kennedy Mary Merrall 

Ralph Grantham Donald Calthrop 

Mr. Green J. Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Green Helena Millais 

Chauffeur Eugene Leahy 

Henry Jack H. Bligh 

Carrie Irene Hentschel 

Inspector Johnson Victor Fairley 

The play produced by DONALD CALTHRO* 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

18 MAY, 1922 

"LIFE'S A GAME" 

A comedy, in three acts, by " MICHAEL ORME " 

Lady Raunds Dame May Wfaitty 

Sir Thomas Raunds Stanley Turnbull 

Joyce Cieeve Nina Oldfield 

Cordelia Cieeve Margaret Halstan 

Mr. Penis tone Norman Harle 

Peter Winscombe Lawrence Andersen 

Dickie Cieeve Garry Marsh 

Fratton Stella Rho 

Lady Pamela Farres Mary Merrall 

Leonard Heriot Ben Webster 

Amy Muriel Lecornii 

Judith Brecon Helen Morris 

The play produced by BEN WEBSTER 



LYRIC 

18 MAY, 1922 
*' WHCBLED INTO HAPPINESS " 

A musical farce, in three acts, adapted by 

HARRY GRAHAM from the book of 
ROBERT BODANZKY and BRUNO HARDT-WARDEN 

Albert Horridge Tom Walls 

Horace Wiggs Austin Melford 

Duke of Dulchester Hastings Lynn 

Marquis of Brancaster Reginald Palmer 

Captain Montagu Lush Lawrence Phillips 

Doctor Carter Noel Colne 

Antoine Frank Atkinson 

Commissionaire Joe Grand 

Page Boy Arthur Budd 

Matthew Platt Billy Merson 

Delphine de Lavalliere Mai Bacon 

Lily Brown W f ynne Bronte 

Mrs. Horridge Frances Wetherall 

Duchess of Dulchester Gladys Hirst 

Florence Lily St. John 

The play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



COURT 

21 MAY, 1922 
"AT THE GATES OF THE KINGDOM 

Play by KNUT HAMSUN 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Elina Jeanne de Casalis 

Ingeborg Madeline White 

Ivar Karerjo Franklin Dyall 

Professor Gylling Eugene Leahy 

Calsten Jerven, Ph.D Leslie Banks 

Natalie Hovind Dulcie Leggatt 

Endre Bondesen Harcourt Williams 

Taxidermist J. Leslie Frith 

The play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



EVERYMAN 

22 MAY, 1922 

* "HEDDA GABLER" 

Play, in three acts, by HENRIK IBSEN 

Judge Brack Athole Stewart 

Ejlbert Lovborg .Charles Quartermaine 



George Tesman Ivor Barnard 

Hedda Tesman Mrs. Patrick Campbell 

Thea Elvsted Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Juliana Tesman ' .Maud Jolliffe 

Bertha Sinna Sinclair 

The play produced by J. H. ROBERTS 



GLOBE 

27 MAY, 1922 
" EILEEN " 

A light comedy, in three acts (from the French of 

JACQUES BOUSQUET and PAUL ARMONT), by 

H. M. HARWOOD 

Eileen Bellamy Irene Vanbragh 

" Bobby " Bates Heather Thatcher 

Lucette Helen Spencer 

Miss Cole (" Coley ") Rosina Filippi 

Montague Bax Dion Boucicault 

Ronald Gore A. E. Anson 

Father O'Rourke Paddy Dupres 

Edward*. Jack Hobbs 

Archie Patricia Hayes 

Taylor Kitty De Leigh 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



HIS MAJESTY'S 

28 MAY, 1922 
* "L'AVARE" 

Comedy by MOLIERE 
Presented by THE COMEDIE FRANCAISE 

Harpagon MM. De Feraudy 

Cleante Dehelly 

Valere Dessonnes 

La Fleche Charle jGranval 

Ansehne Paul Numa 

Maitre Jacques Lafon 

Le Commissaire Roger Monteaux 

Maitre Simon Falconnier 

Brind'avoine Chaize 

La Merluche Chevalier 

Elise Mme. Huguette Duflos 

Frosine Catherine Fonteney 

Marianne Madeleine Renaud 



DALY'S 

28 MAY, 1922 
* " AJMPHYTRYON ; or, The Two Sosia's " 

Comedy by JOHN DRYDEN 
Presented by the PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Jupiter Harvey Braban 

Mercury George Desmond 

Phoebus Tristan Rawson 

Amphitryon Eugene Leahy 

Sosia Ben Field 

Gripus H. Athol Forde 

Polidas Charles Staite 

Tranio Matthew Forsyth 

Alcmena Dorothy Massingham 

Phsedra Marda Varmes 

Bromia Helena Millais 

Night Saba Raleigh 

Play produced by AI&AN WADE 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



mS MAJESTY'S 

29 MAY, 1922 

* "LE MISANTHROPE" 

Comedy by MOLIERE 

Alceste M. Raphael Dufios 

Acaste M. Dehelly 

PMlinte M. Dessonnes 

Dubois M. Charles Granval 

Oronte M. Paul Numa 

Clitandre M. Fresnay 

Un Garde M. Falconnier 

Basque M. Chaize 

Celimene Mme. Cecile Sorel 

Eliante Mme. Huguette Dufios 

Arsino6 Mme. Catherine Fonteney 

APOLLO 

30 MAY, 1922 
* "TRILBY" 

Play, in four acts, by PAUL M. POTTER 

Madame Vinard Joan Pereira 

Talbot Wynne (" Taffy "). . .Lauderdale Maitland 
Alexander M'Allister ("The Laird") Handle Ayrton 
William. Bagot (" Little Billee ") , .Wilfred Fletcher 

Trilby O'Ferrall PhyUis Neilson -Terry 

Svengali Lyn Harding 

Gecko Alexander Sarner 

"Die Rev. Thomas Bagot Cecil King 

Mrs. Bagot Maud Stuart 

Angele Lydia Audre 

Honorine Rita John 

Zouzou George A. Temple 

Dodor C. T. Davis 

Anthony Walter Menpes 

Lorimer Felix Irwin 

Colonel Kaw John H. Moore 

The play produced by CECIL KING 

LITTLE 

31 MAY, 1922 

" A HAPPY NEW YEAR " 

A merry thought, from the French of 

GUSTAVE Du CLOS, adapted by SEYMOUR HICKS 

music specially composed by ALBERT Fox 

The Father George Bealby 

The Mother Cicely Gates 

The Bride Elizabeth Arkell 

The Bridegroom Cyril Cattley 

The Son Leslie Perrins 

The Old Year Brember Wills 

The New Year - Marie Vinten 

*' TBTR SISTERS* TRAGEDY " 

A play, in one act, by RICHARD HUGHES 

Philippa Ivy Williams 

Charlotte Olivia Burleigh 

Lowrie. . . .- Elizabeth Arkell 

John Lewis Casson 

Owen Brember Wills 

" TO BE CONTINUED " 

A comedy, hi one act, by M. JEAN BASTIA : 
adapted by SEWELL COLLINS 

The Novelist Lewis Casson 

The Typist Auriol Lee 

The Valet Stockwell Hawkins 

The Messenger Ralph Neale 

A Lady * Barbara Gott 



** xufci BETTER HALF " 
A comedy, in one act, by NOEL COWARD 

Alice Auriol Lee 

Marion Ivy Williams 

The Husband Ian Fleming 

* THE HAND OF DEATH " 

A drama, in two acts, by ANDRE DE LORDE and 

ALFRED* BINET 

Professor Charrier George Bealby 

Henri Louis Casson 

Elise Auriol Lee 

Marie Barbara Gott 

The Visitor Brember Wills 

1st Doctor Stockwell Hawkins 

2nd Doctor Andrew Churchman 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



COURT 

1 JUNE, 1922 

* " THE RABBI AND THE PRIEST " 
('The Little Brother") 

Play, in prologue and three acts, by 
BENEDICT JAMES 

Prologue 

Marie Mary Grey 

Thaddeus Vinogradoff David Bain 

Blume Molly Tremaine 

Mordecai Louis Merton 

Uncle Tulpin E. Howard Templeton 

Isaac Elkantrovitch Ernest Munro 

Schmul E. Lewis 

Shlomke Nat Blake 

Komavof Harry Norris 

The Play 

Bridget Marie Munro 

Judith Sylvia Morris 

George Lubin David Bain 

Vanderlinde Ernest Munro 

Rabbi Elkan M. D. Waxman 

Shinovitch Nat Blake 

Rube Samuels E. Howard Templeton 

Father Petrovitch J. Fisher- White 

Marie Mary Grey 

The play produced by M. D. WAXMAN and 
J FISHER-WHITE 

ROYALTY 

2 JUNE, 1922 
"THE GREEN CORD" 

A play, in three acts and four scenes, by 
MARION BOWER and ANTHONY ELLIS 

Colonel Sylvester Starling, D.S.O., F.R.S. 

Aubrey Smith 

Clementina Mary Merrall 

. Emma Talbot Grace Lane 

Ada Lockford. Lettice Fairfax 

Sir Mortimer Isleworth Felix Aylmer 

Captain " Planty " Ffoliott Arthur Wellesley 

Lucas Chadacre G. H. Mulcaster 

Kennett William Home . 

Duncan Ross Ian. Fleming 

Suleiman Bertram Terry 

Zarab-el Mahayll George Hayes 

Majid Frank Vosper 

Hindoo Servant Cyril Twyford 

Arab Soldier John Killner 

The play produced by ANTHONY ELUS 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PLAYHOUSE 
3 JUNE, 1922 

* "THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY" 
Play, in four acts, by SIR A. W. PINERO 

Paula Tanqueray Gladys Cooper 

Aubrey. Dennis Eadie 

EUean'. Molly Kerr 

Cayley Dnimmle Gilbert Hare 

Mrs. Cortelyon Fay Davis 

Hugh Ardale Philip Desborough 

Gordon Jayne E, Vivian Reynolds 

Frank Misquith H. R. Hignett 

Sir George Orreyd Ernest Thesiger 

Lady Orreyd Olwen Roose 

Morse Ernest Haines 



COMEDY 

6 JUNE, 1922 
"QUARANTINE" 

A comedy, in four acts, by F. TENNYSON JESSE 

Tony Blunt Owen Nares 

Mackintosh Josephs Tom Reynolds 

Mr. Burroughs Compton Coutts 

Mr. Dobson Bruce Winston 

The Doctor H. G. Stoker 

The Steward Edward Mervyn 

The Waiter Paul Gill 

The Silent Passenger Stafford Milliard 

Cyrus P. Honks Ernest Leeman 

Pamela Josephs Muriel Pope 

Lola de la Corte Tonie Bruce 

Mrs. Burroughs Margaret Scudamore 

Miss Larpent Christine Jensen 

Pinsent Louise Hampton 

Dinah Partlett Edna Best 

The play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 

HAYMARKET 

7 JUNE, 1922 
"THE DOVER ROAD" 

A comedy of to-day, in three acts, by A. A. MII/NE 

The House 

Dominic Allan Aynesworth 

/Donald Fergusson 



V Kitty Strudwick 

Mr. Latimer Henry Ainley 

The Guests 

Leonard Nicholas Hannen 

Anne Nancy Atkin 

Eustasia Athene Seyler 

Nicholas John Deverelj 

The play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 

ALDWYCH 

7 JUNE, 1922 
" THE STOP-GAP " 

A farce, in three acts, by FLORENCE N. H. ATACK 
Presented by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE 

Doctor Hemer Charles Maunsell 

Mrs. Swindells Helen Millais 

Mrs.Chantwich Ruth Maitland 

Amelia Chantwich Audrey Cameron 



Sir Henry Jones \V. E. Langley 

M. Belhouse Muriel Pratt 

Albert Elijah Muggles JackMelford 

Smith Christopher Steele 

The play produced by the Author 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

8 JUNE, 1922 
"POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE" 

Comedy, in three acts, by MONCKTON HOFFE 

Angelo Pageant Robert Loraine 

Doria Irene Browne 

Wilfred Inkstanley Thomas Weguelin 

Seymour Revelsent James Lindsay 

Wemyss Dorothy Monkman 

Belvoir Hubert Harben 

Asphodel Forres Ursula Millard 

The play produced by the Author 



STRAND 

11 JUNE, 1922 
" YOUTH AND ITS BETTERS " 

An episode, in one act, by DONALD ROY YOUNG 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Youth. Gerald Andersen 

Innocence Doris Mason 

Father Tristan Rawson 

Mother Rita John 

The play produced by the Author 

"BITERS BITTEN" 

Comedy, in three acts, by NOEL SHAMMON 

Claire Armstrong Dorothy Overend 

Sir Henry Osborne William Kershaw 

Jennings Noel AUinson 

Lady Osborne Stella Rho 

John Osborne Ian Hunter 

Dorothea Osborne Joyce Kennedy 

The play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 
and NOEL SHAMMON 

ADELPHI 

20 JUNE, 1922 
" THE WAY OF AN EAGLE " 

A play, in three acts, by ETHEL M. DELL 

Lieutenant-Colonel Roscoe Clifton Boyne 

Indian Orderly K. R. Soloman 

Major Marshall -. Howard Rose 

Captain Blake Grange, V.C Darby Foster 

Captain Nick Ratcliffe Godfrey Tearle 

Muriel Roscoe Marjorie Gordon 

A Tribesman Austin Camp 

Lady Bassett May Warley 

Abdullah S. A. Huck 

Daisy Musgrave Jessie Winter 

Mrs. Gybbon Lois Stuart 

Ellen Lois Carruthers 

Olga Ratcliffe Lila Maravan 

Dr. Jim Ratcliffe Drelincourt Odium 

Lieutenant Bobbie Fraser Leonard Upton 

Sir Reginald Bassett, K.C.B Howard Rose 

The Rajah. ;.;... Austin Camp 

The play produced fry STAGEY BELL 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

21 JUNE, 1922 

" SPANISH LOVERS " 

A play, in three acts, by J. FELIUNY CODINA 

Anton Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Rpque Geoffrey Dunlop 

Vincent Herbert Lugg 

Andres Hugh Williams 

Tonete J. Drew-Carran 

Manrico Albert Digney 

Pepuso John Tresahar 

Don Fulgencio Seton Blackden 

Fuenseptica Julie Kean 

Maria del Carmen Doris Lloyd 

Conception Ethel Adrian-Ross 

Migalo R. Chie 

Domingo Dickson-Kenwin 

Javier Ivor Novello 

Pencho. Malcolm Morley 

Carlos C. N. Attwater 

Romero P. E. Tass 

Juan , F. Bourne 

Alvarez F. Broad 

Father Pelato Henry Flanagan 

Dolores Betty Loraine 

Teresa Ellie Royter 

Isabella Minnie Blagden 

Juanita Nina Fenella 

The play produced by BENRIMO 



SAVOY 
28 JUNE, 1922 
* " CONCERNING MARY DEWHIRST " 

A Lancashire play,in three acts by 
F, MARRIOTT- WATSON and GRACE EDWIN 

Jim Dewhirst Wilfred Babbage 

Graham Prior George Morgan 

Stephen Mills Frank Pettingell 

Lizzie Dewhirst Nan Marriott-Watson 

Mary Dewhirst Mrs. F. Marriott- Watson 

Joe Dawson P. Percival Clark 

Noel Seaton Wilfred E. Payne 

Michael Kelly Edmund Willard 

The play produced by CECIL G. CALVERT 

GLOBE 

3 JULY, 1922 
* "BELINDA" 

Comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Belinda Tremayne Irene Vanbrugh 

Delia. Helen Spencer 

Harold Baxter. Dion Boucicault 

Claude Devenish Jack Hobbs 

John Tremayne Herbert Marshall 

Betty Ethel Wellesley 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 

STRAND 

5 JULY, 1922 
" THE RISK " 

A play, in four acts, adapted by JOSE G. LEVY, 
from " Le Caducee," by ANDRE PASCAL 

Doctor Annand Revard Arthur Bourchier 

A Patient St. John Hamund 

Doctor Cnarrier, Halliwell Hobbes 



Leroy Gordon Richards 

A Servant John Christopherson 

Fernande Revard Buena Bent 

Constantin Leroux Reginald Bach 

Madame Cordler Ivy Williams 

La Comtesse d'Orsant Carmen Nesville 

Jessie Watson Kyrle Bellew 

Le Marquis D'Avranchcs Percy Rhodes 

Harry Lachman Nat Madison 

La Marquise D'Avranchcs Beatrice Wilson 

D' Arras Arthur Eldred 

Professor Godefroy Frank Petley 

Baron Schwartz St. John Hamund 

The Minister Christopher Steele 

A Woman Violet Cecil 

Doctor Javelin Edmund Kennedy 

Nurse Rose Ivy Williams 

Dufort Christopher Steele 

First Reporter Oswald Roberts 

Second Reporter , Lawrence Anderson 

Madame D'Hermont Shelley Calton 

Madame de Clessy Kathleen Blake 

The play produced by ARTHUR BOURCHIER 

LYCEUM 

12 JLLY, 1922 

* " OLD BILL, M.P." 

A play, in two acts and fourteen scenes, by 
BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER 

Mr. Wm. Busby (" Old Bill ') Edmund Gwenn 

Alf Sinclair Cotter 

Bert Laurence Barclay 

Lord Torrymore Lord Lyveden 

Captain Lord Presentdale Brian Gilmour 

Lieut. Cheerio, M.C Philip Simmons 

Mr. Clayton Vincent Lawson 

Maxwell J. P. Kennedy 

Lincoln Alec Johnstone 

Cholmondeley Edward Foster 

Mr. Montague Chas. Aldred 

Baxter Frank A. Wood 

Carter George Fox 

Jim Rawson Stanley Brown 

Joe Preston Jack Marquand 

Bob Lee Harry Walsh 

Mrs. Desmond Doreen Errol 

Mrs. Maxwell Minnie Willett 

Lady Rose Presentdale Cyllene Moxon 

Maggie Busby Mildred Cottell 

Aggie Edna Bellonini 

Mr, Park, Sidney Benson 

Pit Boy Fred Tripp 

Mr. Belcher Johnny Danvers 

Flag Seller Ida Lorraine 

Sentry Jack Hall 

Verger Edward Firth 

Policeman George Hubert 

Reichner Charles Aldred 

Photographer Clarence Bode 

Railway Guard Jack Don 

Interviewer Dai Griffiths 

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Himself 

The play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

NEW 

25 JULY, 1922 
* "ROUNDING THE TRIANGLE" 

A comedy, in one act, by E. CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

He Lewis Casson 

His Mistress Gwladys Gaynor 

His Betrothed Sybil Thorndike 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



* "JANE CLEGG" 
A play, in three acts, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Jane Clegg Sybil Thorndike 

Henry Clegg Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Clegg Clare Greet 

Johnnie Ciegg Master Sydney Rudston 

Jenny Clegg Sylvia Haidee 

Sir. Morrison Lewis Casson 

Mr. Munce Thomas Warner 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



VAUDEVILLE 

11 AUGUST, 1922 

*' SNAP " 

Revue, in two acts, by RONALD JEANS and 
DION- TITHERADGE ; musicby KENNETH DUFFIELD 



Clarice Mayne 
Cicely Debenham 
Marjorie Spiers 
Mary Leigh 



A. W. Baskcomb 
Herbert Mundm 
Roy Royston 
Denis Cowles 



The revue produced by HERBERT MASON 



AMBASSADORS 

3 AUGUST, 1922 
"HUSBANDS AEE A PROBLEM" 

Alight comedy, in three acts, by F. HARRIS DEANS 

Mrs. Humphreys Ethel Coleridge 

Abbott Evelyn O'Connor 

Reggie Frampton E. Pirie Bush 

Mrs. Ripley Kate Cutler 

Joan Ripley Agatha Kentish 

Donald Carter Frank Freeman 

George Frampton Stafford Milliard 

Joe C. V. France 

The play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



LITTLE 

4 AUGUST, 1922 
" ZOZO " 

A farce, in three acts, founded on the French of 

E. GRENET DANCOURT and MAURICE VAUCAIRE, 

by JOSE G. LEVY 

Georges Marchand J. Farren Soutar 

Louis Chamousset Arthur Helmore 

Henri de Parvis Jerrold Robertshaw 

Maurice de Parvis Jack Melf ord 

Pierre Larridel Adrian Byrne 

Darcourt Penn Hamilton 

Francois Andrew Churchman 

Joseph Penn Hamilton 

Sophie Marchand Margaret Yarde 

Rose Chamousset Helen Kinnaird 

Zozo Auriol Lee 

Yvonne Marchand Ursula Hughes 

Estelle de Parvis Isobel Ohmead 

Marie Gladys Dale 

Clara Evelyn Culver 

The play produced by MARCEL VARNEL 



E3NGSWAY 

7 AUGUST, 1922 
" THE LIMPET " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
VERNON WOODHOUSE and VICTOR MACCLURE 

Edward Devson Hubert Harben 

Mrs. Devson , . .Sybil Arundale 

Dick Devson Edward Combermere 

William Fordyce Robert Minster 

Percy Sheepwell Stanley Turnbull 

Daphne Sheepwell Phyllis Shannaw 

Perkins Clifford Desboro 

Spence Leslie Perrins 

The play produced by ALFRED BARBER 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

15 AUGUST, 1922 
"THE BROKEN WING" 

A comedy, in four acts, by PAUL DICKEY and 
CHARLES W. GODDARD 

Captain Innonencio dos Santos Thurston Hall 

Inez Villera Dorothy Dix 

Philip Marvin Francis Lister 

Sylvester Cross Eddie Vogt 

Cecilia Dorothy Hansom 

Ouichita Hope Tilden 

Luther Farley Alfred Harding 

Bassilio Joseph Spurin 

General Panfilo Aguilar Henry Latimer 

Harry Edwin Underbill 

Marco George Thome, junr. 

Earnshaw Winkle By Himself 

The play produced by ALAN BROOKS 

LONDON PAVILION 

16 AUGUST, 1922 

"PHI-PHI" 

Musical production (book and lyrics) by 
FRED THOMPSON and CLIFFORD GREY 

(French version by ALBERT WILLEMETZ and 
F. SOLLAR) ; music by CHRISTINE, 

Phidias (" Phi-Phi ") Clifton Webb 

Captain Ardimedon Walter Williams 

Mercury Stanley Lupino 

Meander Jay Laurier 

A Charioteer Arthur Roberts 

Timon J. Mullaney 

Perseus Leonard Rich 

Xenops Arthur Treacher 

Cyclops Alfred Mansfield 

Dancers Trini and Wojcikowsky 

Prologue Evelyn Laye 

Dido Vera Freeman 

Helen Evelyn Laye 

Mrs. Meander Alice O'Day 

Aspasia June 

Hebe Audrey Bentham 

Flora Phyllis Sellick 

Sapho Meum Stewart 

Psyche Innis Shawen 

Aphrodite Babs May 

The play produced by FRANK COLLINS 

CRITERION 

22 AUGUST, 1922 
** THE DIPPERS " 

Farcical comedy, in three acts, by BEN TRAVKRS 

The Porter W. Wilson Blake 

The Old Woman Hermione Gingold 

Theodore Dorothy Debenham 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Henry Talboyes Cyril Maude 

Chauffeur Arthur Hambhng 

Lord Mellingbam Henry Wenman 

Miss Carter AilsaGrahame 

Wattle George Bellamy 

Peter Algernon West 

Minnie Christine Rayner 

Stella Violet Graham 

Helen Winifred McCarthy 

Pauline Dipper Binnie Hale 

William Arthur Hambling 

Alma Norton Dorothy Debenham 

Leader of the Coon Band Ernest Trimmingham 

Hank P. Dipper Jack Raine 

The play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



SAVOY 

26 AUGUST, 1922 
"LAWFUL LARCENY" 

Melodramatic comedy, in prologue and three acts' 
by SAMUEL SHIPMAN 

Judge Perry Lee Baker 

Mrs. Davis. , Jean Robertson 

Mrs. French Clara Louise Chapman 

Vivian Hepburn Catherine Calvert 

Celeste Jacqueline Biron 

Guy Tarlow Morgan Wallace 

Marion Sylvester RuthShepley 

Andred Dorsey Forrest Winant 

Mr. French Wyn Weaver 

Mr. Davis George Harcourt 

Nora Peggy Klein 

Detective Farrell Peter Delhanty 

The play produced by BERTRAM HARRISON 



ALDWYGH 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"DOUBLE OE QUIT" 

A farce, in three acts, by THEOPHILUS CHARLTON 
Edward Dereham, llth Baron Barsham 

Robert Horton 

The Hon. Edward Dereham Donald Calthrop 

Sir Francis Honing, Bart Arthur Eldred 

Ellis Dooley Frank Cellier 

Edwin Drake C. W. Somerset 

Dorking Eric Lewis 

The Hon. Celia Dereham Pamela Cooper 

Ella Medlicott Gina Graves 

Blanche Bacton Ruth Maitland 

Mrs. Ellis Dooley Winifred Izard 

Madame D'Orlay Agnes Imlay 

The play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



EVERYMAN 
4 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
* "WIDOWERS' HOUSES" 
A play by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Waiter Harold Scott 

Dr. Harry Trench Richard Bird 

William De Burgh Cokane Milton Rosmer 

Blanche Sartorius Clare Harris 

Sartorius Douglas Jefferies 

Porter Raymond Massey 

Lickcheese Brember Wills 

Parlourmaid Henzie Raeburn 

The play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



QUEEN'S 
26 AUGUST, 1922 

** BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE" 

A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS, 

from the French of ALFRED SAVOIR 

John Brown Norman McKinnel 

Count Hubert de Linancourt Hugh Wakefield 

The Marquis de Monferrat C. M. Hallard 

Detective Dupre Arthur Cleave 

Secretary Ivan Samson 

Matard Henry Ford 

Waiter George Desmond 

Servant Cyril Fairlie 

Lucienne Doris Macintyre 

Miss George Peggy Rush 

Monna Madge Titheradge 

, The play produced by STANLEY BELL 

HIS MAJESTTS 

2 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"EAST OF SUEZ" 

A play/in seven scenes, by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Harold Knox ; Henry Kendall 

W* Ivor Barnard 

Henry Anderson Malcolm Keen 

The Amah Marie Ault 

George Conway Basil Rathbone 

Daisy.. .. '. .Meggie Albanesi 

Lee Tai Cheng C. V. France 

Sylvia Knox Ursula Millard 

The play produced by BASIL DEAN 



0LOBE 

5 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE RETURN" 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, from the 

French of ROBERT DE FLERS and FRANCIS DE 

CROISSET, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 

Jacques Vandieres George Tully 

Balthazar Dion Boucicault 

Marcel Vaucroix Jack Hobbs 

Jean Alfred Bishop 

Dumont E. A. Walker 

D'Estreuil Stanley Pearce 

Dounan Cyril Cunningh&xn 

Bringard Tim Ryley 

Sernoise Frederick Leister 

Colette Vandieres Marie Lohr 

Madame Tourrare Lottie Venue 

Berthe Kitty Gordon-Lee 

Justine Ursula Tremayne 

The play produced by MARIE LOHR 
and ARTHUR WIMPERIS 



EMPIRE 

6 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE SMITH FAMILY" 

A musical play, in two acts and twelve scenes, by 

CLIFFORD GREY, STANLEY LOGAN, and 

PHILIP PAGE 

Sammy Smith Harry Tate 

Mrs. Sammy Smith Connie Ediss 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Edna Smith - Ella Retford 

Carrie Smith Cora Coffin 

Albert Smith Tom Tweedley 

Horace Smith. Harry Beasley 

Marjorie Dene Mabel Green 

Crown Prince of Hylaria Billy Caryl! 

King of Hylaria. . ." Paul Daly 

Prime Minister Robert Nainby 

Mr, Tag?s Mr. Kennedy 

Frank Upton Basil S. Foster 

Charlie Charles Brooks 

The Spirit of the Post Phyllis Bedells 

Lodou Hilda Mundy 

Mr. Pennebotham Frank Leslie 

Librarian Herbert Vyvyan 

A Professor Paul Daly 

Mrs. Huggins Millicent Marsden 

A Typist. Norah Howard 

David Luxmoore Hockin 

Archibald Ronald Tate 

Adolph Charles Weaver 

The play produced by STANLEY LOGAN 
and Gus SOHLKE 



COMEDY 

7 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"SECEETS" 

A play, in prologue, three acts, and epilogue, by 
RUDOLF BESIER and MAY EDGINTON 

Prologue, 1922 

Lady Carlton. Fay Compton 

Lady Lessington Doris Mansell 

Audrey Carlton Fabia Drake 

John Carlton Bobbie Andrews 

Robert Carlton Cecil Trouncer 

Doctor Arbuthnot Henry Vibart 

Act I. 1865 

Mary Marlowe Fay Compton 

William Marlowe Hubert Har ben 

Mrs. Marlowe Margaret Scudamore 

Elizabeth Channing Louise Hampton 

Susan Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

John Carlton Leon Quartennaine 

Act II. 1869 

Mary Carlton Fay Compton 

John Carlton Leon Quartennaine 

Doctor McGovern Tom Reynolds 

Bob Norman Page 

Act III. 1888 

Lady Carlton Fay Compton 

Sir John Carlton Leon Quartermaine 

Blanche Doris Mansell 

Audrey Rosemary Clifford 

John Bobbie Andrews 

Robert Robert Henderson 

A Footman John Hamilton 

William Marlowe Hubert Harben 

Mrs. Marlowe Margaret Scudamore 

Elizabeth Channing Louise Hampton 

Mrs. Eustace Mainwaring Helen Haye 

Epilogue. 1922 

As in Prologue, and 

Nurse Martin. .* Grace Seppirtgs 

The play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



STRAHD 

10 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR" 

A comedy, in three acts, by AUBREY COLLEN ENSOR 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Kate Lloyd Elspeth Dudgeon 

Sara Ann Muriel Minty 

Mrs, Hopkins Ethel Ramsay 

Myra Pryce Marie Royter 

Evan Hugh Richard Bird 

Ebenezer Hopkins George Morgan 

Morgan Hopkins Dan F. Roe 

Davydd Pryce W. Edward Stirling 

Ethel Mary Nora Nicholson 

Lewis " Gilbert Ritchie 

The play produced by REGINALD BACH 



REGENT 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"BODY AUD SOUL" 

A play, in four acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Blanche Nixon Nan Marriott Watson 

Lady Mab Infold. Viola Tree 

Mrs. Clews Dora Gregory 

Edith Tunniclin" Doris Ormond 

Parlourmaid Hilda Davies 

Aaron Draper Martin Walker 

Ezra Clews Charles Groves 

Procope Baliol Hollo-way 

Waiter Michael Hogan 

A Voice from the Crowd Atholl Douglass 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



APOLLO 

14 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE TORCH" 

A play, in four acts, by JOHN KNITTEL 

Henry Winkelried. Nat Madison 

Suzanne Winkelried Olga Lindo 

'Peter Gabel Garry Marsh 

Marianne Violet Penule 

George Winkelried Leslie Banks 

Margaret Veitel Muriel Alexander 

Alma Dalia Dorothy Cheston 

Alexis Markoff Frank Lindo 

Jurg Winkelried Maurice Moscovitch 

Mr.Flint Henry Ludlow 

Ursula Miller Margaret Halstan 

Councillor Moser N. Natoff 

Councillor Gschwind W. T. Elworthy 

Councillor Ruf Leonard Calvert 

Councillor Weber Edwin Greenwood 

Mr. Holt Richard Carfax 

Rossli Christopher Steele 

Veitel Edmund Kennedy 

Boris Christopher Steele 

A Girl , Phyllis de Lange 

A Porter Richard Carfax 

Abel Winkelried Cyril Raymond 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

14 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"I SERVE" 
A play, in three acts, by ROLAND PERTWEE 

Tom Whiteley Sam Livesey 

Shirley Terrell Roland Pertwee 

Walter Harding Stockwell Hawkins 

Arthur Preece Edmund Phelps 

Frank Pollock Charles Garth 

Elizabeth Raeburn Dorothy Thomas 

Mary Cassie King 

Kate Harding Edith Evans 

Play produced by ROLAND PERTWEE 



NEW 

19 SEPTEMBER 1922 
"THE SCANDAL" 

A play, in foirr acts, adapted by LADY BELL from 
the French of HENRY BATAILLE 

Feriol Leslie Faber 

Jeannetier Lawrence Anderson 

Berieux Charles Maunsell 

Admiral Gravieres Lewis Casson 

Charlotte Feriol Sybil Thorndike 

Philip Edith Softly 

Marda Sylvia Haidee 

Mademoiselle Rosemary Thorndike 

Artanazzo William E. Hallman 

Maridou Gwladys Gaynor 

Parizot Brember Wills, 

Madame Feriol Rosina Filippi 

Chauffeur Thomas Warner 

Adeline Lilian Moubrey 

The Prefet Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



WINTER GARDEN 

19 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE CABARET GIRL" 

A musical comedy, in three acts ; book and lyrics 

by GEORGE GROSSMITH and P. G. WODEHOUSE; 

music by JEROME KERN 

Marchioness of Harrogate Miss Fortescue 

Marquis of Harrogate Peter Haddon 

Effie Dix Vera Lennox 

Miss Simmons Dorothy Hurst 

MissTompkins Dorothy Field 

Miss Witmore Cecile Maule-Cole 

Miss Brownlow Eileen Seymour 

Commissionaire. Jack Glynn 

A Customer Dorothy Bentham 

Mr. Gripps George Grossmith 

Mr. Gravvins Norman Griffin 

James Paradene Geoffrey Gwyther 

Harry Zona Thomas Weguelin 

March. Seymour Beard 

April Enid Taylor 

Little Ada Heather Thatcher 

Lily de Jigger Molly Ramsden 

Marilynn Morgan Dorothy Dickson 

Feloosi Joseph Spree 

Quibb Leigh Ellis 

Mrs. Drawbridge Muriel Barnby 

The Mayor of Woollam Chersey Claude Horton 

Laburnum Brown Molly Vere 

Lilac Smith Vera Kiikwood 

Poppy Robinson Dorothy Deane 



Hyacinth Green Monica Noyes 

Tulip Williams BettyShields 

The Vicar of Wooilam Chersey Ernest Graham 

Box Office Keeper Fred Whitlock 

Cabaret Dancer Mr. Jinos 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



AMBASSADORS 

21 SEPTEMBER 1922 

* "CHARLES I" 

Play, in four acts, by W. G. WILLS 

King Charles I Russell Thorndike 

Queen Henrietta Maria Miriam Lewes 

Lady Eleanor Davys Amy Brandon-Thomas 

Marquis of Huntley Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Lord Moray Cyril Hardingham 

Oliver Cromwell H. St. Barbe West 

Ireton Malcolm Morley 

Princess Elizabeth Marie Vinten 

Prince James Sidney Bromley 

Prince Henry M. Mackay 

Earl of Hertford Seton Blackden 

Sir Thomas Killigrew J. Drew Carran 

Lord Lindsey C. N. Attwater 

King's Page Julie Kean 

Queen's Page Ronald Core Graham 

Play produced by BENRIMO. 

KINGSWAY 

24 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
" THE PHILATELIST " 

Play, in three acts, by E. LYALL SWETE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Mr. B. Mustapha Vivash E. Lyall Swete 

Miss Phillippa Vivash Lily Brough 

Miss Daphne Vivash Una Dysart 

Jeannie Grieve Jean Cadell 

Willie Robb Walter Garner 

Vice-Admiral George Crawford, C.B. . Bryan Powley 
Lieut. Jack Crawford, R.N P. Perceval Clark 

Play produced by F. GERARD CLIFTON 

EVERYMAN 

25 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
44 MARY STUART" 

A play, in a prologue and two acts, by 
JOHN DRINKWATER 

John Hunter Richard Bird 

Andrew Boyd H. O. Nicholson 

Mary Stuart Laura Cowie 

Mary Beaton Clare Harris 

David Riccio Harold Scott 

Darnley E. Harcourt- Williams 

Thomas Randolph Douglas Jefferies 

Bothwell F. Randle Ayrton 

Play produced by the Author 

COURT 

29 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
" MR. GARRICK" 

A play, in three acts, by Louis N. PARKER 

Mr. James Boswell H. de Lange 

Doctor Samuel Johnson Roy Byford 

Doctor Oliver Goldsmith Richard Andean 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sir Joshua Reynolds George Mallett 

David Garrick Gerald Lawrence 

Plunkett. Sidney Comptpn 

Sir William Dunstable .Arthur CuUin 

Sir Harrv Fenton, Bart Geoffrey Amedee 

jjoUv ; Diane Brooke 

Miss" Rose Cavendish Joan. Druce 

Proudman Vernon Kingsley 

Alderman Thomas Hoskin lago Lewys 

Mrs. Hoskin Blanche Ripley 

Miss Belinda Hoskin Helen Gosse 

Miss Euphemia Blight Eleanor Street 

Mr Job Fairjohn Gordon Allison 

Mr." Dixon-Plimpit Ralph Astor 

Mrs. Dixon-Plimpit Joan Byford 

Mr James Dixon-Plimpit Frank Henderson 

Miss Pamela Dunstable Madge Compton 

Pastern Charles Wilson 

Play produced by GERALD LAWRENCE 



THE OLD VIC 

2 OCTOBER, 1922 

"HENRY IV" (Parti) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

King Henry the Fourth Reyner Barton 

Henry Prince of Wales ) Sons to < Rupert Harvey 
John of Lancaster > theKing ( Aubrey Fielding 

Earl of Westmoreland Kingsley Baker 

Sir Walter Blunt Maxwell Wray 

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester. .Hilton Edwards 
Henry Percy," Earl of Northumberland John Laurie 
Henry Percy (Hotspur), his son. .Douglas Burbidge 
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March. .Guy Martineau 

Owen Giendower John Garside 

Sir Tohn Falstaff Wilfrid Walter 

Poiis .Alan Watts 

Lady Per;y, wife to Hotspur Jane Bacon 

Lady Mortimer, daughter ) 

to" Giendower, and wife > Margot Sieveking 

to Mortimer ) 
Mistress Quickly Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



ROYALTY 

3 OCTOBER, 1922 

"ME. BUDD (OF KENNINGTON, S.E.) " 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. F. MALTBY 

Herbert G. Budd Tubby Edlin 

Mrs, Brodie Rosalind Wyn Weaver 

Mildred Brodie Dorothy Rundell 

M. Simeon Ristitch William Lugg 

Baron Kosta Ian Fleming 

M. Nilovan S. Major Jones 

M. Velimer William Pringle 

M. Protitch George Goodwin 

M. Poncin Arthur Vezin 

M. Strossmeyer Reginald Dane 

Countess Zeta Marie Mansfield 



Servants 

Prince Carl Kenneth Kove 

M. Haidu Eric Lugg 

Princess Natalie Helen Coram 

Play produced by the Author 



UTTLE 

3 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE TOILS OF YOSHIT0MO" 

A tragedy of Ancient Japan, in three acts and an 

epilogue, "by TORAHIKO KORI, in English version, 

assisted by Miss HESTER SAINSBURY 

Genshin Geoffrey Dunlop 

Ryoi George Owen 

Shoson A. Corney Grain 

Norinaga George Skiilan 

Tameyoshi J- Fisher White 

Yoshitomo Milton Rosmer 

Yorikata Walter Schofield 

Yorinaka J. Richard Traynor 

Tamenari George Owen 

Tamenaka Kenneth Kennt 

Chihaya Muriel Pratt 

Sada Hazel Jones 

Yoritomo Sophie Lewis 

A Maidservant Olga Slade 

Nurse Olga Slade 

Masakiyo Frank Vosper 

Tametomo George Sicilian 

A Retainer Walter Schofield 

Motomori Guy Preston 

Sukemori Geofirey Dunlop 

Kiyomori A. Corney Grain 

Shinzel Frank Henry 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



GAIETY 

7 OCTOBER, 1922 

"THE LAST WALTZ" 

A musical comedy, in three acts ; music and 

orchestration by OSCAR STRAUS ; English 
version by ROBERT EVETT and REGINALD ARKELL 

General Krasian Alfred Wellesley 

Baron Ippolith Mekchwitch Billy Leonard 

Prince Paul Bertram Wallis 

Lieutenant Jack Merrington Kingsley Lark 

Captain Kaminski Pop Cory 

Lieutenant Labinski C. H. Raymond 

Ensign Orsinski Geoffrey Startin 

Vladek Leonard Russell 

Officer of the Guard Frank Perfitt 

Countess Alexandrowna Amy Augarde 

Annuschka Violet Marley 

Haunuschka Cecile Bishop 

Petruschka Molly Harben 

BabuscJhka Vesta Sylya 

Countess Vera Lisaveta Jose Collins 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



ADELPHI 

10 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE ISLAND KING " 

A musical comedy, in two acts ; book and lyrics 
by PETER GAWTHORNE ; music by HAROLD GARSTIN 

Chief Petty Officer Hopkins ('Oppy). .W. H. Berry 
Admiral Lord John Fairchilde, R.N..C. M. Lowne 
Commander John Fairchilde, R.N.. George Bishop 

Vivienne Fairchilde Phyllis Joyce 

Estelle Gladys Tudor 

General Sir George Baynham Alfred Clark 

Lady Baynham Louie Pounds 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mary Baynham ................... Xancie Lovat 

Captain Hon. Tiny Pimme .......... Robert Child 

Williams ....................... Chas. F. Cooke 

Count Renault .................. Marston Garsia 

The Dean .......................... Fred Vigay 

The Curate ........................ Ernest Hill 

Baby ............................ Fred Forrest 

Watson .......................... Austin Camp 

Stumper ............................ J. Elleson 

Islanders 
Princess Poppala of Etaria ........ Dorothy Shale 



Prince Ozama ................... Conway Dixon 

Maru ...................... Townsend Whitling 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

STRAND 

11 OCTOBER, 1922 
"ANGEL FACE" 

A musical farce, in three acts ; the book by 

HARRY B. SMITH ; the lyrics by ROBERT B. SMITH, 

and the music by VICTOR HERBERT 

Tom Larkins ........................ Eric Blore 

Arthur Griffin ..................... Tyler Brooke 

Sandy Sharp ................... Tommy Tomson 

Hugh Fairchlld .................. William Denys 

Rickwell Gibbs .............. Fred Kitchen, junr. 

Professor Barlow ................. Miles Malleson 

Ira Mapes ........................ Ellis Holland 

Slooch ......................... George Gregory 

Irving ........................ John W. Wilson 

Mrs. Zenobia Wise ................. Violet Elliott 

Betty ......................... Winifred Barnes 

Vera ............................... Enid Sass 

Paula ............................. Sylvia Cecil 

Lily .............................. Roy Wilson 

Pearl ............................. Dot Temple 

Mrs. Larkins ..................... Kate Phillips 

Tessie Blythe ..................... Mabel Sealby 

Play produced by FRED FARREN 

REGENT 

13 OCTOBER, 1922 

"THE IMMORTAL HOUR" 

A music drama, by RUTLAND BOUGHTON ; 

the libretto adapted from the play by " FIONA 

MACLEOD " (WILLIAM SHARP) 

Eochaidh .............. . .W. Johns tone-Douglas 

Etain .................. Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Midir ........................ William Heseltine 

Dalua ......................... Arthur Cranmer 

Manus ...................... Herbert Simmonds 

Maive ....................... Margaret Chatwin 

Old Bard .................... Herbert Simmonds 

Spirit Voice ................... Dorothy D'Orsay 

Play produced by BARRY JACKSON and 
REGINALD GATTY 

NEW 

16 OCTOBER, 1922 

* "MEDEA" 

(Euripides' Tragedy) 



Jason, chief of the Argonauts, ) 

nephew of Pelias, King of ..... > Leslie Faber 
lolchos ) 



Creon, ruler of Corinth Lawrence Anderson 

jEgeus, King of Athens Brember Wills 

Nurse to Medea Rosina FiMppi 

Attendant Charles Maunsell 

Messenger Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



GARRICK 

17 OCTOBER, 1922 
** DEDE " 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
ALBERT WILLEMETZ, adapted by RONALD JEANS 

Gaby Jill Williams 

Marise Evelyn Wade 

Loulou Velma Deane 

Lucette Ethel Stewart 

Leroydet John Doran 

Denise Gertrude Lawrence 

Chausson Stafford Hilliard 

Robert Le Bas Guy de Feuvre 

Andre (Dede) Joseph Coyne 

Jacqueline Adeline Roze 

Odette Joyce Gammon 

Policeman Claude Cooper 

First Delegate Donovan Parsons 

Second Delegate Griflen Campion 

Third Delegate Alex Lambton 

The Commissaire de Police Haddon Cave 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



AIDWYCH 

22 OCTOBER, 1922 
"LITTLE LOVERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ESME WYNNE-TYSON 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Paul Myse Hugh Wakefield 

Freddy Fane Neil Curtis 

PaulineMyse Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Aston-Hooper Ethel Crimes 

Veronica Mendle Joyce Kennedy 

Laurie Chalmers Henry Kendall 

Dennis Wode Henry Oscar 

Vera Wode Jean Webster-Brough 

Maid June Wyndham 

Angela Pemberton Dorothy Rundell 

Mrs. Griswell Olive Walter 

John Griswell William Pringle 

KINGSWAY 

22 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE SNOBS " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by HARRIS DEANS 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Mary. Audrie Haynes 

Maud Bartlett. . . 4 Ella Daincourt 

Carrie Withers Dora Gregory 

George Bartlett Stanley Lathbury 

Jane Welling Mildred Evelyn 

Guy Milton-Watson Jack Raine 

Arthur Bartlett Guy Leigh Pemberton 

Gladys Heatherley Kathleen Stuart 

Sir Edmund Milton-Watson J. Smith Wright 

Lady Mil ton -Watson Jose Brooks 

Simpson Alan Mowbray 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



APOLLO 

24 OCTOBER, 1922 
GLAMOUR " 

A play, in three acts, by PETER GARLAND 

(From 'the story by VIOLET TWEEDALE and 

PETER GARLAND 

Sir George Knowsley, K.C.B C. Aubrey Smith 

Lord Charteridge ..." E. Holman Clark 

Ralph Hampdeh Frank Freeman 

Roberts Raymond Massey 

Doris Reade Frances Carson 

Hilda Barker Marjorie Holman 

Lady Knowsley Maud Cressall 

Play produced by E. HOLMAX CLARK 



STRA23D 

26 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE BALANCE" 

A drama, in four acts, by FRANK Dix and 
LEON M. LION 

Theodore Cornell George Bealby 

Stephen Hicks George Elton 

Richard Arthur Porter Tristan Rawson 

Sophie Hicks Ethel Craske 

Uncle Abel J. Sebastian Smith 

Rainy Mullins Edward Rigby 

Mary Denton Mary Clare 

Esther Morrison Lila Maravan 

Rev. Peter Rock Geoffrey Bevan 

Doctor Gordon Alex. G. Hunter 

Mrs. Dart Ethel Coleridge 

Perkins Guy Preston 

The Judge J. H. Barnes 

Clerk of the Court Phil Williams 

Counsel for the Prosecution. . .Stephen Wentworth 

Counsel for the Defence Rothbury Evans 

Usher Frederick Castleman 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 



LITTLE 

25 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE NINE O'CLOCK REVUE " 

By HAROLD SIMPSON and MORRIS HARVEY 
Music by MURIEL LILLIE and J. ORD HAMILTON 

Irene Browne Morris Harvey 

Joan Emney H. Tripp Edgar 

Beatrice LilHe Bobby Blythe 

Mimi Crawford Clifford Cobb 
, Helen Beltramo 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADCE 

ROYALTY 

30 OCTOBER, 1922 
* "MID-CHANNEL" 
A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR PINERO 

Theodore Blundell ............. Scott Sunderland 

The Hon. Peter Mottram ........... Leon M. Lion 

Leonard Ferris .................... Martin Lewis 

Warren ......................... Gerald Clifton 

Cole ............................. Peter Upcher 

Rideout .......................... Paul Ashwell 



Zo8 Blundell ................... Irene Vanbrugh 



Mrs. Pierpoint , M. Clarke-Jervoise 

Ethel Pierpoint Janet Ecdes 

Mrs. Annerly Helen Morris 

Lena Gladys Dale 

A Maidservant Joyce Burnett 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



KIHG'S, HAMMERSMITH 

30 OCTOBER, 1922 

" COMIN' THRO' THE RZE " 

In a prologue and three acts, a dramatized version 

of HELEN MATHER'S novel, adapted by 

CONSTANCE STUART 

Nell Ena Grossmith 

Alice Ada Wingard 

Mffiy Kathleen Grace 

Jack Denys Blakstock 

Dolly Frances Davis 

Daisy Elaine Harper 

Larry Edith Farmer 

Mary Fay Joyce 

Colonel Adair Harry Hanner 

George Tempest Owen Cassidy 

Charles Lovelace Geoffrey Hickson 

Captain the Hon. Basil Vestris . .A. Pistarn Wright 

Sylvia Fleming Gladys Newton 

Henry Patrick Turnbull 

Maid Minnie Browning 

Mason Elizabeth Ponsonby 

Nurse Beatrice West 

Paul Vasher Frederick Sargent 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 

SHAFTESBDRY 

31 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE CAT AND THE CANARY" 

A three-act play by JOHN WILLARD 

Roger Crosby Morton Selten 

" Mammy " Pleasant Esme Beringer 

Harry Blythe S. J. Wannington 

Susan Sillsby Auriol Lee 

Cicely Young Shiela Courtenay 

Charles Wilder *. . .Evan Thomas 

Paul Jones Frank Denton 

Annabelle West Mary Glynne 

Hendricks J. C. Aubrey 

Patterson Caleb Porter 

Play produced by PERCY MOORE 

AMBASSADORS 

2 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE SECRET AGENT" 

JOSEPH CONRAD'S play, in three acts, dramatized 
by the author from his novel of the same name 

Winnie Verloc Miriam Lewes 

Stevie Freddie Peisley 

Winnie's Mother Ellie Royter 

Mr. Verloc H. St. Barbe West 

Mr. Vladimir Frank Vosper 

Ossipon Russell Thorndike 

Michaelis Malcolm Morley 

Karl Yundt George Barran 

The " Professor " Clifton Boyne 

Waiter Eric Attwater 

Assistant Commission r Seton Blackden 

Inspector Heat Jevan Brandon-Thomas 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lady Mabel Amy Brandon-Thomas 

A Maid *. Julie Kean 

First Lady Guest Natalie Moya 

Second Lady Guest Minnie Blagden 

Third Lady Guest Theodora Morrison 

First Gentleman Guest Hugh Williams 

Detective J. Drew-Carran 

First Policeman Edward Manning 

Second Policeman E. Adams 

Play produced by BENRIMO 



DALY'S 

5 NOVEMBER, 1922 
* " THE JEW OF MALTA 

A tragedy by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Machiavel ........................ Frank Cellier 

Barabas ....................... Baliol Holloway 

Ferneze ......................... Howard Rose 

Selim Calymath ................ Alfred A. Harris 

Don Lodowick .................... Frank Vosper 

DonMatbias ..................... Ivan Sampson 

Martin del Bosco ................. Austin Trevor 

Ithamore ...................... Ernest Thesiger 

Barnardine ...................... Charles Staite 

Jacomo ....................... A. S. Homewood 

Pilia-borsa ....................... Frank Cellier 

First Merchant ................. A. Corney Grain 

Second Merchant ................ John H. Moore 

First Jew ........................ George Owen 

Second Jew ................... Vernon Kingsley 

Third Jew .................... A. Edward Barrs 

An Officer ......................... John Collins 

Messenger ..................... A. Corney Grain 

of Malt, 



Bassoesoi the Turk .......... 

Abigail ........................... Isabel Jeans 

Katharine ....................... Helena Millais 

Bellamira ...................... Margaret Yarde 

The Abbess .................... Margaret Carter 

A Nun ...................... Margaret Manning 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



ST. JAMES'S 

6 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE BEATING ON THE DOOR" 

A play, in three acts, by AUSTIN PAGE 

Stepan E. Ashley-Marvin 

Anton James Lindsay 

Princess Natalia Rosanova Mary Jerrold 

Prince Feodor Rosanof A. Scott-Gatty 

Katusha Nancye Kenyon 

Princess Tatiana Rosanova Doris Lloyd 

Prince Alexander Arnielef Arthur Wontner 

Count Nikolai Palitzin Athole Stewart 

Volsky Franklin Dyall 

Krasnochaikof Allan Jeayes 

Count Svirin Fred Lewis 

Maria Balenko Marie Royter 

Masrak Fewlass Llewellyn 

Petroff Frank Wolfe 



B3NGSWAY 

12 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" YETTA POLOWSKI " 

A play, in three acts, by F. C, MONTAGU 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Sir Hubert Symonds Robert Minster 

Lady Symonds Isobel Ohmead 

Mrs. David Symonds Dora Gregory 

Arthur Symonds Philip Easton 

Reuben Polowski Frank Vosper 

Yetta Polowski Hilda Bayley 

Babs Kimber Winifred McCarthy 

George Radford A. S. Homewood 

CecilStanton George Hayes 

Miss Burke Marjoiie Lindsay 

Albert Goring Alfred A. Harris 

Smith Knighton Small 



NEW 

13 NOVEMBER, 1922 

* "THE CENCI" 

A tragedy by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 

Camillo Brember Wills 

Count Francesco Cenci Robert Farquharson 

Andrea Andrew Churchman 

Beatrice Sybil Thorndike 

Orsino Duncan Yarrow 

Lucretia Beatrice Wilson 

Prince Colonna Hugh Bayly 

Bernardo Rosemary Thorndike 

Orsino's Servant Thomas Warner 

Giacomo Lawrence Anderson 

Orympio Geoffrey Dunlop 

Marzio Victor Lewisohn 

Savella Leonard Shepherd 

Judge Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



APOLLO 

16 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"DEVIL DICK" 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 
A. SCHOMER 

James Brookes Stanley Dre\vitt 

District Attorney Elvin Lionel Gadsden 

Doctor Henry Simmons Cecil Fowler 

Hon. Theodore Johnson Edward Petley 

Lina Mary Merrall 

Jack Nat Madison 

Fritz Kopfer Michael Sherbropke 

Richard Bolger Maurice Moscovitch 

Elsie Muriel Pratt 

Bobbie Lorna Hubbard 

Mrs. Warrington Mary Lincoln 

Mr. Warrington Robert Horton 

Raymond. . . Rex Caldwell 

Rose Edwin Muriel Alexander 

Constantino Granilo Nathan Natoff 

Pascalo Tony de Lungo 

Charlie Edwin Greenwood 

An Idler Cyril Twyford 



Play produced by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN 



Play produced by MAURICE MOSOOVITCH 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



GLOBE 

17 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" THE LAUGHING LADY " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Hamilton Playgate Herbert Ross 

Ellis E. A. Walker 

Caroline Playgate Heniietta Watson 

Cynthia Dell Edith Evans 

Sir Harrison Peters, K.B.E Julian Royce 

Daniel Farr, K.C Godfrey Tearle 

Esmee Farr Violet Vanbnagh 

Lady Marjorie Colladine Marie Lohr 

Sir Hector Colladine, St., D.S.O Brian Gilmour 

Rose Kitty Gordon Lee 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY. 



NEW 

19 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE SMITHS OF SURBITON" 

A play, in three acts, from his own novel, 
by KEBLE HOWARD 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Ellis ........................... Nora Nicholson 

Jack Hassocks .................... Richard Bird 

Phyllis Bickenhall ............... Joyce Kennedy 

Enid Smith ........................ Doris Lloyd 

Mrs. Bickenhall ................... Ethel Grimes 

Ralph Smith .................... Harvey Adams 

Mrs. Hassocks .................. Laura Smithson 

Louisa ........................... Olive Walter 

Lizzie ......................... June Wyndham 

Phyllis Smith ................... Joyce Kennedy 

Peter Murray ........................ Eric Lugg 

George Smith ...................... Noel Allison 

DUKE OF YORK'S 

20 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S play, with Shakespeare's 

original text set to music for the first time by 

ADRIAN WELLES BEECHAM 

Portia .............................. Ena Riess 

Jessica ........................ Desiree Ellinger 

Nerissa ............................. Ella Milne 

Antonio ........................ Webster Millar 

Lorenzo ........................ Frank Webster 

Salario .......................... Dewey Gibson 

Gratiano .......................... Howard Fry 

Bassanio ....................... Gregory Stroud 

Prince of Morocco ............ , Norman Williams 



enice ................. John Van Zyl 

Stephano ........................... Leslie May 

Tubal ............. . ............... A. Halstead 

Shylock ....................... Augustus Milner 

Play produced by SIR FRANK BENSON 

THE OLD VIC 

20 NOVEMBER, 1922 
* "A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS" 

By PHILIP MASSINGER 

Lord Lovell ..................... Rupert Harvey 

Sir Giles Overreach ............... Robert Atkins 



Frank Wellborn Douglas Burbidge 

Tom Allworth Alan Watts 

Greedy D. Hay Petrie 

Marrail John Garside 

Order Reyner Barton 

Amble Guy Martineau 

Furnace Henrj' Cohen 

WatchaU Hilton Edwards 

Willdo Hugh McNeil 

Tapwell Ernest Meads 

Lady Allworth Althea Glasby 

Margaret Nancy Harker 

Froth Ethel Harper 

Chambermaid Molly Francis 

Waiting Woman Joyce Cathie 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

"BRITAIN'S DAUGHTER" 

Poetic play by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 

Roman Soldier Ernest Meads 

Widan Ethel Harper 

Nest Florence Buckton 

Soldier Hilton Edwards 

Girl Esther Whitehouse 

Madror John Garside 

Ellin Jane Bacon 

Child Iris Roberts 

Placidius Wilfrid Walter 

Centurion Douglas Burbidge 

Cadvan D. Hay Petrie 

Young Man Alan Watts 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

E3NGSWAY 

26 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" BED AND BREAKFAST 

A farce, in three acts, by F. C. WITNEY 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Forde Entwhistle Alan Mowbray 

Nell Courteline Evadne Price 

Chauffeur Clive Currie 

Rev. Erasmus Penticoat Bryan Powley 

Mrs. Penticoat Eva Brooke 

Jack Murray P. Percival Clark 

Reginald Birch Ronald Ward 

Lena Murray Mary Hill-Mitchelson 

Peggy Birch Helen Gosse 

Bernard Corteline Geoffrey Amedee 

Anne Gran ville Dorothy Wordsworth 

Police-sergeant Gilbert Davis 

Policeman Winston Seymour 

GAERICK 

28 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" BIFFY " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
VERA BERINGER and WILLIAM RAY 

Susan Peggy Ross 

Amelia Brunner Maidie Hope 

Doris Piggott Dorothy Fane 

John Brunner Stanley Cooke 

Charles Piggott Lewis Willoughby 

Edward de Burg A. G. Poulton 

Bibsie de Burg Edna Bellonini 

Biffy J. Robert Hale 

Miquette Teddie Gerard 

Inspector Horton Lawrence Phillips 

Mayor of Heybridge Roy Byford 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



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ST, JAMES'S 

30 NOVEMBER, 1922 

" THE HAPPY ENDING '* 

A comedy, in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Denny Cradock John WiUiams 

Harold Bagby Miles Malleson 

Simmons Gwladys Gaynor 

Joan Cradock Elizabeth Irving 

Sir Anthony Fen wick Fred Kerr 

Mildred Cradock Ethel Irving 

Molly Cradock AdeleDixon 

Laura Meakin Jean Cadell 

Dale Conway Robert Loraine 

Mr. Moon F. B. J. Sharp 

Sir Thomas Mobberly Frederick de Lara 

Lady Mobberley Elizabeth Rosslyn 

Phyllis Harding Joan Clarkson 

Play produced by SAM LYSONS 



GLOBE 

3 DECEMBER, 1922 
"THE RUMOUR" 

A play, in a prologue, four acts, and an epilogue 
by C. K. MUNRO 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Ned Gilbert Ritchie 

Ruby Edith Evans 

Hon. Algernon Moodie Edmond Breon 

Mr. Lennard A. S. Homewood 

Jones Reginald Dance 

Smith Alfred A. Harris 

Jackson A. Caton Woodville 

Aramya Margaret Yarde 

Torino Edmund Willard 

Deane Harcourt Williams 

Prime Minister Frederic Sargent 

La Rubia Claude Rains 

M. Raffanel Milton Rosmer 

Lena Jackson Elizabeth Arkell 

Ranskaya Louise Hampton 

Sir George Darnell Douglas Jefieries 

Sir Robert Mortimer Fred Lewis 

Banker Howard Ross 

Mr. Grange Alfred Clark 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



ROYALTY 

4 DECEMBER, 1922 
"DESTRUCTION" 

A play, in three acts, by AGNESE DE LLANA 

Jenny Grayson Marjorie Graeme 

Ella Singleton May Whitty 

Bertha Ramsden Una Dysart 

Katherine Rendle Agnese de Liana 

Betty Carpenter Frances Clare 

Alec Crauford H. C. Carey 

Bobby Redford Shayle Gardner 

Clara Evelyn Esmond 

Miss Strathfield Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Cummer Polly Emery 

James Green R. S. Comber 

PbHip Monson, M.P Ben Webster 

George Carpenter Allan Jeayes 

Play produced by BEN WEBSTER 



THE OLD VIC 

4 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA" 

(Shakespeare Tragedy) 

Pfailo Alan Watts 

Demetrius Hilton Edwards 

Antony Wilfrid Walter 

Alexas Maxwell Wray 

Soothsayer John Garside 

Enobarbus Rupert Harvey 

Roman Messenger Ralfe Davies 

Octavius Cassar Douglas Burbidge 

Lepidus Reyner Barton 

Mardian Hugh McNeill 

Pompey Alan Watts 

Menas Henry Cohen 

Varrius Aubrey Feilding 

Ventidius Hilton Edwards 

Mecaenas Sidney Scott 

Agrippa John Laurie 

Messenger Hubert Hine 

1st Servant D. Hay Petrie 

2nd Servant Guy Martineau 

Eros Alan Watts 

Scarus Ernest Meads 

Dolabella Reyner Barton 

Thyreus Henry Cohen 

Euphronius John Garside 

Diomedes Guy Martineau 

The Clown D. Hay Petrie 

Dercetas Ralfe Davies 

Proculeius Henry Cohen 

Cleopatra Esther Whitehouse 

Ghanaian Jane Bacon 

Iras Margot Seiveking 

Octavia Joyce Cathie 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



APOLLO 

5 DECEMBER, 1922 
" HAWLEYS OF THE HIGH STREET " 

An eccentric comedy, in three acts, by 
WALTER W. ELLIS 

Augustus Percival-Hawley Edward Irwin 

Nicholls R. A. Beaton 

Mrs. Barclay Elsie Craig 

Mrs. Hawley Clare Greet 

Millicent Alice Mpflat 

Dennis, Viscount Roxton Francis Lister 

Keppel Marie Clayton 

Mr. Busworth Maitland Marler 

Mrs. Busworth Winifred Dennis 

Stanley Hawkins Bertram Fryer 

Edith Ethel Hodgson 

Mr.Tweedie Reg. Hunter 

Mrs.Tweedie Muriel Johnston 

Edward Reece Arthur C. Bowers 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW OXFORD 

8 DECEMBER, 1922 

" BATTLING BUTLER " 

A musical farce, in three acts ; the book by 

STANLEY BRIGHTMAN and AUSTIN MELFORD ; the 

lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER ; and the music by 

PHILIP BRAHAM 

Mr. Dumble Frederick Ross 

Mrs. Dumble Beryl Harrison 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mrs. Alfred Butler Sydney Fairbrotiier 

Sweeting Vena Galt 

Marigold -Peggy Kurton 

Mr Hired Butter Jack Buchanan 

Mr. Algernon Hozier Austin Melford 

Mr. Hugh Brvant Fred Leslie 

Landlord of the "Four Crowns" Stockwell Hawkins 

Ted Spink Douglas Furber 

The Flapper Vena Gait 

Battling Butler Fred Groves 

Bertha Butler Sylvia Leslie 

A Gipsy Mariamna Karelina 

The Two Boxers > ( Mr. Alexander 

Seen in Ring 5 ( -Mr. Hurley 

Play produced by DION TJTHERADGE 
and JACK BUCHANAN 

KINGSWAY 

10 DECEMBER, 1922 
WIDOWS WEEDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDGAR WILFORD 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Jemima Blow Margaret Watson 

Harriet Stock Ethel Coleridge 

William Small J. Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Esau Tibbett Margaret Carter 

Miss Emma Tibbett Hilda Sims 

The Rev. Esau Tibbett Gerald Jerome 

Mr. Albert Tibbett Ivor Barnard 

Mr. Simpson A. Corney Grain 

Mr. Blair Harold Scott 

Tina St. Clair Sybil Arundale 

Play produced by MELTON ROSMER 

WIMBLEDOBT 

11 DECEMBER, 1922 
"ARCHIBALD'S AFTERNOON" 

A farcical comedy in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Oenone Pontifex Nan Marriott Watson 

Herrnia Pontifex Joan Castle 

The Rev. Septimus Pontifex Frank PettingeH 

Mr. Tickle Fred Knight 

Mrs. Tickle Esme Hubbard 

Miss Moxon Buena Bent 

Harriet Bupp Sophie Lewis 

Capt. Archibald Wade, M.C Arthur Wellesley 

Capt. James Prior Nigel Bruce 

Lionel Gillibrand George Hayes 

Dorothy Venner Jean Webster Brough 

P.C. Garmet Gordon Marker 

Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 

AMBASSADORS 

14 DECEMBER, 1922 

* " SWEET LAVENDER " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARTHUR PINERO 

Mr. Geoffrey Wedderburn Wilfred Forster 

Clement Hale Jack Hobbs 

Dr. Delaney E. Lyall Swete 

Dick Phenyl E. Holman Clark 

Horace Bream Henry Caine 

Mr. Maw Gerald Clifton 

Mr. Bulger Denier Warren 

Mrs. GilfilUan Ada Ferrar 

Minnie Isobel Elsom 

Ruth Rolt Lilian Braithwaite 

Lavender Ann Trevor 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



SHAFfESBURY 

17 DECEMBER, 1922 

1 AKTONY SETTLES DOWN " 

A farcical comedy, in four acts, by 
JOHN OSWALD FRANCIS 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bentley C. Osborn Adair 

Lady Ferris Elspeth Dudgeon 

John Tre veridge A. Harding Steerman 

Evelyn Ferris Mane Rosier 

Gertrude Seatle Louise Hampton 

Emily Laurence Mary Lincoln 

Arthur Baynton Neil Curtis 

Margery Wayne Margot Drake 

Jane Brown Gipsy Ellis 

Antony Ferris William Kershaw 

Sir Simon Ferris Alfred Clark 

Daphne Chisholm Faith Liddle 

Play produced by RICHARD BIRD 



B3NQSWAY 

17 DECEMBER, 1922 

* SHARES " 

A play, in three acts, by the 
MARCHIONESS TOWNSHEND 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Augustus Peacey Clive Currie 

Mrs. Peacey May Nightingale 

Margaret Una Dysart 

Elizabeth Julie Keen 

Lord Stranmore Albert Raynor 

Silas Bird Tom Shelford 

Lady Charlotte Foster Ruth Maitland 

Lady Diana Olivia Burleigh 

Lieut. Anthony Denison Ronald Ward 

Mr Poynter Henry Walton 

Dr. Ferguson J. Smith Wright 

Mr. Cowden Gilbert Davis 

Dawson Reginald Gosse 

Footman Claude Horton 

Inspector Sharp .Alan Mowbray 



APOLLO 

18 DECEMBER, 1922 
* "THROUGH THE CRACK" 

By ALGERNON BLACKWOOD and VIOLET PEARN 
Revived by THE ACTORS' COMMONWEALTH, LTD. 

Mother Muriel Pratt 

Uncle Paul Farren Soutar 

Jonah Gerald Anderson 

Colonel Stumper EricLewis 

Thompson Frank Cellier 

Policeman H. St. Barbe West 

Tramp J- Leslie Frith 

Father Hugh Owen 

Aunt Emily Margaret Carter 

Nixie Marian Watson 

Toby Lorna Hubbard 

Misty Love Elsie Judge 

Mrs. Horton Clare Greet 

The Night Wind Joan Luxton 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



C(2I 4 0) 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ROYALTY 

19 DECEMBER. 1922 

* "CHARLEY'S AUNT" 

By BRANDON THOMAS 

Colonel Sir Francis Chesney Lewis Broughton 

Stephen Spettigue , James E. Page 

Jack Chesney Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Charles Wykeham Xorman Pierce 

Lord Fancourt Babberley Jack Heliier 

Brassett ' Gerald Merrielees 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez Violet Elliott 

Kitty Verdun Marjorie St. Aubyn 

Ela Delahay Margaret Riddick 

Amy Spettigue Gwynne Wfaitby 



NEW 

19 DECEMBER, 1922 
"THE GREAT WELL" 

A play, in four acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Annette Haverfield Agatha Kentish, 

Sparkes Horton Cooper 

Simon Banks Michael Sherbrooke 

Camilla Starling Laura Cowie 

Mrs. Challenor Mary Jerrold 

Peter Starling Matheson Lang 

Major Arnold Dareath Reginald Owen 

Srnithers Alick Chumley 

Bentley Frank Vosper 

Sir Wilmot Canfield Athole Stewart 

Granville Tracy A. W. Tyrer 

Milford Clifton Boyne 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG and 
STANLEY BELL 

PLAYHOUSE 

20 DECEMBER, 1922 

* ** THE PRIVATE SECRETARY " 
By CHARLES HAWTREY 

Mr. Marsland Grahame Herington 

Harry Marsland Stanley Lloyd 

Mr. Cattermole Fred Lewis 

Douglas Cattermole George Morgan 

Rev. Robert Spalding Charles Windermere 

Sydney Gibson A. Corney Grain 

John W. Ellythorne 

Knox George Russell 

Edith Marsland Molly Williams 

Eva Webster Rita Lynn 

Mrs. Stead Bertha Northam 

Miss Asbiord Dora Gregory 

REGENT 

20 DECEMBER, 1922 

"TEE CHRISTMAS PARTY" 

By BARRY V. JACKSON 

Christopher Sidney Bromley 

Evangeline Kathleen Hewetson 

Nurse Alice Rene 

Dustman Scott Sunderland 

Santa Glaus Martin Sands 

Fine Lady from Banbury Cross . . Margaret Chatwin 

Bo-Peep Ina Carleton 

Red Riding Hood Doris Delorme 

Anthony Rowley Ivor Barnard 

Cinderella Marjorie Bartlett 

Colonel Mac Mashit . . .Hedley Briggs 



The Lady Clara Cecilia Twyford 

Gollywog William Dester 

Sairy Jane Cathleen Orford 

Mr. Noah . Charles Stone 

Mrs. Xoafa Kathleen Beer 

Old King Cole Charles Stone 

Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Alice Rene 

Conjuror Jack Rowlands 

Clown Scott Sunderland 

Pantaloon Ivor Barnard 

Harlequin Hedley Briggs 

Columbine Cecilia Twyford 

Fairy Joan Panter 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



ST JAMES'S 
21 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "PETER PAN" 
By SIR J. M. BARRIE 

Peter Pan Edna Best 

Jas. Hook Lyn Harding 

Mr. Darling C, Stafford Dickens 

Mrs. Darling Prudence Vanbrugh 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling Sylvia Oakley 

John Napoleon Darling Leonard Hibbs 

Michael Nicholas Darling Marie Vinten 

Nana Gordon Can- 
Tinker Bell Jenny Wren 

Tootles Joan Maude-Price 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Donald Searle 

Curly Stella Freeman 

First Twin Ursula Moreton 

Second Twin Dorothy Lynne 

Smee George Shelton 

Gentleman Starkey Charles Trevor 

Cookson Walter C. Lake 

Mullins F. Rawson Buckley 

Cecco William Luff 

Jukes James English 

Npodler John Kelt 

First Pirate S. Grenville Darling 

Second Pirate William D'Arcy 

Black Pirate Donald Walcott 

Great Big Little Panther Garrett Hollick 

Tiger Lily Nancy Pawley 

Play produced by LICHFIELD OWEN 



EMPIRE 

21 DECEMBER, 1922 
"ARLEQUIN" 

A comedy fantasy, in three acts and two dreams, 
by MAURICE MAGRE. Freely translated by 
Louis N. PARKER ; music by ANDRE GAILHARD ; 
choreography by LEONIDE MASSINE ; scenery and 
costumes designed by JEAN-GABRIEL DOMERGUE 

First Dream 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

Pierrot Dennis Neilson -Terry 

The Dancer .Dorothy Green 

A Nun (Order of the Visitation) Eleanor Street 

Louisa Netta Westcott 

Columbine Jane Graham 

Elvira of Florence Edith Savile 

Manon of Venice Sybil Hook 

Characters in the Play 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

The Archbishop Leonard Shepherd 

The Doge J. H. Barnes 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Green Dancer Edith Kelly-Gould 

The Marquis Dennis Xeilson -Terry 

Barbarino Cecil Mancering 

Pasquillo Norman Partrlesre 

Cloputo Rothbury Evans 

Cinthio Stanley Vine 

Bassanino DreliD court Odium 

Sea Captain Jack Vincent 

Aurelio Cynl Sworder 

Postillion Stanley Vine 

Officer Cyril Sworder 

The Duchess Rosina Filippi 

Gaetama Viola Tree 

Michaela Moyna Macgill 

Rosetta .' Lois Sturt 

Bartela Mona Grey 

A Fair Lady Sybil Hook 

A Dark Lady Edith Savile 

The Woman Eleanor Curran 

A Domino Eleanor Street 

Second Dream 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

Old Man in Grey J. H. Barnes 

Michaela ~ Moyna Macgill 

The Youth with Blue Hair Dorothy Green 

The Girl with the Silver Dagger Netta Westcott 

Play produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



Israel Hands Reginald Bach 

Job Andersen David Clark son 

Johnnv Alfred Hams 

Dirk Harry Danby 

O'Brien George Edwards 

Ben Guan Charles Groves 

Tom Watkins Randolph McLecd 

Dick Edmund Kennedy 

Ate Gray Stanley Lathbury 

Harry Paige Lawrence 

Squire Trelawney Bellenden Powell 

Ned Graham Stuart 

Jack Roy Lennol 

Mary Gwen Evans 

Joyce John H. Mcore 

Hunter Alan Stevenson 

Redruth Claude Edmunds 

Dr. Livesey Halliwell Hobbes 

Captain Smollett Harvey Adams 

Mr. Arrow Graham Stuart 

Supervisor Dance Edmund Kennedy 

Tip Paige Lawrence 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Mrs. Hawkins Beatrice Wilson 

Jim Frederick Peisley 

Captain Flint A Parrot 

Play produced by J. B. PAGAN 



LYRIC 

22 DECEMBER. 1922 
"LILAC TIME" 

A new play, with music, from the melodies of 
FRANZ SCHUBERT 

Franz Schubeit Courtice Pounds 

Baron Franz Von Schober Percy Heming 

Mortiz Von Schwind Herbert Cameron 

Kappel Jack Kelly 

Johann Michael Vogl Eric Morgan 

Count Scharntorff Jerrold Robertshaw 

Christian Veit Edmund Gwenn 

Marie Veit Florence Vic 

Tilli Moya Nugent 

Willi Roy Wilson 

Lilli Clara Butterworth 

Demoiselle Fiametta Marini (La Marinella) 

Doris Clayton 

Andreas Brauu Michael Cole 

Ferdinand Binder Griffin Campion 

Novotny Robert Nainby 

Schani Master Websdale 

Rosi Ethel Wellesley 

Mrs. Grimm Barbara Gott 

Mrs. Weber Gladys Hirst 

Sally Queenie Young 

Stingl Ronald Pomeroy 

Play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



STRAND 

23 DECEMBER, 1922 
" TREASURE ISLAND 

A play, in four acts, adapted by J. B. FAGAN from 
ROBERT Louis STEVENSON'S romance 

Long John Silver Arthur Bourchier 

Captain Billy Bones Frank Bertram 

Pew Reginald Bach 

Black Dog Charles Groves 

George Merry Frank E. Petley 

Tom Morgan Leonard Calvert 

Deadeye Christopher Steele 



WYNDEAM'S 
26 DECEMBER, 1922 
* "BULL-DOG DRUMMOND" 

Play, in four acts, by " SAPPER " 

Captain Hugh Drummond Gerald du Maurier 

Algy Longworth Ronald Squire 

Peter Darrell Basil S. Foster 

Carl Peterson Alfred Drayton 

Doctor Henry Lakington Norman Forbes 

James Handley George A. Bran dram 

W. Hocking W. Boyd Davis 

Hiram G. Travers Guy Fletcher 

Denny Lichfield Owen 

Derbyshire Alfred Ayre 

Marcovitch H. W. Furniss 

Brownlow William Kershaw 

Irma Peterson Madeleine Seymour 

Phyllis Benton Audrey Garten 

Play produced by SIR GERALD Du MAURIER 



DTJKE OP YORK'S 

26 DECEMBER, 1922 
* " EHE BLUE BIRD ' 

By MAURICE MAETERLINCK 

Mummy Tyl Gwendolen Hill 

Daddy Tyl Drew Mackintosh 

Tyltyl Joan Duan 

Mytyl Phyllis Jay 

The Fairy Berylime Lily Brought 

Tylo, the Dog Ernest Hendrie 

Tylette, the Cat Norman Page 

Water Elsie Craven 

Light Ethel Carrington 

Night Nora Johnston 

Bread Herbert Russell 

Fire Dirk Daniel 

Milk Lena Lloyd 

Sugar Ernest Leverett 

Gaffer Tyl Vincent Sternroyd 

Granny Tyl Daisy England 

Time Drew Mackintosh 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Oak Vincent Stetnroyd 

Neighbour Berlingot Lily Brough 

Play produced by ERNEST HENDRIE 

KINGSWA? 

30 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "POLLY" 

Opera by JOHN GAY ; re-written by CLIFFORD BAX 
Macheath (sometimes disguised as Moranol 

Pitt Chatham 



Mr. Ducat E. Thornley-Dodge 

Vanderbluff Percy Parsons 

Jenny Diver Adrienne Brune 

Mrs. Trapes Muriel Terry 

Mrs. Ducat Winifred Hare 

Polly Lilian Da vies 

Laquerre Muni Moncrieff 

Hacker Frank G. Ogg 

Culverin Louis Garnett 

Capstan Granville Hayes 

Cutlace Edward Jones 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



EVERYMAN 



1923 



10 JANUARY, 1923 

"MEDIUM" 
A play, in six scenes, by LEOPOLD THOMA 

Husband Franklin Dyall 

First Warder Raymond Massey 

Wife Mary Merrall 

She Winifred Izard 

Raoul George Hayes 

Judge George Merritt 

Doctor Perron Fred O'Donovan 

Second Warder Douglas Jefferies 

" Ttffo PEEFEGT DAY " 
Translated by MRS. ALFRED SUTRO 
from the French of EMILE MAZAUD 

Mouton George Merritt 

Picque Harold Scott 

Marie Margaret Yarde 

Truchard , Fred O'Donovan 

Plays produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

APOLLO 

16 JANUARY, 1923 

" A ROOP AND FOUR WALLS " 

A comedy, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Mr.Bollon H. R. Hignett 

Mrs. Fry Laura Smithson 

Mrs. Stenning Phyllis Neilson-Terry 

Peter Stenning Nicholas Hannen 

Freddy Parmeter Frank Freeman 

Mr. Moody Lauderdale Maitland 

Parker Olga Slade 

Giffard Lydia Audre 

Mr. Hemming 0. B. Clarence 

Mrs. Moody Mrs. Arthur WMtby 

Lord Quihampton Allan Jeayes 

Miss Van Ruyon Olive Campbell 

Play produced by CECIL KING 

HAtMARKET 

17 JANUARY, 1923 

"PLUS FOURS" 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. A. VACHELL and 

HAROLD SIMPSON 

Wilbur Nuthall Denys Blakelock 

Mrs. Hazard Clare Greet 

Josephine Nuthall Peggy O'Neil 

Mark Maturin C. Aubrey Smith 

Arthur Goddard Robert Horton 

Ellen Cathleen MacCarthy 

Mrs. Carmichael Athene Seyler 

Richard Maturin John DeveriE 

Mrs. Plumbridge Una O'Connor 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



STRAND 

21 JANUARY, 1923 
"COLOMAN" 



A prose play, in four acts, by EDWARD PERCY and 
WALLACE B. NICHOLLS 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Coloman William Stack 

Almos Harvey Adams 

Busella Ethel Griffies 

Stephen (aged 10) Iris Roberts 

Stephen (aged 20) Hugh Dempster 

Ilona Louise Hampton 

Bela Gerald Anderson 

Matthias Odey William Pringle 

Gabriel Eguon Tristan Rawson 

Guyon Rakovscy Henry Kendall 

Otto Csupor W. Edward Stirling 

Peter Ittakar Donald R. Young 

Archbishop of Gran Alfred Clark 

John Csaba Tom Heslewood 

Aladar Marsty Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Simon Szvela Reginald Bach 

Krisch Alfred Clark 

Rosalys Marie Royter 

Another Court Lady Jean Webster-Brough 

A Tanner William Kershaw 

Else Margaret Vaughan 

An Old Woman Nora Nicholson 

A Courtesan Muriel Minty 

An Old Shepherd C. Osborn Adair 

His Son George Hamilton 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



CRITERION 

25 JANUARY, 1923 

"ADVERTISING APRIL; 

or, The Girl Who Made the Sunshine Jealous " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
HERBERT FARJEON and HORACE HORSNELL 

April Mawne Sybil Thorndike 

Edmund Hobart Frank Cellier 

Mrs. Trimmer Margaret Yarde 

Poppy Gwladys Gaynor 

Horace Thomas Warner 

Tom Ralph Neale 

Potts Andrew Churchman 

Mervyn Jones Lawrence Anderson 

Rachel Shaw Elizabeth Pollock 

A Princess Elinor Foster 

A Lady-in Waiting Lilian Moubrey 

Lord Peveril Ashton Pearse 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAJTESBUBY 
28 JANUARY, 1923 
* " 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE " 

By JOHN FORD 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Bonaventura Fred O'Donovan 

A Cardinal Campbell Fletcher 

Soranzo Henry Oscar 

Florio Howard Rose 

Donado Orlando Barnett 

Gnmaldi Ivan Samson 

Giovanni Ion Swkdey 

Bergetto Harold Scott 

Richardetto A. S. Homewood 

Vasques Michael Sherbrooke 

Poggio J. Leslie Frith 

Annabella Moyna Macgill 

Hippolita Florence Saunders 

Philotis Nell Carter 

Putan Barbara Gott 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



EVERYMAN 

29 JANUARY, 1923 

* ** ^HFf PHILANDERER, " 

A topical comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Leonard Charteris Milton Rosmer 

Mrs.Tranfield Doris Lloyd 

Julia Craven Hilda Moore 

Col. Daniel Craven Reginald Dance 

Mr. Joseph Cuthbertson Fred O'Donovan 

Sylvia Craven Nadine March 

Dr. Paramore Douglas Jefferies 

The Club Page Patrick Harvey 

The play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

THE OLD VIC 
29 JANUARY, 1923 
* "HENRY VI" 
(Part I and first half of Part H) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

King Henry VI Guy Martineau 

Duke of Bedford Henry Cohen 

Duke of Gloucester Wilfrid Walter 

Duke of Exeter Kingsley Baker 

Earl of Warwick Hilton Edwards 

Bishop of Winchester, Beaufort .... Maxwell Wray 
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York Rupert Harvey 

Edmund Mortimer .D. Hay Petrie 

Earl of Suffolk '. . .John Laurie 

Earl of Somerset Reyner Barton 

Duke of Burgundy Rolfe Davies 

Earl of Salisbury Kingsley Baker 

Charles the Dauphin Douglas Burbidge 

Reignier. Duke of An jou John Garside 

Duke of Alencon Hugh McNeill 

Bastard of Orleans Sidney Scott 

Lord Talbot Ernest Meads 

John Talbot M. Francis 

Woodville Robert Glennie 

Vernon Henry Cohen 

Messenger D. Hay Petrie 

Servant to Gloucester Aubrey Fielding 

French Messenger Douglas Mattinson 

Bassett D. Hay Petrie 

Servant to Winchester Richard Green 

Sir William Lucy Ronald Nicholson 



Duke of Buckingham Douglas Burbid^e 

Lawyer Ronald Nicholson 

John Hume John Gar*ide 

John Southwell Huyh McNeil! 

Bolingbroke Ernest Meads 

Peter S.dney Scott 

1st Petitioner Robert 'Glennie 

2nd Petitioner Rolfe Dfvies 

Thoma* Homer Henry Cohen 

Mayor of St. Albans Aubrey Fielding 

Simpscn D. Hay Petrie 

Beadle Richard" Green 

1st Neighbour Robert Glennie 

2nd Neighbour Douglas Mattinson 

1st Prentice .". . .M. Francis 

2nd Prentice J. Laird-Hcssack 

Sheriff Rolfe Davies 

Herald Aubrey Fielding 

1st Murderer Ernest Meads 

2nd Murderer Henry Cohen 

Vaux Sidney Scott 

Spirit Evelyn Neilson 

Joan, La Pucelle Jane Bacon 

Margaret Esther Whitehouse 

Duchess of Gloucester Althea Glasby 

Margaret Tourdain Eileen Adams 

Mistress Simpcox Ethel Harper 

COURT 

30 JANUARY, 1923 
"THREE'S A CROWD" 

A farce, in three acts, by EARL DERR BIGGERS 

Tims J. E. Stevenson 

Josephine Vincent Dora Barton 

Phoebe Enid Cooper 

Billy King Bromley Challenor 

Sir Allan Forbes Colston Mansell 

Peter Whitney J. R. Tozer 

Kathleen Kent Marie Hemingway 

Johnny Blair Charles Kenyon 

Mr. Philip Kent Eric Lewis 

Mrs. Kent Nellie Bouverie 

Wadleigh George Mitchell 

The Rev. Mr. Tillymoss Frederick Leister 

Play produced by B. CAMPLIN SMITH and 
HARRY HAMPSON 



ST. JAMES'S 

31 JANUARY, 1923 

" IF WINTER COMES " 

A play, in four acts, from A. S. M. HUTCHINSON'S 
novel 

By A. S. M. HUTCHINSON and 
B. MACDONALD HASTINGS 

Mrs. Sabre Grace Lane 

Rebecca Jinks Margaret Reeve 

Major Millet Ernest Mainwaring 

Rev. Sebastian Fortune Frederick Volpe" 

Mr. Twyning Tarver Penna 

Mark Sabre Owen Nares 

Harold Twyning Jack Minster 

Erne Bright Helen Spencer 

Mr. Bright Frank Moore 

Lady Tybar Barbara Hofie 

Sarah Jinks Iris Vandeleur 

A Coroner Stafford Hilliard 

A Solicitor Eric Stanley 

A Chemist Paul Gill 

Coroner's Officer Frank Forder 

A Girl Clerk Maisie Barrel! 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

1 FEBRUARY, 1923 
THE YOUNG IDEA" 

A comedy of Youth, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 
George Brent .................. Herbert Marshall 

*s children ............. 



Jennifer (his first wife divorced) ..... Kate Cutler 

Cicely {his second wife) .............. Muriel Pope 

Rodney Masters ................... Leslie Banks 

PrisciUa Hartlebeiry ............... Phyllis Black 

Claud Eccles ..................... Ronald Ward 

Julia Cragworthy ................ Naomi Jacob 

Eustace Dabbit ................... Clive Currie 

Sibyl Blaith .................... Moffle Maitland 

Hiram J. Walkin .............. Ambrose Manning 

Huddle ...................... Walter Thompson 

Maria ......................... Irene Rathbone 

Play produced by ROBERT COURTNEIDGE 

GABEICK 

5 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"VIA CRUCIS" 

Adapted from the Jedermann of Hofmaimstalil by 

THE HON. SYBIL AMHERST and 

DR. C. E. WHEELER 

The Voice of the Almighty 

Prologue ..................... Reginald Tippett 

Death ......................... Philip Hewland 

The Devil ................... Michael Mackenzie 

Everyman ...................... Martin Harvey 

Everyman's Mother ................ Maud Milton 

Everyman's Comrade ............. Walter Pearce 

A Debtor ...................... Alfred Ibbetson 

A Debtor's Wife ..................... Mary Gray 

Everyman's Mistress ............. Lilian Christine 

Everyman's Fat Cousin .......... Arthur Chesney 

Everyman's Thin Cousin ............. David Bain 

Mammon ........................ George Cooke 

Belief ........................... Marie Linden 

Good Deeds ........................ N. de Silva 

Play produced by MARTIN HARVEY 

EOYALTY 

7 FEBRUARY, 1923 
** THK LOVE HABIT " 

" A piece of impertinence," in three acts 

From the French of Louis VERNE UIL, 
by SEYMOUR HICKS 

Mathilde ..................... Elizabeth Watson 

Julie ........................... Frances Carson 

The Upsetter ................... Seymour Hicks 

Alphonse Du Bois. ... ............. Dennis Eadie 

Rozanne Pom Pom ................. Alix Dorane 

Max Quantro ..................... Claude Rains 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

THE OLD VIC 

12 FEBRUARY, 1923 
* * S HEHBY VI" 
(Completion of Part n s and Part HI) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York Rupert Harvey 
George Bevis .................... Robert Glennie 

John Holland ............... , , . , , Henry Cohen 



Jack Cade Wilfrid Walter 

Dick, the butcher Hubert Hine 

Smith, the weaver D. Hay Petrie 

Sir Humphrey Stafford Ralph Davies 

King Henry VI John Garside 

Duke of Buckingham Douglas Burbidge 

The Lord Say Maxwell Wray 

Lord Clifford Ernest Meads 

Duke of Somerset Hugh McNeil 

Alexander Iden Ralph Davies 

Edward > , +-. ^ T . a ^ Vrt , ,, < Reyner Barton 
Richard 5 sons to the Duke Of * Olk I Robert Atkins 
Young Clifford, afterwards Lord Clifford 

John Laurie 

Earl of Warwick Hilton Edwards 

Earl of Salisbury Kingsley Baker 

Duke of Norfolk Sidney Scott 

Marquess of Montague Ralph Davies 

Earl of Northumberland Hugh McNeil 

Earl of Westmoreland Henry Cohen 

Duke of Exetei Kingsley Baker 

Prince of Wales Agnes Carter 

Rutland, son to the Duke of York. Evelyn Nielson 

Tutor to Rutland Ronald Nicholson 

George, son to the Duke of York. Douglas Burbidge 
A Son that has killed his Father. . .Guy Martineau 

A Father that has killed his Son Ernest Meads 

Lewis XI, King of France D. Hay Petrie 

Earl of Oxford Hugh McNeil 

A Post Guy Martineau 

Duke of Somerset Henry Cohen 

Lord Rivers Ronald Nicholson 

Lord Hastings John Laurie 

Young Earl of Richmond Grace Keyte 

Lieutenant of the Tower Robert Glennie 

Sir John Soraerville Sidney Scott 

Queen Margaret Florence Buckton 

Lady Grey Jane Bacon 

Lady Bona, sister to Lewis XI. .. .Dorothy Druce 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

14 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"GOOD GRACIOUS, AOfABELLE ! " 

A romantic farce, in three acts, by 
CLAIRE BEECHER KUMMER 

George Wimbledon Graham Browne 

John Rawson Henry Hallatt 

Harry Murchison Ivo Dawson 

William Gosling J. C. Buckstone 

Wilbur Jennings Harold French 

Alfred Wetherby Frank AUanby 

James Ludgate Arthur Styan 

Wickham Arthur Hatherton 

Titcombe Steff Macdonald 

Alec Charlie Rider 

Ethel Deane Dorothy Hamilton 

Gwendoline Morley Lilian Cavanagh 

Lottie Pollie Emery 

Annabelle Leigh Marie Tempest 

Play produced by GRAHAM BROWNE 



WYNDHAM'S 

15 FEBRUARY, 1923 

"THE DANCERS" 

A play, in four acts, by HUBERT PARSONS 

The^adof Chieveiy } Gerald du Maurier 

Billy H. W. Furniss 



SYXOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Maxine .... ................. Tallulah Bankhead AMBASSADORS] 

t^aiV.V.-.V.-.V.V.V.V.V.-V.V.V.lfe^aSrr .9 F EBS , AE v, 1923 

\n Entertainer .................. Frank Esmond * " A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF 51 

Bukc ......................... Ernest Bucalossi . , . ,, ^ . , _ 

Station Agent ........... . ...... William G. Fay A f arce > m three acts > b >' - ^ ELLIS 

Nat .......................... Ward McAllister John Avers ..................... Fernley Bishop 

Wai .............................. Lyn Perring Bertram Tully .................. Ernest Thesiger 

Nellie ........................ Juliette Compton Nixon Trippett ................... Arthur Fayne 

John Carruthers ................. Basil S. Foster Dr. Bigland .................... Frank Pettingeli 

Hon. Charlie Paxton ............ Edwin Underbill Pamela Avers ............. Nan Marriott Watson 

Mrs. Mayne .................. Lilian Braithwaite Mamie Scott ..................... Peggy Hyland 

Miss Pnngle ...................... Una Venning Aunt Hannah .............. Constance Robertson 

James Pothering ................ Norman Forbes Ursula ......................... Esme Hubbard 

Evan Carrathers ................... Jack Hobbs Chalmers .......................... Joan Castle 

Una Lowry ...................... Audry Carten 

The Duke of Winfield ............. A. Scott-Gatty EVERYMAN 

Such Waiter ...... //"^""T^^ 19 F ' '* 

French Stage Manager 5 * " AT MRS. BEAM'S " 

J eanne ........................... J an Perdra A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Shoe .......................... Jean CadeU 

SHAFTESBUEY Mr - Durrows ................... Fred O'Donovan 

, _ _ , ^ rtn Miss Cheezle .................. Margaret Watson 

18 FEBRUARY, 1923 Mrs> Bebb ................... Frances Wetherall 

" THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION " James Bebb .................. Raymond Massey 

, . _ _ Mrs. Stone ..................... Phyllis Stuckey 

A play, m four acts, by THOMAS STIRLING Bo YD Miss Newman .................... Judith Fowler 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS Mrs. Beam ....................... Maud Jolliffe 

Tr _ rr _ Mr. Dermott .................... Franklin Dyall 

Rev. John Valley .............. Geoffrey Bevan Laura Pasqual e .................... Hilda Moore 

5t ie -A ..... : ................... M U * r LumJey C olin ........................... WiUiam Monk 

Mabel Carnegie ................... Dora Barton 

Alan Carnegie ................. Herbert Marshall Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

Roger Heathcote ................. Cecil Trouncer _ 

A Police Officer ................... Hugh Higson VAUDEVILLE 

LiHan Melville ................. . .Muriel Barnby 21 FEBRUARY 1923 

Mr. Eldridge .................. Arthur Hamblmg * 

Sir James Walker Blain, K.C ...... Reginald Dance " RATS " 

^ Ir - J\ R> Seft n> K ' C ............. A i 1 ' 4?^" A '*' b y RONALD JEANS ; music by 

An Usher ........................ Alan Edmiston PHILIP BRAHAM 

Mr. Justice Worringham ........ Rothbury Evans PHILIP GRAHAM 

Mr. Haddon ................... Charles Maunsell Gertrude Lawrence Alfred Lester 

Clerk of the Assize ................. Alan Trotter Norah Blaney and Herbert Mundin 

Foreman of the Jury ................ H, Hughes Gwen Farrar Rex O'Malley 

Mr. Sernple ................... Raymond Massey Marjorie Spiers " Robert Hobbs 

Play produced by HENRY MILLAR ena alt 

PRINCE'S 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 24 FEBRUARY, 1923 

18 FEBRUARY, 1923 "THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE" 

THE MENTAL ATHLETES A musical comedVj in three acts? adapted by 

A comedy, in four acts, by GEORGES DUHAMEL FRED THOMPSON ; music by EDWARD KUNNEKE 

Translated by GRAHAM and TRISTAN RAWSON Julia Van Osten . ." ............... Helen Gilliland 

PreseBted by THB Srxo. SOC..TV ^Edam: '. '. '. '. '. '. '. 1 '. '. '. '. ! ! ! '.?^S?SddS 

Arnedee ........................... Roy Byford Wilhehnina .................... Stella St. Audrie 

Denis .......................... Freddie Peisley Adrian Van Piffel ................. Roy Royston 

Lea ........................ Herrnione Baddeley A Stranger .................... Walter Williams 

Mathilde ........................ Nadine March Another Stranger ................. John E. Coyle 

Madame Auboyer ................. Barbara Gott Carl ........................... Alec Johnstone 

Auboyer ........................ Brember Wills Jan .............................. Alec Lennox 



Aupiez ......................... J. Drew-Carran 

Michel Ch6ry ...................... Harold Scott 

M. Mondos ...................... J. Leslie Frith 

Van Schaff .................. Bert E. Evremonde 

Errand Boy .................... Patrick Harvey 

The Maid ........................... Olga Slade 

Photographer ................. , . .Howard Rose 

Head Waiter ...................... John Collins 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



25 FEBRUARY, 1923 

T AXTWWT\T?T? T anTirc 
LAVENDER LADIES 

A play, in four acts,by DAISY FISHER 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Anne Lavender .................... Cicely Gates 

Rose Lavender .................. Christine Silver 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Alice May Kendal 

Tabitha Harrow Elspeth Dudgeon 

Mrs. Cress Laura Smithson 

John Giggs ,..,...,. Gerald Anderson 

April Clear Olga Lindo 

Peter Carr Henry Kendall 

Capper Aileen Simonsen 

Gay Morrison Isabel Jeans 

Hayward Clear Harvey Adams 

Play produced by LOUISE HAMPTON 



PRINCE OF WALES 

26 FEBRUARY, 1923 

" IAEFY " 

A Welsh comedy in three acts, by 
CARADOC EVANS 

Twmi Roy Byford 

Josi. J. Nelson Ramsay 

Essec Alec Thompson 

Rhys Reginald Bach 

Ben Watkin Ben Field 

Spurgeon Evans Lawrence Anderson 

Captain Shacob Ivor Barnard 

Ester Hannah Jones 

Marged Edith Evans 

Play produced by MILES MALLESON 

GARRICK 

28 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"PARTNERS AGAIN" 

A comedy, in four acts, by MONTAGUE GLASS and 
JULES ECKERT GOODMAN 

Marks Pasinsky Arthur Ewart 

First Workman Frank Snell 

Second Workman Lionel Williams 

Mawruss Perlmutter Robert Leonard 

Abe Potash Phillip White 

Dan Davis Edward Combermere 

Leon Sarnrnett Sidney C. Sinclair 

Mrs. Sammett .- Frances Clare 

Mozart Rabiner Naylor Crimson 

Officer Miller Guy Saunders 

Rosie Potash Lize Silbert 

Tillie Friedman Marie Ault 

Hattie Friedman Joyce Carey 

Gibbs Fred D. Daviss 

Bates Bertram Burleigh 

Schenckmann H. St. Barbe West 

Kennedy Harry Raynor 

Smith Melville Phillips 

Feldman D. A. Clarke-Smith 

U.S. Commissioner Wilfred E. Payne 

Play produced by BERTRAM HARRISON 

LYCEUM 

28 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"THE ORPHANS" 

Play, in four acts, from the French Lss Deux 

OypMines (" The Two Orphans "), by 

MM. D'ENNERY and CORMON 

Henrietta Colette O'Niel 

Louise Mary Merrall 

Countess de Limeres Nora Kerin 

Marianne Jessie Belmore 

Sister Genevieve Valerie Crespin 

Florette. Molly Vyvyan 

Julie Esme Shirley 



Jean Gladys Grey 

Francoise Evelyn Culver 

Gaston Chas. Stern 

M. Bonhomme Chas. Barrett 

Pierre Kenneth Kent 

Jacques Sam Livesey 

The Chevalier de Vaudrey . . .Dennis Neilson Terry 

Count de Limeres Alfred Goddard 

Picard Billie Owen 

Lafleur, Wingold Laurence 

Martin H. G. Wright 

Duval Percy Baverstock 

Marest Eric Lugg 

Marquis de Presles Albert Ward 

De Mailly Frank Elsworthy 

D'Estrees Frank Percy 

La Frochard Lady Tree 

Play produced by WALTER and FREDK. MELVILLE 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

1 MARCH, 1923 

* " THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY " 

A play, in three acts,from the French of 

MME. FRED. DE GRESAC and FRANCOIS DE CROISSET 

by COSMO GORDON LENNOX 

Sir Reginald Belsize, Bart Graham Browne 

John Travers Athole Stewart 

Norbury Norman Loring 

Hampton Frank Allanby 

Madame de Semiano Hilda Moore 

Rosalie Saba Raleigh 

Miss Katherine Silverton Marie Tempest 

Play produced by GRAHAM BROWNE 

COURT 

2 MARCH, 1923 

" CARTE BLANCHE " 

Revue by R. P. WESTON and BERT LEE 

Tubby Edlin Odette Myrtil 

The Two Bobs Billie Hill 

Reginald Palmer Mildred Nicholl 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 

NEW 

3 MARCH, 1923 

" THE BAD MAN " 

A melodramatic comedy, in three acts, by 
PORTER EMERSON BROWNE 

Henry Smith H. O. Nicholson 

Gilbert Jones W. Boyd Davis 

Lucia Pell Florence Saunders 

Morgan Pell Alfred Drayton 

" Red " Giddings Dennis J. Hogan 

Jasper Hardy William E. Hallman 

Angela Hardy , .Elma Royton 

Pedro Clifton Boney 

Venustiano Fred Russell 

Alvarado Frank Vosper 

Sancho Reginald Gosse 

Pancho Lopez Matheson Lang 

A Mexican Cook Granville Darling 

Bradley A. W. Tyrer 

Blake, Walter Plinge 

Indian Tracker Horton Cooper 

Play produced by^ MATHESON LANG 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KING'S HALL, COVENT GAEDEH 

4 MARCH, 1923 
** D3HERITANCE " 

A play, in three acts, by E. ALMAZ STOUT 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Georgiana Elizabeth Arkell 

Hon. Edward Elliott Ronald Sinclair 

Eleanor Graham Haidee Gunn 

Sir John Main waring Lewis Broughton 

Molly Main waring Cicely Chance 

Gerald Richards Geoffrey Amedee 

Namie Kathleen Stuart 

Violet Vivian Ellen Hare 

Play produced by G. FORT BUCKLE 

BRIXTOH 

5 MARCH, 1923 
"A FAMILY AFFAIR" 

Play, in four acts, by AGNES BLAKE 

Rev. the Hon. John Mainwaring. .Reginald Dance 

Joe Mainwaring Antony Holies 

Rev. Lincoln Con way Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Peter Bower William Holies 

Eric Bower Hubert Woodward 

Captain Henry Richards Jan Loveday 

Davies Aileen Wyse 

Mary Mainwaring Dorothy Peters 

Martha Mainwaring Edyth Goodall 

ST. MARTDPS 

6 MARCH 1923 
"THE GREAT BROXOPP" 

A comedy, in four acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Nancy Broxopp Mary Jerrold 

Mary Margaret Carter 

Broxopp Edmund Gwenn 

Benham J. H. Roberts 

Alice Gwen Hubbard 

Honoria Johns Marjorie Gabain 

Jack Broxopp Ian Hunter 

IrisTenterden Faith Celli 

Sir Roger Tenterden Dawson Milward 

NorahField Beatrix Thomson 

Ronny Derwent Richard Bird 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

KING'S, HAICMERSMITH 

12 MARCH, 1923 
** THE BORDERER " 

A romantic play, in four acts, by 
MADGE and LESLIE HOWARD GORDON 

Mary of Scots Julia Neilson 

Mary Seaton Elsie Shelton 

Mary Beaton Evelyn Stafford 

Mary Fleming Irene Arnold 

Mary Livingstone Grace Brodie 

Lady Argyle Stella Pearce 

Lady Stirling Madge Escombe 

Lady Carwood Grace Arnold 

Jean Mercer Caroline Keith 

Ronald Susan Richards 

Earl of Moray Frank Royde 

Lord Darnley Alfred Wild 

Lord Gordon Hugh F. S. Casson 

Lord Lindsay Cyril Cobb 



Captain Ramsey Frank Canello 

Maitland of Lethington W. H, Garbois 

Captain Mactarn Tom Roydan 

Captain Erskine Edmund Grogan 

Captain Faldonside A. Mayhew 

Riccio Barry Q'Neiil 

Ivan Mercer James Carter-Edwards 

Earl 01 Bothwell Fred Terry 

Play produced by FRED TERRY 

EVERYHAH 

12 MARCH, 1923 

"THE ALTER1ATIVE" 

A play, in three acts, by LUCY WILSON and 

ADRIAN ALINGTON 

Cynthia Agatha Kentish 

Ros Elizabeth Milner 

Mrs. Hare Lola Duncan 

Rev. James Hare Alec F. Thompson 

Ann Fen ton Lucy W r ilson 

Anthony Whitehead Percy Rhodes 

Geoffrey Fenton Gordon Bailey 

Hon. Freddy Gillingham Arthur Vezin 

Robert Mortimer J. J. Bartlett 

Play produced by GORDON BAILEY 

THE OLD VIC 

12 MARCH, 1923 

"ARTHUR" 

A play, in eight scenes, by LAURENCE BINYON 
Incidental music by SIR EDWARD ELGAR, O.M. 

Sir Bernard of Astolat John Garside 

Lavaine Guy Martineau 

Sir Torre John Laurie 

Sir Launcelot Douglas Burbidge 

Elaine Jane Bacon 

King Arthur Wilfrid Walter 

Sir Bedivere Kingsley Baker 

Queen Guenevere Florence Buckton 

Sir Gareth Hugh McNeill 

Sir Gaheris M. Francis 

Sir Mordred Rupert Harvey 

Sir Agravaine Hilton Edwards 

Sir Gawame Reyner Barton 

Sir Bors Maxwell Wray 

Sir Kay Sidney Scott 

Sir Colegravance Ernest Meads 

A Lad y-in- Waiting Nancy Barker 

Sir Lucan Ronald Nicholson 

Sir Patrice Robert Glennie 

Sir Mador Rolfe Davies 

Dumb Simon Henry Cohen 

1st Guard Douglas Mattinson 

Man-at-Arms Henry Cohen 

The Damsel of Peace Eileen Butler 

A Bishop Rolfe Davies 

Lynned, a Nun Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

REGENT 

18 MARCH, 1923 

* "THE ALCHEMIST" 

A comedy by BEN JONSON 

Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Subtle Baliol Holloway 

Face , . , . .George Desmond 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Dol. Common Margaret Yarde 

Dapper J. Leslie Frith 

Abel Drugger Andrew Leigh 

Love-Wit Orlando Barnett 

Epicure Mammon Frank Celiier 

Surly Rupert Harvey 

Tribulation H. R. Hignett 

Ananias Stanley Lathbury 

Kastril Charles Staite 

Dame Pliant Nell Carter 

Play produced by ALLAN* WADE 



ST. JAMES'S 

21 MARCH, 1923 

" THE INEVITABLE " 

A play, in three acts, by ISABEL JAY 

Marie Rosalind Wyn Weaver 

Parker H. Halladay Hope 

Mrs. Vince Ethel Coleridge 

Carlo Pascali Denier Warren 

Angela West Cecilia Cavendish 

Anne West Isabel Jay 

James Hathaway Frank Curzon 

Lady Greene Elizabeth Tanner 

Bobby Ponsonby -Arthur Eldred 

Henry K. Pollock Henry Caine 

Augustus Browne Howard Sturge 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



ALDWYCH 

23 MARCH, 1923 
" BELTANE MGHT" 

A play, in three acts, by VERA BERINGER 

Marjorie Abbott Joyce Carey 

Dennis Arrnigan John Williams 

Martin J. C. Buckstone 

Mrs. Timperley Mary Brpugh 

Janet Hargrove Esme Beringer 

Myrtle Deakyns Drusilla Wills 

Rose Deakyns Alice Wills 

Nigel Hargrove S. J. Warmington 

Dr. Rossiter Frank Moore 

Michael Armigan Sam Livesey 

Dr. Willoughby Frank Petley 

Play produced by W. G. FAY 



PLAYHOUSE 

24 MARCH, 1923 
* "MAGDA" 

A play, in three acts, by HERMANN SUDERMANN 
Translated by Louis N. PARKER 

Leopold Schwartz Franklin Dyall 

Magda Gladys Cooper 

Marie Lila Maravan 

Augusta Adela Measor 

Franziska von Wendlowski Mona Harrison 

Lieut. Max von Wendlowski Louis Goodrich 

Hefterdingk William Stack 

Doctor von Keller Gilbert Hare 

Frau von Klebs Florence Harwood 

Frau von Ellrich Francis Ruttledge 

Frau Schumann Edith Johnston 

Theresa ,,,,.,..,,.,,., .Cicely Chance 



STEAM) 
25 MARCH, 1923 
"THE LUBE" 

A play, in three acts, by " MAJOR " (James Sabben) 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

William Rock Richard Bird 

Julian Cress well Tristan Rawson 

Dorothy Cresswell May Kendal 

Mr. Dane William Stack 

Clement Vascard Harvey Adams 

Merritt Reginald Bach 

Lady Lillian Waring Rita John 

Play produced by HUGH WAKEFIELD 



DRUKY LANE 

28 MARCH, 1923 

" ANGELO " 

A play, in prologue and three acts, founded on 

The Life of Hoffman by CARL MEINHARD and 

RUDOLF BERNAUER, by Louis N. PARKER ; music 

by E. N. REZNICEK 

Prologue 
Pietro ..................... Augustus Bowerman 

Silvestro ........................ Hector Abbas 

Cipriano ...................... Gerald Lawrence 

Vincenzo ........................ David Hodder 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwpod 

Luigi Lamberti .................... David Miller 

Deodato ........................ Jack Stephens 

Maestro Angelo ............. Maurice Moscovitch 



fJf} 

ignor Sa 



MacGill 

Signor Sammarco .............. Rothbury Evans 

Signora Sammarco ........... Beatrice Grosvenor 

Act I "GIULIA" 
Maestro Angelo ............. Maurice Moscovitch 

Undine ......................... Moyna MacGill 

Padre Ignazio ................. Gerald Lawrence 

Village Schoolmaster ............... Nat Madison 

Signor Sammarco .............. Rothbury Evans 

Signora Sammarco ........... Beatrice Grosvenor 

Giulia Sammarco ................ Moyna MacGill 

The Rich Man ................... Nathan Natoff 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwood 

A ct II "EUFEMIA" 
Grand Duke of Tuscany ......... Rothbury Evans 

Baron Delia Torre .......... Augustus Bowerman 

Bartoni ......................... David Hodder 

Marchesa Benzoni .................. Essex Dane 

H. E. Count Seconda .............. Vincent Clive 

Lord Chamberlain .............. Gerald Lawrence 

Eufemia ........................ Moyna MacGill 

Florio ............................ David Miller 

Footman ........................ Jack Stephens 

Maestro Angelo .............. Maurice Moscovitch 

Call-Boy ........................ Aubyn Bourne 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwood 

Bolla ........................... Hector Abbas 

Stage Manager ................... Frank Haylett 

Fisherman ....................... Teddie Barrie 

His Wife ....................... Gladys Erskine 

Fisher Boy ......................... Lilian May 

Act III "UNDINE" 
Pietro ..................... Augustus Bowerman 

Vincenzo ........................ David Hodder 

Cipriano ...................... Gerald Lawrence 

Silvestro ........................ Hector Abbas 

Luigi Lamberti .................... David Miller 



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0eodato Jack Stephens 

Bruao Owen Ro-aghwood 

Maestro Angeio Maurice Moscovitch 

Undine Moyna MacGill 

Ulbrando Edward Bartlett 

Berthalda Rosa Lilian 

Mario ^at Madison 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



LONDON HIPPODROME 

28 MARCH, 1923 

"BRIGHTER LONDON" 

Revue by LAURI WYLIE ; music by HERMAN FINCK 



Lupino Lane 
Billy Merson 
Reginald Sliarland 
Charles Stone 
Bernard Dudley 



Annie Croft 
Elsie Prince 
Ruth French 
Lena Russell 
Eddie Jay 



PAUL WHITEMAN and his Band 
Produced by JULIAN WYLIE and Gus SOHLKE 

AMBASSADORS 

29 MARCH, 1923 
"MARRIAGE BY INSTALMENTS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by BERNARD MERIVALE 
and RICHARD BIRD 

John Wiltshire Henry Kendal 

Phyllis Wiltshire Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Carlton Clare Greet 

Giovanni Zanetti George Hayes 

Babs Nadine March 

Mr. Gossage Frank Bertram 

Mr. McPherson Alec Hunter 

Mr, Weekes Windham Guise 

Brown Gerald Andersen 

Play produced by ANTHONY ELLIS 

CHELSEA PALACE 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"POLLY" 

Adapted from JOHN GAY'S opera by 

W. E. B. HENDERSON and R. B. SALISBURY ; 

music arranged and composed by HUBERT BATH 

Mrs. Trapes Violet Gould 

Mr. Ducat Alfred Clark 

Damaris Jean Aylwin 

Flimzy Dorothy James 

Polly Winifred O'Connor 

Mrs. Ducat Elizabeth Hay 

Capstern Haydn Hemery 

Hacker Sydney Elliot 

Cutlace Jerome Murphy 

Vanderbluff George Curzon 

Morano Foster Richardson 

Jenny Diver Phyllis Harding 

Pohetohee Jack Desmond 

Play produced by CHAS. B. WILLIAMS 

HAYMARKET 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"ISABEL, EDWARD, AND ANNE" 
A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE JENNINGS 

The Hon. Edward Carew Allan Aynesworth 

Isabel Lilian Braithwaite 



Anne Margaret Bannennan 

Alice Joyce Kennedy 

Matthews .\V. \V. Palmer 

Stephen Audley Harold French 

Mrs. Bucket . ." Athene Seyier 

Lady Massingham Dorothy Overend 



KINGSWAY 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"LOVE INPAWH" 

A play, in iour acts, by ROY BORNIMAN 

Mrs. Luttrel Browne Annie Hill 

Captain Harry Yarborough J. Oliver Twiss 

Colonel Yarborough F. Kinsey Peile 

Rev. Henry Luttrel Fewlass Llewellyn 

Lilian Luttrel Doris Lloyd 

Maid Miss Newnham-Davis 

Lady Ingleby Vane Featherston 

Mr. Evan Jones Leo G. Carroll 

Samuel Levi Arthur Wontner 

Miss Tallant Muriel Cox 

Willoughby Heriot Brian Buchel 

Mr. Carhampton -L. Robin Irvine 

Solomon Levi Morris Rubin 

Rachel Levi Winifred Jzard 

Jacob Dacosta William Farren 

Sarah Levi Nora Kingsley 

Ike Levi Roger Livesey 

Play produced by ROY HORNIMAN and 
LEWIS SLODEN 



ROYALTY 

2 APRIL, 1923 

* "AT MES. BEAM'S" 

A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Shoe Jean Cadell 

Mr. Durrows Fred O'Donovan 

Miss Cheezle Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Bebb Frances WetheraH 

James Bebb Raymond Massey 

Mrs. Stone Phyllis Stuckey 

Miss Newman Judith Fowler 

Mrs. Beam Maud Joliffe 

Mr. Dermott Dennis Eadie 

Laura Pasquale Adela Mavis 

Colin William Monk 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

EVERYMAN 
2 APRIL, 1923 

* "THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA" 
A comedy by BERNARD SHAW 

Redpenny Dirk Daniell 

Emmy Esme Hubbard 

Ridgeon " Reginald Bach 

Schutzmacher Michael Sherbrooke 

Sir Patrick Cullen Ivor Barnard 

Cutler Walpole Reginald Dance 

Sir R. B. Bonnington Brember Wills 

Blenkinson Harold Scott 

Mrs. Dubidat Cathleen Nesbitt 

Louis Dubidat Claude Rains 

Minnie Tinwell Madge Compton 

Newspaper Man Harold Scott 

Mr Danby Thurlow Finn 



Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



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HIS MAJESTY'S 

3 APRIL, 1923 
* " THE GAY LORD QUEX " 

A comedy, in four acts by ARTHUR PINERO 

The Marquess of Quex George Grossmith 

Sir Chickester Frayne Nicholas Hannen 

Captain Bastling Alan Hollis 

" Valma " (otherwise Frank Pollitt) Malcolm Keen 

The Duchessof Strood Viola Tree 

Julia, Countess of Owbridge Rosina Filippi 

Mrs. Jack Eden Rosemary Corry 

Muriel Eden Nancy Atkin 

Sophy Fullgarney Irene Browne 

Miss Moon Norah. Robinson 

Miss Huddle Laura Wallis Mills 

Miss Claridge Nancy Pawley 

Miss Limbird Shiela Courtenay 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



STEANB 

10 APRIL, 1923 

"ANNA CHRISTIE" 

A play, in four acts, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

Johnny-the-Priest James C. Mack 

First Longshoreman G. O. Taylor 

Second Longshoreman Eddy Reed 

Larry Eugene Lincoln 

A Potnian Arthur Hurley 

Chris Christopherson George Marion 

Marthy Owen Mildred Beverly 

Anna Christopherson Pauline Lord 

Mat Burke Frank Shannon 

Johnson Ole Anderson 

C A. Reilly 
Three Sailors ] C. Hansen 

( and B. Kennedy 

Play produced by ARTHUR HOPKINS 

GLOBE 

10 APRIL, 1923 

"AREFT WE ALL?" 

A comedy, in three acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Morton E. Vivian Reynolds 

Hon. Willie Tatham Herbert Marshall 

Lady Frinton Ellis Jeffreys 

Arthur Wells Charles Hickman 

Martin Steele Patrick Cover 

Kitty Lake * "CylleneMoxon 

Lord Grenham Julian Royce 

Hon. Margot Tatham Marie Lohr 

Roberts E. A. Walker 

Angela Lynton Elizabeth Chesney 

Rev. Ernest Lynton EricLewis 

John Willocks Martin Lewis 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

PKOTCE OF WALES'S 

11 APRIL, 1923 

"SO !EHIS IS LONDON" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARTHUR GOODRICH 

Hiram Draper Raymond Hackett 

The Hon. Elinor Worthing Dorothy Tetley 

Lady Amy Ducksworth Amy Brandon -Thomas 

Hiram Draper, senior Edward H.Robins 

Mrs. Hiram Draper Eleanor Woodruff 



A Waiter Donald Fergusson 

Lord Worthing Fred Kerr 

Lady Worthing Gertrude Sterroll 

Alfred Honeycutt A. S. Homewood 

Thomas George Ricketts 

Jennings Vincent Sternroyd 

Play produced by JOHN MEEHAN 

LYCEUM 
14 APRIL, 1923 

" A NIGHT OF TEMPTATION " 
A play in four acts, by PERCY GORDON HOLMES 

Paul Azario Deinis Neilson -Terry 

Countess Volumnia Lydia Mannington 

Madame Irma Casimir Molly Vyvyan 

Carlotta Willoughby Jessie Belmore 

Sir Bem'amin Graysdale Albert Ward 

Dick Riddle Bertie Wright 

Queen Catherine Violet Farebrother 

General Damaros Alfred Goddard 

Count Olif Eric Lugg 

Princess Viola (of Zavaria) Mary Merrall 

Susan Mary Booth 

Carlo Talti Percy Baverstock 

Maxine Violet Penule 

Hawkins Harry Hartley 

Prince Rudolph Frederick Leister 

Sergeant Arkadi Harry Wingate 

Gregory Branco Edmund Kennedy 

Severin Wingold Lawrence 

Lascaria Frank Elsworthy 

Bathori Fred Watson 

Play produced by 
WALTER and FREDERICK MELVILLE 

AMBASSADORS 

16 APRIL, 1923 
" TRESPASSES " 

A play, in four acts, by EDWARD PERCY 

Quintin Coomber Francis Lister 

Ovidius Thimblewick J. Sebastian Smith 

Andrew Grayling Lyn Harding 

Dora Grayling. ." Doris Lytton 

William Doufflas Webster 

Miles Grayling Reginald Denham 

Jeremy Bean weed George Mallett 

Patience Carey Jane Grahame 

Virginia Grayling Ethel Grimes 

Greatorex Boddy-Boddy George Goodwin 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

SHAFTESBURY 

17 APRIL, 1923 

" MERTON OF THE MOVIES ' 

HARRY LEON WILSON'S story dramatized by 
GEO. S. KAUFMAN and MARC CONNELLY 

Merton Gill Tom Douglas 

Amos G. Gashwiler W. T. Elworthy 

Tessie Kearns Evadne Price 

Elmer Huff Scott Harrold 

Casting Director Margaret Moffat 

Lester Montague J. H. Barnes 

The Montague Girl. Patiicia Collinge 

Sigmund Rosenblatt Clive Currie 

J. Sloane Henshaw Henry Wenman 

Weller Walter Brodie 

Jeff Baird James Carew 



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The Cross-eyed Mail Scott Harrold 

A Sheik . . . ". George Walsh 

Harold Parmalee Walter Sondes 

Beolafa Baxter Lilian Cavanagh 

Mrs. Patterson Mabel Youngc 

Mr. Patterson John \Vheatman 

The Man from Bigart Give Currie 

Felice Alton Goodrich 

Muriel Mercer Eve Eadon 

>lax Jacques de Bois 

A Mysterious Visitor Leslie Stiles 

Togo Percy Andrews 

Jimmy Edward Morgan 

Eddie Ronald Ward 

Play produced by HUGH FORD 



CRITERION 

18 APRIL, 1923 

* "JACK STRAW" 

A comedy by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Lady Wanley Helen Ha ye 

Ambrose Holland E. Holman Clark 

Jack Straw Charles Hawtrey 

Mrs. Withers Ella Milne 

Rev. Lewis Abbott Jack Raine 

Mrs. Abbott Christine Rayner 

Count Adrian von Brerner Clarence Blakiston 

Mrs. Parker Jennings Lottie Venue 

Mr. Parker Jennings David Miller 

Ethel Parker Jennings Olwen Roose 

Vincent Parker Jennings Jack Esmond 

Lord Serio Forrester Harvey 

Footman Walter Menpes 

Play produced by CHARLES HAWTREY 

KINGSWAY 

22 APRIL, 1923 

" THE? FIRST STILE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ELSIE HAYES 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Anthea Sherry Phyllis Stuckey 

Robin Sherry Ivan Samson 

Diana Leadbitter Winifred Evans 

Freddie Briggs Antony Holies 

Mrs. Farrol Marjorie Clarke- Jervoise 

Mr. Farrol Henry Walton 

Sybil Farrol Frances Clare 

Captain Leadbitter Sydney Paxton 

Audrey Smythe Peggy Evans 

Mabel Bateman Doris Scott 

Mr. Cator Charles Maunsell 

A Maid Lilie Garde 

Play produced by BEN WEBSTER 

ST. MARTIPS 
24 APRIL, 1923 

"R.U.R" 
(Rossum's Universal Robots) 

A fantastic melodrama by KAREL CAPEK 

Translated by PAUL SELVER adapted by 
NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

Harry Domain Basil Rathbone 

Sulla Beatrix Thomson 

Marius Gilbert Ritchie 

Helena Glory Frances Carson 

Dr. Gall Charles V. France 

Mr. Alquist Brember Wills 



Jacob Herman Clifford Molliscn 

Emma Ada King 

Radius Leslie Banks 

Helena Olgo Lindo 

Primus Ian Hunter 

{Austin Trevor 
Leslie Perrms 
Alan Rowland 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



GLOBE 

28 APRIL, 1923 
"THE VOICE OUTSIDE" 

A drama, in one act, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Mary Protheroe Marie Lohr 

Evelyn Kerr Susan Claughton 

Alec Kerr Herbert Marshall 

KINGSWAY 

29 APRIL, 1923 

" SOUTH WIND " 

A play, in a prologue and two acts, by 
NORMAN DOUGLAS and ISABEL C. TIPPET 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bill Harrison Reginald Denham 

Mrs. Harrison Mary Barton 

Mary Harrison Edith Smith 

Rev. Mr. Bruce Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

The Bishop Ben Webster 

Maid June Wyndham 

Peter Gerald Andersen 

Mrs. Cornish Doris Lloyd 

Arthur Cornish Frank Vosper 

Hugh Lawrence Tristan Rawson 

Italian Servant Noel Allinson 

Mr. Phillips Leo G. Carroll 

EVERYMAN 

30 APRIL, 1923 
"T'MAKSDENS" 

A comedy, in three acts by JAMES R. GREGSON 

Ezra Marsden Reginald Bach 

Olive Marsden Nadine March 

Cecil Ellis Frank Pettingell 

John Marsden : . . . . Ivor Bernard 

Ann Marsden Dora Barton 

Rev. Philip Moore Gordon McLeod 

Sim Umpleby Charles Groves 

Alex. Wright Edward Rigby 

A Boy Arthur Karnon 

Ethel Marsden Muriel Alexander 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

REGENT 

5 MAY, 1923 

"THE INSECT PLAY" 

(*' And so ad inftnitum ") 

A play, in three acts, a prologue, and epilogue, by 

the BROTHERS CAPEK ; translated by PAUL SELVER ; 

freely adapted by NIGEL PLAYFAIR and 

CLIFFORD BAX 

Prologue 

The Tramp Edmund Willard 

Lepidopterist. -Claude Rains 



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A d I ' ' THE BUTTERFLIES ' ' 

Clytie . Anne Hyton 

Otto F. Kinsey Peile 

Felix John Gieigud 

Iris Xoelle Sonning 

Victor Algernon West 

Act II u CREEPERS AND CRAWLERS" 

Chrysalis Joan Maude 

Mr. Beetle A. Bromley-Davenport 

Mrs. Beetle Maire O'Neill 

Robber Beetle Algernon West 

Ichneumon Fly Ivan Berlyn 

Larva Elsa Lanchester 

Mr. Cricket Andrew Leigh 

Mrs. Cricket Angela Baddeley 

Parasite Claude Rain 

Act III "THE ANTS" 

Blind Timekeeper Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Chief Engineer Claude Rains 

Second Engineer Harvey Adams 

Inventor Ivan Berlyn 

1st Messenger W. M. Norgate 

2nd Messenger Brandon Philp 

Signal Officer R. Atholl-Douglas 

Flag Seller , Maire O'Neill 

Yellow Commander Harrison Maude 

Epilogue" DEATH AND- LIFE " 

1st Snail Geoffrey Wilkinson 

2nd Snail Andrew Leigh 

Woodcutter A. Bromley-Davenport 

Country Woman Anne Hyton 

A Girl Alice Mason 

A Boy George Aylward 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



KIN6SWAY 

6 MAY, 1923 
"THE MACHINE-WRECKERS" 

A drama, in a prologue and eleven scenes, by 
ERNEST TOLLER 

Translated by ASHLEY DUKES 

Lord Chancellor of England John H. Moore 

Lord Byron George Hayes 

Lord Castlereagh Reginald Dance 

Jimmy Cobbett Herbert Marshall 

John Wibley Edward Rigby 

Albert Harold Scott 

Charles Stockwell Hawkins 

Ned Lud Tristan Rawson 

Pedlar A. Corney Grain 

A Beggar Michael Sherbrooke 

Bob Lud Raymond Massey 

William Arthur Vezin 

An Officer Matthew Forsyth 

Henry Cobbett Matthew Boulton 

His Mother Esrne" Hubbard 

Old Reaper H. R. Hignett 

Mary Wibley Muriel Pratt 

Mr. Ure Reginald Dance 

First Woman Esme" Hubbard 

Second Woman Elizabeth Arkell 

Margaret Lud Louise Hampton 

A Government Representative A. Corney Grain 

The Engineer George Hayes 

Play produced by NUGENT MONCK 



DUKE OP YOBK'S 

8 MAY, 1923 

"HEB TEMPOEARY HUSBAND" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

EDWARD A. PAULTON 

Dr. Gordon Spencer Edmond Breon 

Kate Tanner Ena Grossmith 

Judd George Elton 

Blanche Ingram Edna Best 

Tom Burton George Tully 

Clarence Topping A. E. Matthews 

Rev. T. Tuffit L. Frederic 

Play produced by RALPH LYNN 



DRTJKY LANE 

9 MAY, 1923 
* "NED KEAN OF OLD DRURY" 

A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR SHIRLEY 

Edmund Kean H. A. Saintsbury 

Mary Kean Louise Regnis 

Howard Kean Gabrielle Casartelli 

Charles Kean Violet Aubert 

Bob Clifford Thomas Pauncefort 

Dr. Drury William Farren 

The Earl of Essex Henry Hallatt 

Lord Byron Edward Cooper 

Mrs. David Gamck Haidee Wright 

Captain Gaskell Frank E. Petley 

Squire Willett Henry J. Twyford 

The Squire H. Halladay Hope 

Jennifer Fred J. Little 

Mrs. Pengelly Constance Robertson 

Miss Williams Margaret Yarde 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



KINGSWAY 

13 MAY, 1923 

"HEY PRESTO!" 

A quaint adventure, in three acts, by 
WALTER R. MATTHEWS 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Albert Presto Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Presto May Hallatt 

Nellie Presto Mildred Evelyn 

Fred Summers P. Perceval Clark 

William Alan Edmiston 

Montague Dorker Charles Dodd 

Miss Nixon Evelyn Griffiths 

Constance Bland Phyllis Joyce 

Victor Bland Albert Raynor 

Dudley Smart Guy Leigh-Pemberton 

Hon. Mrs. Musson Kathleen Stuart 

Geraldine Musson Nancy Pawley 

Bertie Hastings Claude Horton 

Miss Bellows Marjorie Young 

Mr. Rocksmith W. Wilson-Barrett 

Mrs. Rocksmith Grizel Lang 

Mr. Widdersley Henry Walton 

Eulalie B. Keroup Dorothy Leveson-Larie 

Mrs. Bosomworth Ella Dain court 

Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



AMBASSADORS 

14 MAY, 1923 

" THE PICCADILLY PUEITAH " 
A comedy, in four acts, by LECHMERE WORRALL 

Charles Langhome Burton 

Enid Alex. Frizcll 

Miss Marmenng Dorothy Hall 

Mrs Pa ynter Kate Carew 

Florence Rita Page 

Lord Batte James Lindsay 

Hostess Eileen Munro 

>Iaid Daisy Elston 

Xlice Dorothy Minto 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



NEW 

23 MAY, 1923 

"A DISTURBER OF TBAFFIC " 
A comedy, in three acts, by HERBERT SWEARS 

Betty Daventry Lila Maravan 

Mrs. Amyot Mary Jerrold 

Lady Matravers Miriam Lewes 

Rayner Evelyn Dane 

Eilen Ann Lynton 

Hugh Warrington Tristan Rawson 

Lester Warwick Edmond Breon 

Peter Garth Vincent Clive 

Mr. Cambus Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAH 



PALACE e HIS MAJESTY'S 

15 MAY, 1923 29 MAY, 1923 

" THE MUSIC BOX REVUE " " OLIVER CROMWELL " 

By IRVING BERLIN A play, in eight scenes, by JOHN DRINKWATER 

Gregory Stroud Ethelind Terry Mrs. Cromwell Irene Rooke 

Fred Duprez Three Brox Sisters Elizabeth Cromwell Clare Harris 

Solly Ward Renie Riano Bridget Cromwell Mary O'Farrell 

Joseph Santley Ivy Sawyer John Hampden Harcourt Williams 

Arthur Finn Henry Ireton Milton Rosmer 

Revue produced by HASSARD SHORT < Set^Tarmer^ M ?-rp m 7, 

Mr. Stanley Howard Rose 

DALY'S Sir Thomas Payne S. Alexander 

i o *r i QOO Amos Tanner Hayden Coffin 

19 MA\ , 1 92,3 A Member of Parliament Douglas Jefferies 

* ** TPTTC MERRY WIDOW " The Speaker of the House of Commons 

A musical play, in three acts (adapted from the Bassett Svdnev Bland 

Viennese) ; music by FRANZ LEHAR Th ; Mayo ; ' fEly. '.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. W. E. Langley 

Baron Popoff George Graves General Fairfax Douglas Jefferies 

Prince Danilo Carl Brisson Colonel Staines J. Adrian Byrne 

Vicomte Camille de Jolidon Derek Oldham Colonel Pemberton H. Fisher White 

Nisch W. H. Rawlins Neal Alexander Sarner 

Marquis de Cascada Somers Bellamy Charles I William J. Rea 

M. de St. Brioche Claude GoodcMld play produced by the Author 

General Noviko\ich Clifford Seyler J r J 

M. Khadja Ronald Adair 

Head Waiter Edwin Dodds SHAFTESBURY 

Frou Frou Ivy Tresmand 

Natalie Nancie Lovat 30 MAY, 1923 

Prascovia Kate Welch STOP FLIRTING " 

Sonia Evelyn Laye 

Olga Cecily Saxe Wyndham A musical farce, m two acts, by FRED JACKSON ; 

Sylvaine Laurie Newton music by WILLIAM DALY and PAUL LANNIN 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN Perry Reynolds Jack Melford 

Vivian Marsden Marjorie Gordon 

Marjorie Leeds Mimi Crawford 

APOLLO ' Suzanne Hayden Adele Astaire 

9J. MA v i Q?q Count Spinagio George de Warfaz 

24 MAY, 1923 Teddy Lawrence Fred Asta ire 

* '* WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS " Geo_ffrey Dangerfield H_enry Kendall 

A comedy, in four acts, by J. M. BARRIE 

David Wylie Norman Macpwan 

James Wylie. Frank Pettingell m 

Maggie Wylie Hilda Trevelyan DJ " ' 

The Hon. Mr. Venables Athole Stewart 31 MAY, 1923 

Mr. Feikie, of Glasgow John Kelt mm* OUTSIDER " 

Comtesse de la Briere Lady Tree 

Lady Sybil Tenterden Marie Hemingway A play, in three acts, by DOROTHY BRANDON 

Maid Mad S e Murra y Anton Ragatzy Leslie Faber 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK Jasper Sturdee, M.S Dawson Milward 

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Sir Montague x , 

Tollemache } ( E. Lyall Swete 

Sir Nathan Israel J.F.R.C.S. . 4 Randolph McLeod 
Vincent Helmore \ I Charles Kenyon 

Frederick Ladd * ^ Cecil Fowler 

Basil Owen Evan Thomas 

Madame Klost Stella Rao 

Pritchard Ruth Maitland 

Lalage Sturdee Isobel Elsom 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



LONDON PAVILION 

31 MAY, 1923 
" DOVER STREET TO DIXIE " 

A revue by MORRIS HARVEY, HAROLD SIMPSON, 

and LAURI WYLIE ; music by HERMAN DAREWSKI, e 

NAT D. AYER, etc. 



Gordon Bailey 
Stanley Lupino 
Hugh Dempster 



Mabel Green 
Madge Cornpton 
Odette Myrtil 



Florence Mills 
Revue staged by FRANK COLLINS 

MEW OXFORD THEATRE 

4 JUNE, 1923 

"UN SUJET DE ROMAN" 
By SACHA GUITRY 

Theophile Levaille M, Lucien Guitry 

Jacques Bourny M. R. Maupre 

Ancelm M. Valbret 

Denis Guyot M. Hieronimus 

Un valet de chambre M. G. Lemaire 

Madame Levaille Mme. Grumbach 

Mademoiselle Levaille MHe. Y. Pierryl 

" COMMENT ON ECRIT L'HISTOIRE " 

By SACHA GUITRY 

Le Roi Jerome M. Lucien Guitry 

Le Prince Louis-Napoleon M. Sacha Guitry 

Jtfariette de Ronceray Mile. Yvonne Printemps 

Hippplyte. M. Valbret 

Jasmine Gueroult Mile. Betty Daussmond 

Victorin Gueroult M. Hieronimus 

Un Journalist M. Sacha Guitry 



AMBASSADORS 

5 JUNE, 1923 

** 'J'tp^ LILIES OF 'i'liJK] FIELD " 
A comedy, in three acts, by J. HASTINGS TURNER 

The Rev. John Head J. H. Roberts 

Ann Hilda Bruce-Potter 

Violet Gwynne Whitby 

Mrs. Rooke-Walter Gertrude Kingston 

Catherine Edna Best 

Elizabeth Meggie Albanesi 

Barnaby Haddon Austin Trevor 

Withers John Garside 

Bryan Ropes Clifford Mollison 

The Hon. Monica Flane Ruth Taylor 

Lady Susan Rocker Margaret Carter 

A Maidservant Nancie Parsons 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



LYCEUM 

6 JUNE. 1923 

"DAVID C03PPEEEJELD " 
Adapted by WALTER FREDERICK EVELYN 

Miss Betsy Trotvrood Minnie Watersford 

Mr. Wickfield Charles Leighton 

Agnes Ethel O'Shea 

David Copperfield Leslie Barrie 

Uriah Heep Fred E. Derrick 

Steerforth Frederick Keen 

Mr. Micawber Bransby Williams 

Mrs. Micawber Nellie Hook 

Mrs. Gummidge Grace Lester 

Emily Katharine Carlton 

Ham William Lorrimer 

Peggotty Bransby Williams 

Littimer Eric B. Williams 

Mrs. Crupp -Madeleine Temple 

Traddles Douglas Ives 

Servant Betty Booth 

Play produced by BRANSBY WILLIAMS 

NEW OXFORD 

7 JUNE, 1923 

* " LA DONNA DEL MARE " 

(" The Lady from the Sea ") 

By HENRIK IBSEN 

Dottor Wangel Alfredo Robert 

Ellida Wangel Eleonora Duse 

Bolette Enif Robert 

Hilde Letizia Bertramo 

Lyngstrand Gino Fantoni 

BaUested Calittp Bertramo 

Arnholm Giro Galvani 

Uno Stranlero Memo Benassi 



NEW 

9 JUNE, 1923 
* "CARNIVAL" 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the Italian), 
by H. C. M. HARDINGE and MATHESON LANG 

Silvio Steno Matheson Lang 

Count Andrea Scipione Dennis Neilson -Terry 

Ottavia, Baroness Delia Torre . . . .Margaret Damer 

Simonetta Mary Glynne 

Ettore, Baron Delia Torre Ernest Bodkin 

Nella Mary May 

Tomasso Cecil G. Calvert 

Colia Beity Beiloc 

Clelia Nona Wynne 

Dionigi George Walker 

Grazzo A. W. Tryer 

Sandro Reginald Gosse 

Cecco Alec S. Clunes 

Teresa Norma Varden 

A Doctor Alexander Denby 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

NEW OXFORD 

11 JUNE, 1923 

"LE VEILLEUR DE NtJIT" 
A comedy, in three acts, by SACHA GUITRY 

Monsieur M. Lucien Guitry 

Jean M. Sacha Guitry 



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iie Mile. Yvonne Prinlemps 

La bonne Mile. Betty Daussmond 

Gerard de Maubert M. R. Maupre 

Henri Martin M. Hieronimus 

Daval-Levy M. L. Keriy 

Marguerite des Champs Mile. Jeanne Veniat 

Violette de Parme. .". Mile. Yvette Pierry 



HEW OXFOED 
12 JUNE, 1923 



{" Ghosts ") 

By HENRIK IBSEN 

Mrs. Helen Alving ................ Elecnora Duse 

Oswald Alving ................... Memo Benassi 

Pastor Manders ................ Calls to Bertrami 

Jacob Engstrand ......... . ........ Giro Galvani 

Regina Engstrand ............. Letizia Bertramo 



SAVOY 

12 JUNE, 1923 

THE MAH WHO ATE THE POPOMACK " 

A tragi-comedy of love, in four acts, by 
W. J. TURNER 

Man about Town ............... J. Smith-Wright 

Old Man ........................ Wilfrid Walter 

A Woman .................... Margot Sieveking 

A Man ......................... Alistair Wright 

First Young Man ................. Percival Clark 

Second Young Man ............ Reginald Denham 

Muriel Raub ....................... Isabel Jeans 

Lord Belvoir .................. Herbert Marshall 

Lady Olivia ........................ Jean Cadell 

Sir Solomon Raub ................. Frank Royde 

Lady Phaoron .................. Ethel Coleridge 

Sir Philo Phaoron ................... Hay Petrie 

Harringham ...................... Alan Trotter 

Nosegay ........................... Leo Carroll 

Hon. Rupert Clavelly .............. Arthur Vezin 

Captain Anthony ................ Wilfrid W T alter 

Mandarin ........................ George Hayes 

Second Chinaman .................. Alfred Clark 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



"FATHER NOAH" 

A mystery of the Ark, by GEOFFREY WHITWORTH 

Noah Wilfrid Walter 

Rachel Joan Pitt-Chatham 

Shem Percy Parsons 

Ham Harold Scott 

Japhet Hilton Osbourne 

Play produced by JAMES WHALE 

NEW OXFORD 

14 JUNE, 1923 
"COSI SIA" 

By TOMMASO GALLARATI-SCOTTI 

The Mother Eleonora Duse 

The Father Calisto Bertramo 

The Doctor Alfredo Robert 

Angela Letizia Bertramo 

The Son. Memo Benassi 



DUKE OF YOEK'S 
14 JUNE, 1923 
"HA-HA! 

A play, in one act, by HUGH E. WRIGHT 

Cyril Carthews Donald Calthrop 

Dr. Mattinson Edmond Breon 

Peters . Arthur Hambling 

* "ELIZA COMES TO STAY" 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. V. ESMOND 

Hon. Sandy Verrall Donald Calthrop 

Alexander Stoop Verrall Charles Groves 

Montague Jordan John Devereli 

Herbert Arthur Hambling 

A Porter Henry HiUyard 

Lady Pennybroke Naomi Jacob 

Vera Laurence Rosemary Corry 

Mrs. Allaway Dora Gregory 

Dorothy Dorothy Mintb 

Play produced by ARTHUR HAMBLING 



KINGSWAY 
17 JUNE, 1923 
"THE K.C." 

A play, in three acts, by DION TITHERADGE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Sir Benjamin Qddington, K.C. . Jerrold Robertshaw 

Arthur Dawson Kenneth Kent 

David Hyslop J. Smith Wright 

Beagle ~ Sydney Paxton 

Inspector Hitchin Alan Stevenson 

Dorothea Oddington Elma Royton 

Lilian Alvin Olivia Burleigh 

Play produced by JERROLD ROBERTSHAW 
and EVELYN ROBERTS 



EVERYMAN 
IS JUNE. 1923 
* " CANDIDA " 

By BERNARD SHAW 

The Rev. James Mavor Morrell Allan Jeayes 

Proserpine Garnett Hazel Jones 

Ihe Rev. Alexander Mill Harold Scott 

Mr. Burgess Alfred Clark 

Candida Ellen O'Malley 

Eugene Marchbanks Frederick Cooper 



NEW OXFORD 

18 JUNE, 1923 

"NONO" 

By SACHA GUITRY 

Robert ChapeUe .M. Sacha Guitry 

Nono Mile. Yvonne Printemps 

Jacques Valois M. Hieronimus 

Jules M. L. Kerly 

Emile M. G. Lemaire 

Madame Weiss Mme. Jeanne Veniat 

Maria Mme. Yvette Pierryl 



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REGENT 

20 JUNE, 1923 

"EGBERT E. LEE" 

A play, in three parts and nine scenes, by 

JOHN DRINKWATER 

Major Perrin Harvey Adams 

An Orderly Geoffrey Wilkinson 

General Scott F. Kinsey Peile 

Robert E, Lee Felix Aylmer 

Tom Buchanan Tristan Rawson 

Ray Warrenton Harold Anstrather 

David Peel Claude Rains 

Dufi Penner Henry Caine 

John Stean Atholl Douglas 

A Girl Alice Mason 

Elizabeth Anne Hyton 

Mrs. Stean Margot Sieveking 

General J. E. B. Stuart Leo G. Carroll 

His Aide Geoffrey Wincott 

An Aide to General Lee John Gielgud 

A Sentry Frank Martin 

Captain Mason Atholl Douglas 

Captain Udall Maurice BraddeU 

General " Stonewall" Jackson. . .Edmund Willard 

Colonel Hewitt Harvey Adams 

Jefferson Davis Gordon Harker 

His Secretary Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Mrs Meadows Natalie Lynn 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR and the Author 



HAYMARKET 

21 JUNE, 1923 

" SUCCESS " 

A play, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

The Right Hon, R. Selby Mannock, M.P. 

Charles Cherry 

Lady Jane Mannock .Grace Lane 

Arthur Mannock John Williams 

Freda Mannock Joyce Kennedy 

Digby Eugene Leahy 

Parlourmaid Mildred Barnes 

Edward Eversley Halliwell Hobbes 

Bertie Capp Reginald Owen 

John Reader Reginald Bach 

Lord Carchester Eric Stanley 

Nite Sydney Bromley 

Squier Lewis Shaw 

Buteus Maiden Rita Seymour 

Sally Moyna Macgill 



SHAFTESBURY 

24 JUNE, 1923 
* ** t*fmi FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS " 

By JOHN FLETCHER. 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Perigot Harcourt Williams 

Thenot Murray Kinnell 

Daphnis Basil Howes 

Alexis Henry C. Hewitt 

God of a River Frederick Ranalow 

Satyr Harold Scott 

Priest Ben Webster 

Old Shepherd Frederick Harker 

A sullen Shepherd Edward Rigby 

Amoret ,,,,..,, , , , , , .Mary Merrall 



Clorin Nell Carter 

Amarillis Cathleen Nesbitt 

Cloe. Isabel Jeans 

A Singer Leonie Zifado 

Music arranged and conducted by 
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM 

Play produced by ETHEL CRAIG 



LYRIC 

28 JUNE, 1923 
** AIMER " 

By PAUL GERALDY 

Henri ........................... M. Alexandra 

Challenge ....................... M. Jean Herve 

Helene ........................... Mme. Pierat 

EEGENT 

29 JUNE, 1923 

* VOLPONE ; or, The Foxe " 

By BEN JONSON 
Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Volpone ....................... Baliol Holloway 

Mosca ......................... Rupert Harvey 

Voltore .................... D. Lewin Mannering 

Corbaccio ..... ............... Stanley Lathbury 

Corvino .......................... George Zucco 

Politique Would-Bee .............. Eugene Leahy 

Peregrine ..................... Charles Maunsell 

Bonario ........................ Murray Kinnell 

Fine Mada, Would-Bee .......... Margaret Yarde 

Celia ............................. Isabel Jeans 

/ Roy Byford 



\ Howard Rose 
Notario ...................... Matthew Forsyth 

Nano ......................... Edward Garrett 

Castrone ....................... Bruce Winston 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

WYNDHAM'S 

2 JULY, 1923 

"THE WRITING ON THE WALL" 
A play, in four acts, by W. J. HURLBUT 

Irving Lawrence ............... Edmund Willard 

Lincoln Schuyler ................. William Stack 

John Trainor ................... Tarver Penna 

Gordon Payne .................. Hugh Wakefield 

Harry ......................... Peter du Calion 

Barbara Lawrence .............. Olga Nethersole 

Stella Trainor .................. Madge Mclntosh 

Muriel Lawrence ................... Joyce Carey 

Maid ............................... Sybil Hale 

Doctor ......................... W. E. Langley 

Butler ....................... Alexander Sarner 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLAND 

NEW OXFORD 

2 JULY, 1923 

"LITTLE NELLIE KELLY" 
A song and dance show by GEORGE M. COHAN 

WeUesley ................... Clifford Heatherley 

Matilda ..................... Dorothy Monkmaii 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Harold Westcott Arthur Denton 

Sidney Potter Sonnle Hale 

Jack Lloyd Roy Royston 

Francois'de Vere Henry de Bray 

Jean Marie Lee 

Nellie Kelly Miss June 

Mrs. Chesterfield Lan^ford Maidie Hope 

Marie Anita Elson 

Jerry Coaroy Ralph Whitehead 

Capt. John Kelly James B. Donovan 

Miss Spendington Constance Worth 

Ambrose Swift Frank Masters 

Play produced by FRANK COLLINS 



CRITERION 
4 JULY, 1923 

"SEND FOR DR. O'GRADY" 
A comedy, in three acts, by "GEORGE BIRMINGHAM" 

Lord Rathconnell Holman Clark 

Harding Clarence Blakiston 

Kerrigan Arthur Sinclair 

Lady Rathconnell Helen F^gers 

Sybil Mainwaring Margaret Bannerman 

Lucius O'Grady Charles Hawtrey 

Clark Edith Savile 

Mary Gallagher Ursula Tremayne 

Molly Kerrigan Sheila Maloney 

Mrs. Kerrigan Maire O'Neill 

Play produced by CHARLES HAWTREY 

ST. MARTIN'S 

10 JULY, 1923 

" MELLONEY HOLTSPUR ; 

or, The Pangs of Love " 

A fantasy, in four acts, by JOHN MASEFIELD 
Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Kezia Spinfield Mary Jerrpld 

Bethia Parkins Ada King 

The Man in Armour Malcolm Keen 

Melloney Holtspur Laura Cowie 

Myrtle West Olga Lindo 

Lonny Copshrews S. Esme Percy 

Jake Holtspur Ivor Barnard 

Minnie Brackncll Hilda Bruce- Potter 

Aline Copshrews Fabia Drake 

Lady Men to Margaret Carter 

Bunny Mento Ian Hunter 

Jemima Jones Betty Hearn 

Peter Jones Master Neil O'Brien 

Susan Jones Gabrielle Casartelli 

Maria Jones Mimi Charpentier 

Lenda Copshrew* Meggie Albanesi 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

NEW 

10 JULY, 1923 
"COME THROUGH A CRANFORD DOOR" 

A play, in four acts, a prologue, and epilogue, by 
FRANK LIND and IRENE Ross 

The Spirit of Cranford (" Mrs. Gaskell ") 

Kathleen Rind 

Miss Matty Dora Gregory 

Miss Deborah Jenkyns Edith Clive 

Captain Brown Henry Hallett 

Miss Jessie Brown Sylvia Willoughby 

Miss Brown Mary Douglas 



Mary Hoggins Gwladys Evan Morris 

Fanny Shelley Calton 

The Rector Fewlass Llewellyn 

Thomas Hoibrook Rupert Harvey 

Peter Andrew Leigh 

Miss Pole Ethel Grifees 

Mrs. Forrester Lilian Tweed 

Mary Jane Bacon 

Martha Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Sammy Ins Roberts 

Phosbe Alice Darch 

Jem Edward Cooper 

The Aga Jenkyns Norman V. Norman 

Dream Child.". Elsie Judge 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 



ADELPffl 

13 JULY, 1923 

* "ROSALIND" 

A play, in one act, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mrs. Page Lilian Braithwaite 

Mrs. Quickly Dora Gregory 

Charles (her friend) Donald Calthrop 

* "THE YOUNG PERSON IN PINK" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Emily de Voysey Pamela Cooper 

Penelope Norah Robinson 

Leonora Joyce Carey 

The Woman with Balloons Laura Smithson 

The Chair Man Arthur Hambling 

Mrs. Badger Sydney Fairbrother 

Ada Katherine Wilson 

Miss Winch Betty Ward 

Lord Stevenage Donald Calthrop 

Lady Tonbridge Kate Cutler 

Lady Sara Aldine Jessie Bateman 

Mrs. Courtenay- Millar Ormonde Wynne 

Louisa Mollie Hewitt 

Lady's Maid Dora Gregory 

Plays produced by DONALD CALTHROP 

KINGSWAY 
16 JULY, 1923 
"TANCRED" 

A play, in three acts, by EDITH MILLBANK ; 
adapted from DISRAELI'S novel 

Mrs. Cassilis Beresf ord Innes 

Mr. Ormsby Charles Dunbar 

Lord Fitzheron Charles Bennett 

Lord Valentine Basil Howes 

Club Servant Sidney T. Pease 

Lord Eskdale Frank MacRae 

Mons. Leander Dennis Esmonde 

Duchess of Bellamont Joy Chatwyn 

Duke of Bellamont C. F. Cooke 

Tancred Charles Carson 

The Bishop Orlando Barnett 

Lady Hampshire Phyllis Fabian 

Lady Bertie Hildegard Walker 

Lady Constance Rawleigh Daisy Cordell 

Katherine Mavis Thelma 

Eva Henzie Raeburn 

Besso Hector Abbas 

Fakredeen Lawrence Hanray 

Astarte Diana Bourbon 

Cypros Francis Cave 

Keferinis Orlando Bamett 

Play produced by M. J. LANDA 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ST. JAMES'S 
17 JULY, 1923 

" THE COMIHG OF &&BBIELLE *' 
A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE MOORE 

Lewis Davenant Leslie Faber 

Sebastian Dayne Nicholas Hannen 

Jim Godby Gerard Clifton 

Mr. Meyer CecilFowler 

Lord Carra Charles Maunsell 

Lady Letham Aimee de Burgh 

Martin Ruth Maitland 

GabrieUe Athene Seyler 

Play produced by LEON M. LIOK 



COMEDY 

31 JULY, 1923 

"PEACE AND QUIET" 

A play, in three acts, by HORACE HODGES 

Marniaduke Seaford Horace Hodges 

Grant Seaford Douglas Burbidge 

David Oaten Tom Reynolds 

.Mr. Simpson Franklyn Bellamy 

A Police-constable George Hewetsoa 

Mrs. Oaten Louise Hampton 

Margaret Oaten \\ inifred Izard 

Play produced by BEXRIMO 



GLOBE 

18 JULY, 1923 

" RECKLESS EEGGffi " 

A iarce, in three acts, by ERIC HUDSON 

Reggie Merral John Deverell 

Gerald Beaufort Austin Melford 

Sir George Weston E. Vivian Reynolds 

" Vasquez" William Luff 

Gregson E. A. Walker 

Kitty Merral Peggy Rush 

Margot Beaufort Mary Leigh 

Lady Weston Elizabeth Chesney 

" Juanita Vasquez " Kathleen Vincent 

Dr. Freda Richmond Tonie Bruce 

Rogers Kitty Gordon Lee 

Annie Ethel Coleridge 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

DUKE OP YOKE'S 

25 JULY, 1923 
*' (inriLIAN CLOTHES " 

A comedy, in three acts, "by THOMPSON BUCHANAN 

Billy Arkwright Martin Lewis 

Nora Amy Veness 

General Mclnerny Albert Ward 

Jack Rutherford Denys Blakelock 

Florence Lanham. Olwen Roose 

Mrs. Lanham Saba Raleigh 

Elizabeth Lanham Kathleen Cope 

Mr. Lanham Frank Adair 

Sam McGinnis. Thurston Hall 

Bessie Henderson Gladys Godwin 

Zack Hart William Devereux 

Mrs. Margaret Smythe* Gladys Webster 

McGinnis, Sen Sydney Compton 

Bell Boy Ernest Lindsay 

Play produced by THURSTON HALL 

EVERYMAN 

30 JULY, 1923 

* "MARY STUART" 

By JOHN DRINKWATER 

John Hunter Richard Bird 

Andrew Boyd .Ivor Barnard 

Mary Stuart Cecily Byrne 

Mary Beaton Clare Harris 

David Riccio Harold Scott 

Darnley. Harcourt Williams 

Thomas Randolph Douglas Jefieries 

Bothwell Milton Rosmer 



Play produced by the Author 



PLAYHOUSE 

2 AUGUST, 1923 
"ENHER HBI! " 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the French of 

ANDRE PICARD), by SYDNEY BLOW and* 

DOUGLAS HOARE 

Vi^pr Leroux Ivor Novello 

Baron Peron Paul Arthur 

Alphonse Buonuo Henry Wenman 

Charles Bonipard Jack Raine 

Henri Lamotte Geoffrey Hammond 

Dr. Benoit Drelincourt Odium 

Lucien Frank Verner 

Marie Hannah Jones 

Germaine Delpeche Madeline Seymour 

Juliette Daisy Elbstoa 

Anita Marie Nixon 

Lucie Eileen Earle 

Kiki Gladys Cooper 

NEW THEATRE 

8 AUGUST, 1923 
"THE EYE OF SIVA" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by SAX ROHMER 

Paul Harley Arthur Wontner 

Norris Clay Reginald Bach 

Captain Barton S. J. Warmington 

Bill Haversham Edmund Breon 

Rama Dass Malcolm Morley 

Ah Fu Forrester Harvey 

Inspector Wootton D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Bird Joseph Boddy 

His Boy Reginald Freeman 

Mrs. Marsh Kate Phillips 

Chris Haversham Agatha Kentish 

Hilda Norbury Cathleen Nesbitt 

Play produced by BENRIMO 



ST. MAETDTS 

15 AUGUST, 1923 

** fDjffe UKES OF HER " 

A play, in three acts, by CHARLES McEvoY 

Mrs. Small Barbara Gott 

Mrs. Kemp Olga Lindo 

Florrie Small Hennione Baddeley 

Mr. Bray Gilbert Ritchie 

Mrs. Pool Ada King 

Sally Winch Mary Clare 

Alfred Cope Leslie Banks 

Jim Sears Ian Hunter 

Samuel Bilson Ben Field 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Man In the Coffee House Alan Howland 

The Other Man in the Coffee House. .Francis Hope 

A Boy Charlie Rider 

Tea Small Ivor Barnard 

George Miles Allan Jeayes 

* "THE WILL" 
A play, In three scenes, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mr. Devizes Allan Jeayes 

Robert Devizes Clifford Mollison 

Snrtees Gilbert Ritchie 

Philip Ross Malcolm Keen 

Mrs. Ross Olga Lindo 

Sennett Robert Harris 

Creed Alan Howland 

Plays produced by ESME PERCY 



Colonel Sapt Allan Aynesworth 

Fritz von Tarlenheim Gerald Ames 

Captain Hentzau Eric Maturin 

D&ichard Eugene Leahy 

Marshall Strakenez Gordon Bailey 

Lorenz Teppich, Chancellor of Ruritania 

Frederick Volpe 

Franz Teppich Wilfred Fletcher 

Lord Topham, the English Ambassador 

Frederick de Lara 
Ludvig) 

Toni ) Retainers at Tarlenhein 
Josef } I HollidayAttlay 

Princess Flavia Fay Compton 

Antoinette de Mauban Stella Arbenina 

Frau Teppich Renee de Vaux 



(W-J 

ieim J N. G 

(Holl; 



W. J. Kemp 
N. Goodwin 



Play produced by Louis N. PARKER 



EVEKYMAH 

20 AUGUST, 1923 
* "MAGIC" 

A fantastic comedy, in a prelude and three acts, 
by G. K. CHESTERTON 

The Duke ....................... Brember Wills 

Dr. Grimthorpe .................. Milton Rosmer 

The Rev. Cyril Smith ........... Douglas Jefferies 

Morris Carleon .................... Richard Bird 

Hastings (the Duke's secretary) ...... Harold Scott 

The Stranger ................. Harcourt Williams 

Patricia Carleon .................... Clare Harris 

Play produced by HARCOURT WILLIAMS 

COURT 

21 AUGUST, 1923 

* "OMAR KHAYYAM" 

An Oriental fantasy by C. S. M. RAIKES 

Omar Khayyam ................. Edward Dykes 

Waving Cypress ...................... Lily Clare 

A Young Man ........... . ....... Edward Nichol 

Silverfoot ..................... Mary Armstrong 



A Phantom ................... Eileen Winterton 

Persian Rose ...................... Daphne Day 

Hunter of the East ........... Dorothy Shearwood 

Play produced by NORMAN CASTY 

HAYMABKET 

23 AUGUST, 1923 

* "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA" 

A romantic play, in a prologue and four acts 

(adapted from ANTHONY HOPE'S story), 

by EDWARD Ross 

Characters in the Prologue 
Prince Rudolf ................... Robert Loraine 

Duke Wolfgang .................. Franklin Dyall 

Gilbert, Earl of Rassendyll ........ Henry Wolston 

Horace Glyn ..................... Edgar Norfolk 

Jeffreys ......................... Gordon Bailey 

Giffen .............................. Alec Alves 

Amelia, Countess of Rassendyll ....... Peggy Rush 

Period of the Prologue: 1733 

Characters in the Play 
Rudolf V ....................... Robert Loraine 

Rudolf Rassendyll ............... Robert Loraine 

Michael, Duke of Streslau ......... Franklin Dyall 



COMEDY 

28 AUGUST, 1923 " 
" THJE ELOPEMElfT " 

A comedy, in three acts (from the French of 
ARMONT and GERBIDON), by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 

Gerald Freyel Ronald Squire 

Justin Fleury John Deverell 

Max Giverny John Astley 

Marcel Martin Hubert Harben 

Captain Fuseller Franklyn Bellamy 

A Sailor Mervyn Johns 

A Steward Terence Downing 

Simone Martin Edna Best 

Christiane Martin Helen Haye 

The Princess Origani Tonie Bruce 

Elsa Marie Ault 

Play produced by GEORGES DE WARFAZ 

SHAFTESBUEY 

30 AUGUST, 1923 
"KATIKKA" 

A musical play, in three acts, by 

OTTO HAUERBACH and BERTRAM DAVIS ; 

music by RUDOLF FRIML 

Varenka Irene Lister 

Petrov Philip Phillips 

Ivan Dimitri .- George Bishop 

Boris Strogofi Peter Gawthorne 

Katinka Helen Gilliland 

Tatiana Cissie Thompson 

Thaddeus T. Hopper Joseph Coyne 

M. Knopf Fred Wright 

Abdul Albert Chapman 

Arif Bey Dennis Hoey 

Halil Robert Lacey 

Olga (Nashan) Evelyn Drewe 

Mrs, Helen Hopper Binnie Hale 

A Spy Thomas Berry 

Pierre Richard Teasdale 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



GARRICK 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

" AMBUSH " 
A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR RICHMAN 

Walter Nichols George Elton 

Harriett Nichols Auriol Lee 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Harry Gleason Charles Courtneidge 

Margaret Nichols Madeleine Marshall 

Seymour Jennison James Carew 

Mrs. Jennison Muriel Dole 

A Chauffeur Fred Tnpp 

Alan Kraigne Frederick Keen 

Howard Kraigne Robert Minster 

George Lithridge Cyril Sworder 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"LOHDON CALLING" 

Revue by RONALD JEANS and NOEL COWARD; 
lyrics and music by NOEL COWARD ; additional 
numbers by PHILIP BRAHAM, SISSLE, and BLAKE 

Tubby Edlin 
Noel Coward 
Billy Fry 
Tony Williams 
L. and W. Childs 



Maisie Gay 
Gertrude Lawrence 
Eileen Molyneux 
Sybil Wise* 
Winifred Satchell 



Rome staged by HERBERT MASON 



ADELPE1 

8 SEPTEMBER 1923 

" HEAD OVER HEELS ' 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 

SEYMOUR HICKS ; lyrics by ADRIAN Ross and 

HARRY GRAHAM ; 
music by HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON 

Duke of Craigeilerkie Laurence Caird 

Dick Bythesea Arthur Pusey 

Hon. Montague Jephson Dennis Noble 

Vel\ r eteeni Bobbie Comber 

Margarine Ralph Roberts 

Chevalier Sanguinetti Marston Garcia 

Hurricane Harry Fred Vigay 

Gisardi Alfred Beers 

The Dwarf Edward Garratt 

Skeleton Dude Hugh Whitwam 

Bearded Lady Jennie Richards 

Alf. Wigg W. H. Berry 

Little Bounce Mabel Sealby 

Duchess of CraigeUerkie Helen Ferrers 

Lady Diana Oban Pamela Cooper 

Mrs. Wigg Pollie Emery 

Sylvia Scoop Cecile Stevens 

Spirit of the Circus DoreenShaw 

Jenny Mary Ellis 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



WINTER GARDEN 

5 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"THE BEAUTY PRIZE" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, by 

GEORGE GROSSMITH and P. G. WODEHOUSE 

Music by JEROME KERN 

Hon. Dud Wellington Peter Haddon 

Meadow Grahame Dorothy Field 

Mrs. Hexal Shiela Cqurtenay 

Shinny Fane Marjone Spiers 

Gypsy Lorrimole Dorothy Hurst 

Flutey Warboy George Grossmith 

John Brooke J ack Hobbs 

Hector Ernest Graham 

Kitty Wren".'.". Vera Lennox 

Carol Stuart Dorothy Dickson 

Lovey Toots Heather Thatcher 

Mr. Odo Philpotts Leslie Henson 

Quartermaster Leigh Ellis 

Marconi Boy Winifred Shotter 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



ST. JAMES'S 

6 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

THE GREEN GODDESS " 

A play, in four acts, by WILLIAM ARCHER 

The Raja of Rukh George Arliss 

Watkins Arthur Hatherton 

Major Antony Crespin Owen Roughwood 

Lucilla Isobel Elsom 

Dr. Basil Traherae George Relpn 

Lieut. Cardew C. Stafford Dickens 

The High Priest Campbell Gnllan 

The Temple Priest Giulio Bacchia 

An Ayah Helen Nowell 

Play produced by MAUDE T. HOWELL 



KINGSWAY 

9 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"HARWOOD BLOOD" 

A play, in four acts, by FRANK A. RUSSELL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Barton Reginald Gosse 

Polly Nell Carter 

Anderson Dick Dolman 

Mitza Doris Lloyd 

Bartender Reginald Bach 

John Harwood (alias Bill West) . . . .William Stack 

Sheriff George Morgan 

Jack Elliott Leo G. Carroll 

Zick Hales Raymond Massey 

Emily Harwood Marjorie Harwood 

Edward Harwood Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Gerdle Ethel Griffies 

Robert Gerd]e Harold Scott 

Jerry Richard Bird 

Alaric Harwood Reginald Denham 

Patricia Harwood Gwynne Whitby 

Dr. Shelley William Kershaw 

Mrs. Harwood Louise Hampton 

Play produced by FELIX AYLMER 



GLOBE 

12 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"OUR BETTERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Elizabeth Saunders Alice Mosley 

Pole E. A. Walker 

Lady George Grayston Margaret Bannerman 

Fleming Harvey Stuart Sage 

Thornton Clay Yorke Stephens 

Duchess de Surennes Constance Collier 

Gilbert Paxton Reginald Owen 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Prmcipessa Delia Cercr-la Marion Terry 

Lord Bleane John Stuart 

\rthur Fen wick Alfred Drayton 

Ernest Henry Ford 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



EVERYMAN" 

17 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"OUTWARD BOU1D" 

A fantasy, ia three acts, by SCTTON VANE 

Scrubby Stanley Lathbury 

Ana Diana Hamilton 

Henry William Stack 

Mr. Prior Frederick Cooper 

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks Gladys fiolliott 

The Rev. William Duke Frederick Leister 

3Irs. Midgett Clare Greet 

Mr. Lingley -Arthur Page 

The Rev. Frank Thomson Roy Byford 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW 

19 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

* "CYMBEUNE" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Cymbeline George R. Foss 

Queen Margaret Yarde 

Imogen Sybil Thorndike 

Cloten Lawrence Anderson 

Posthumus Leonatus Charles Carson 

Belarius Ashton Pearse 

Guiderius Ian Fleming 

Arviragus Lewis Casson 

Cains Lucius Victor Lewisohn 

Philario Lewis Casson 

lachimo Robert Farquharson 

Pisanio Beckett Bould 

Cornelius George Barran 

Helen Juliet Mansel 

A Singer Maud MacCarthy 

Court Steward Victor Lewisohn 

Chamberlain Chris Walker 

Lord-in-Waitingto Cloten Leonard Trollope 

^ A i e. XT. /* 4. ( Andrew Churchman 

Gentlemen of the Court . . . . J Alfred Farre u 

A Roman Captain Godfrey Baxter 

A Roman Senator Andrew Churchman 

A Frenchman Godfrey Baxter 

A Lady attending on the Queen .... Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

20 SEPTEMBER 1923 
"HASSAN" 

A play, in five acts, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER 
arranged for stage production by BASIL DEAN 

Hassan Henry Ainley 

Selim S. Esme Percy 

Yasmin Cathleen Nesbitt 

A Porter Sydney Bland 

The Caliph Malcolm Keen 

Ishak Leon Quartermaine 

Jafar Frank Cochrane 

Masrur Edmund Willard 

Ran Basil Gill 

Alder Rita Page 

Willow Kitty McCoy 



Juniper .Maureen Dillon 

Tamarisk Eileen Raven 

The Chief of the Police Alfred Clark 

The Captain of the Military Tarver Penca 

Pervaneh Laura Cowie 

Ail Ivor Barnard 

Abdu Andrew Leish 

A Herald - - - .Douglas Burbidge 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



GAIETY 
22 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

*' CATHERINE " 

A musical play by REGINALD ARKELL and 

FRED DE GRESA'C ; music by TSCHAIKOWSKY 

selected by ROBERT EVETT and J. KLEIN 

Peter the Great Bertram Wallis 

Field-Marshal Menshikofi Robert Michaelis 

General Stepanovitch Mark Lester 

Count Wasili Bronin Billy Leonard 

Burgomaster of Marienburg Edward D'Arcy 

General Serge ff Saunders Warren 

A Sentry Walter Lindsay 

Sonya . " Amy Augarde 

Varinka Faith Bevan 

Gipsy Cressie Leonard 

Marta, afterwards Catharine Jose Collins 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

THE OLD VIC 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

* "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST " 

A conaedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Ferdinand, King of Navarre Reyner Barton 

Biron Ion Swinley 

Longaville Ronald Nicholson 

Dumain Neil Curtis 

Bo yet Hilton Edwards 

Mercade Kingsley Baker 

Don Adriano de Armado George Hayes 

Sir Nathaniel John Laurie 

Holofernes Wilfrid Walter 

Dull Henry Cohen 

Costard D. Hay Petrie 

Moth Guy Martineau 

A Forester John Maclean 

The Princess of France Jane Bacon 

Rosaline Florence Saunders 

Mara Dorice Fordred 

Katharine Molly Francis 

Jaquenetta Ray Litvin 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



LYCEUM 

26 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"WHAT MONEY CAN BUY" 

A drama, in four acts, by ARTHUR SHIRLEY 

and BEN LANDECK 

The Rev. Denzil Norton Dennis Neilson-Terry 

Stepehn Loriner Jefferson Gore 

Albert Hooper. Robert Gilbert 

Philip Dugdale Norman Howard 

Luigi Ferroni Fred Morgan 

Hoskins Charles Stern 

Mr. Weston Victor Lusk 

Mr. Politski, * ...,..,, Herbert Landed*. 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sal Rickets Sybil Arundaie 

Miranda Vane Ethel Warwick 

The Hon. Herbert-Lyne Bertie Wright 

Harry Hart J. T. MacMillan 

Inspector Griffiths Raymond Wood 

Stephanie Swish Joan Castle 

Grannie Mayhew Marjorie Battis 

Rhoda Pearson Jessie Belmore 

Sam Palmer Wingold Laurence 

Richards Frank Elsworthy 

Play produced by WALTER and FRED MELVILLE 



DRURY LAKE 

27 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"GOOD LUCK" 

A sporting drama, in four acts, by SEYMOUR HICKS 
and IAN HAY 

Hon. Jane Ambledon Kathlyn Clifford 

Vivi Cannichael Edna Bellonini 

Hon. Mary Carstairs Joan Maude 

Hon. Anne Belben Carlito Ackroyd 

Capt. Travers Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Hon. Hughie Weldon Alan Lister 

Strysson Sydney Benson 

Lady Larkhall Vivienne Whittaker 

Grieg Augustus Bowerman 

D*Arcy Bristowe Julian Royce 

Derek Vale, Earl of Trenton Claude Rains 

Lady Patricia Wolseley Ellis Jeffreys 

Rev. Godfrey Blount Henry Hallatt 

Mr. Maloney Arthur Mack 

Sir Anthony Wayne Langhorne Burton 

Leo Swinburne Edmund Gwenn 

Lewis Harris C. W. Somerset 

Rose Collett Dorothy Overend 

John Collett Gordon Harker 

Lady Angela Vale Joyce Carey 

Sir Percy Ford Arthur Treacher 

Belsey Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



VAUDEVILLE 

29 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"YES" 

Revue written and staged by DION TITHERADGE 
and DOUGLAS FURBER 



Norah Blaney 
Gwen Farrar 
Fay Cole 
Elspeth Dudgeon 



A. W. Basoomb 
Herbert Mundin 
George Hestor 
Robert Hobbs 



Ewart Scott 
Revue staged by HERBERT MASON 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

30 SEPTEMBER 1923 
* " THE WINTER'S TALE " 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Leontes Frank Cellier 

Mamillius .Elsie Judge 

Camillo Arthur Ewart 

Antigonus. Tristan Rawson 

Officer Eugene Leahy 

Polixenes Maurice Colbourne 

Florizel Robert Harris 

An Old Shepherd, , ,, H. Tripp Edgar 



Clown George Howe 

Autolycus Baliol Holloway 

Time ._ Tom Heslewood 

Hemiione Lilian Braithwaite 

Perdita Joyce Carey 

Paulina Louise Hampton 

Play produced by BEN GREET 



EYERYMAN 

1 OCTOBER, 1923 

"AKCIENT LIGHTS" 

A comedy, in a prologue and three acts by 
EDWARD PERCY 

Agatha Blest Violet Gould 

Robert Blest Nicholas Hannen 

Annie Aileen Wyse 

Ambrose Blest Milton Rosmer 

Stella Langridge Irene Rooke 

Louisa Langridge Louise Holbrook 

Stephen Langridge Alfred Harris 

Kate Grainger Dorothy Peters 

Benton Douglas Jefferies 

Raoul Blest Walter Hudd 

Sir Bulwer Cymby-Tutt Reginald Dance 

Miss Wimple Laura Walker 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

LITTLE 

2 OCTOBER, 1923 

** LITTLE REVUE STARTS AT 3OTE " 
By HARRY SIMPSON, REGINALD ARKELL. and 
DOUGLAS FURBER ; music by HERMAN FINCK 

Dollie Dolman 



Thomas Weguelin 
Harold French 
Jack Hulbert 
Bobbie Howes 



Mai Bacon 
Cicely Courtneidge 
Vesta Sylva 



Jack Waller 
Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

KINGSWAY 

7 OCTOBER, 1923 

"NOT YET" 

A play, in three acts, by GEOFFREY WHITWORTH 

James Raymond Massey 

Barbara Lacy Susan Richmond 

Lady Muriel Spane Brenda Harvey 

Walter Pete George Morgan 

Sir Montague Rennart. William Stack 

Mrs. Pete Cicely Oates 

Mr. Bryant John Howell 

Maid -of -all-work Marjorie Harwood 

Play produced by HAROLD SCOTT 

PRINCE'S 

9 OCTOBER, 1923 

"THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES" 

A drama, in four acts, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

and ARTHUR ROSE ; founded on the stories of 

SIR ARTHUR CONAN-DOYLE 

Sims E. Mervyn 

Cecilia Hilda Moore 

Mortimer Profennis Stafford Hilliard 

Lady Frances Carfax Molly Kerr 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Rev. Dr. Shl.'S5:ii?er Arthur Gallic 

Charles A^ustus Mil verier: Eric Stanley 

Sherlock Holmes. Eilie Norwood 

Dr. Watscn ,, H. G. Stoker 

jenny Sarnders Ann Desmond 

Cart-wright Master Victor Evans 

Col. Sebastian Moran Lauderdale Maitland 

Old Meff LichSeid Owen 

Scottie C. Lander 

John Willie* Harley Mercia 

Pat J. S. Carre 

Froggle Jack Minster 

Ike - Edward Mervyn 

John Clay Geoffrey Bevan 

Hon. PMlip Green Noel Dainton 

M. Oscar Meunier J. S. Carre 

Det.-Insp. Lestrade Paul Gill 

Mrs. Hudson Esme Hubbard 

Play produced by EILLE NORWOOD 



CRITERION 

10 OCTOBER !93 

"TRUST EMILY" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by MAY EDGINTON 

Cyril Ambrose Trevor Grantharn 

Angela Lupton Laura Wailis Mills 

Steers Tom Reynolds 

Parks Edna Best 

Lady Hunter Helen Haye 

Mrs. Delaney Athene Seyler 

Gwen Lupton Nadine March 

Sir William Hunter Victor Stanley 

Arthur Netherby Hugh. Wakefield 

The Cook Connie Ediss 

Mrs. Stoker Ursula Tremayne 

Stoker Wilson Blake 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 



THE OLD VIC 

8 OCTOBER, 1923 
* TITUS AM3SONICUS" 
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Saturninus Ion Swinley 

Bassianus Hilton Edwards 

Titus Andronicus Wilfrid Walter 

Marcus Andronicus John Maclean 

Lucius Neil Curtis 

Quintius Guy Martineau 

Martius Ronald Nicholson 

Mutius Richard Blake 

Young Lucius Grace Keyte 

Publius Ronald Nicholson 

jEmilius Henry Cohen 

Alarbus M. Francis 

Demetrius Reyner Barton 

Chiron John Laurie 

Aaron George Hayes 

A Captain Robert Glennie 

Sempronius Edmund Frank 

Caius Richard Blake 

A Clown I . . .D. Hay Petrie 

1st Goth Hilton Edwards 

2nd Goth Kingsley Baker 

3rd Goth M. Francis 

Tamora Florence Saunders 

Lavinia Jane Bacon 

A Nurse Dorothy Druce 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



KING'S, HAMMERSMITH 

8 OCTOBER, 1923 

"DULCY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 
and MARC CONELLY 

Dulcinea Renee Kelly 

Gordon Smith Hylton Allen 

William Parker Henry Caine 

C. Roger Forbes Morton Selten 

Mrs. Forbes Violet Campbell 

Angela Forbes Dorothy Manville 

Schuyler Van Dyck Algernon West 

Tom Sterrett. . ." Arthur Eldred 

Vincent Leach Ernest Milton 

Blair Patterson Arthur Vezin 

Henry P. H. Alexander 



Play produced by A, HYLTON ALLEN 



NEW 

13 OCTOBER, 1923 
"THE HE*' 

A play, in four acts, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Robert Shale, Bt O. B. Clarence 

Noll Dibdin Robert Horton 

Gerald Forster Lawrence Anderson 

Hamp Frank Bertram 

Dick Elsie Judge 

Elinor Shale Sybil Thorndike 

Lucy Shale Mary Merrall 

Miss Pinsent Margaret Yarde 

Gibbard Margaret Manning 

Mrs. Callard Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



GARRICK 

15 OCTOBER, 1923 
* "OUTWARD BOUND" 

A fantasy, in three acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Ann Diana Hamilton 

Scrubby Stanley Lathbury 

Henry William Stack 

Mr. Prior Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks Gladys Ffolliott 

Rev. William Duke John Howell 

Mrs.Midgett Clare Greet 

Mr. Lingley Arthur Page 

Rev. Frank Thompson E. Lyall Swete 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

EVERYMAN 

19 OCTOBER, 1923 

* "WHAT TEE PUBHC WANTS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Saul Kendrick Reginald Dance 

Sir Charles Worgan Milton Rosmer 

Francis Worgan Harold Anstruther 

Page Boy Roy Graham 

Simon Macquoid Douglas Jefferies 

Emily Vernon Irene Rooke 

Holt St. John Leonard Shepherd 

Mrs. Cleland Beatrice Smith 

Samuel Cleland Gerald Jerome 

Mrs. Downes Elizabeth Williams 

Annie Worgan .Laura Walker 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



John Worgan Douglas Jefferies 

Mrs. Worgan, Louise Holbrook 

James Brindley Reginald Dance 

Edward Brindley Richard Coke 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



COMEDY 

24 OCTOBER, 1923 

"THE LAST WARNING" 

A play, in three acts, by THOMAS F. FALLON 

Revised for the English Stage by ARTHUR ROSE 

Josiah Bunce Joynseri Powell 

Gene Nancye Kenyon 

Robert Bunce D. A. Clarke-Smith 

McHugh Thurston Hall 

Quaile Franklyn Bellamy 

Tommy Wall Stanley Arthur 

Mike Brember Wills 

Evelynda Olive Sloane 

Dolly Lymken Frances Carson 

Carltoa Herbert Bolingbroke 

Wilkins J. Henry Twyfoid 

Barbara Nancy Atkin 

Mac J. R. Cunningham 

Jeffirys George Hewetson 

Play produced by EDWARD ROBINS 



ST. MARTIN'S 

1 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"FLEDGLINGS" 

Adapted by MARGUERITE REA from the French 
(" Les Noces d 1 Argent ") of PAUL GERALDY 

Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Anna Cecily Gates 

Leontine Sybil Archdale 

A Shop Assistant Alan Howland 

A Waiter David Hallam 

Max Robert Harris 

Mme. Eveline (" Memee ") Marguerite Scialtiel 

Jeanne Hermione Baddeley 

Mme. Hamelin Mary Jerrold 

Suzanne Gwynne Whitby 

M. Hamelin Gilbert Ritchie 

Henri Lehrissier Austin Trevor 

A Workman Lawrence Baskcomb 

Another Workman Walter Hudd 

Louise Margaret Carter 

Play produced by ESME PERCY 



CRITERION 

1 NOVEMBER, 1923 
" THREE BIRDS " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by H. F. MALTBY 

Sir Thomas Parsons H. F. Maltby 

Sir Ralph Warne A. G. Poulton 

Clyde Rowland Leslie Perrins 

A Taxi Driver Edward Swinton 

Lady Parsons (" Sally ") Mabel Sealby 

Billie Bruce Bibi Delabere 

Mary Phyllis Black 

Play produced by the Author 



EINGSWAY 

3 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "TWELFTH NIGHT" 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Urstno Ralph Truman 

Sebastian Bruce Belfrage 

Antonio S. J. Warmington 

A Sea Captain Andrew Churchman 

Valentine Harold Scott 

Curio Basil Cunard 

Sir Toby Belch Frank Cellier 

Sir Andrew Aguecheek Nicholas Hannen 

Malvolio Baliol Holloway 

Fabian B. A. Pittar 

Feste, a Clown Henry Caine 

Olivia Viola Tree 

Viola Dorothy Cheston 

Maria Sydney Fairbrother 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



SING'S HALL, COVENT GARDEN 

4 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN" 
A drama, in four acts, by TOM TAYLOR 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Robert Brierley Eric Lugg 

James Dalton Bryan Powley 

Melter Moss T. Ireby Cape 

John Hawkshaw Clive Currie 

Mr. Gibson A. Harding Steerman 

Sam Willoughby Eric Gray 

Mrs. Willoughby May Hallatt 

Emily St. Evremonde Kathleen Gordon 

May Edwards Lilian Cavanagh 

Green Jones Claude Horton 

Maltby George Cunningham 

Play produced by CLIVE CURRIE 



REGENT 

4 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"HAVOC" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bennett Kathleen Blake 

Mr. Stephens Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Alice Derring Ethel Griffies 

Violet Derring Norah Robinson 

Tessie Dun ton Marie Royter 

Dick Chappell Henry KendaU 

Smithy William Kershaw 

Biddle Forrester Harvey 

Sergeant-Major Paley Alfred Clark 

The Babe Richard Bird 

Roddy Dunton John Howell 

Lance-Corporal Higgins Raymond Massey 

Private Jones Reginald Gosse 

Captain Taylor Claud AUister 

Battalion H. Q. Runner Noel Allinson 

Hospital Orderly F. Malcolm Rignold 

Play produced by LEO G. CARROLL 



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THE 



VIC. 






5 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* * !TROILUS AND CEESSIBA" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Joim Maclean 
...... :::::.':.'.V.'.V.'.V.V. Rupert Harvey 

...... ............... Ion Svnnley 

............. ...... Ronald Nicholson 

^s ...... ........... Douglas Mattinsou 

....... ........ Hilton Edwards 

'OT ............ ...... Oswaid S&ibeck 

e.cTK . . . ........... ....... Cohea 

. to Pa. is .......... - . ..... .. Bakgr 

V ................. .Edmmd Frank 



Ach 



Walter 
.George Hayes 



. 

.V. ......... Florence Sanders 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

QUEEN'S 

7 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "TEE LITTLE MINISTER" 

A romance, in four acts, by J. M. BARRIE 

............... Walter Roy 

- - Edmund Beresiord 






The Eairi of "Rintoul'. ".*.'.* Allgi Jeayes 

^ ta ^et^ u :::::::::::::::: CF -^* 



Sergeant Davidson .'.". .V. . ." Paul Ashwell 

Andrew Mealmaker David Donaldson 

Siva Tosh Alec Hunter 

Thwaites '.'.".".V. .". Howard Sturge 

Felice Nancie Parsons 

Play produced by BASIL DEA.N 

EVERYMAN 

8 NOVEMBER, 1923 

" THE SECOND EOTJND " 

A play, in three acts, by HALCOTT GLOVER 

Captain Ardwick George Merritt 

Smith P et er Godfrey 

Barbara Hatteras Nan Marriott-Watson 

Professor Murgatroyd Reginald Dance 

Catherine Hatteras Louise Hampton 

Sam Livingstone Edward Rigby 

Father Bollard Granvjlle Darling 

Paul Hatteras Michael Sherbrooke 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



K3NGSWAY 
IS NOVEMBER, 1923 
* A M3DSUMMEE BIGHT'S 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus - Ralph Truman 

;gg eus Andrew Churchman 

Lx-sander .' .' . ." Bruce Belfrage 

Demetrius S. J. WarmiDgtcn 

Phzlostrate Caswell Garth 

Quince Frank Cellier 

Snug. .V B. A, Pit tar 

Bottom".".". .". Balioi Hollo way 

Flute John Hamilton 

Snout Cecil Calvert 

Starveling Harold Scott 

Hippolyta Joan Chard 

Hermia Joyce Carey 

Helena > ^la Tree 

Oberon Nicholas Hannen 

Titania Athene Seyler 

p uc k George Howe 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



COURT 

14 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"OUR OSTRICHES" 

A play, in two acts, by DR. MARIE STOPES 

Lady Carfon Ethel Royale 

Lord Reginald Simplex Harold Anstruther 

Brother Peter Roy Byford 

Evadne Carillon Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Mrs Carillon Winifred Evans 

Dr. Verro Hodges Leo G. Carroll 

Mrs. Flinker Minnie Rayner 

Professor Beverley Black Fred. W. Pennain 

Bishop of Chelmgate Kinsey Peile 

Lady Highkno Ethel Griffies 

Sir Theodore Ravage Arthur Burne 

Bishop of Oxbridge William Kershaw 

Mrs. Sweetholm Katie Johnson 

Rev. Godfrey Pritchard Noel Shammon 

Mr. Nathaniel Facer Arthur Ewart 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

REGENT 

18 NOVEMBER, 1923 
* "EDWARD II" 

Tragedy by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 
Presented by THE PHOSNIX SOCIETY 

King Edward the Second Duncan Yarrow 

Prince Edward, his Son ) 

after wards KingV Guy Martineau 

Edward the Third ) 
Earl of Kent, Brother 1 

of King Edward the > Tristan Rawson 

Second j 

Piers Gaveston Ernest Thesiger 

Warwick Victor Lewisohn 

Lancaster Alexander Sarner 

Pembroke Douglas Burbidge 

Arundel Fred O'Docovan 

Leicester Talhot Homewood 

Berkeley A. Corney Grain 

Young Mortimer Edmund Wlllard 

Hugh Spencer Lawrence Anderson 

Baldock Harold Scott 

Lightborn Michael Sherbrooke 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Queen Isabella Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Margaret de Clare Clare Harris 

Mortimer, the Elder Talbot Homewood 

Spencer, the Elder A. Corney Grain 

Archbishop of Canterbury Fred O'Donovan 

Bishop of Coventry A. Corney Grain 

Bishop of Winchester John H. Moore 

Abbot of Neath Douglas Burbidge 

Beaumont John H. Moore 

Trussel Raymond Massey 

Gurney Alexander Garner 

Matrevis Victor Lewisohn 

Levune Cecil Melton 

Rice ap Howel Victor Lewisohn 

Herald Talbot Homewood 

James. Howard Cochran 

Mower Alexander Garner 

Champion Matthew Forsyth 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

THE OLD VIC 

19 NOVEMBER. 1923 

* "THE TWO GENTLEMEN OP VERONA" 
Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke of Milan Reyner Barton 

Valentine George Hayes 

Proteus Ion Swinley 

Antonio John Maclean 

Thurio Ronald Nicholson 

Eglamour Guy Martineau 

Host Henry Cohen 

1st Outlaw Hilton Edwards 

2nd Outlaw Robert Glennie 

3rd Outlaw Kingsley Baker 

Speed John Laurie 

Launce D, Hay Petrie 

Panthino Henry Cohen 

Julia Florence Saunders 

Silvia Jane Bacon 

Lucetta Dorice Fordred 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

CRITERION 

20 NOVEMBER, 1923 
* "DULCY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 
and MARC CONELLY 

Dulcinea Renee Kelly 

Gordon Smith Hylton Allen 

William Parker Richard Bird 

C. Roger Forbes Morton Selten 

Mrs. Forbes Jessie Bateman 

Angela Forbes Norah Robinson 

Schulyer Van Dyck Algernon West 

Tom Sterrett Arthur Eldred 

Vincent Leach Ernest Milton 

Blair Patterson Arthur Vezin 

Henry P. H. Alexander 

Play produced by A. HYLTON ALLEN 



HAYMARKET 

21 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 
A trivial comedy for serious people by OSCAR WILDE 

Lane Douglas Jefferi.es 

Algernon Moncrieff John Deverell 

John Worthing, J.P Leslie Faber 



Lady Brackneil Margaret Scudamore 

Hon. Gwendoline Fairfax Doris Kendal 

Miss Prism Louise Hampton 

Cecily Cardew Nancy Atkin 

Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D H. O. Nicholson 

Merriman Walton Palmer 

Maid Betty Sturgess 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 

COURT 

25 NOVEMBER, 1923 
" THISTLEDOWN " 

A romantic play, in three acts, by GEORGE WODEN 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Cyril Marsh Lawrence Anderson 

Thomas Reid Campbell Gullan 

Henry Otherwood Fewlass Llewellyn 

Dreda Smith Mary Merrall 

Margaret Reid Dorothy Hal] 

Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 

EVERYMAN 

29 NOVEMBER, 1923 

"THE MORALS OF VANDA" 

A comedy, in three acts, by HAZEL MAY MARSHALL 

Binns Greville Darling 

Leonard Mortimer Cyril Nash 

Vanda Mortimer Cecily Byrne 

Joseph Mortimer George Merritt 

Elsmere Grant Julian Bainbridge 

1st Detective Alexander Field 

2nd Detective Ernest Haines 

Ellen Phyllis Morris 

Charles Alexander Field 

Leeson Edith Harley 

Dr. Carlyon Reginald Dance 

Lady Gruber Agnes Thomas 

Rev. Robert Checksfield Ernest Haines 

Elizabeth Checksfield Lilian Tweed 

Mr. Mather George Merritt 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

REGENT 

2 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "RICHARD DI" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

King Edward IV Tom Heslewood 

Prince of Wales .Gwen Evans 

Duke of York Alice Darch 

Duke of Clarence Frank Darch 

Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard III) 

Baliol Holloway 

Richmond Edmund Willard 

Bishop of Ely A. Corney Grain 

Buckingham Douglas Burbidge 

Lord Stanley Frederick Harker 

Lord Lovell Cecil Trouncer 

Sir Richard Ratcliffe Bruce Belfrage 

Sir William Catesby Alfred A. Harris 

Sir Robert Brackenbury Tristan Rawson 

First Murderer Oliver Crombie 

Queen Elizabeth Mary Barton 

Queen Margaret Esm6 Beringer 

Duchess of York Rose Yule 

Lady Anne Dorothy Rundell 

Play produced by BALIOL HOLLOWAY 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAJTESBURY 

3 DECEMBER, 1923 

"THE RISING GENERATION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by WYN WEAVER and 
LAURA LEYCESTER 

Emily Entwhistle Sybil Carlisle 

Puddif er Lawrence Hanray 

GeoSrey Entwhistle , Holman Clark 

Warwick Entwhistle Robin Irvine 

Winnie Entwhistle Elizabeth Arkell 

Vane Harpenden Joan Barry 

George Breese Lawrence Ireland 

Walter Morell J. Cranstoun Nevill 

Seliaa Morell Ena Grossmith 

Mrs. Doddrell Ethel Coleridge 

Felix Andrews J. Sebastian Smith 

John Morell Griffith Humphreys 

Mrs. Barrett Laura Graves 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 

HEW 

9 DECEMBER, 1923 
"BINGO" 

A comedy, in four acts, by JOHN KENDALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

First Flunkey William Stack 

Second Flunkey. Henry Kendall 

Edrys, Prince Regnant of Nuria Felix Aylmer 

Captain Gogar Reginald Gosse 

An Officer J. Phillips-Roberts 

Colonel Gregorien Tristan Rawson 

John Peard William Kershaw 

The Chancellor Frank Vosper 

The Prime Minister Campbell Gullan 

Princess Mira Olgo Lindo 

Emily Enid Revel! Reade 

Gladys Sebright Mary Barton 

Johnson Raymond Massey 

Peters Arthur Goullet 

Scroggins Leo G. Carroll 

Williams Peter Godfrey 

Miss Singleton Nora Nicholson 

Sir James Horden Fred O'Donovan 

Captain Heron Algernon West 

Leader of the Opposition Arthur Goullet 

Head of the " Council of Seven " . Raymond Massey 

Play produced by RICHARD BIRD 

HAYMARKET 

12 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "THE GOAL" 

A play, in one act, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Stephen Famariss Leslie Faber 

Daniel Famariss EugeneLeahy 

Adams Terence Downing 

Sir Lydden Crane, M.D H. O. Nicholson 

Peggie Lovel Stella Bonheur 

Nurse Clandon Louise Hampton 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

17 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
CHARLES H. HAWTREY, adapted from the German 

Mr. Marsland Robert Chester 

Harry Marsland Harold Young 



Mr. Cattencole Frederick Volpe 

Douglas Cattermole Alec Finlaysoa 

The Rev. Robert Spaldmg Charles R. Walenn 

Mr. Sydney Gibson A. Comev Grain 

Jo&n W. EUythorne 

Knox George Field 

Edith Marsland Irene Wallace 

Eva Webster Xadine March 

Mrs. Stead Bertha Northam 

Miss Ashford Alice Beet 



COMEDY 

18 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "CHARLEY'S AOTT" 
A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

BRANDON-THOMAS 

Colonel Sir Francis Chesney, Bart ...... Arthur Bell 

Stephen Spettigue ................ James E. Page 

Jack Chesney ..................... Henry Hoare 

Charles Wykeham ................. John Gielgud 

Lord Fancourt Baberley .......... Richard Cooper 

Brassett ............. '. . .Walter Hook-Raymond 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez ............. Rita John 

Kitty Verdun ................... Nora Robinson 

Ela Delahay ..................... Jane Grahame 

Amy Spettigue ............. Honor Aubrey-Smith 

REGENT 

19 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "BEHQJEHEM" 

A music drama by RUTLAND BOUGHTON 

The Virgin Mary ......... Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Gabriel ......................... Colin Ashdown 

Joseph .................. W. Johnstons-Douglas 

i Herbert Simmonds 
The Three Shepherds ...... J H. Solly 

( Ewart Cooke 

$ Ruby Boughton 
-| Mary Bartlett 
Zarathustra .................... Arthur Cranmer 

Nubar ........................... Tom Goodey 

Merlin .................... Frederick Woodhouse 

w omen i Margaret Arnold 

Women .................... | Marjorie Bartlett 

Believer ....................... Nancie Williams 

Unbeliever ................... Herbert Simmons 

Calchas ............................ J. Creegan 

Herodias ..................... Dorothy D'Orsay 

Herod ......................... Frank Titterton 

Play produced by BARRY V. JACKSON 



19 DECEMBER, 1923 
* " THE ROSE AKB THE RING " 

By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 

Adapted as a pantomime by HARRIS DEANS ; music 
by ROBERT Cox ; lyrics by DESMOND CARTER 

Fairy Blackstick ................. Marian Wilson 

Valoroso ........................ J. Leslie Frith 

Emma ......................... Minnie Rayner 

Princess Angelica ................. Evadne Price 

Prince Giglio .................. Charles Lascelles 

King Padella ................... Frank J. Arlton 

Prince Bulbo .................... Miles MaUeson 

Princess Rosalba .................. Rose Hignell 

Baron Glumboso ................. F. B. J. Sharp 

Jenkins Grufianufl .............. Johnny Danvers 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Countess Gruff anuff Margaret Yarde 

Count Hedzoff StockweU Hawkins 

Count Hogginarmo Johnny Danvers 

Jones Raymond Masse y 

Smith Hugh Sinclair 

A Woodcutter Leonard Calvert 

His Wife Muriel Aked 

First Child Mabel Crosbie 

Second Child Edith Softly 

Third Child Lydia Craddock 

The Archbishop Leonard Calvert 

Footman , . . .F. J. Arlton 

First Clown Thomas Warner 

Second Clown Sam Pickles 

A Lion Guy Helbrough 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



DALY'S 

20 DECEMBER, 1923 
"MADAME POMPADOUR" 

A musical play, in three acts, adapted by 

FREDERICK LONSDALE and HARRY GRAHAM from 

the Viennese ; music by LEO FALL 

Bang Louis XV Bertram WaUis 

Rene, Comte D'Estrades Derek Oldham 

Maurepas Leonard Mackay 

Poulard Leonard Russell 

Prunier Fred Pedgrift 

Coliin Edmund D. La Touche 

The Austrian Ambassador C. E. T. Harrison 

Lieutenant in Command of Guard . Donald Mather 

Boucher Noel Colne 

Tourelle Desmond Roberts 

Jacques Stanley Rendall 

Joseph Calicot Huntley Wright 

Madeleine Enid Stamp Taylor 

Mariette Kitty Attfield 

Madame Pompadour Evelyn Laye 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



ADELPHI 

20 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "PETER PAN" 
By J. M. BARRIE 

Peter Pan Gladys Cooper 

Jas. Hook Franklin Dyall 

Mr. Darling Jack Raine 

Mrs. Darling Stella Patrick Campbell 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling Lila Mara van 

John Napoleon Darling Patrick Harvey 

Michael Nicholas Darling John Seeker 

Nana Gordon Can- 
Tinker Bell Jenny Wren 

Tootles Joan Maude 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Donald Searle 

Curly Diana Beaumont 

First Twin Sunday Wilshin 

Second Twin Nancy Burt 

Smee George Shelton 

Gentleman Starkey Charles Trevor 

Cookson Walter C. Lake 

Mullins F. Rawson Buckley 

Cecco William Luff 

Jukes James English 

Noodler John Kelt 

First Pirate S. Granville Darling 

Second Pirate Joseph Owen 



Black Pirate ................... Donald Walcott 

Great Big Little Panther .......... Robert Gilbert 

Tiger Lily ....................... Nancy Pawley 

C Stella Freeman 

Rosemary Bamber 

_.,. j Jill Sanders 

Bnues .................... 1 Hilda Russell 

Nancy Kirby 

[Joan Harrison 
Liza ............................ Violet Aubert 



Ostrich 



Joseph Owen 
Norman Phillips 
James Gilbert 
Leslie Dwyer 



Joseph D'Arcy 

Ba " " 



Pack of Wolves 

Basil Green 
Leonard Nibbs 
Philip Morgan 

The children in the play trained by 
Miss ITALIA CONTI 

Play produced by LICH FIELD OWEN 



EVERYMAN 

21 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "LOVE IN A VILLAGE" 

A comic opera by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE, with 
music composed and selected by DR. ARNE 

The book and music arranged by JULIAN HERBAGE 

Rosetta Raymonde Colignon 

Lucinda Evelyn Roselle 

Young Meadows David Brynley 

Hawthorn Arthur Wynn 

Justice Woodcock Orlando Barnett 

Hodge Charles A. Staite 

Eustace Cyril Cunningham 

Deborah Woodcock Mrs. A. B. Tapping 

Margery Phoebe Hodgson 

Sir William Meadows Fred O'Donovan 

Play produced by HAROLD SCOTT 



LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

22 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "THE MERRY "WIVES OF WINDSOR" 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Sir John Falstaff Roy Byford 

Fenton George Manship 

Shallow Alfred Harris 

Slender Frank Darch 

Ford Randle Ayrton 

Page Wilfred Shine 

Sir Hugh Evans Reginald Bach 

Dr. Caius Muni Moncrieff 

Host of the " Garter Inn " Nigel Playfair 

Bardolph John Collins 

Pistol Seton Blackden 

Nym Arnold Pilbeam 

Robin Betty Scorer 

Simple Mark Turner 

Rugby Geoffrey Wincott 

Mistress Ford Dorothy Green 

Mistress Page Edith Evans 

Anne Page Phyllis Shannaw 

Mistress Quickly Elsie French 

Play produced by W. BRIDGES ADAMS 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PALLADIUM 

24 DECEMBER, 192 t: ! 

"DICK WHITTESGTON " 

Dick Clarice Mayne 

Alice Hilda Glyder 

The Cook Nellie Wallace 

Idle Jack Harry Weldon 

The Captain Audrey Thacker 

Fairy Queen Xita Underwood 

Princess Alice Pollard 

Fiizwarren Gus Sharland 

The Cat Fred Whittaker 

Premiere Danseuse Delia de Meroda 

Produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



GAERICK 

24 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "THE BLUE BIRD" 

By MAURICE MAETERLINCK 

Mummy Tyl Jane Kidner 

Daddy "Tyl Drew Mackintosh 

Tyltyi Joan Duan 

Mytyl Phyllys Jay 

The Fairy Berylune Annie Stalman 

Bread ." Herbert Russell 

Fire Dirk Daniell 

Tylo Ernest Hendrie 

Tylette Norman Page 

Water Noreena Feist 

Milk Nesta Woodall 

Sugar Ernest Leverett 

Light Maud Cressall 

GaSer Tyl Charles Aldred 

Granny Tyl Annie Stalman 

Night ." Nora Johnston 

Time Drew Mackintosh 

The Oak Charles Aldred 

Neighbour Berlingot Annie Stalman 

Neighbour Berlingot's little Daughter 

Prunella Page 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



Dick .,,.,....... IMmurid Kennedy 

Abe Grey c. V. Wallace 

Harry. . . Roy Lenaoi 

Allan Harry Daub v 

JOVCH Grafcan> Stuart 

Hunter Alec Snowden 

Redrurb Claud Edn.cnus 

Mr. Arrow Ian McCarthy 

Supervisor Dance Percival Coyte 

Tip C. V. Wallace 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Play produced by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN 



ALDWYCH 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "BLUEBELL IN FAIRYLAND" 

By SEYMOUR HICKS ; 
music by WALTER SLAUGHTER 

In the Play 

Dicky Geoffrey Saville 

Mr. Joplin George Zucco 

Will F. Owen Baxter 

Wont Vincent Lawson 

Mrs. Hearty Madge Mclntosh 

Peter the Cat Baron Salomons 

Mab Lorna Hubbard 

Winnie Doris Mason 

Bluebell Phyllis Black 

In the Dream 

The Reigning King George Zucco 

The Reigning Queen Madge Mclntosh 

Blib F. Owen Baxter 

Blob Vincent Lawson 

Peter the Cat Baron Salamons 

The Water-lily Lilian Granville 

Will o' the Wisp Lorna Hubbard 

The Yellow Dwarf R. S. Bailey 

The Owl J. Oliver Twiss 

Bluebell's Good Fairy Laura Wallis Mills 

Bluebell Phyllis Black 

The Sleepy King Geoffrey Saville 



STRAND 

24 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "TREASURE ISLAND" 

(Adapted from ROBERT Louis STEVENSON'S story 
by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN) 

Long John Silver Arthur Bourchier 

Captain Billy Bones Henry Wenman 

Pew Edmund Kennedy 

Black Dog Charles Groves 

Israel Hands D. Lewin Mannering 

Ben Gunn Charles Groves 

Squire Trelawney Bellenden Powell 

Dr. Livesey J. R. Tozer 

Captain Smollett Alice Chumley 

Mrs. Hawkins Maud Garth 

Jim (her Son) Frederick Peisley 

George Merry Frank E. Petley 

Tom Morgan Claude Edmonds 

Deadeye Christopher Steele 

Job Anderson James Arnold 

Johnny. F. Owen Chambers 

Dirk Cyril Jarvis 

O'Brien Percival Coyte 

Tom Watkins James Arnold 



NEW SCALA 
26 DECEMBER, 1923 
"ALMOND EYE" 

A musical play in three acts and ten scenes 

book and lyrics by FARREN SOUTAR and 

ARTHUR VEASEY ; music by FREDERICK ROSSE 

Abdul Kozan Ivan Berlyn 

Komari Hilda Antony 

Prince Moohan Howard Radleigh 

A Merchant W. Yeldham 

Amarak el Deeb Farren Soutar 

Knei-Shen G. Volaire 

Chiang-Tang Victor Oliver 

Ya-Mao Hubert Eisdell 

Cha-Ku Gracie Leigh 

Ta-Wei Thomas Pauncefort 

Princess Ai-Lien Lilian Davies 

Ho-Yeh Dorothy Lane 

Chi-Fu .Maureen Moore 

The Emperor Shu Ta-Chen Reginald Dane 

A Dancer Temple Bell 



Play produced by C. BARNARD MOORE 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "PADDY THE KEXT BEST THING 

A comedy, in four acts, by 

GAYER MACKAY and ROBERT" ORD 

General Adair ................... Frank Atherley 

Dr. Davy Adair .................... Clive Currie 

Eileen Adair .................. Josephine Wilson 

Miss O'Hara ..................... Una O'Connor 



O'Hara ................ Moya O'Hara 

Jack O'Hara ..................... Brian Alierne 

Laurence Blake ................ Herbert Marshall 

Doreen Blake ................... Minnie Bla^den 

Gwendolin Carew ........... Rosaline Courtneidge 

Lord Sellaby .................. H. V. Tollemache 

Micky ........................ Ernest Plumpton 

Webb .......................... Ethel Callanan 

Mx*- Bi ngle ....................... Beatrice BeU 

Mrs. Putter ...................... Lindsay Gray 

Paddy ........................... Peggy O'Neil 

LYCEUM 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 

"JACK AMD TEE BEANSTALK" 

By LEEDHAM BANTOCK ; music by Guy JONES 

King Klondike ................. Dick Henderson 

Dame Dimple .................... Bertie Wright 



Demon Mischief Robert Woollard 

Fairy Sunstar May Carpenter 

Felix ."Jack Hurst 

Sir Percy Vere Winifred Yorke 

Sir Randolph Iris Field 

Mr. Hops Fred Savers 

Clara Stern and Austin 

Old Moore Chas. Wilton 

Poor Flo Betty Ray 

Horatio Fred'Stone 

Mrs. Pussyfoot Eileen Dagmar 

Sir Archi bald Harry Farmer 

Willie Watkyn Welks Bertram Dench 

Bill George Jackley 

'Erb Frank Attree 

Venus Miss Came 

Mercury Mr. Kellaway 

Mars Frank Lampton 

Spirit of the Moon Connie Wilde 

Cupid Baby Love 

Blunderbore Raymond Wood 

The Giant's Cooks The Boganny Troupe 

Officer Charles Sparrow 

The Giant's Juggler Master Kiddy King 

Bobby Peeler John Brown 

Pickles Percy Mead 

Princess Alice Sybil Coulthurst 

Jack Sybil Arundale 

Produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



1924 



ST. MARTETS 
1 JANUARY, 1924 
"A MAGDALEN'S 

A play, in three acts, by MILTON ROSMER and 

EDWARD PERCY ; adapted from VINCENT BROWN'S 

novel 

Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Roger Clifford Mollison 

Nicholas Draicott Robert Harris 

Janet Treeves Barbara Gott 

Joan Potten Moyna Macgill 

Martin Potten Malcolm Keen 

Effie Draicott Ada King 

Zeekel Draicott Ian Hunter 

Jim Anscombe Leslie Banks 

The Squire Ivor Barnard 

A Country Policeman Lawrence Baskcomb 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



VAUDEVILLE 

2 JANUARY, 1924 
"PUPPETS" 

Revue by DION TITHERADGE ; music by 
IVOR NOVELLO 



Stanley Lupino 
Arthur Chesney 
Paul England 



Binnie Hale 
Connie Emerald 
Fav Cole 



Nita Underwood 
Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 



WYKDHAM'S 
7 JANUARY, 1924 
** THE FLAME " 

A play, in four acts, by CHARLES MERE ; 
Adapted into English by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN 

A Footman Gerald Cross 

Lord Blantyre Dawson Milward 

Cleo D'Aubigny Violet Vanbmgh 

Fanny Olive Sloane 

The Brazilian Tony de Lungo 

Mdme. Laura Rita Ricardo 

Auguste Gino Galvani 

Barman Stanley Groomy 

Victor Boussat Sam Livesey 

Middleton Ernest Leeman 

Hugo Blantyre Ralph Forbes 

Waiter Gerald Grose 

Chambermaid Jenny Miller 

Helen de Lys Prudence Vanbrugh 

Claire Astier Margaret Duff 

Jean de Lorges Maurice Braddell 

Henry Astier John Wise 

Maitre d'Hotel Tony de Lungo 

M. de Lys Albert E. Raynor 

Mdme. de Lys Annie Esmond 

A Gentleman Gordon Tompkins 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

KINGSWAY 

11 JANUARY, 1924 

* "THE VERY IDEA1" 

A farce, in three acts, by WILLIAM LE BARON 

Gilbert Goodhue Donald Calthrop 

Edith Goodhue Noelle Sonning 



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SYXOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Georae Green ..... 
Man5n Green 
Dorotbv Green 
' 



Baliol Holloway 
.Natahel-yim 

Monica 



................. 

o ' 'I'. ................ Waller Milliard 

\bc C ~ mp ...................... Percy Parsons 

Miss Duncan ................ Sydney Fairbrother 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



EVERYMAN 

12 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE PAINTED LADY" 

A farcical comedy, In three acts.byVER*. BERIXGER 
H'lg^ins ...................... Master Roy Rich 

Mr. Chapman ................... George Howard 

Ambrose ...................... Harry Hampson 

Sain Garden ..................... Jobn Williams 

Violet Borradaile ............... Dora Barton 

Professor Borrodaile ............. Ernest Thesiger 

\nnabe! ....................... Nora Nicholson 

pisker ......................... Frank Moore 

Petunia" Barton .................. Violet Graham 

Pussv Meadows ................... Pegsry Abbot 

John Barton .................. .Evelyn Roberts 

Trixie Carpenter .................. Daisy Cordell 

NEW 

13 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE STEPMOTHER" 

A pla}% in a prologue and three acts, by 

GlTHA SO WERE Y 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTOR? 

Charlotte Gaydort ................... Esme Duff 

Mary ........................ Dorothy Martin 

Eustace Gaydon ............... Campbell Gullan 

Monica ........ - ............. Griselda Hervey 

Betty .............................. Hilda Case 

Mr. Bennett .................... Hubert Harben 

Lois Relph ......................... Jean Cadell 

Cecil Bennett ............... Treven Grantham 

Peter Holland .................. Tristan Rawson 

Mrs. Geddes ..................... Renee de Vaux 

Butler ........................... Hugh Higson 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

HAYMARKET 
16 JANUARY, 1924 

* "HAVOC" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 
Mr. Stephens ................. W. Walton Palmer 

Bennett ....................... Kathleen Blake 

Alice Derring ..................... Ethel Griffies 

Violet Derring .................. Frances Carson 

Tessie Dunton ................. Norah Robinson 

Dick Chappell ................ Henry Kendall 

Smithy ..................... William Kershaw 

Biddle ....................... Forrester Harvey 

Sergeant-Ma jor Paiey ........... Vincent Holman 

The Babe ........................ Richard Bird 

Roddy Dunton .................... Leslie Faber 

Lance-Corporal Higgins .......... Donovan Maule 

Private Jones ................ J. Phillips-Roberts 

Captain Taylor ____ . .............. Claud Allister 

Battalion H.Q. Runner ......... Malcolm Rignold 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 



ST. MAKEDTS 

20 JANUARY, 1924 

The Piaybox Gala Perfonntanre 
"GRDACE" 

A play, in two scenes, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 

Conan Felix Aylmer 

An Envoy. f Malcolm Keen 

Domnn?! Gilbert Ritchie 

First Serving Man Lawrence Baskcomb 

Second Serving Mail Clifford Mollison 

Boy Walter Hudd 

Morag Esme Beringer 

Fern Hilda Bruce Potter 

Gruach Sybil Thomdike 

Marget Olga Lindo 

First Serving Woman Sibell Archdale 

Second Serving Woman Gwynne Whitby 

Kitchen Girl Hermione Baddeley 

" PHCENIX * 

A tragic farce, in three acts, by 
LASCELLES ABERCROMTJIE 

First Soldier Tan Hunter 

Second Soldier Austin Trevor 

The Queen Barbara Gott 

Amyntor Leslie Banks 

Rhodope Mary Clare 

Phoenix Robert Harris 

Play produced by BA.SIL DEAN 



NEW 

20 JANUARY, 1924 
PROGRESS 

A play, in two parts, by C. K. MUNRO 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

The Count Alfred Clark 

Bert Harold Scott 

Bole Dan F. Roe 

Boom Douglas Jefferies 

Slump Edward Rigby 

George Overton, Prime Minister. .Nicholas Hannen 

Lord Mang J. Fisher White 

Prime Minister's Secretary John H. Moore 

Rev. L. Soames Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Boom Martita Hunt 

Mrs. Slump Helena Millais 

Peacock Henry Ford 

Conductor of Choir Andrew Leigh 

Sergeant Matthew Forsyth 

Secretary of Kokol & Co Victor Lewisohn 

French Ambassador Orlando Barnett 

Mr. Armstrong Hubert Harben 

President of French Republic Charles Carson 

Mr. Rattner Michael Sherbrooke 

M. Hausse Milton Rosmer 

M. Dudos Andrew Leigh 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

GARRICK 

21 JANUARY, 1924 

* "BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GRAHAM MOFFAT 

Bunty Biggar WinifredMoffat 

Rab Biggar Gregory Whiteford 



Susie Simpson Mrs. Graham Mofiat 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Tammas Biggar Graham Moffat 

Weelum Sprunt David Clyde 

Eelen Dunlop Jean Clyde 

Teenie Dunlop Xornia Fleming 

Jeems Gibb George W. Simes 

Maggie Mercer Nan Taylor 

Dan Birrell Jixnmie Lennie 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFAT 



COMEDY 
23 JANUARY, 1924 
* "ALICE SIT-BY-THE-FIBE " 
A comedy by J. M. BARRIE 

Mrs. Grey Marie Tempest 

Amy Elizabeth Irving 

Leonora Peggy Rush 

Richardson Helen Samtsbury 

Nurse Ada Palmer 

Colonel Grey Graham Browne 

Steve Rollo Herbert Marshall 

Esme Leslie R. French 

Fanny Doris Mansell 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



EMPIRE 

26 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE THREE GRACES" 

A musical play, in three acts, by BEN TRAVERS ; 
adapted from the Viennese. Music by FRANZ LEHAR 

A Walter Jack Pierce 

Sergeant of Police Harry Pringle 

Tonneau Ralph Roberts 

Count Pommery A. Scott Gatty 

Moustique Pope Stamper 

Petilleau Albert Warwick 

Tutu Vera Freeman 

Charlotte Sylvia Leslie 

Helene Winifred Barnes 

WiEem van Vuurwater Morris Harvey 

Charles, Duke of Nancy Thorpe Bates 

A Cabman Stephen Frayne 

Bouquet Johnny Dooley 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



COURT 

27 JANUARY, 1924 

" THREE DAYS " 

A play, in three acts, by C. E. OPENSHAW 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Constance Somersby Rita John 

Elsie Davenant Irene Holmes Kelly 

Guy Somersby Oliver Johnston 

Usher Donald R. Young 

William Doleford Arthur Goullet 

Archie Bickerstaffe H. G. Stoker 

Fanny Trevanion Nell Carter 

George Trevanion. Leo G. Carroll 

Mr. Montrose Frank Vosper 

Mr. Dixon Escot Robson 



Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 



STRAND 

28 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE DAREDEVIL" 

An entertainment, in three acts, by 
AUSTIN MELFORD 

Joyce Margot Barff 

Daisy Patricia Siems 

Paula Marcelle Roche 

Alexander Wilson Denis Cowles 

Audrey Bollington Todd Madge Stuart 

Gordon Bright Ivan Samson 

Mrs. Bollington Todd Margaret Scudamore 

Major Shorter J. J. Bartlett 

L. Walker-Farr Robert Cunningham 

Ann Pym Jean Cadell 

Krashoff Ivan Berlyn 

Baby Sorbo Betty de Laune 

Molly Sorbo Dorothy Daw 

Amelia Bright Helen Ferrers 

Bertram Bright A. W. Baskcomb 

Thompson Frederick Annerley 

Phillips Evelyn Moore 

Play produced by the Author 



ROYALTY 

29 JANUARY, 1924 

"THE ETERNAL SPRING" 

A comedy, in three acts, by PETER GAJILAND 

Stephen Gretton Dennis Eadie 

David Chauntrell Athole Stewart 

Pat Robert Andrews 

Nockles . .Reginald. Dance 

Mrs. Denniss Lilian Braithwaite 

Babs Ann Trevor 

Mary Faith Celli 

Play produced by ATHOLE STEWART 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

31 JANUARY, 1924 

"THE CAMEL'S BACK" 

A farce, in three acts, by 

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Hermione Madge Tltheradge 

Enid Lefevre Rosaline Courtneidge 

Mrs. Lefevre Nina BoucicauJt 

Sarah Olive Sloane 

Annie Betty Tanner 

Valentine Lefevre Frank Cellier 

Denis Armstrong Jack Hobbs 

Dr. Dickinson E. Holman Clark 

Play produced by H. F. MALTBY 



ALDWYCH 

1 FEBRUARY, 1924 
" IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE " 

A farce, in three acts, by Roi COOPER MEGRUE 
and WALTER HACKETT 

Mary Grayson Doris Kendal 

Johnson Martin Sands 

Comtesse de Beaunen Cecilia Gold 

Rodney Martin Ralph Lynn 

Sir Henry Martin Tom Walls 

Ambrose Peale Will Deniing 

Marie Alex Frizell 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



\Viiam Smith J- Rooer^scn Hare 

Miss Burke Jessica Jarvis 

George McChesenay Syiney Lyr.c 

E"'*rv Cl-rk ". Kenneth Kove 

George Broascn Sydney Seaward 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 

AMBASSADORS 

2 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN" 

A play, in three acts, by CLEMESCE BASE 

Mrs. Farren Haidee Wright 

Shirley Pryde .Hilda Bayley 

Martin Farren Robert Harris 

Harness Cicely pates 

Muriel Hanburv Olea Lmdo 

Chussie Hare. /. Walter Hudd 

Bennett Lomax Leslie Banks 

Mrs. Hanbury Ada King 

Dr. Rodson Austin Trevor 

An Outside Porter Alan Rowland 

Play produced by BASIL. DEAN 

WYOTDHAM'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"NOT IN OUR STARS" 

A play, in four acts, by DOROTHY MAS^IXGHAM ; 
adapted from MICHAEL MAURICE'S novel 

Felix Menzies Gerald du Manner 

Thorpe Savile Eric Maturin 

Dr. Toller Charles Carson 

Lord Ansterdale Nigel Bruce 

Parminter Frank Esmond 

Hetty Temple Cerily Byrne 

Lady Symster Una Venning 

Mrs. Temple Jes?ie Bateman 

Jennie Elizabeth Pollock 

F re da Patricia Wyndham 

Sylvia Mildred Barnes 

Cynthia Muriel Lawrence Kellie 

Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 

PRINCE'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1924 
* "IOLANTHE" 

Fairy opera by W. S. GILBERT ; music by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

The Lord Chancellor Henry A. Lytton 

Earl of Mountararat Darrell Fancourt 

Earl Tolioller Sidney Pointer 

Private Willis Leo Sheffield 

Strephon Sydney Granville 

Queen of the Fairies Bertha Lewis 

lolanthe Eileen Sharp 

Celia Kathleen Anderson 

Leila Renee Cadell 

Fleta Dorothy Gites 

Phyllis Winifred Lawson 

EVERYMAN 

5 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE MASK AND THE FACE" 

A comedy, in three acts, by C. B. FEKN&LD ; 
freely adapted from the Italian 

Pier Zanotti ,Erember Wills 

Ugo Praga George Merntt 



Delia Fambra Margaret Swallow 

Wanda Borelli Helen Spencer 

Georses Alrnaire Noel Daintcn 

Xiaa'Zanotti Dorothy Warren 

Lnigi Buxichi M'chael Sberbrooke 

Franco Spina Edrnond Brecn 

Savina Graaa Athene Seyler 

Coar.t .Mario Grazia Franklin Dyall 

Andrea Ernest Haines 

Teresa Esme Hubbard 

Tifo". '...'. Charles Thomas 

Plav produced by NORHAX MACDERMOTT 



APOLLO 

6 FEBRUARY, 1924 

" THE FAIRY TALE " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

M<VY EDGINTON 

Prologue 

Mrs. Star Mary Jerrold 

Alfred Star Colston Mansell 

John Star Lewis Shaw 

The Play 

John Star Godfrey Tearle 

Smlthers Rothbury Evans 

Sir Henry Stanley C. V. France 

Lord Lander Eugene Leahy 

Pollock Stanley Terence de Marney 

Bertram Hurst W. Cronin Wilson 

Morton J. Smith Wright 

Mrs. Star Mary Jerrold 

Lesley Stanley Moyna Macgili 

Lady Delph. " Lady Tree 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

7 FEBRUARY, 1&24 

* "THE WAY OF THE WORLD" 
Comedy by WILLIAM CONGREVE 

Fainall Harold Anstnither 

Mirabell Robert Lorame 

Witwoud Nigel Playfair 

Petulant Norman V. Norman 

Sir WilfuU Witwoud Scott Russell 

Waitwell, Servant to Mirabell Harold Scott 

Another Servant to Mirabell Arnold Pilbeam 

Servant to Lady Wishtort Geoffrey Wincott 

Lady Wishf ort Margaret Yarde 

Mrs. Millamant Edith Evans 

Mrs. Marwood Dorothy Green 

Mrs. Fainall Ruth Taylor 

Foible Hilda Sims 

Mincing Kathlyn Hilliard 

Peggy Elsa Lanchester 

Betty Miss Dixon 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

STRAM) 

10 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* "MACBETH" 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Duncan Tom Heslewood 

Malcolm Frank Darch 

Donalbain Frederick Peisley 

Macbeth Edmund Willard 

Banquo Shayle Gardner 

MacdufL Douglas Burbidge 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lennox Talbot Homewood 

Ross Eugene Leahy 

Fleance Sybil Hertz 

Siward Tristan Rawson 

Young Siward Douglas Hutchison 

Seyton Harvey Adams 

Boy Alice Daren 

A Doctor Frederick Marker 

A Sergeant Tristan Rawson 

A Porter J. Leslie Frith 

A Messenger Alan Trotter 

First Murderer Ronald Kerr 

Second Murderer Colin Ashdown 

Third Murderer George Howe 

Lady Macbeth Beatrice Wilson 

Lady Macduff May Kendal 

Gentlewoman Fabia Drake 

Hecate Marjorie Clarke Jervoise 

First Witch Elspeth Dudgeon 

Second Witch Grace Edwin 

Third Witch Madge Whiteman 

First Apparition Tristan Rawson 

Second Apparition Muriel de Castro 

Third Apparition Rosemary Clifford 

Play produced by ERNEST MILTON 



SAVOY 

12 FEBRUARY 1924 
"LORD 0' CREATION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by NORMAN MACOWAN 

Janet Gray Mona Harrison 

Mrs. Gray Lindsay Gray 

Petei Sloag E. H. Brooke 

Robert Gray Horace Hodges 

Frederick Mathison Frederick Leister 

John Alec Baird Ian Fleming 

Mrs. Baird Mary Jerrold 

Peggy Baird Helen Coram 

Mrs. Long Margaret Halstan 

Alan Maurice Ronald Simpson 

Lady Esther Prmgle Molly Tompkins 

Susan Paula Adair 

MacPherson Brian Buchell 

Lord Leithing Leon M. Lion 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



REGENT 

17 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* "THE COUNTRY-WIFE" 

Comedy by WILLIAM WYCHERLEY 

Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Mr. Horner Baliol Holloway 

Mr. Harcourt Henry C. Hewitt 

Mr. Dorilant Douglas Burbidge 

Mr. Pinchwife Howard Rose 

Mr.Sparkish Ernest Thesiger 

Sir Jaspar Fidget Stanley Lathbury 

Mrs. Margery Pinchwife Isabel Jeans 

Mrs. Alithea Nell Carter 

My Lady Fidget Athene Seyler 

Mrs. Dainty Fidget Joan Vivien-Rees 

Mrs. Squeamish Colette O'Niel 

Old Lady Squeamish Louise Holbrooke 

Servant Frederick Peisley 

A Quack Orlando Barnett 

Lucy Theodora Birkbeck 



COURT 

18 FEBRUARY TO 22 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"BACK TO METHUSELAH" 
A play cycle, in five parts, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

" IX THE BEGINNING " 

18 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

The Serpent Caroline Keith 

Cain Scott Sunderiand 

" THE GOSPEL OF THE BROTHERS 
BARNABAS " 

19 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Franklyn Barnabas Wallace Evennett 

Conrad Barnabas Frank Moore 

The Parlourmaid Margaret Chatwin 

The Rev. William Haslara Cedric Hardwicke 

Savvy Barnabas Eileen Beldon 

Joyce Burge Leo Carroll 

Lu'bin Osmund Willson 

" THE THING HAPPENS " 

20 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Burge-Lubin (President of British Isles) 

Terence O'Brien 

Barnabas ( Accountant-General) Frank Moore 

Voice of Telephone Operator Phyllis Shand 

Confucius (Chief Secretary) Paul Smythe 

Negress (Minister of Health) Chris Castor 

Archbishop of York Cedric Hardwicke 

Mrs. Lutestring (Domestic Minister) 

Margaret Chatwin 

"THE TRAGEDY OF AN ELDERLY 

GENTLEMAN " 

21 FEBRUARY, 1924 

The Eldeily Gentleman Scott Sunderiand 

Fusima Caroline Keith 

Zozim Albert Ingle 

Zoo Eileen Beldon 

General Aufsteig (Napoleon) Osmund Willson 

The Oracle Evelyn Hope 

Badger-Bluebin (The British Envoy) 

Melville Cooper 

Mrs. Badger-Bluebin Louise de Lacy 

Miss Badger-Bluebin Phyllis Shand 

" AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH " 

22 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Strephon Osmund Willson 

Chloe Yvette Pienne 

He-Ancient Cedric Hardwicke 

Acis Raymond Huntley 

She-Ancient Caroline Keith 

Amaryllis Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Ecrasia Frances Doble 

Arjillax Albert Ingle 

Martellus Terence O'Brien 

Pygmalion Colin Keith- Johnston 

Ozymandias Scott Sunderiand 

Cleopatra-Semiramis Evelyn Hope 

Ghost of Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Ghost of Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Ghost of Cain Scott Sunderiand 

Ghost of the Serpent Caroline Keith 

Ghost of Lilith Margaret Chatwin 



Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



The whole produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PBfflCE'S 
IS FEBRUARY, 1924 
* "EUDDIGOBE" 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT ; music by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Ruthven (disguised as Robin Oakapple) 

H. A. Lytton 

Richard Dauntless Charles Goulding 

Sir Despard Leo Sheffield 

A-Iam Goodheart Joseph Griffin 

Sir Roieric Darrell Fancourt 

Rose Alaybud Elsie Griffin 

Mad Margaret Eileen Sharp 

Dame Hannah Bertha Lewis 

Zorah Hilary Davies 

Ruth Kathleen Anderson 



CRITERION 

19 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE AUDACIOUS MR. SQUIRE" 

A plav, in thr^e acts, by SIDNEY BOWKETT and 

ELIOT STANNARD 

Tom Squire Bromley Challenor 

Morton Evelyn Roberts 

Bessie Smallwood Enid Cooper 

Stanley Pitt Raymond Massey 

Constance Smallwood Grizelda Hervey 

Henry Small wood, J.P C. M. Lowne 

John' Howard Fewlass Llewellyn 

Edgar Howard Hugh Sinclair 

Jupp Herbert Vyvyan 

Garbett Escott Robson 

Bates Jack H. Vyvyan 

Reynolds Andrew Churchman 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

THE OLD VIC 

20 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"FAUST" 

A new version of Goethe's tragedy by GRAHAM 
and TRISTAN RAWSON 

Raphael Wilfrid Walter 

Gabriel Molly Francis 

Michael John Laurie 

Mephistopheles George Hayes 

The Voice 

Faust Ion Swinley 

Wagner Reyner Barton 

A Young Peasant (with song) Robert Glennie 

An Old Peasant Victor Lewisohn 

AScholar D. Hay Petrie 

Frosch Hilton Edwards 

Siebel Henry Cohen 

Altmeyer John Maclean 

Brander Ernest Meads 

He-Ape Neil Curtis 

She-Ape Guy Martineau 

The Witch Ray Litvin 

Margaret Jane Bacon 

Martha Ethel Harper 

Elizabeth Dorice Fordred 

Valentine Wilfrid Walter 

Evil Spirit Jean Downs 

Ignis Fatuus D. Hay Petrie 

Lynceus Oswald Skilbeck 

A Wayfarer Victor Lewisohn 

First Mighty Comrade Kingsley Baker 

Want Grace Keyte 



Care jeacDcvvn 

Guilt Dorothy Druce 

Misery R a v Litvin 

First Lemur Hilton Edwards 



Penitents, 



C Doris Westwood 
. 4 Grace 



. _jace Keyte 
| Doris Kealy 
Mater Gloriosa Frances St. Barbe West 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

STRAND 

23 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* " MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE " 

Romantic comedy, in four acts, by 
BOOTH TARKINGTON and MRS. E. G. SUTHERLAND 

Monsieur Beaucaire Gerald Lawrence 

The Duke of Winterset Philip Hewland 

Mr. Rakell Oliver Johnston 

Beau Nash J. Fisher White 

Major Molmeux Stanley Vine 

Lord Townbrake Clarence Hurst 

Mr. Bicksit George de Lara 

Mr. Bantison Gerald Saffery 

Captain Badger Charles Kean 

The Marquis de Mirepoix Geoffrey Chate 

Francois Geoffrey Chate 

Lucy Rellerton Anna Russell 

Lady Mary Carlisle Madge Compton 

Play produced by EDWARD RIGBY 

KCNGrSWAY 

25 FEBRUARY, 1924 

" KATE ; or, Love Will Find Out the Way " 

A fantastic ballad-opera in two acts ; 
lyrics selected and adapted by F. G, WESTON ; 
music arranged and composed by 
GERRARD WILLIAMS 

Kate Sylvester Marjorie Gordon 

Deborah Maydew Natalie Lynn 

Abigail Swayne Cyllene Moxon 

Hester Swayne Noelle Spnning 

Hannah Maydew Nellie Briercliffe 

Fanny Findon Sunday Wilshin 

Patty Frant Hilda Hoyes 

Sally Besom Louise Wmttock 

Ruth Maydew Marjorie Shoosmith 

The Ballad Singer Mavis Bennett 

Diana, Lady Bagstow Sydney Fairbrother 

Jack Manley Gregory Stroud 

Joe Gunnel Rupert Bruce 

Larry Lightfoot Newman Willis 

Timothy Maydew Sidney Groom 

The Constable Eric Lewis 

The Footman Jack E. Timrns 

Christopher Gunnel Monica Disney 

Martin Kelson Horace Witty 

Sir Gregory Galhouse, Bart Percy Parsons 

Jack-in-the-Green James Topping 

Simon Maydew Donald Osborne 

Ben Bobstay Frederick Ranalow 

ALDWYCH 

24 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE DAEK LITTLE PEOPLE" 

A comedy of the Welsh Tribes by 

JOHN OSWALD FRANCIS 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Seth Prilcliard Tristan Rawson 

Teleri Thomas Gipsy Ellis 



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John Pritchard Frank Vosper 

Rebecca Pritchard Elspeth Dudgeon 

Sarah Pritchard Xorah Nicholson 

Dai Williams Fred O'Donovan 

Mary Ellen Buena Bent 

Shenkin Morris George Morgan 

Dicky Bach DwI Harold Scott 

Rachael Parry Susan Ciaughtpn 

Powell Douglas Jeffries 

Olwen Evans Kathleen Blake 

Griff Hughes William Kershaw 

Dilys Davies June Wyndham 

Professor Hughes-Lewis Raymond Massey 

Play produced by GEORGE MORGAN 

GAKBICK 

2 MARCH, 1924 
"BIRDS OP PREY*' 

A play, in one act, by LYDDON SURRA.--E 
Presented by THE SUNDAY PLAYERS 

Snoop Frank Irish 

Angela Carrington Madge Brmdiey 

Gladys Ca> rington Beatrix Templeton 

Percy Meech Geoffrey \Vincott 

James Hodge Arthur Ewart 

Sarah Hodse Irene Sinclair 

Josiah Datchett Cedric Whyte 

Caroline Binstead .Mrs. A. E. Drinkwater 

Abel Penayweather J. Drew-Carran 

Play produced by ARTHUR EW-VRT 

"REPRISALS" 
A play, in three acts, by CHRISTOPHER ELMWAS 

Captain Tresbar Arthur Treacher 

JackFoster Robin Irvine 

Mrs. Woollett Dora Gregory 

Dr. Foster Frank E. Petley 

Sheila Sylvia Willoughby 

Simpson Margaret Nicholls 

A Maid Prudence Russell 

Vera D'Albery Madge Burbage 

Major Fortnee, V.C Gordon Richards 

Claire Plantaganet Mabel Twemlo vv 

Play produced by HENRY HALLATT 

PRINCE'S 

3 MARCH, 1924 

* "PRINCESS IDA" 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT : 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

King Hildebrand Joseph Griffin 

Hilarion Charles Goulding 

Cyril Loe Damton 

Florian Sydney Granville 

King Gama Henry A. Lytton 

Arac Darrell Fancourt 

Guron. Henry Blam 

Scynthius Charles Leslie 

Princess Ida Winiired Lawson 

Lady Blanche Bertha Lewis 

Lady Psyche Kathleen Anderson 

Melissa . .Eileen Sharp 

LYCEUM 

5 MARCH, 1924 

"UNDER HIS PROTECTION" 
A play, in four acts, by ANDREW EMM 

Don Delago , , Young Buffalo 

Father Pius , William Lugg 



Brother Andria Arnold Winters 

Juan A. Griffiths 

Don Lirgo? E. W. Bretton 

Don Daro Jefferson Gore 

Captain General Fred Morgan 

Don Mallistas Ray Wallace 

Carello Bert White 

Petro S. J. Chapman 

Valario Francesca Sylviaz 

Benito Jackie Montgomery 

Carmencita Dora Dare 

Floss Knight Sybil Artmdale 

Pablo Pete Simpson 

Jake Harry Elliston 

China Chink Bertie Wright 

Herska Waxnbai Chief Eagle Elk 

Pech-Necala Black Calf 

Sapa J. Frarusso 

Blue Sky Ca'aska 

Running'Stream Tan tana Wyossa 

Rubba Wamba Red Eagle 

Dawn By Himself 

Rose Deering Cynthia Gordon 

Play produced by WALTER and 
" FREDERICK MELVILLE. 



ST. MARTIN'S 
6 MARCH, 1924 

"THE FOREST" 
A play, in four acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Tregay Nicholas Hannen 

Farreil J. H. Roberts 

Adrian Bastaple Franklyn Dyall 

Lord Elderleigh A. Carlaw Grand 

Stanforth Campbell Gullan 

Paul Revers Felix Aylmer 

Robert Beton Edward Irwin 

Baron Zimbosch Edward Rigby 

John Strood Leslie Banks 

Samway William E. Hallman 

Herrick John HoweJl 

Amina Hermione Baddeley 

Sadig David Hallam 

Captain Lockyer Ian Hunter 

Dr. Franks H. R. Hignett 

James Collie Campbell Gullan 

Mahmoud Qwashie 

Samenda Felix Aylmer 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



ADELPHI 

8 MARCH, 1924 
* "DIPLOMACY" 

A play, in four acts, originally adapted by 

CLEMENT SCOTT and B. C. STEPHEKSON from 

VICTORIES SARDOU'S " Dora " 

Henry Beauclerc Dawson Milward 

Julian Beauclerc Owen Nares 

Count Orloff Boris Ranevsky 

Baron Stein Nonnan Forbes 

Algy Fairfax Muni Moncrieff 

Antoine. Tony Jowitt 

Sheppard Herbert Ross 

Lady Henry Fairfax Lady Tree 

Marquise de Rio Zares Annie Schletter 

Countess Zicka Irene Browne 

Mion Madge Snell 

Dora Gladys Cooper 



Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 



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GAERICK 
10 MARCH, 1924 

* "A SCEAPE 0' THE PEN" 

A comedy, in three acis, by GRAHAM MGFFATT 

Fbra M'Gilp Jean Clyde 

Epp;e Oliphant In-flis .Margaret Neescn 

Seeaie Ssot: Mattin MacLeilan 

Agaes Winifred Willard 

Mrs. Baikie Nan Taylor 

Geordie Pow Georse \V. Simes 

Hugh Meazies David Clyde 

Shepherd W. S. Stevenson 

Leezie Inglis Mrs. Graham Moffatt 

Mattha Inglis Graham iloSatt 

Jean Menzies Winifred Mofiatt 

Miss Pringle Belle Russell 

Peter Dalkeith Jimmie Lennie 

Taffy Knot Jean Wilson 

Alec* Inglis A. \\ . Thompson 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFATT 



APOLLO 
13 MARCH 1924 
"THE FAKE" 
A play In three acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Heskeih Pointer, M.P Rothbury Evans 

Sir Thomas Moorgate, M.D Hesketh Pearson 

Ernest Stan ton, M.P Allan Jeayes 

Clifford Hope Francis Lister 

Mrs. Besketh Pointer .Helen Have 

Mavis Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Stanton Henrietta Watson 

The Hon. Gerrard Piilick Franklyn Bellamy 

Watkins J. Smith Wright 

Geoffrey Sands Godfrey Tearle 

A Parlourmaid Josephine Dixon 

A Waitress Una O'Connor 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 
in association with MARLOWE, I TD. 



PRINCE'S 

10 MARCH, 1924 

* "THE GONDOLIERS" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBLRT ; 

music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Duke of Plaza Toro Henry A. Lytton 

Luiz - Henry Miilidge 

Don Alhambra Leo Sheffield 

Marco Sidney- Pointer 

Giuseppe Sydney Granville 

Antonio Ivan'J. Menzies 

Francesco Herbert Aitken 

Giorgio Charles Leslie 

Aanibalo T. Peary Hughes 

Duchess of Plaza 1 oro Bertha Lewis 

Casilda Winifred Lawson 

Gianetta Elsie Griffin 

Tessa Eileen Sharp 

Fiametta Kathleen Anderson 

Vittoria Renee Cadell 

Giulia Aileen Davies 

Ines Anna Bethel! 

COUET 

11 MARCH, 1924 
"THE FARMER'S WIFE" 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDEN PHILLFOTTS 

Churdles Ash Cedric Hardwicke 

Araminta Dench Evelyn Hope 

Thirza Tapper Maud Gill 

Samuel Sweetland Melville Cooper 

Sibley Sweetland Phyllis Shand 

George Smerdon Colin Keith -Johnston. 

Petronell Sweetland Eileen Beldon 

Richard Coaker Scott Sunderland 

Louisa Windeatt Margaret Chatwin 

Susan Maine Iris Kember 

Sarah Smerdon Amy Veness 

Sophie Smerdon Baby Love 

TeddySmerdon Evelyn Turner 

Valiant Dunnybrig Paul Smythe 

Dr. Rundle. . ." Frank Moore 

Mrs. Rundle Yvette Pienne 

Henry Coaker Wallace Evennett 

Mary Hearn Isabel Thornton 

The Rev. Septimus Tudor Raymond Huntley 

The Hon. Mrs. Tudor Frances Doble 



PALLADIUM 

14 MARCH, 1924 

"THE WHIRL OF THE WORLD " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE, 

EDGAR WALLACE, and WILLIAM K. WELLS ; 

music by FREDERICK CHAPPELLE 

Billy Merson Nellie Wallace 

Walter Williams Norah Delaney 

Fred Groves Ethel Hook 

Neryo and Knox Nattova and Myrio 

Leslie Sarony Hilda Denton 

Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



STRAND 

16 MARCH, 1924 
"THE ADDING MACHINE" 

A play, in seven scenes, by ELMER L. RICE 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Mr. Zero Brember Wills 

Mrs. Zero Louise Hampton 

Daisy Diana Dorothea Devore Edith Evans 

The Boss Fewlass Llewellyn 

Mr. One Andrew Leigh 

Mrs. One Louise Holbrook 

Mr. Two J. Adrian Byrne 

Mrs. Two Margaret Manning 

Mr. Three Raymond Massey 

Mrs. Three Ann Desmond 

Mr. Four Lawrence Ireland 

Mrs. Four Juliet Mansel 

Mr. Five A. Corney Grain 

Mrs. Five Honor Bright 

Mr.Six Walter Schofield 

Mrs. Six Muriel Dole 

Policeman Bert Evremon.de 

JudyO'Grady Olive Sloane 

Young Man Raymond Massey 

Shrdlu Harold Scott 

A Head J. Adrian Byrne 

Lieutenant Charles Roy Byford 

Joe Andiew Leigh 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



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EVERYMAN 

17 MARCH. 1924 

"YOUNG EHESON" 

A comedy, in three acts, by JAMES R. GREGSON 

Kenneth Imeson Frank Freeman 

Lama Imeson Louise Hampton 

Harry Clough Philip Wade 

Joan Merrill. Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Andrew Wetheredge James R. Gregson 

Asenath Wagstafi Margaret Watson 

Nathan Wagstafi George Merritt 

Joe Smith J. Hubert Leslie 

Bella Buckley Nadine March 

Jackson Pinnef ether Cecil Cameron 

Clifford Charles Rider 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



IITTLE 

18 MARCH, 1924 
" SECOM) LITTLE REVUE STARTS AT HIKE " 

By HAROLD SIMPSON, REGINALD ARKELL, 
and DOUGLAS PURSER : music by SYDNEY BAYNES 



Jack Hulbert 
Thomas Weguelin 
Harold French 
Bobby Howes 
Herbert Darsey 



Cicely Courtneidge 
Nancy Atkin 
Marie Arnold 
Muriel Montrose 
Celia Glynn 



Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

QUEEN'S 

19 MARCH, 1924 
''CONCfflTA" 

A romantic drama by EDWARD KNOBLOCK 

Lorenzo Miles Malleson 

Tio Miguel Charles Groves 

Ben Tristan Rawson 

Affrodita Barbara Gptt 

Don Pablo Lyn Harding 

Conchita Tallulah Bankhead 

La Rubia Mary Clare 

Pepito Clifford Mollison 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

LONDON HIPPODROME 

20 MARCH, 1924 
"LEAP YEAR" 

A revue by LAURI WYLIE : lyrics by 
CLIFFORD HARRIS ; music by HERMAN FINCK 

George Robey | Betty Chester 



Laddie Cliff ' 



Maud Fane 



Revue produced by JULIAN WYLIE 
and Gas SOHLKE 



SAVOY 

21 MARCH, 1924 
" BLINKERS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL and LEON M. LION 

Barbara Issell Alice O'Day 

Amos Sydney Murrey 

Adam Issell Horace I~ " 



Miles Purdie Tan Fleming 

Miianda Renee Kelly 

Ralph Somervell Ronald Simpson 

Mrs. Merrytree Mary Jerrold 

Emily Kathleen Cope 

Rev. Alfred Merrytree Cecil Fowler 

Col. Somervell. . ." C. V. France 

Mrs. Somervell Molly Tompkins 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



ALDWYGE 

23 MARCH, 1924 

!EHE CONQUERING HERO" 

A play, in four acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Margaret Iredale Florence Buckton 

Helen Thorburn Joyce Kennedy 

Captain Francis Iredale Claud Allister 

Christopher Rokeby Nicholas Hannen 

Stephen Rokeby Perceval Clark 

Dakin Alan Stevenson 

Colonel Rokeby Reginald Dance 

Sir John Romer J. Smith Wright 

Lady Romer Isobel Ohmead 

A German Soldier % . . .Hugh Higson 

Megson Frank Allanby 

A Prussian Officer Alexander Sarner 

Perkins A. Corney Grain 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



THE OLD VIC 

24 MARCH, 1924 
* "CORIOLANTJS" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Caius Marcius, afterwards Caius Marcus 
Coriolanus ...................... Ion Swinley 

Titus Lartius ..................... John Maclean 

Cominius ....................... Reyner Barton 

Menenius Agrippa ................ Wilfrid Walter 

Sicinius Velutus ................. . . .John Laurie 

Junius Brutus .................... Ernest Meads 

Young Marcius .................. Evelyn Neilson 

Tullus Aufidius ......... . ......... George Hayes 

( Ronald Nicholson 
Conspirators ................ K Hilton Edwards 

( Robert Glenn ie 
A Volscian Senator ............... Arthur Blanch 

1st Roman Citizen ................ D. Hay Petrie 

2nd Roman Citizen ........... Douglas Mattinson 

3rd Roman Citizen ................ Henry Cohen 

A Roman ^Edile .................. Michael Watts 

First Roman Officer ........... Kingsley Baker 

Second Roman Officer ............ Robert Glennie 

A Roman Senator, . ............... Claude Ricks 

First Volscian Serving-man ........... Neil Curtis 

Second Volscian Serving-man ...... Guy Martineau 

Third Volscian Serving-man ........ John Maclean 

Two Volscian Guards ......... 



Volumnia ....................... Hutin Britton 

Virgilia ...................... Florence Saunders 

Valeria ............................ Jane Bacon 

Gentlewoman .................. Doris Westwood 



Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



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PRINCE'S 

24 MARCH, 1924 

* "TRIAL BY JOEY" 

By W. S. GILBERT and ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

judge Leo Sheffield 

Counsel Henry Miliidge 

Defendant Leo Darnton 

Foreman Penry Hughes 

Usher Sydney Granville 

Associate " - Ivan Menzies 

Plaintiff Kathleen Anderson 

First Bridesmaid Aileen Davies 

* "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE." 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Major-General Henry A. Lytton 

Pirate King Darrell Fancourt 

Samuel Joseph Griffin 

Frederic Charles Goulding 

Sergeant of Police Leo Sheffield 

Mabel Elsie Griffin 

Edith Aileen Davies 

Kate Renee Cadell 

Isabel Hilary Davies 

Ruth Bertha Lewis 



NEW 

26 MARCH, 1924 
" SAINT JOAN " 

A chronicle play, in six scenes and an epilogue, by 
G. BERNARD SHAW 

Robert de Baudricourt Shayle Gardner 

Steward Francis Hope 

Joan Sybil Thorndike 

Bertrand de Poulengy Victor Lewisohn 

Archbishop of Rheims Robert Cunningham 

La Tremouille, Constable of France. Bruce Winston 

Court Page Sam Pickles 

Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) Milton Rosmer 

Captain La Hire Raymond Masse y 

The Dauphin (later Charles VII) . . .Ernest Thesiger 

The Duchesse de la Tremouille Beatrice Smith 

Dunois, Bastard of Orleans Robert Horton 

Dunois's Page Jack Hawkins 

Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick 

E. Lyall Swete 

Chaplain de Stogumber Lewis T. Casson 

Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais. Eugene Leahy 

Warwick's Page Sidney Bromley 

The Inquisitor O. B. Clarence 

D'Estivet, Canon of Bayeux Raymond Massey 

De Courcelles, Canon of Paris Francis Hope 

Brother Martin Ladvenu Lawrence Anderson 

The Executioner Victor Lewishon 

An English Soldier Kenneth Kent 

A Gentleman Matthew Forsyth 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 
under the direction of the Author 

COMEDY 

27 MARCH, 1924 
"FAR ABOVE RUBIES" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Clara Kitty Gordon Lee 

Ruth Tedcastle Marie L6hr 

Freda Fortnum Joyce Carey 



Sir Charles Haggerstcn A. Bromley-Davenport 

Lady Messilent Marie Tempest 

Benjamin Trevor, M.P Ralph Forbes 

Constantine Tedcastle Herbert Marshall 

Miss Tomlyn Grace \\ilson 

Richards Mervyn Johns 

Mr. Martindale E. Vivian Reynolds 

Sir Algernon Ambrose Robert Minster 

Parker Evelyn Roberts 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



REGENT 

30 MARCH, 1924 

* "KING LEAR" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Presented by THE PHCESLX SOCIETY 

Lear, King of Britain Hubert Carter 

King of France Charles Carson 

Duke of Burgundy Grcsvenor North 

Duke of Cornwall Eugene Leahy 

Duke of Albany Tristan Rawson 

Earl of Gloster Frank Cochrane 

Earl of Kent Frank Celn'er 

Edgar Duncan Yarrow 

Edmund Henry Oscar 

Curan Walter Schofield 

Doctor Orlando Barnett 

Fool Leon Quartermaine 

Steward to Goneril Alexander Sarner 

A Knight Fred O'Donovan 

Old Man A. Comey Grain 

Goneril Constance Robertson 

Regan Stella Arbenina 

Cordelia Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

ALDWYCH 

30 MARCH, 1924 

"THE PUPPET SHOW" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Maggie Hilton Elspeth Dudgeon 

Annie Wainwnght Minnie Rayner 

Thomas Wainwnght Campbell Gullan 

Teddy Hilton Gerald Andersen 

Dinah Hilton Dorothy Overend 

Emily Hilton Louise Hampton 

Bella Esme Hubbard 

Maurice Dean Claud Allister 

John Hilton Douglas Jeffries 

Wood Reginald Gosse 

Foster Leo G, Carroll 

Play produced by LEO G. CARROLL 



PRINCE'S 
31 MARCH, 1924 
* "PATIENCE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLTVAN 

Colonel Calverley Darrell Fancourt 

Major Murgatroyd .- J. Ivan Menzies 

Lieut, the Duke of Dunstable Sidney Pointer 

Reginald Bunthorne Henry A. Lytton, 

Archibald Grosvenor Sydney Granville 

Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor .Harry Arnold 



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The Lady Angela Eileen Sharp 

The Lady Saphir Renee Cadell 

The Lady Ella Elsie Griffin 

The Lady Jane Bertha Lewis 

Patience Winifred Lawson 



AMBASSADORS 

1 APRIL, 1924 
"COLLUSION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

Heatly Mary Forrester 

Wing-Commander Ridgewell, D.S.O., D.F.C. 

Hugh Wakefield 

Major Wibley, M.C S. J. Wanmngton 

Owen Ffolliott Brian Gilmour 

Diana Ridgewell Iris Hoey 

Mr. Archer Allan Aynesworth 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 

(JAREICK 

2 APRIL, 1924 
"SUSIE KNOTS THE STRINGS" 

A play, in four acts, by GRAHAM MOFFATT 

Jeems Gibb Graham Moffatt 

Wull Todd Jimmie Lennie 

Tammas Biggar at age of 26 Geo. W. Simes 

Rev. Malcolm Hislop David Clyde 

Nannie Ormiston Winifred Moffatt 

George Dalrymple A. W. Thompson 

Susie Simpson Mrs. Graham Moffatt 

Lizanne Jean Clyde 

Bunty Biggar Margaret Neeson 

Sarah Glen Jean Wilson 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFATT 

QUEEN'S 

3 APRIL, 1924 

* " THE CONQUERING HERO " 

A play, in four acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Margaret Iredale Florence Buckton 

Helen Thorburn Joyce Kennedy 

Captain Francis Iredale Austin Trevor 

Christopher Rokeby Nicholas Hannen 

Stephen Rokeby Perceval Clark 

Dakin Alan Stevenson 

Colonel Rokeby Frank Atherley 

Sir John Romer Edward Rigby 

Lady Romer Margaret Carter 

A German Soldier Hugh Higson 

Megson Frank Allanby 

A Prussian Officer Austin Trevor 

Perkins A. Corney Grain 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 
4 APRIL, 1924 
"MONICA" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ERNEST CECIL 

Coleman Granville Darling 

Mary > Phyllis Morris 

Muriel Allenby Louise Hampton 

Madeline St. John Browne Maud Jolliffe 

Monica St. John Browne Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

The Earl of Dexter, , , Reginald Denham 



Philip Daneside, K.C., M.P Ivan Samson 

The Rev. Herbert Clegg George Merritt 

Arthur St. John Browne Brember Wills 

Head Alexander Field 

A Girl Nora Nicholson 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



ROYALTY 

5 APRIL, 1924 

" POLLY PREFERRED " 

A play, in three acts, by GUY BOLTON 

Jimmie Eileen Wilson 

Waiter at the c> Automat " Owen Flower 

Polly Brown Justine Johnstone 

Joe Rutherford James Carew 

Bob Cooley Ted Trevor 

Mr. X E. Stwind 

Owen Kennedy Eddie Morris 

Pierre Jones Ernest Leeman 

Sophie Frances Doble 

Harold Nathan Nathan Natoff 

Morris David Burns 

Crawford Boswell Reginald Dane 

Baker Eddie Gilday 

Farelly Herbert Ballard 

Kito Ken Yanaguchi 

Play produced by DION TITHERADGE 



SHAFTESBURY 

10 APRIL, 1924 

" A PERFECT FIT " 

A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 
and HARRY M. VERNON 

(Freely adapted from the play by 
GABRIEL DREGELY) 

Thomas Gray Ernest Hendrie 

Sydney Arthur Cleave 

Stewart Alick Chumley 

Pettigrew Ernest Milton 

Mary Gray Dorothy Tetley 

Robert Bassett Francis Lister 

Wichelow Cyril Twyford 

Sir Albert Parvin Morton Selten 

Lady Parvin Rosemary Cony 

Mr. Cattestock Ernest Mainwaring 

Mrs. Cattestock Lydia Bilbrooke 

Stella Parvin Mabel Stewart 

Vane Edward Scott-Gatty 

Sir Rupert Gresley Terence Downing 

Col. Dudgeon George Elton 

Mr. Kettering James Lindsay 

Mrs. Armitage Isabel Jeans 

Matthew Cragg Tom Reynolds 

Doddles Beaumont Ewart Scott 

Footman J. Collins 

Parker Clifford Desboro 

Commissionaire Herbert Barrs 

Page Boy Willie Goodchild 

Williams J. Edward Martin 

Ex-Inspector Dane Sydney T. Pease 

McLean Alex. G. Hunter 

D'Arcy Thomas Pauncefort 



Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



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SAVOY 
12 APRIL, 1924 

* ^BREWSTEE'S MILLIONS " 

A comedy, in four acts, by BYRON ONGLEV 
and WINCHELL* SMITH 

Monty Brewster Percy Hutchison 

Joseph McCloud Frank Lacy 

Charlie Harrison R. Claude Pascoe 

Frank Bragdon Frank Henry 

Archie Gelding Ronald Simpson 

Tommy Smith Arthur Gouiietts 

Horace Pettingill A. Miller 

Rawles (Butler) The Lord Lyveden 

Mr. Grant (of Grant & Ripley) Walter H. Dibb 

Colonel Drew Gerard Clifton 

Office Boy Terence De Marney 

Swearengen Jones Edward Batt 

Mons. Bargie H. Saxon Snell 

Captain Perry Geo. Raven 

Mrs. Dan de Mille Lilias Earle 

Miss Janice Armstrong Kate Carew 

Miss Barbara Drew Eleanor Street 

Miss Trixie Clayton Nina Oidfield 

Miss Boynton . ". Joan Chaloner 

Miss Gray (Peggy) Betty Nelson 

Play produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 



STRAND 

13 APRIL, 1924 

* "MEASURE FOE MEASURE" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Vincentio W. Earle Grey 

Angelo Ernest Milton 

Escalus Cecil Brooking 

Claudio Duncan Yarrow 

Lticio Baliol Holloway 

Provost Philip Desborough 

Elbow Wallace Evennett 

Froth J. Leslie Frith 

Pompey Andrew Leigh 

Barnardine Colin Ashdown 

Isabella Grizelda Hervey 

Mariana Mary Barton 

Juliet Nancy Harker 

Mistress Overdone Helena Millais 

Play produced by ANDREW LEIGH 



PRINCE'S 

14 APRIL, 1924 

* "THE MIKADO" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

The Mikado of Japan Darrell Fancourt 

Nanki-Poo Leo Darn ton 

Ko-Ko Henry A. Lytton 

Pooh-Bah Leo Sheffield 

Pish-Tush Sydney Granville 

Yum- Yum Winifred Lawson 

Pitti-Sing Eileen Sharp 

Peep-Bo Aileen Davies 

Katisha Bertha Lewis 



GAIETY 
16 APRIL, 1024 
"OUR NELL" 

A musical play, in three acts, by Louis N. PARKER 

and REGINALD ARKELL ; music by 
HAROLD FRASER-SIMSOK and IVOR NOVELLO ; 

lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM 

Charles II Arthur Wontner 

Tom Miles Robert Michaeiis 

Jericho Mardyke Walter Passrnore 

Timothy. ..." Miles Malleson 

Duke ol Buckingham Kingsley Lark 

Old Soldier Reginald Bach 

Ear! of Rochester Sanders Warren 

William Edward Darcy 

Irish Dancer Espmosa 

De Croissy Walter Lindsay 

Prudence Mardyke Amy Augarde 

Mary Faith Bevan 

Louise de Kerouailles Muriel Pope 

Rose Barbara Deane 

Daisy Kathleen Darcy 

Nell Gwynne Jose Collins 

Play produced by ARTHUR BOXJRCHIER 



LYCEUM 

17 APRIL, 1924 
"HER MARKET PRICE" 

Play, in three acts, by FRANCES NORDSTROM 

Vere Hamilton Lauderdale Maitland 

Anthony Davis Peter Upcher 

Richard Brooks Ivan Samson 

Harvey Durant D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Nancy Durant Jessie Winter 

Kitty Maynard Buena Bent 

Evans Richard Fonting 

Bernice Hamilton Phyllis Relph 

Claudia Barton Violet Graham 

Policeman Garry Grenville Darling 

Policeman Murphy E. Seymour 

Inspector Nolan Kenneth Carlisle 

Adams Henry Williams 

Sawyer Charles Moore 

Play produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



CRITERION 

19 APRIL, 1924 
" CARTOONS " 

A revue by MORRIS HARVEY, HAROLD SIMPSON, 
and TOM WEBSTER ; music by NAT. D. AVER 



Morris Harvey 
Reginald Sharland 
Frank Hector 
Stafford Hilliard 



Cicely Debenham 
Greta Fayne 
Phyllis Harding 
Marion Peake 



Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 

WINTER GARDEN 

21 APRIL, 1924 
* "TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT" 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
FRED THOMPSON ; music by PAUL A. RUBENS 

Lady Ridgmount Harry Hilliard 

Lady Pussy Preston Dorothy Field 



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Robin Carraway BasilFoster 

Perkins Dorothy Daw 

Angela Lovitt Lovitt SteUa St. Audrie 

Montague Lovitt Lovitt Roy Byford 

Beatrice Carraway Ethel Baird 

Henry Leslie Henson 

June Adrienne Brune 

Pedro Albert Brouett 

Hon. Dudley Mitten George Grossmith 

Victoria Heather Thatcher 

Alphonse Leigh Ellis 

Albert Guy Fane 

Daisy de Men the Sylvia Hawkes 

Policeman Ernest Graham 

Lady Ayice Carlton Molly Vere 

Lady Mimi Skeats Fay Carton 

Edith Tapiow Phyllis Swinburne 

The Hon. Baby Vereker Eileen Seymour 

Yvette La Plage LeliaFarmar 

Miss Pangbourne Monica Noyes 

Miss Canford Cliff Winifred Shotter 

Alice Dorothy Deane 

Play produced by MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH 



WYNDHAM'S 

22 APFIL, 1924 
"TO HAVE THE HONOUR" 

A comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Simon Battersby H. 0. Nicholson 

Angela Faith Celli 

Jennifer Madge Titheradge 

Parlourmaid Doris Cooper 

Captain Holt Basil Loder 

Ethel Holt Una Yenning 

Mrs. Faithfull Grace Lane 

Imogen Faithfull Joan Clement Scott 

Dr. AinsHe Eric Stanley 

Prince Michael Gerald du Maurier 

James Oliver George Penn 

Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 



EVERYMAN 

26 APRIL, 1924 

" IN AND OUT " 

A farce, in three acts, by BRANDON FLEMING 

Hercules P. Shooter George Merritt 

Mrs. Hercules P. Shooter Sybil Arundale 

Mr. Shutley Ernest Haines 

Hon. Horace Simminger Claude Beerbohm 

Abraham Lombard E. H. Brooke 

Percival Peregrine Custard Edmond Breon 

Professor Horatio Bowe Clifford Heatherley 

Smedley Alexander Field 

Lt.-Col. Laney Faitour Ben Webster 

Crystal Carey Cecily Byrne 

Mrs. L. Smythe-Smith Gnzelda Hervey 

Hamilton Fortesque Philip Wade 

Robin Hall Reginald Denham 

SirMaximus Leverton, K.C.B Leo G. Carroll 

Maud Leverton Emmie Arthur Williams 

Furniture Dealer's Man Alexander Field 

Archdeacon Milfew A. S. Homewood 

Police Inspector George Merritt 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



PRINCE'S 

28 APRIL, 1924 

* "H.M.S. PINAFORE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 

music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

SL Joseph Porter Henry A. Lyttc-n 

Captain Corcoran Leo Sheffield 

Ralph Rackstraw Sidney Pointer 

Dick Deadeye Darrell Fancoprt 

Bill Bobstay Sydney Granville 

Bob Beckett T. Penry Hughes 

Josephine Elsie Griffin 

Hebe Eileen Sharp 

Little Buttercup Bertha Lewis 



QUEEN'S 
1 MAY, 1924 

"COME IN" 

A revue by HARRY GRATTAN, with music by 
CLAY SMITH 



Clay Smith 
Reggie Purdell 
Reggie Dandy 
Bob Cory 
Gus MacNaughton 
Fred A. Leslie 



Lee White 
Betty Bolton 
Fayette Perry 
Ella Milne 
Billee Lockwood 
Mae Baird 



Revue produced by HARRY GRATTAN 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF 
DRAMATIC ART THEATRE 

4 MAY, 1924 
* "THE DISCOVERY" 

A comedy, in five acts, by FRANCES SHERIDAN ; 
revised by ALDOUS HUXLEY 

Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Betty Val Hovenden 

Susan Joan Castle 

Lady Medway Dorothy Massingham 

Lord Medway Randle Ayrton 

Sir Harry Flutter Richard Bird 

Footman Ivan Samson 

Loisa Fay Yeatman 

Colonel Medway Andrew Shanks 

Creditor Harold Scott 

Lady Flutter Isabel Jeans 

Sir Anthony Branville Herbert Waring 

Mrs. Knightly Margaret Yarde 

Mrs. Richly Joyce Kennedy 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



PRINCE'S 

5 MAY, 1924 
* " THE SORCERER " 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SUILIVAN 

Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre Darrell Fancourt 

Alexis Charles Goulding 

Dr. Daly Leo Sheffield 

Notary Joseph Griffin 

John Wellington Wells Henry A. Lytton 

Lady Sangazure Bertha Lewis 

Aline Elsie Griffin 

Mrs. Partlet Anna Bethell 

Constance Eileen Sharp 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



DALY'S 

5 MAY, 1924 (mafar.&e} 
"BY CHANCE" 

A play, in one act, by LADY VIOLET GREVILLE 

Captain Chance Harold Anstratfaer 

Hudson Leo Carroll 

Taxi -driver Geoffrey Wrncott 

Peggy Agatha Kentish 

"THE SYBARITE" 

Play by F. KINSEY PEILE 

Carlos de Martinez Ernest Milton 

Major Hall Philip Desborougfa. 

Robert Buxton Arthur Chesney 

Gommissaire of Police Leo Carroll 

Countess Devereus Auriol Lee 

Rosemary Buxton Cecily Byrne 

Felice MarceUe Roche 



PRUfCE'S 

12 MAY, 1924 

* " TEE YEOMEN OP TEE GUARD ' 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Richard Cholmondeiey Joseph Griffin 

Colonel Fairfax Sidney Pointer 

Sergt. Meryl! Darrell Fancourt 

Leonard Meryl! Leo Darnton 

Jack Point Henry A. Lytton 

Wilfred Shadbolt Leo Sheffield 

First Yeoman Herbert Aitken 

Second Yeoman Henry Millidge 

First Citizen J. Ivan Menzies 

Second Citizen Harry Arnold 

Elsie Maynard Winifred Lawson 

Phcebe Meryll Eileen Sharp 

Dame Carruthers Bertha Lewis 

Kate Elsie Griffin 



COMEDY 

7 MAY, 1924 
"THIS MARRIAGE" 

A play, in four acts, by 
ELIOT CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

Vera Farington Cathleen Nesbitt 

Christopher Maitland Herbert Marshall 

James Farington A. Bromley Davenport 

Yvonne Taylor Tallulah Bankhead 

Nan Courtfield Auriol Lee 

Goodson Tom Reynolds 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



SAVOY 

8 MAY, 1924 

* "THE LURE" 

A play in three acts by JAMES SABBEN 

William Roques Evan Thomas 

Philip Cresswell Garry Marsh 

Henry Dane Martin Lewis 

Clement Vascard Cecil Humphreys 

Merritt John McNally 

John Merritt E. Scott Gatty 

Dorothy Cresswell Nancye Kenyon 

Marie Edna Arnold 

Lady Jean Waring Hilda Bayley 

Play produced by THOMAS PAUNCEFORT 



ALDWYCH 

11 MAY, 1924 
A MARRIAGE OP mCONVENIENCE " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by HENRY LUSSAC 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mummer Oliver Johnston 

Renee MarceUe Roche 

Walter Tredley Henry Kendall 

Ronnie Fulton Algernon West 

Lady Freebrook Ethel Grimes 

Sir John Freebrook Claud Allister 

Evelyn Tressington Isabel Jeans 

Chambermaid Violet Penule 

Night Porter Forrester Harvey 

Hotel Manager Guy Boulton 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



SHAJFTESBDRY 

12 MAY, 1924 

"TONI" 

A farcical musical comedy, in three acts, by 

DOUGLAS FURBER and HARRY GRAHAM ; 

music by HUGO HIRSCH 

Anthony Prince (known as Toni) . .Jack Buchanan 

Hector Bobby Blythe 

Tscharkeff Douglas Furber 

Von Koompf Charles Stone 

Prince Paul Fred Groves 

Col. Chance Noel Colne 

Lieut. Holer Edward Jones 

Bilch HastingsLynn 

Miss Andrews Ethel Stewart 

Miss Jamison Beryl Stackard 

Folly Elsie Randolph 

Carnille Veronica Brady 

Princess Stephanie June 

Play produced by HERBERT BRYAN 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

15 MAY, 1924 
"WHITE CARGO" 

A play, in three acts, by LEON GORDON 

The Doctor Horace Hodges 

Weston Franklin Dyall 

Ashley Templer Powell 

The Missionary Frank Lacy 

The Skipper William Matthews 

The Engineer George D. Ayre 

Langford Brian Aherne 

Tondeleyo Mary Clare 

Worthing Treven Grantham 

Jim Fish Chief Luale 

Play produced by IDA MOLESWORTH 

NEW 

18 MAY, 1924 
" MAN AND THE MASSES " 

A fragment of the Social Revolution, in seven 
pictures, by ERNST TOLLER ; translated by 
Louis UNTERMEYER 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

First Workman Raymond Massey 

Second Workman Victor Lewisohn 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Woman Sybil Thorndike 

The Man Milton Rosmer 

First Banker Chris. Walker 

Second Banker Fewlass Llewellyn 

Third Banker Bruce Winston 

The Guide Lewis Casson 

The Nameless One George Hayes 

Officer Shayle Gardner 

First Prisoner '. Marie Ault 

Second Prisoner Brasilia Wills 

Workmen, Farm Hands, Prisoners, Sentries etc. 
Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



ALDWYCH 

20 MAY, 1924 (matinee) 
"BEFORE SUNSET" 

A play, in three acts, by NAN MARRIOTT-WATSON 

Bill Smith John McNally 

Rotoiti Lilian Tweed 

" Duke " Grey Frank Vosper 

Chloris Grey Nan Marriott-Watson 

Dr. Fayne Charles Mortimer 

James Garrett Frederick Leister 

Lady Josephine Wycombe Joan Castle 

Sir Cyril Medley. . ." Reginald Denham 

Leon Findlayson E. Watts-Phillips 

Lady Medley Vivienne Whitaker 

Johns Edward S. Petley 

Lord Wycombe Geoffrey Bevan 

Chloris Morgan Nan Marriott-Watson 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

21 MAY, 1924 
4 THE PUNCH BOWL" 

A revue in three parts 



Alfred Letter 
Billy Leonard 
Sonnie Hale 



Hermione Baddeley 
iSorah Blaney 
Gwen Farrar" 



Marjorie Spiers 
Revue produced by ARCHIBALD DE BEAR 

BEGEM 

22 MAY, 1924 

"ROMEO AND JULIET" * 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Escalus George Manship 

Paris Rex O'Malley 

Montague Grosvenor North 

Capulet Charles Vane 

Romeo John Gielgud 

Mercutio Scott Sunderland 

Benvolio Osmund Willson 

Tybalt Eric Lugg 

Friar Laurence Campbell Gullan 

Friar John Walter Schofield 

Peter Ernest G. Cove 

An Apothecary Eric H. Messiter 

Chorus Gerald Jerome 

Lady Montague Cicely Gates 

Lady Capulet Marie Housley 

Juliet Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Nurse Barbara Gott 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



EVERYMAN 

23 MAY, 1924 

" TEE TROPIC LIKE " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL SHAMMON 

Ronald Brandon Randolph McLeod 

Cynthia Warburton Celia Marlow 

Irene Maunsell Mary Forbes 

Jack Chumley Wilfrid Seagram 

Marie ' Doris Dean 

Sir Neville W T arburton Charles Quartermaine 

Lady Warburton Helen Ferrers 

Watkins Claude Graham 

Play produced by NOEL SHAMMON 

ALDWYCH 

25 MAY, 1924 
" TWO WOMEN AND A TELEPHONE " 

Playlet by RICA BROMLEY TAYLOR 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Pauline Knight Irene Rooke 

Madge Ashley Sybil Thorndike 

" WIFE TO A FAMOUS MAN " 

An English verson, in two acts, by 
HELEN and HARLEY GRANVILLE-BARKER, 
of a Spanish play by G. MARTINEZ SIERRA 

Mariana Mary Clare 

Sekora Andrea Florence Wood 

The Apprentice Olivia Burleigh 

Carmen Molly Lumley 

Lola Henzie R^eburn 

Julieta Dorothy Hamilton 

Jose Maria Milton Rosmer 

Senor Ramon J. Sebastian Smith 

A Reporter H. R. Hignett 

Senor Julian J. Leslie Frith 

A Postman Douglas Ross 

A Neighbour Raymonde Amy 

Second Neighbour Georgette Thierry 

Plays produced by A. E. FILMER 

CRITERION 

27 MAY, 1924 

* ' THE MASK AND THE PACE " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, adapted from 
the Italian by C. B. FERNALD 

Pier Zanotti Brember Wills 

The Judge George Merritt 

Delia Fambra Hope Tilden 

Wanda Borelli Jane Graham 

George Almaire Ivan Sampson 

Nina Zanotti Joan Hay 

Luigi Bunghi Michael Sherbrooke 

Franco Spina Leslie Banks 

Savina Grazia Athene Seyler 

Theresa Esme Hubbard 

Count Mario Grazia Frank Cellier 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

LYCEUM 

28 MAY, 1924 

* "THE MERRY WIDOW" 

A musical comedy in three acts 
Lyrics by ADRIAN Ross ; music by FRANZ LEHAR 

Prince Danilo Carl Brisson 

Marquis de Cascada A. W. Russell 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



M. de St. Brioche Claude GoodcMId 

General Novikovich Clifford Seyier 

M. Khadja William, Cavanash. 

Nisch W. H. Rawiins 

Walter at Maxim's Edwin Dodds 

Vicomte Canaille de Johdon James Hay 

Baron Popoff George Graves 

Natalie Pamela Baselow 

Olga Barbara Bradfield 

Sylvaine , M. Hier-Evans 

Loio Cecily Quids 

Praskovia Olga Chester 

From Frou Flora "Courtenay 

Sonia Xancie Lovat 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

REGENT 

1 JUNE, 1924 

* "THE OLD BACHELOR" 

Comedy by WILLIAM CONGREVE 
Presented by THE PHCENLX SOCIETY 

HeartweU William J. Rea 

Bellmour Esme Percy 

Vainlo ve Duncan Yarrow 

Sharper Charles Carson 

Sir Joseph Wittol Alfred Clark 

Captain Bluffe Roy Byford 

Fondlewife D, Hay Petrie 

Setter Leo G". Carroll 

Belinda Laura Cowie 

Araminta Cecily Byrne 

Latitia Isabel Jeans 

Silvia Stella Arbenina 

Lucy Gracie Leigh 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

ROYALTY 

2 JUNE, 1924 

" BACHELOR HUSBANDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by AVERY HOPWOOD 

Tom Morgan Farren Soutar 

Sam Hargrave James Duncan 

Artie Lorimer Jack Hellier 

Billy Reynolds Henry Kendall 

Barker Doane Gardiner 

Grandma Sutton Daisy England 

Nina Hargrave Margaret Halstan 

Betty Lorimer Gladys Mason 

Sybil Sutton Stella Bonheur 

Doirs Ketcham Elsie Judge 

Marv Irene Barnett 

Fifi Morgan Betty Ross Clarke 

Play produced by NORMAN P\GE 

DRURY LANE 

3 JUNE, 1924 
"LONDON LIFE" 

Play, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 
and EDWARD KVOBLOCK 

Pidduck J. H. Roberts 

Scaife Clifford Mollison 

Simon Blackshaw Henry Ainley 

Doris Blackshaw (in 1913) Gabrielle Casartelli 

Maria Blackshaw Mary Jerrold 

Howard Nathan Frank Cochrane 

Stono Gordon Harker 

Hayward Arthur Page 

Georgie Dream Olive Sloaae 

A Barman D, A. Clarke-Smith 



Captain Maurice Oppletree Edmcad Breon 

Major the Hon.. Arthur Riggs-Faikiner 

(afterwards Lord Plinhmnion) , Graham Browne 

Oriana Oppletree Lilian Braithwaite 

Brunton G wynne Whitby 

Dons (in 1924} Helen Spencer 

Edgar Dart Ian Hunter 

Lady Coningsby Kate Phillips 

A Butler D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Holyoke Henry Vibart 

Marshall D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Miss Mountaspen Nancy Parsons 

Miss Lacey Gwynne Whitby 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

HAYMARKET 

5 JUNE, 1924 

* "THE GREAT ADVENTURE" 

A play of fancy, in four acts, by 
ARNOLD BENNETT 

Albert Shawn George Bellamy 

Ilam Carve Leslie Faber 

Dr. Pascoe Cecil Fowler 

Edward Horning W. W. Palmer 

Janet Cannot Hilda Trevelyan 

Cyrus Carve Hubert Harben 

Honoria Looe Dorothy Cheston 

Father Looe Acton Bond 

Peter Homing Ian Fleming 

A Waiter Alan Stevenson 

Ebag Lewin Mannering 

John Shawn Matthew Norgate 

James Shawn Ronald Simpson 

Mrs. Albert Shawn Dora Gregory 

Lord Leonard Alcar Felix Aylmer 

Texel CecilBrooking 

A Servant Edmund Gordon 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

ST. MARTIN'S 

6 JUNE, 1924 

"IN THE NEXT ROOM" 

A play, in three acts, by ELEANOR ROBSON and 
HARRIET FORD 

Parks Clifford Heatherley 

Lorna Webster Nora Swinburne 

Philip Vantm-e H. R. Hignett 

James Godfrey Francis Lister 

Rogers Gilbert Ritchie 

Felix Armand Nicholas Hannen 

Inspector Grady H. St. Barbe West 

Simrnonds ". Walter Hudd 

Morel Alan Howland 

Julia May Ward 

Madame de Charriere Stella Arbenina 

Colonel Piggott Nicholas Hannen 

Play produced by SEWELL COLLINS 

PRINCE OF WALES'S 
9 JUNE, 1924 
"THE RAT" 

A play, in three acts, by " DAVID L'ESTRANGE " 

America Dorothy St. John 

Mere Colline Hannah Jones 

Rose Jean Webster Brough 

Mou-Mou Kathleen Grace 

Detective-Inspector Cailliard James Lindsay 

Herman Stetz W. Cronin Wilson 

Odile Dorothy Batley 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Pierre Boucheron Ivor NoveUo 

ZeliedeChaumet Isabel Jeans 

Madeline Sornay Nancy Pawley 

Paul Maurice Braddell 

Therese (Zelie's maid) Kathleen Grace 

Play produced by CONSTANCE COLLIER 

NEW OXFORD 

9 JUKE 1924 
* " THfe TAMING OF THff SHREW " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

THE INDUCTION 

Hostess Ethel Harper 

Christopher Sly D. Hay Petrie 

A Lord Kingsley Baker 

1st Huntsman Douglas Mattinson 

2nd Huntsman John MacLean 

1st Servant Robert Glennie 

2nd Servant Claude Ricks 

3rd Servant Arthur Blanch 

Bartholomew Ronald Nicholson 

THE PLAY 

Lucentio Ion Swinley 

Tranio Neil Curtis 

Baptista Reyner Barton 

Gremio John Laurie 

Hprtensio Alan Watts 

Biondello Guy Martineau 

Petruchio George Hayes 

Grumlo Henry Cohen 

Curtis Claude Ricks 

A Pedant John MacLean 

A Tailor Arthur Blanch 

A Haberdasher Douglas Martinson 

Vincentio Robert Glennie 

Katherine Florence Saunders 

Bianca Dorice Fordred 

A Widow Molly Francis 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

COMEDY 

10 JUNE, 1924 
"PETER WESTON" 

A drama, in four scenes, by FRANK DAZEY 
and LEIGHTON OSMUN 

Isabella Weston Nora Johnston 

James Weston Richard Bird 

Jessie Weston Isobel Elsom 

The Maid Ivy Williams 

Peter Weston Norman McKinnel 

John Weston Henry Oscar 

Henry Vannard George Bealby 

Paul Vannard Wyndham Goldie 

Police Officer Stockwell Hawkins 

The Butler George Owen 

William Harris H. G. Stoker 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

EINGSWAY 

11 JUNE, 1924 
" YOICKS 1 " 

A revue Edited by J. HASTINGS TURNER 

Donald Calthrop Marjorie Gordon 

Louis Goodrich Ruth Haitian d 

Mark Lester Mary Leigh 

Revite produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



NEW OXFORD 

16 JUNE 1924 
* "AS YOU TJKUl IT" 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke Reyner Barton 

Frederick John Laurie 

Jaques Rupert Harvey 

Le Beau Neil Curtis 

Charles Hubert Hine 

Oliver George Hayes 

Jaques Ronald Nicholson 

Orlando Ion Swinley 

Adam John MacLean 

Dennis Claude Ricks 

First Lord Kingsley Baker 

Amiens Robert Glennie 

Touchstone D. Hay Petrie 

Sir Oliver Martext Arthur Blanch 

Corin Henry Cohen 

Silvius Guy Martineau 

William Hubert Hine 

Rosalind Florence Saunders 

Celia Jane Bacon 

Phoebe Doris Kealy 

Audrey Frances St. Barbe-West 

p < Evelyn Neilson 

Fa es < Agnes Carter 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



COUET 

22 JUNE, 1924 
A BAG OF NUTS" 

A play, in one act, by CLIVE CURRIE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

John Kent CliveCurric 

James HoUister P. Percival Clark 

Servant Kathleen Stuart 

Dolly Kent Dorothy Waring 

"PUNCHINELLO" 

Comedy by LAURA WILDIG 

Terence Denvers Campbell Gullan 

Bartholomew Bax Frederick Annerley 

Herbert Charles Cullum 

Jane Nancy Atkin 

Peggy Buena Bent 

Charwoman Dora Gregory 

Produced by CLIVE CURRIE 

NEW OXFORD 
23 JUNE, 1924 
* " HAMLET " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Claudius Rupert Harvey 

Hamlet Ion Swinley 

Polonius , Henry Cohen 

Horatio George Hayes 

Laertes Neil Curtis 

Voltimand Claude Ricks 

Cornelius M. Francis 

Rosencrantz John Laurie 

Guildenstem , Ronald Nicholson 

Osric Guy Martineau 

A Priest Claude Ricks 

Marcellus Robert Glennie 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Bernardo Douglas Mattiason 

Francisco Michael Watts 

First Player Arthur Blanch 

Second Player Claude Ricks 

Player Queen . , Ray Litvin 

First Gravedigger D. Hay Petrie 

Second Gravedigger John MacLean 

Fortinbras Kingsley Baker 

A Captain Michael Watts 

Gertrude Florence Saunders 

Ophelia Jane Bacon 

Ghost of Hamlet's Father Re yner Barton 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

EVERYILAN 

24 JUNE, 1924 

" HER DAUGHTER " 
A comedy, in three acts, by JOHN PETERSON 

Mathew Philip Wade 

Richard Bent William Kershaw 

Mrs. Wintonley Vivienne Whitaker 

Lady Hadley. " Irene Rooke 

Doris Xorah Robinson 

Captain Allister Algernon West 

Sir Robert Hadley Alfred Clark 

Thomson Ivor Barnard 

Irene Silver Margot Sieveking 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

GARRICK 

25 JUNE, 1924 
"THE OTHER MR. GIBBS" 

A farce, in three acts, by WILL EVANS 

and R. GUY REEVE 
Chairman (at the Eccentric Club) . .Frank Leonard 

Tippitt Arthur Stanley 

Henry Gibbs > Rob t H le 

Vernon Williams > 

Income-tax Man Bert Monks 

Amelia Gibbs Kate Cutler 

James George Barrett 

Marie Phyllis Beadon 

Mrs. Winkle Mary Brough 

Marguerite Wangle Pollie Emery 

Augustus Wangle Harry Taylor 

John Clutterbuck Eric Lewis 

Nora Williams Gladys Jennings 

Sharp Jack Durant 

Phipps Aubrey Fitzmaurice 

Green Julian Herbage 

Algy Bert Byrne 

Waiter Frank Leslie 

Robert Arthur Cooper 

Reception Clerk Winifred Nathan 

Manager Robert Green 

Play produced by RALPH LYNN and 
RONALD SQUIRE 

SAVOY 

26 JUNE, 1924 
"TIGER CATS" 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the French of 
MDME. KAREN BRAMSON), by MICHAEL ORME 

Andre Chaumont . , Robert Loraine 

Susanne Edith Evans 

Count Bernard de Vauzelle Nicholas Hannen 

Yvonne Nadine March 

Jacqueline Valerie Wyngate 



Clement .Charles Maunsell 

Marianne Rjacda S vinous 

Jules Claud Graham 

Henrietta Iris Derbyshire 

A Clerk to Clement H. A. H. Russell 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 

LYRIC 
27 JUNE, 1924 

** THE STREET SINGER " 

A musical play by FREDERICK LONSDALE ; 

music by H. FRASER-SIMSON 

Yvette Phyllis Dare 

Bonui Harry Weichman 

Francois A. W. Baskcomb 

Armand Henry Caine 

Marie Sylvia Leslie 

Violette Julie Hartley Milbum 

Levi Alfred Beers 

Estelle Kathlyn HiUiard 

Pierre Marcel de Haes 

Mile. Briant Dorothy Fane 

Mme. Rossignol Esme Biddle 

Andre Levaux Franklyn Ives 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH 

29 JUNE, 1924 

** THE CHASTENING " 

A play by CHARLES RANN KENNEDY 

A Carpenter Charles Rann Kennedy 

His \Vife Edith Wynne Matthison 

Her Son Margaret Gage 

REGENT 
29 JUNE, 1924 

" THE PLEASURE GARDEN " 

A play, in four acts, by BEATRICE MAYOR 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

A Student D. Hay Petrie 

A Gentlewoman Mary Barton 

A Man Smoking Felix Aylmer 

A Woman Sewing Florence Saunders 

An Actor Stephen T. Ewart 

A Girl Ray Litvin 

A Wife Marjorie Gabain 

A Husband Charles Staite 

A Poet Raymond Massey 

A Rich Lady Margaret Yarde 

A Housemaid Elsa Lanchester 

A Young Man Richard Bird 

Topsy Athene Seyler 

A Clergyman's Wife Jean Cadell 

A Poet's Wife Doris Ormonde 

A Retired Major , Eugene Leahy 

A Girl with a Smile Winifred Oughton 

A Waitress .Drusilla Wills 

AMan in Black Raymond Huntley 

A Child Teresa Mayor 

A Girl with a Smile Winifred Oughton 

A Waitress Drusilla Wills 

A Tripper Raymond Huntley 

His Young Woman Margot Sieveking 

First Factory Girl Elsa Lanchester 

Second Factory Girl Marjorie Gabain 

The play produced by ALLAN WADE 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



NEW OXFORD 

30 JUNE, 1924 
* " TWELFTH NIGHT " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Orsino Ion Swinley 

Sebastian Ronald Nicholson 

Antonio Kingsley Baker 

A Sea-Captain John MacLean 

Valentine Rotert Glennie 

Curio Claude Ricks 

Sir Toby Belch Robert Atkins 

Sir Andrew Aguecheek D. Hay Petrie 

Malvolio Reyner Barton 

Fabian Guy Martineau 

Feste Jokfr Laurie 

A Priest Arthur Blanch 

Olivia Jane Bacon 

Viola Florence Saunders 

Maria Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

3 JULY, 1924 

" MIDSUMMER MADNESS " 

A comedy with music, in three acts, by 

CLIFFORD BAX ; composed by ARMSTRONG GIBBS 

Pat Nolan Frederick Ranalow 

Chloe Mobin Marjorie Dixon 

Harley Quinn Hubert Eisdell 

Mrs. Nolan Marie Tempest 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

SAVOY 

4 JULY, 1924 

" IN THE SNARE " 

A romantic play, in three acts, by 

RAFAEL SABATINI and LEON M. LION 

Lieut. Richard Butler Cecil Cameron 

Count Jeronym. de Samoval Gerald Ames 

Countess of Valmaior Mona Harrison 

Captain Carruthers Archibald Batty 

Colonel Colquhoun Grant Hylton Allen 

Sir Terence O'Moy George Tully 

Lady O'Moy Renee Kelly 

Captain Edward Tremayne Wilfrid Seagram 

Diana Armytage .' Frances Doble 

Don Miguel Forjas Rudolph de Cordova 

Arthur Wellesley (Lord Wellington) .Clifton Boyne 

Major Swan Peter Gawthorne 

General Sir Harry Stapleton Peter Cresswell 

Sergeant Flynn Terence O'Brien 

MuUins Sydney Compton 

Corporal Bates Peter Baxter 

Colonel Fletcher H. A. H. Russell 

Captain Martin Alan Borthwick 

Hamilton Maurice Berkeley 

An Orderly Officer John C. Laurence 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 

COURT 

6 JULY, 1924 
" A COMEDY OF GOOD AND EVIL " 

By RICHARD HUGHES 
Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

The Rev. John Williams Leslie Banks 

Minnie Louise Hampton 



Gladys Hermione Baddeley 

Scraggy Evan the Post Raymond Huntley 

Owain Flatfish Eric Messiter 

Mari Jones Henzie Raeburn 

Mrs. Jones Bakehouse Amy Veness 

Timothy Ysgairnolwen . .Wilfred Fletcher 

Mr. Gas Jones Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Resurrection Jones Margaret Yarde 

REGENT 

6 JULY, 1924 
* " AS YOU LIKE IT " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Orlando Henry Kendall 

Jaques Milton Rosmer 

Touchstone Andrew Leigh 

Duke Tristan Rawson 

Frederick Douglas Ross 

Le Beau Wallace Evenett 

Charles Shayle Gardner 

Oliver de Bois W. Earle Grey 

Adam Arnold Pilbeam 

Dennis Edmund Gordon 

First Lord Kingsley Baker 

Amiens Ernest Butcher 

Sir Oliver Martext Harold Young 

Cprin A. Corney Grain 

Silvius Robert Harris 

William. V\ allace E\eriett 

Rosalind Sybil Thorndike 

Celia Joyce Carey 

Phosbe Verita Vivien 

Audrey Nellie Robscn 

Play produced by NORMAN V. NORMAN 

EVERYMAN 

9 JULY, 1924 

* " GETTING MARRIED 

A disquisitory play by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Bridgenorth Irene Rooke 

Collins Aubrey Mather 

General Bridgenorth Frederick Me yes 

Lesbia Granthani Auriol Lee 

Reginald Bridgenorth Claud Allister 

Leo Beatrix Thomson 

The Bishop of Chelsea Campbell Gullan 

St. John Hotohkiss Claude Rains 

Cecil Sykes Harold Scott 

Edith Bridgenorth Margot Sieveking 

Soames (Father Anthony) W. Earle Grey 

The Beadle Thurlow Finn 

Mrs. George Collins Edith Evans 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

AMBASSADORS 

13 JULY, 1924 
" TEE MAN IN THE NEXT ROOM" 

A play, in three acts, by 
ELIOT CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Sally Street Isobel Elsom 

Mrs. Street Joy Chatwyn 

Jim Street Roger Livesey 

Arthur Street Herbert Leonard 

Ralph Manners FelixAylmer 

A Waiter Edgar Dickeson 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



A Society Girl Nancy Pawley 

A Society Youth Reginald Denfaam. 

A Pale Girl Gnzalda Hervey 

A Flufiy Girl Cherry Hardy 

A Provincial Gentleman Clive Currie 

His Wife Eva Brooke 

Eustace Brent P. Perceval Clark 

Freddy Marshall John Williams 

Edward Gribble Claud Morton 

Sir Stanley Morrison, K.C.B..A. Harding Steerman 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



VAUDEVILLE 

30 JULY, 1924 

THE ODD SPOT " 

A revue, in two acts, by DION TITHERADGE 
John Deverell 
Paul England 
Arthur Chesney 
Albert Wallace 
Jack Raine 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 



Madge Stuart 
Vera Bryer 
Elsie Percival 
Binnie Hale 



COURT 

21 JULY, 1924 

" A SURPLUS MAN " 

A farce by SYLVIA EARL 

Mrs. Dawson Mary Brough 

Mary Facey Irene Rooke 

Fred Rattray Aubrey Mather 

Jack Vaughaa Claud Ailister 

Oswald Swan J. Smith- Wright 

Xinian Shelton Ernest Thesiger 

Vabntina Stella Arbenina 

Paul Kosloff Ernest Milton 

A Book-keeper Zillah Carter 

A Manicurist Edith Harley 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



EVERYMAN 
"LOW TIDE" 
12 AUGUST, 1924 

A dramatic incident, in three acts, by 
ERNEST GEORGE 

Pat Donovan Claude Rains 

Nora Bailey Ethel Coleridge 

Mary Donovan Olive Sloane 

Dan Donovan Ivor Barnard 

Joe Briggs Gordon Harker 

A Policeman Aubrey Mather 

Father Doyle Granville Darling 

Detective Thurlow Finn 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



COMEDY 

22 JULY, 1924 
"THE CREAKING CHAIR" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by 
ALLENE TUPPER WILKES 

Revised by ROLAND PERT-WEE 

Essaie Aissa J. Phillips Roberts 

Angus Holly Nigel Bruce 

Sir John Prestich, M.D., 

F.R.C.S C. Disney Roebuck 

Anita Latter Tallulah Bankhead 

Rose Emily Winch Olga Slade 

Edwin Latter C. Aubrey Smith 

Sylvia Latter Fabia Drake 

Mrs. Carruthers Rita John 

John Cutting EricMaturin 

Philip Speed Reginald Dance 

Oliver Hart Sam. Livesey 

Hsnley Matthew Boulton 

Jim Bates Joseph French 

Play produced by SIR GERALD Du MAURIER 



MARY WARD HALL 

30 JULY, 1924 

" THE ADMIRAL " 

A play by CHARLES RANN KENNEDY 

A Queen Edith Wynne Matthison 

A irl Margaret Gage 

A Sailor Charles Rann Kennedy 

Play produced by the Author 



AMBASSADORS 

13 AUGUST, 1924 

"STORM" 
A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Gayler Jean Cadell 

Miss Kale Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Bolland Lindsay Gray 

Professor Bolland Alan Napier 

Hon. Arthur Blount Hugh Wakeneld 

Dennis Welch Arthur Pusey 

Storm Elissa Landi 

Mrs. Blount Joyce Kennedy 

Lord Early Ernest Mainwariag 

Mr. Newbury Alan Stevenson 

Mrs. Newbury Esme Duff 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



QUEEN'S 

16 AUGUST, 1924 

PANSY'S ARABIAN NIGHT " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 
WALTER HACKETT 

Pansy Forde Marion Lome 

Argo Attawater J. H. Roberts 

The Woman Mary Clare 

Joaquin Sylvester Campbell Gullan 

Lystrom J. C. Aubrey 

The Butler Malcolm Keen 

Benton Clifford Mollison 

Captain Wallace Henry Wenman 

Chinese Charlie Edward Rigby 

Lady Milanenos Cecily Byrne 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
* " THE BELLS " 

A play adapted from the French by 
LEOPOLD LEWIS 

Mathdas Henry Baynton 

Walter Oswald D. Roberts 

Hans Geoffrey Lovatt 

Christian Basil Howes 

Mesmerist Kenneth Wicksteed 

Dr. Zimmer Jack Twyman 

Notary Lionel Ridpath 

Judge of the Court Arthur Ridley 

Clerk of the Court William Houghton 

Ghost of the Jew Walter Plinge 

Ghost of Mathias John Tanner 

Catharine Isa Bowman 

Annette Dorothy Turner 

Sozel Tillia Goldberg 



* A COMEDY OP ERRORS " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus Geoffrey Lovatt 

Mg&on Oswald D. Roberts 

Antipholus of Syracuse Eric Portman 

Antipholus of Ephesus Basil Howes 

Dromio of Syracuse Kenneth Wicksteed 

Dromio of Ephesus John Tanner 

Balthazar Jack Twyman 

Angelo Arthur Ridley 

Pinch Lionel Ridpath 

Gaoler William Houghton 

JEmilia Sylvia Shaw 

Adriana Florence Saunders 

Luciana Lilian Temple 

Luce I Isa Bowman 

Courtezan Anne Featherstone 

Plays produced by HENRY BAYNTON 



BRIXTON 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 

A light comedy, in three acts, by 
ST. JOHN G. ERVINE 

Mrs.Considine Margaret Emden 

Sheila Juliet Mansell 

Geoffrey James Raglan 

Sir Henry Considine, K.C.M.G TomShelford 

Canon Peter Considine, M.A Edward Petley 

Mary Westlake Eva Moore 

Mr. Hobbs Frank Bertram 

Jenny Ella Daincourt 

Miss Mimms Lucie Evelyn 

Mr. Beeby George Child 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



GAIETY 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" POPPY " 

A musical comedy, in three acts, by 

DOROTHY DONNELLY ; 
music by STEVEN JONES and ARTHUR SAMUELS 

Poppy Annie Croft 

Countess Vronski Helen Ferrers 



Sarah Tucker Mabel Durrani 

Bessie Zeiia Raye 

Sally \ ( Vesta Sylva 

Dora / J Terri Storri 

Molly f / Muriel Montrose 

Rose ) \ Cecile Maule-Cole 

Mary Lueila Gear 

William Herbert Reginald Sharland 

Mortimer Pottle Eddie Morris 

Sergeant Amos Sniff en Albert Le Fre 

Judge Delafield, J.P William Lugg 

Professor Eustace McGargle W. H. Berry 

Play produced by JULIAN ALFRED 



SAVOY 

9 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
"THE SPORT OF KINGS" 

A domestic comedy, in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Algernon Sprigge Basil Foster 

Sir Reginald Toothill, Bart Frank Denton 

Dulcie Primrose Rosaline Courtneidge 

Mrs. Purdie Mary Jerrold 

Amos Purdie, M.P E. Holman Clark 

Bates Hugh E. Wright 

Joe Purdie Robin Irvine 

Katie Purdie Ena Grossmith 

Tweeny Hilda Scarlett 

Jane Adele Dison 

Cook Minnie Rayner 

Albert Arthur Harding 

Panama Pete Griffith Humphreys 

A Barmaid Cecily Walper 

Police-sergeant W. T. Elworthy 

Play produced by ROBERT COTJRTNEIDGE 



COURT 

10 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
* BACK TO METHUSELAH " 

By G. BERNARD SHAW 
Parti. " IN THE BEGINNING " 

Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

The Serpent Edith Evans 

Cain Scott Sunderland 



QUEEN'S 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

"THE CLAMANT" 

A play, in three acts, by M. F. WATTS 

Steadman Clifford Mollison 

Charles Cleghorne Edmond Breon 

David Cleghorne Fewlass Llewellyn 

Lavender George Elton 

Diana Tunstall Fay Compton 

Mrs. W. Tunstall (Amelia) Marie "Wright 

Mrs. H. Tunstall (Anna) Ada King 

Edith Usherwood Margaret Carter 

Oswald Usherwood A. Bromley Davenport 

Lolita, Lady Tunstall GildaVaresi 

Roger Leon Quartermaine 

Footman Carleton Hobbs 

The Duchess of Penny Lottie Venne 

Play produced by BASII, DEAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

' FALSE VALUES " 

A serious comedy, in three acts, by 

LECHMERE WORRALL 

Mr. Smith C. J. Barber 

Mrs.Smith Louie Harvey-James 

Edna Smith Frances Clare 

Jane Smith Muriel Hewitt 

William Perkins Paige Lawrence 

Eric Dodd Mehan 

Captain Count Vulcan Guy Cooper 

Maisie Roberts Billy Casson 

Play produced by the Author 



WINTER GARDEN 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" PRIMROSE " 

A musical comedy in three acts 

Book by GEORGE GROSSMITH and GUY BOLTON ; 

Lyrics by DESMOND CARTER ; music by 

GEORGE GERSHWIN 

Jason Ernest Graham 

Freddie Falls , . .Claude Hulbert 

May Rooker Vera Lennox 

Sir Benjamin Falls Guy Fane 

Joan Margery Hicklin 

Hiliary Vane Percy Heming 

Toby Mopham Leslie Henson 

Michael Thomas Weguelin 

Manager of Hotel Harold Bradley 

Pinkie Peach (Mdme. Frazeline) . Heather Thatcher 

Lady Sophia Mopham Muriel Barnby 

Pritchard Sylvia Hawkes 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



COURT 

11 SEPTEMBER 1924 
* "BACK TO METHUSELAH" 

By G. BERNARD SHAW 

Part V. " AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH " 
The She-Ancient Edith Evans 

Remainder of cast as on original production 
22 February, 1924 (q.v.) 

AMBASSADORS 

15 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
"FATA MORGANA" 

A play, in three acts, by ERNEST VAJDA 

English version by J. L. A. BURRELL 
and PHILIP MOELLER 

George Tom Douglas 

His Mother Annie Esmond 

Annie Flora Robson 

His Father Reginald Bach 

Peter Guy Boulton 

Rosalie Ethel Coleridge 

Blazy Alfred Paumier 

Mrs. Blazy Dorothy Hall 

Therese. Lilian Oldland 

Katharine Violet Penule 

Henry Roger Livesey 



Franciska Audrey Cameron 

Charley Blazy Reginald Denhom 

Mathilde Fay Jeanne de Casalis 

Gabriel Fay Ion Swmle} 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



LITTLE 

15 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" MORALS " 

A play, in three acts, by 
JULES ECKERT GOODMAN 

John Mowbray C. V. France 

Dick Herbert Marshall 

Harry Robert Andrews 

Maud Helen Haye 

Grace Marjorie Mars 

Jean Trowbridge Edna Best 

Play produced by MILES MALLESON 



ST. JAMES'S 
17 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
TB3J NERVOUS WRECK" 

A farcical adventure in the Far West, in three 
acts, by OWEN DAVIS 

(founded on a novel by E. J. RATH) 

Sally Morgan Mary Duncan 

Henry Williams Charles Lawrence 

Tim William Foran 

Chester Underwood William Phelps 

Jerome Underwood Alber Andruss 

Harriett Underwood Anne Lee 

Andy Nabb William Bearwald 

Mort J. Elmer Thompson 

Dan George Rou:nson 

Bob Wells Curtis Cooksey 

Jud Morgan Frank W. Taylor 

Play produced by ALBERT LEWIS 



APOLLO 

18 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" THE FOOL 

A play, in four acts, by CHANNING POLLOCK 

Mrs. Henry Gilliam Dame May Whitty 

Mrs. Thornbury Cathleen MacCarthy 

" Dilly " Gilliam Joan Morgan 

Mr. Barnaby Arthur Grenville 

Mrs. Tice Clare Harris 

" Jerry" Goodkind Franklyn Bellamy 

Rev. Everett Wadham Morton Selten 

Clare Jewett Mary Merrall 

George F. Goodkind Julian Royce 

" Charlie " Benfield Edward Irwin 

Daniel Gilchrist Henry Ainley 

A Poor Man Frank Sylvester 

A Servant George Hewetson 

Max Stedtman Alex. Sarner 

Joe Hennig Ernest G. Cove 

Umanski Edmund Willard 

" Grubby " Arthur Grenville 

Mack Frank Sylvester 

Mary Margaret Sara Sothern 

Pearl Hennig Olga Lindo 

Play produced by the Author 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



STRAND 

21 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by JAMES SABBEN 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Major Eustace Bird ................. Eric Cowley 

Corporal Goodman ............. Walter V. Tobias 

Captain William Jones .............. Philip Wade 

Lieut .-Co mmander Percy Bird ....... J. W. Austin 

Mattie Weyburn .................. Helena Pi card 

Mrs. Bird ....................... Katie Johnson 

Maud Bird ....................... Nadine March 

Winifred Bird .................... Dolores Deane 

Maggie ........................ Dorothy Clifton 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

GOLDER'S GREEN 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" ALF'S BUTTON 

An extra vanganza, in three acts, by 
W. A. DARLINGTON 

Private Bill Grant .............. Ambrose Thorne 

1st Territorial ..................... Charles Steel 

2nd Territorial ....................... H. Adams 

Lance-Corporal Greenstock ........... Fred Kemp 

3rd Territorial ....................... H. Phipps 

Sergeant Lees ........................ S. Stuart 

Private Alf. Higgins ............... Tubby Edlin 

Slave of the Button ............... S. L. Chapman 

Captain Richards ................ Emerton Court 

Lieut. Dsnis Allen ................. Chas. Cullum 

Orderly .............................. D. Scott 

Lady Isabel Fitz-Peter ............ Joan Clarkson 

Mrs. Rudd ...................... Frances White 

P.C. Arthur Jobling ................. Fred Baker 

Bobby Rudd .................... Teddy Brogden 

Liz Walker .................. Dorothy Monkman 

Rev. Julian Davies ................. Jack Denton 

Mrs. Davies ........................ Ada Palmer 

Mustapha .......................... Arthur Pitt 

Lord Dunwater ..................... Chas. Vane 

( H. Thomas 



OI 
Slaves 



I W. Bentley 



Play produced by MARTIN HENRY and E. DAGNALL 

GRAND, FTJLEAM 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

** THE LETTER OF THE LAW " 

A play, in four acts, by KENNETH BARNES 

Presented by THE PARTNERSHIP PLAYERS 

Cynthia Ogilvy .............. Prudence Vanbrugh 

Guy Dissington .................. Brian Gilmour 

Gertrude .................. Georgette de Serville 

Miss Grey ..................... Frances Petersen 

Edith Ogilvy .................. Violet Vanbrugh 

Right Hon. Sir Simon Mallory, 

G.C.B ....................... Athole Stewart 

Hon. Penelope Foxglove ....... Marjorie MacLean 

Lionel Rivers .................. George Thirlwell 

Lady Oglivy ...................... Mary Forbes 

Cora, Lady Rorke .................. Nancy Price 

Sir Edward Tryon, K.C .......... J. Smith Wright 

Two Junior Counsel ............ ( * vyn 

The Examiner .................... J. Leslie Frith 

Reeves ......................... Philip Brandon 

James Sharman, K.C .............. Percival Clark 

Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 



PRINCE OF WALES'S 

23 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" CHARLOT'S REVUE " 
Book by RONALD JEANS 

Morris Harvey j Maisie Gay 
Henry Kendall Phyllis Monkman 

Peter Haddon Queenie Thomas 

W. H. Senior Kitty Attfield 

Leonard Henry Sybil Wise 

Produced by DION TITHERADGE 
and LADDIE CLIFF 



EVERYMAN 

24 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

* " THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE " 

A melodrama, in three acts, by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Dudgeon Cicely Gates 

Essie Elizabeth Arkell 

Christopher Dudgeon Harold Scott 

The Rev. Anthony Anderson Campbell Gullan 

Judith Anderson Hazel Jones 

Lawyer Hawkins Ivor Barnard 

Uncle William Aubrey Mather 

Uncle Titus C. J. Barber 

Richard Dudgeon Claude Rains 

A Sergeant Aubrey Mather 

Major Swindon Frederick Moyes 

General Burgoyne W. Earle Grey 

Chaplain Brudenell Michael Hogan 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

27 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" THE ROYAL VISITOR " 

A comedy in three acts 

Adapted from Le Roi by ROBERT DE FLERS 
and G. A. DE CAILLAVET 

Boudier Oscar Asche 

Rivelot Anew McMaster 

Suzette Zoe Palmer 

Marthe Yvonne Arnaud 

Sernin de Chamarande Denys Blakelock 

Cruchet Leonard Calvert 

Blond George Grossmith 

Marquis de Chamarande Fred Lewis 

Therese Marnix Diana Wilson 

William Donald Neville 

Langlois Gordon Harker 

King John IV of Kurdania Malcolm Keen 

Gabrier George Robins 

Cormsau Hubert Carter 

Francine Dorothy Field 

Angele Dorothy Seacombe 

Usher Vincent Clive 

The Prefect Charles R. Stone 

Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 

STRAND 

28 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

* MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Don Pedro Duncan Yarrow 

Don Jolin John Laurie 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Claalio Ivan Samson 

Benedick Nicholas Harnen 

Leonato Douglas Ross 

Antonio E. A. Walker 

Boraehio * E. Boddington 

Conra.de Victor Lewisohn 

Balthasar Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Sexton Cecil Trouncer 

Dogberry Alfred A. Harris 

Verges . .* Horace Sequeira 

Friar Francis A. Corney Grain 

Boy Sidney Bromley 

Two Watchmen | SSSST 

Messenger Tristan Rawson 

Hero Molly Veness 

Beatrice Athene Seyler 

Margaret Tonie Bruce 

Ursula Vera Lennox 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 



VAUDEVILLE 

2 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE LOOKING GLASS " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 
and EDGAR W T ALLACE ; 

music by FREDERICK CHAPPELLE 

Mark Lester 
D. Hay Petrie 
Fred Hearne 
Seymour Beard 
Harry Milliard 



Edith Kelly-Gould 
Mabel Green 
Clarice Hardwicke 
Enid Stamp-Taylor 
Connie Ediss 



Stanley and Birnes 
Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 

NEW 

3 OCTOBER, 1924 

* THE TROJAN WOMEN " 

Tragedy by EURIPIDES 

Poseidon Lewis T. Casspn 

Pallas Athena Ray Litvin 

Hecuba Sybil Thorndike 

Talthybius Lewis T. Casson 

Cassandra Jane Wood 

Andromache Beatrice Wilson 

Menelaus Lawrence Anderson 

Helen Mary Grey 

Astyanax Ann Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



AIDWYCH 

5 OCTOBER, 1924 
THE OCTOPUS " 

A play, in four acts, by E. W. D. COLT-WILLIAMS 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Dr. Eraser H. A. Saintsbury 

Lady Greatorex Gwladys Evan-Morris 

Johnson Percival Coyte 

Monica Marsh Dorothy Green 

Ronald Marsh H. Worrall-Thompson 

Arthur Herd D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Jacqueline Marie Dainton 

Amelia Montague Di Forbes 

Play produced by H. A. SAINTSBURY 



NEW OXFORD 

11 OCTOBER, 1924 

*' FRATRICIDE PUNISHED ; 

or HAMLET, PRINCE OP DENMARK " 

Elizabethan drama, produced for the first time 
in London 

Night (prologue) Florence Saitnders 

Ghost J .Fisher White 

Erico (brother to King) H. de Lange 

Hamlet Esme Percy 

Sigrie (Queen) Margaret Scudamore 

Horatio Orlando Baraett 

Corambus Michael Sherbrooke 

Leonhardus Andrew Leigh 

Ophelia (Columbine) Miss B. Livesey 

Phantasmo (Harlequin) Christine Rosslyn 

Francisco George E. Bancroft 

Jens (Pantaloon) Alison Maclaren 

Carl (Principal Actor) George S. Wray 

Corporal of the Guard Noel Allmson 

Play produced by WILLIAM POEL 



PRINCE'S 

11 OCTOBER, 1924 

" THE BLUE PETER " 

A play, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Edward Formby Charles Kenyon 

John H. Quashie 

Serakin Donko Aingo Barbahjaba 

David Hunter George Tully 

A Native Girl M. Bombabastii 

Harold Plevin Henry Oscar 

Richard Walmsley George Zucco 

Mrs. Hunter Mary Barton 

Emma Cathleen Nesbitt 

A Carrier's Man Arthur Byron 

A Barmaid Fanny Dowson 

James Callaghan Fred. O'Donovan 

Mr. Lucas Douglas Osborne 

A Street Girl Kathleen Blake 

Harry S. Victor Stanley 

Rosie Callaghan Dorothy Minto 

Mr. Murray John Woolford 

Play produced by F. REGINALD BACH 



WYNDHABFS 

18 OCTOBER, 1924 

* " THE WARE CASE " 

A play, in four acts, by GEORGE PLEYDELL 

Sir Hubert Ware, Bart Gerald du Maurier 

Sir Henry Egerton Robert Minster 

Michael Adye, K.C., M.P Eric Stanley 

Sir John Murless, K.C., M.P A. Scott-Gatty 

The Hon. Sir Richard Petworth. . . J. Fisher-White 

Marston Gurney - Basil Loder 

Eustace Ede Wilfred Fletcher 

Tommy Bold . : George Elton, 

A Doctor Guy Fletcher 

Rate George A. Brandram 

Footman J. PatricCurwen 

Celia Wilson Doris Lytton 

Lady Ware Marie Lo'hr 

Play produced by GERALJD DU MAURIER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COURT 

19 OCTOBER, 1924 

IT HAPPENED IN ARDORA3? " 

A Scottish comedy, in three acts, by 
ANN STEPHENSON and ALLEN MACBETH 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Peggy Vor Dorothy Hall 

Colin Maclean Walter Hudd 

Morag Maclean Esme Hub bard 

Angus MacCormic Campbell Gullan 

Rev. Hamish Munro Aubrey Mather 

Kirsty Macintyre Olga Lindo 

Duncan Campbell Fred O'Donovan 

Sandy Machride Nigel Bruce 

Geordie Paterson Guy Boulton 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

AMBASSADORS 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE PELICAN " 

A play, in four acts, by F. TENNYSON JESSE 
and H. M. HARWOOD 

General Sir John Heriot, Bart Fred Kerr 

Lady Heriot Mabel Terry Lewis 

Hermione Blundell Elizabeth Pollock 

Beadon Stafford Hilliard 

Marcus Heriot Herbert Marshall 

Charles Cheriton Charles Cherry 

Wanda Heriot Josephine Victor 

Anna Rosina Filippi 

Paul Lauzun Nicholas Hannen 

Robin Robert Andrews 

Shaw Paul Gill 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 

QUEEN'S 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 

** THIS? SHOW-OFF " 

A Comedy drama, in three acts, by GEORGE KELLY 

Clara Myrtle Tannehill 

Mrs. Fisher Clara Blandick 

Amy Ellis Baker 

Frank Hyland Graham Velsey 

Mr. Fisher Charles Martin 

Joe Frank Rowan 

Aubrey Piper Raymond Walburn 

Mr. Gill Myron Paulson 

Mr. Rogers George Warrington 

Play produced by the Author 

GRAND, FULEAM 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 

"ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE" 

A play, in three acts, by FREDERICK WITNEY 
Presented by THE PARTNERSHIP PLAYERS 

Delia Woodroffe Griselda Hervey 

Mrs. Woodroffe Sybil Arundale 

Basil Woodroffe George Tbirlwell 

Welby J. Leslie Frith 

Evan Meadow Brian Gilmour 

Sylvia Meadow Marjorie Maclean 

Melbury Chubb Philip Brandon 

Sir Joshua Meadow A. Bromley-Davenport 

.A Clerk Percival Clark 

.Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 



HAYMARKET 

21 OCTOBER, 1924 

"OLD ENGLISH" 

A play, in three acts, by JOHN GALSVQRTHY 

Sylvanus Heythorp ........... Norman McKinnel 

Gilbert Farney .................. Austin Trevor 

Bob Pillin ....................... Reginald Bach 

Charles Ventnor ............... Lawrence Hanray 

Mr. Brownbee .................... Charles Garry 

Rosamund Lame ................... Irene Rooke 

Phyllis ............................ Joan Maude 

Jock .............................. Lewis Shaw 

Joseph Pillin ..................... H. R. Hignett 

Adela Heythorp ................ Louise Hampton 



T ot i. e 

TwoClerks 



< Cecil Trouncer 
{Godfrey Wixm 
A Director ...................... Carteret Maule 

Mr. Westgate ................ A. Blundell Murray 

Mr. Winkley ................. W. Walton Palmer 

Mr. Budgen ..................... Gerald Jerome 

Mr. Appleby ............... A. Harding Steerman 

A Reporter .................... Charles Maunsell 

Letty ........................ Kitty Gordon-Lee 

Meller .......................... Cecil Brooking 

Molly ........................... Ethne Honan 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

LYRIC, HAMMER SMITH 

23 OCTOBER, 1924 
* THE DUENNA " 

A comic opera, in three acts, by 
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 

The music composed and arranged by 
ALFRED REYNOLDS (after Linley) 

Don Ferdinand .................... Michael Cole 

Don Jerome ..................... Nigel Playfair 

Don Antonio ...................... Denys Erlam 

Don Carlos ....................... Guy Lefeuvre 

Isaac Mendoza .................. Frank Cochrane 

Father Paul ...................... Scott Russell 

Lopez ........................... Alfred Harris 

Donna Louisa ................ .Elsa Macfarlane 

Donna Clara .................... Isobel McLaren 

The Duenna ...................... Elsie French 

Lewis ........................ Angela Baddeley 

Sancho ........................ Elsa Lanchester 

XT e < Joan Pitt Chatham 

Nuns ..................... I Marjorie Dixon 

First Dancer ..................... Rupert Doone 

Opera produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

THE OLD VIC. 

25 OCTOBER, 1924 
* " OTHELLO " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke of Venice ................. Kingsley Baker 

Brabantio ..................... John Macfarlane 

Gratiano ......................... Henry Cohen 

Lodovico ......... . ................ John Laurie 

Othello ........................... Ion Swinley 

Cassio ............................. Neil Porter 

lago ............................ George Hayes 

Roderigo ......................... John Garside 

Montano ....................... Hilton Edwards 

First Officer ...................... Claude Ricks 

Second Officer ................ Ronald Nicholson 

Third Officer ........................ Neil Curtis 

Fourth Officer ................... Roy Ncwlands 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Clown Andrew Leigh, 

Desdem-jna Marie Xey 

Emilia Olivia Burlei^li 

Bianca Dorice Fordred 

Play produced by ROBERT AT KISS 



ALDWYCH 
26 OCTOBER, 1924 

" THE HAYLOTG FAMILY 

A play, In three acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Godfrey Hayling Herbert Waring 

.Mrs. Hayling Edyth Olive 

John Hayling John Wyse 

Rhoda Hayling Valerie Taylor 

Bobby Hayling Frederick Cooper 

Felix Blair Eric Serle 

Dr. Grimston Reginald Dance 

Maid Kathleen Stuart 

Detective Noel Allinson 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



EVEEYMAN 

27 OCTOBER, 1924 

* MISALLIANCE " 

A debate, in one sitting, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Johnny Tarleton Frank Vosper 

Bentley Summerhays Ivor Barnard 

Hypatia Tarleton Leah Bateman 

Mrs. Tarleton Margaret Yarde 

Lord Summerhays Felix Aylmer 

Mr. Tarleton Alfred Clark 

Joey Percival Claude Rains 

Lina Szczepanowska Dorothy Green 

The Man Harold Scott 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



NEW 

28 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE HOTJK AND THE MAS " 

A drama of to-day, in four acts, by 
FRANK STAYTON 

Grassett F. G. Thurstans 

Sir Robert Goode Ernest Bodkin 

Lord Severn C. M. Lowne 

Lady Ruth Goode Dorothy Thomas 

Lucille Gracie Leigh 

Lord Launceston Henry Wolston 

The Hon. Archie Fortescue Walter Menpes 

LadySevern Mrs. Arthur Whitby 

Major Boyle Henry C. Hewitt 

The Hon. Muriel Fortescue Jessie Winter 

Sir John Faussett Rothbury Evans 

Julian Wear Matheson Lang 

Phillips Betty Belloc 

Club Waiter Arthur Bush 

Dowse A. S. Homewood 

Effie Nora Robinson 

Blagden Ernest Bodkin 

Fergusson Walter Plinge 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



HIS MAJESTY'S 

31 OCTOBER, 1924 

" PATEIdA " 

A comedy, with, music, in three acts, by 
DENIS MACKAIL, ARTHUR STANLEY, * 

and AUSTIN MELFORD ; 
music by GEOFFREY GWYTKER 

Humpherey Willie Warde 

Crabbe George Robins 

Augustus Wentworth Arthur Chesney 

Mrs. Wentworth Stella St. Audrie 

Elizabeth Mary Leigh 

Alexandra Park Fay Martin 

Primrose Hill Josephine Quest 

Miss Snaythe Cicely Debenham 

Peter Rumble Ambrose Manning 

Ogden Scales Billy Leonard 

Patricia Dorothy Dickson 

John Bradshaw Philip Simmons 

Henri Ducros Max Rivers 

Play produced by DION TITHERADGE 



HOLBOBN EMPIBE 
3 NOVEMBER, 1924 
HERACUUS " 

An historical play, in four acts, by 
T. E. ELLIS 

Heraclius Tristan Rawson 

Theodore Michael Hogan 

Martina Buena Bent 

Constantine (Act I) Ann Trevor 

Constantine (Act IV) Carol Reed 

Sergius Eugene Leahy 

Nicetas Victor Lewisohn 

Diagoras George Skillan 

Bonus Robert Glennie 

Ducas Alexander Field 

Antinadore Eric Albury 

Pyrrhus Osborne Adair 

Theophanes Duncan Yarrow 

Zeno CasweU Garth 

Cleisthenes Chris Walker 

Justin Carol Reed 

Simeon Walter WaUis 

Deucalion Henry Cass 

Persian Officer Alexander Field 

Messenger. Robert Glennie 

Mahomet ." Victor Lewisohn 

Characleia Beatrice Smith 

Play produced by BRUCE WINSTON 



FORTUNE 

8 NOVEMBER, 1924 

" SINNEKS" 
A play, in three acts, by LAURENCE COWEN 

Ellen Foster Cherry Hardy 

Martin Cornelius William Lorrimer 

George Foster Stephen T. Ewart 

Maggie Blanche Romney 

Joan Prudhoe Mary Buckingham 

Dr. Louis Kovalovitch H. A Saintsbury 

Rev. Aaron Watson Ivan Berlyn 

Harriet Cornelius Molly Veness 

Colonel Stephenson Harold Meade 

John Prudhoe George Cooke 

Mrs. Prudhoe Madge Flynn 



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STRAND 

9 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* "KING JOHN" 

Historical play by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

King John Ernest Milton 

PrinceHenry Alan Webb 

Prince Arthur Sidney Bromley 

William Marshall Graveley Edwards 

Geffrey Fitzpeter Gilbert Hudson 

William Longsword Raymond Massey 

Robert Bigot Alan Edmiston 

Hubert De Burgh Stanley Drewitt 

Robert Faulconbridge E. A. Walker 

Philip Faulconbridge Norman V. Norman 

Peter of Pomfret Horace Sequira 

Philip Austin Trevor 

Lewis Charles Carson 

Archduke of Austria Cecil Calvert 

Pandulph Tom Heslewood 

Melun Cecil Brooking 

Chatillon Arnold Pilbeam 

Elinor Barbara Gott 

Constance Esme Beringer 

Blanch Joan Hopegood 

Lady Faulconbridge Rose Yule 

Play produced by STANLEY DREWITT 



Gladys Smith Ruth Povafa 

Harry Firth Carlton Hobbs 

Joshua Wilson Terence O'Brien 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



GRAND, PULHAM 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 

"HUSBAND LOVE" 

A play in three acts, by GUY NEWALL 

Jim Valentine Guy Newall 

Sandy David Hawthorne 

Professor Budd A. Bromley-Davenport 

Bob Skitston John Alexander 

Paula Valentine Ivy Duke 

Tony Leslie Sparkes 

Maria Guiseppe Fred Raynham 

Bittista Signer Lorenzini 

Jellis Cecil Morton York 

Paula's Mother Mary Rorke 

Maid Helen Saintsbury 

Englishman Basil Cunard 

Englishwoman Rosamonde Down 

Play produced by GUY NEWALL 



NEW OXFORD 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"THE FIRST EISS" 

A musical play, in two acts, 
adapted from the Spanish by BOYLE LAWRENCE 

Music by PABLO LUNA 

Mussulman Roy Deveraux 

The Caliph Clifton Alderson 

Prince Nurriden Gregory Stroud 

Mustafa Roy Emerton 

RaLfo V. Barrett-Lennard 

Carambo Dimitri Vetter 

Almond Eye Betty Bolton 

Maranda Carlito Ackroyd 

Fatima Aimee Bebb 

The Veiled One Lolita Hamilton 

Ali Mon Denier Warren 

Ben Ib-ben Courtice Pounds 

Pranza Gertrude McCoy 

Mariposa Desiree Ellinger 

Zu-f ar Percy Parsons 

Lola and Lula Dolores Sisters 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 



EVERYMAN 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 

CLOGS TO CLOGS 

A Lancashire comedy, in three acts, by 
JOHN WALTON 

Martha Simister Sydney Fairbrother 

William Simister Fewfass Llewellyn 

Charles Simister Clifford Mollison 

Mary Simister Evelyn Culver 

Fanny Simister Margaret Moffat 

Tom Simister F. B.Sharp 



REGENT 

16 NOVEMBER, 1924 
* " EPICCENE ; or, THE SILENT WOMAN " 

A comedy by BEN JONSON 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Morose Cedric Hardwicke 

Davp. Eugenie Raymond Massey 

Clerimont Henry C. Hewitt 

True-wit George Zucco 

Epicoene Godfrey Winn 

loh. Daw Melville Cooper 

Amorous La Foole Harold Scott 

Thorn : Otter Alfred Clark 

Cutberd Wallace Evennett 

Mute A. Corney Grain 

Mad. Haughty Ethel Lodge 

Mad. Centaure Hilda Sims 

Mrs. Mavis Winifred Evans 

Mrs. Otter Marion Lind 

Parson Adrian Byrne 

Page David Brynley 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



HOLBORN EMPIRE 

17 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"ANGEL GRAYCE" 

A play, in three acts, by BRUCE WINSTON 

" Sqwug " Higson Michael Hogan 

Thompson Victor Lewisohn 

Bryan Brett Duncan Yarrow 

Angel Grayce Beatrice Smith 

Bromley Browne Alexander Field 

The Cook Margaret Guinness 

Frank Frome Tristan Rawson 

Rene Brett Buena Bent 

Play produced by BRUCE WINSTON 



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THE OLD VIC 

17 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* * 6 A ffiDSUMMEB EIGHT'S DREAM " 
Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus - Neil Porter 

E^eus John Macfarlane 

Lvsander John Laurie 

Demetrius Ronald Nicholson 

Hermia Dorice Fordred 

Helena Mary Ney 

Hippolyta Molly Francis 

Quince' John Garside 

Bottom George Hayes 

Flute Neil Curtis 

Snout Michael Watts 

Starveling Henry Cohen 

Snug David Mackane 

Qberon Ion Swinley 

Titania Frances St. Barbe West 

Puck Andrew Leigh 

Philostrate Kingsley Baker 

Cobweb Rosamond de Perinello 

Pease Blossom Iris Roberts 

Moth Myrtle Peters 

Mustard-seed Topsy Harris 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



AMBASSADORS 

18 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* "THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED" 

A play in three acts, by H. M. HARWOOD 

Emily Corbett Dierdre Doyle 

Marjorie Corbett Cattdeen Nesbitt 

Jane Strood Mabel Terry Lewis 

Eric Thorburn Jack Hobbs 

George Corbett, M.P Stafford Hilliard 

Jerry Weston, M.P Nicholas Hannen 

Rt Hon. Lord Henry Markham, M.P Fred Kerr 

Captain Rivers * J. W. Austin 

Mr. Morris Harley Merica 

Mr. Cornthwaite. ., Paul Gill 

Tuck Henry Caine 

Mr. Salterthw ite Carleton" Hobbs 

John Garforth, M.P Fewlass Llewellyn 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 



SCALA 

23 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"JUDAS ISCARIOT" 

A play in seven scenes, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Simon Iscariot Frank Vosper 

Anna Louis Hampton 

1st Chaldean Raymond Massey 

2nd Chaldean Douglas Ross 

3rd Chaldean Oliver Johnston 

Lois Joyce Kennedy 

Judas Iscariot Campbell Gillian 

Huldah Nora Robinson 

Girl of Nain Violet Penule 

1st Man of Nain Oliver Johnston 

2nd Man of Nain Ro >er Livesey 

3rd Man of Nain Douglas Ross 

Boy of Nain Peter Godfrey 

Rabbi of Nain Fred O'Donovan 

Widow of Nain Margot Sieveking 

1st Man of Jerusalem Nigel Bruce 



2nd Man of Jerusalem Waiter Hurld 

3rd Man of Jerusalem. Guy PMIlips 

Girl of Jerusalem Alison Leggatt 

Priest of Sanhedrin Gordon Barker 

Maid Kathleen Blake 

Messenger F. V. Owen 

Play produced by E. TEMPLE THURSTON and 
CAMPBELL GULLAN 



GRAND, FDLHAM 

24 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" MARIGOLD " 

A romantic comedy, in prologue and three 

acts, by DAVID GILL 

Chase Oliver Johnston 

A Footman Philip Brandon 

Naomi Lucy Rosemary Corry 

Miss Patience Lowrie Mary Forbes 

Rose Joan Castle 

Revd. Peter Lowrie Basil Gill 

Miss Prudence Lowrie Georgette de Serville 

Miss Marigold O'Reilly Grizelda Hervey 

Tom Percival Clark 

Martin Lucy George Thirlwell 

Sir Thomas Overmoor Frederick Moyes 

Sir Eustace Warne Frederick Annerley 

Play produced by ANTHONY L, ELLIS 

UTTLE 

25 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"FALLING LEAVES" 

A play, in three acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Hammenvay Stanley Lathbury 

Sylva Diana Hamilton 

Piiilip Allan Jeayes 

Pennington Frank Vosper 

Lord Chalk Button Vane 

Play produced by WILLIAM ABINGDON 

EVERYMAN" 
25 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" THE VORTEX " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Preston Claire Keep 

Helen Saville Mary Robspn 

Pauncefort Quentin F. Kinsey Peile 

Clara Hibbert Millie Sim 

Florence Lancaster Lilian Braithwaite 

Tom Veryan Alan Hollis 

Nicky Lancaster Noel Coward 

David Lancaster Bromley Davenport 

Bunty Mainwaring Molly Kerr 

Bruce Fairlight Ivor Barnard 

Play rehearsed by the Author under the 
direction of NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



NEW 

26 NOVEMBER, 1924 
* " THE WANDERING JEW " 

A play, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Judith .......................... Hutin Britton 

Winifred Izard 



......................... 

Matatblas, the Jew ............. Matheson Lang 

Du Guesdin ................... Arthur Bush 



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Boemond, Prince of Tarentum. . .Henry C. Hewitt 
Godfrey, Duke of Normandy. R. Campbell Fletcher 

Pages Leslie Paine and Brian Hayes 

Raymond of Toulouse George SkiUan 

Issachar, an old Jew Ernest Bodkin 

Joanne de Beaudricourt Isobel Elsom 

The Unknown Knight Matheson Lang 

Phirous, a Man at Arms Donald Wolfit 

Mario, a Servant Hector Abbas 

Andrea Michelotti Leonard Shepherd 

Matteo Bottadio Matheson Lang 

Gianella Bottadio Jessie Winter 

Pietro Morelli George SkiUan 

Al Kazar Henry C. Hewitt 

Lazzaro Zapportas Hector Abbas 

Maria Zapportas Nona Wynne 

Arnaldo Xapportas Brian Hayes 

Matteos Battadios Matheson Lang 

Olalla Quintana Dorothy Holmes- Gore 

Gonzalez Ferara ."George SkiUan 

Alonzo Gastro Ernest Bodkin 

Juan de Texeda, 

Inquisitor General Leonard Shepherd 

Councillor Owen Cassidy 

Councillor Stephen Denby 

Officer of the Inquisition R. Campbell Fletcher 

Officer of the Inquisition Walter Menpes 

A Man at Arms Walter Plinge 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



SCALA 

30 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" DEAR FATHER " 

A comedy about nothing, in three acts, 
"by MICHAEL ARLEN 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Minx H. R. Hignett 

James Berridge H. St. Barbe West 

Pamela Crawford Jane Grahame 

Captain Miles Winter Brian Gilmour 

George Crawford, M.P Herbert Marshall 

Mrs, Berridge Isabel Jeans 

Geoffrey Allen G. H. Mulcaster 

An Old Waiter Leonard Calvert 

A Woman Olga Slade 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

CENTUEY 

30 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"BYEON" 

A play, in seven episodes, by ALICE LAW 

Byron Henry Oscar 

Lady Byron Esme Biddle 

Hobhouse A. Harding Steerman 

Thomas Moore Fred O'Donovan 

Madame Benzoai Marjorie Clarke- Jervoise 

Countess Guicioli Hazel Jones 

Count Gamba Douglas Osborn 

Prince Mavrocordato Tristan Rawson 

Dr. Bruno John Redmond 

Lieutenant Parry George Blackwood 

Fletcher Fred Piper 

Greek Admiral J. Hurnal 

Colonel Stanhope A. Harding Steerman 

Cox Pauline de Wet 

Zita Noel Allinson 

Suliot Officer Lawrence Olivier 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 



ST. MARTIN'S 

2 DECEMBER, 1924 
"NO MAN'S LAND" 

A play, in three acts, adipted from, the French, 
by ASHLEY DUKES 

Anna Marie Wright 

Pauline Parisot Haidee Wright 

Schreiner Derlincourt Odium 

Augusta Betty Ross-Clarke 

Captain Hartig Vincent Clive 

Paul Parisot Malcolm Keen 

Camille Kenneth Kent 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



QUEEN'S 

4 DECEMBER, 1924 
"ORANGE BLOSSOM" 

A comedy, in three acts, adapted from the 
French, by HARRY GRAHAM 

Raymond de Meri court Francis Lister 

Sacha Genia Ratmirova 

Madeleine Fay Compton 

Madame Vinet Helen Haye 

Monsieur Pidoux Henry Wen man 

Madame de Mrricourt Sybil Carlisle 

Monsieur de Mericourt Allan Aynesworth 

Mile. Renee Bonchamps Dorothy Tetley 

" " s Fougasse Marie Tempest 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



HEW 

7 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ASHLEY DUKES 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

An Innkeeper Wallace Evennett 

His Wife Esme Hubbard 

A Lady Laura Cowie 

Her Maid Eileen Beldon 

A Nobleman Allan Jeayes 

His Man Leon Quartermain 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



REGENT 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE JEFFERSQNS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by VINCENT DOUGLASS 

Christopher Jefferson Wilfred Shine 

Helen Jefferson Edith Devonshire 

Rosie Jefferson Mary Anthony 

Stephen Anthony Fred Grove 

Joseph Forshaw Albert Williams 

Nathaniel Mosscrop George Dewhurst 

Geoffrey Mosscrop Dennis Renton 

Silas P. Mallinson John Rockey 

Elizabeth Dorothy Lawrence 

Play produced by WILFRED SHINE and 
AUBREY DEXTER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



GRAHD, FULHAM 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 

" THE HAN WHO CAME HOME " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

HENRY EDWARDS and EDWARD IRWIN 

Grosvenor Wentworth Henry Vibart 

Richard Wentworth Wilfred Caithness 

Mr. Tamplin Basil Dyne 

Hawkins Gordon Tomkins 

Monte Witchcombe Tom Ronald 

Bob Hatchett .Cecil Warwick 

Inspector of Police Alan Trewen 

Denis Trevor Henry Edwards 

Bella Hilda Bruce Potter 

Lady Macmichael Dulcima Glasby 

Lydia Macmichael Sarah Dartry 

Mary Lattimer Chrissie White 

Play produced by HENRY EDWARDS 



OLD VIC 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 
* "HAHNELE" 

A dream poem by GERHART HAUPTMANN 
Translated by WILLIAM ARCHER 

Tulpe Cecilia Nono 

Hedwig (Hete) Dorice Fordred 

Pleshke Neil Curtis 

Hanke Neil Porter 

Gottwald Ion Swinley 

Seidel Henry Cohen 

Harinele Evelyn Neilson 

Schmidt Sidney Buckman 

Berger. , John Laurie 

Dr. Wachler H. Fisher White 

Martha Marie Ney 

Mattern George Hayes 

A Figure Olivia Burleigh 

1st Angel Ursula Garvin 

2nd Angel Barbara Leake 

3rd Angel Margaret Smalden 

Black Angel Michael Watts 

Tailor Andrew Leigh 

A Boy Ernest Nichols 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



REGENT 

14 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " THE MERRY WIVES OF WMDSOR " 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Sir John Falstaff Roy Byford 

Fen ton Philip Cunningham, Jun. 

Shallow Frederick Harker 

Slender J. Leslie Frith 

Ford Douglas Burbidge 

Page Tristan Rawson 

Sir Hugh Evans D. Hay Petrie 

Dr. Caius Cecil Brooking 

Host of the Garter Inn Oliver Crombie 

Bardolph Leonard Walker 

Kstol Percy Rhodes 

Nym Arnold Pilbeam 

Robin Peter Dean 



Simple Alan Edmiston 

Rugby R. Rathboae 

Mistress Ford Jean Cadell 

Mistress Page Margaret Scudamore 

Anne Page Sybil Faye 

Mistress Quickly Helena Millais 

Play produced by HUBERT HIKE 

COMEDY 

15 DECEMBER, 1924 

" JUST MARRIED " 

A farcical comedy, in taree acts, by 

ADELAIDE MATTHEWS and ANN NICHOLS 

Mrs. Johnnie Walker Leila Langley 

Second Steward Harry J. Schaefer 

Victoire Bertin Marcelle Carroll 

Ship's Officer Robert Peter Davis 

Mr. U. Makepeace Witter Willard Foster 

Mrs. U. Makepeace Witter Ruth Maitland 

First Steward Charles Hamilton 

Mrs. Jack Stanley Dorothy Mortimer 

Jack Stanley Jack Melford 

Percy Jones Bobby Blythe 

Robert Adams Lynne Overman 

Roberta Adams Vivian Martin 

Taxi Driver Arthur Page 

Play produced by CLIFFORD STORK 

FORTUNE 

15 DECEMBER, 1924 

* " WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD " 
A farce, in three acts, by CHARLES MARLOWE 

Sir Guy de Vere Bromley Challenor 

Isaac Isaacson Charles F. Lloyd 

Hon. Charles Widdicom.be Frank Atkinson 

Rev. Peter Pottlebury, D.D George Child 

Sir Bryan Ballymote Richard Summers 

Wittle Reginald Tippett 

Barker Jack Fytche 

Herald James Craig 

Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave Violet Ellicott 

Miss Sarah Isaacson Gwen Llewellyn 

Lady MUlicent Egginton Helene Simon 

Lady Marjorie Egginton Lesly Birks 

Katie Pottlebury Sheila Birks 

Alice Barker Doris Francis 

Lady Rowena Egginton Enid Cooper 

Play produced by BROMLEY CHALLENOR 

EVERYlffiAN 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 

" THE Tm&NNY OP HOME " 

A domestic comedy, in three acts, by 
W. LEMON HALL 

Randal Fred O'Donovan 

Olive Weatherby Joan Vivian- Rees 

Rev. Bernard Weatherby Campbell Gullan 

Mrs. Glanville Clare Greet 

Winnie Glanville Beatrix Thomson 

Vera Burton Marie Dainton 

Mrs. Elphingham Margaret Carter 

Major Elphingham Eliot Makeham 

Andrew Cobb George Merritt 

Gerald Weatherby Frederick T. Cooper 

Cyril Durlston Cyril Nash 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ROYALTY 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ** nto VORTEX " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Preston Kathleen Blake 

Helen Saville Mary Robson 

Pauncefort Quentin F. Kinsey Peile 

Clara Hibbert Millie Sim 

Florence Lancaster Lilian Braithwaite 

Tom Veryan Alan Hollis 

Nicky Lancaster Noel Coward 

David Lancaster Bromley Davenport 

Bunty Mainwaring Molly Kerr 

Bruce Fairlight Ivor Bernard 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

SHAFTESBURY 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 
* "CHARLEY'S AONT" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
BRANDON THOMAS 

Col. Sir Francis Chesney Arthur P. Bell 

Stephen Spettigue James E. Page 

Jack Chesney Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Charles Wykeham Malcolm Neville 

Lord Fancourt Babberley Richard Cooper 

Brassett Walter Dolphin 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez Margaret Murray 

Kitty Verdun Dorothy Barclay 

Ella Delahay Jane Graham 

Amy Spettigue Gwynne Whitby 

ADELPHI 

18 DECEMBER, 1924 

* "PETER PAN" 

Fairy play by SIR JAMES BARRIE 

Peter Pan Gladys Cooper 

Jf-^ook > lanHunter 

Mr. Darling 5 

Mrs. Darling Stella Patrick Campbell 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling. .Angela du Maurier 

John Napoleon Darling Gerald Andersen 

Michael Nicholas Darling Brian Glennie 

Nana Gordon Carr 

Tootles Audrey Lucas 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Harold Scott 

Curly Diana Beaumont 

First Twin Phil Buchanan 

Second Twin Agatha Kentish 

Smee George Skelton 

Gentleman Starkie Charles Trevor 

Great Big Little Panther Francis L Sullivan 

Tiger Lily Nancy Pawley 

Liza Winifred Sutton 

Play produced by LICHFIELD OWEN 

ST. JAMES'S 

18 DECEMBER, 1924 
" POLLYANNA 

A glad play in three acts 

By CATHERINE CHISHOLM GUSHING 

Founded on the novel by ELEANOR H. PORTER 

Mrs. Cannody Alice Beet 

Miss Caroll Elizabeth Watson 

Mrs. Gregg Mary Brough 



Nancy Maire O'Xeill 

Polly Harrington Grace Lane 

Ppllyanna Whittier Joan Barry 

Jimmy Bean Hugh Dempster 

John Pendleton Lyn Harding 

Blinker Jones Tom. Reynolds 

Dr. Chilton Athole Stewart 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



HAYMARKET 

20 DECEMBER, 1924 

* "A KISS FOR CINDERELLA" 

A fancy, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mr. Bodie J. H. Roberts 

Policeman Norman McKinnel 

Cinderella Hilda Trevelyan 

A Coster Charles Maunsell 

Mrs. Maloney Cicely Gates 

A Gentleman A. Harding Steennan 

Marie Terese Marjorie Brook 

Gladys Ivy Raymond 

Delphine Lucia Jones 

Gretchen Olive Drew 

Godmother Madge Murray 

Page Victor Tunwell 

The Lord Mayor Charles Garry 

The Censor Cecil Trouncer 

The King Austin Trevor 

The Queen Lady Tree 

Penguin James Gilbert 

Cinderella's Rival Dorothie Thomas 

Ellen Ethne Honan 

Dr. Bodie Louis Hampton 

Danny Reginald Bach 

The Probationer Pamela Dartrey 

Play produced by CHARLES LA TROBE, under the 
personal direction of the Author 

GARRICK 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 
" SIX CYLINDER LOVE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by W. ANTONY 
McGuiRE 

Mr. Burton Sebastian Smith 

Mrs. Burton Sybil Arundale 

Phyllis Joyce Carey 

Mary Marcelle Roche 

Margaret Louise Prussing 

Bertram Ian Fleming 

Harold Joan Raglan 

Gilbert Stirling Bobby Howes 

Marylin Stirling Edna Best 

Donroy Ernest Leeman 

Mrs. Stapleton James Lindsay 

Smith John Collins 

Johnson Frank Leslie 

Play produced by JOHN COLLINS 

PRINCE'S 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 

" ALP'S BUTTON " 

An extravaganza by W. A. DARLINGTON 

Private Bill Grant Ambrose Thorne 

Lance-Corporal Greenstock Edward Ouston 

Sergeant Lees E. C. Hawken 

Private Alf Higgins ' .Tubby Edlin 

The Slave of the Button George F. Ida 

Captain Richards Emerton Court 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lieutenant Deals Alien George Thirwell 

Lady Isabel FItz-Peter Jane Welsh 

Mustapha Arthur Pitt 

Liz Walker Hazel Jones 

Anis-al- Jalis (Lucy) Esme Fitz-Gibbon 

Zubaidah (Agnes) Doris Jolmstone 

Sitt-al-Hush (Dancer) Mile. Petreska 

Rev. Julian Davies James Carrali 

Mrs. Davies Ada Palmer 

Lord Dunwater Forbes Dawson. 

Play produced by HOLMAN CLARK and 
E. DAGNALL 



MEW OXFORD 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ** DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT " 

King Rat (and the Native) George Crossley 

Fairy Bowbell Mary Douglas 

The Spirit of the Chimes Helen Cooney 

The Cat Fred Whittaker 

Bill (and Bo'sun) Seth Egbert 

Alf (and Mate) Albert Egbert 

Alderman Fitzwarren Alfred Wright 

The Captain Phyllis Heryet 

Alice - Vera Bryer 

Eliza Douglas Byng 

Dick Whittington Mabel Green 

Idle Jack Wilkie Bard 

Prima Ballerina Derra de Moroda 

The Emperor Roy Emerton 

The Princess Helen Cooney 

Children Terry's Juveniles 

Pantomime produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



LYCEUM 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE' FORTY THIEVES " 

A pantomime by LEEDHAM BANTOCK 
Music by GUY JONES 

AM Baba (A Woodcutter) Stan Paskin 

Cogia (His Wife) Albert Letine 

Donald (His Donkey) Freddy Austin 

Ginger (His Dog) George Green 

Cassim (His Rich Brother) Rolf Slater 

Mrs. Cassim (His Wife) Will Richards 

Prince Hakki Eileen Dagmar 

Princess Hadgi Dorita Behnont 

Rtrano I Ba dad Police - - - Tiie Hengler Brothers 

Hassan (An Auctioneer) Louis Gaye 

Abdallah (Captain of Thieves) Doris Clayton 

Hassarac (Chief of Staff) George Jackley 

Cassarac (Second Chief) Archie McCaig 

The Caliph of Bagdad Robert Woollard 

Mustapha (A Cobbler) Harry Hartley 

Sesame (Genii of the Cave) Frank Elsworthy 

Spirit of Youth Baby Love 

Shahrazad (A Dancer) Connie Wilde 

Onyx Leon Kellaway 

Dubas (A Wazir of Bagdad) George Sparrow 

Kafur (A Magician) Zellini 

Morgiana (Slave of Cassim) Connie Browning 

Ganem (AH Baba's Son) Irene Shamrock 

Pantomime produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



LONDON HIPPODROME 
26 DECEMBER, 1924 
" MOTHER GOOSE " 

Mother Goose .................. Shaun Glenville 

Jack ....................... Wee Georgie Wood 

Jill .............................. Isobel Eisom 

Maisie ....................... Clarice Hardwicke 

Squire Longacres ............... Bernard Dudley 

Viscount Discount ................ Tom E. Head 

Robbie ......................... Dorothy Ward 

The Golden Goose ............... Fred Conquest 

.............. Tte Shanks Bros. 



Fairy Heartsease ............. Florence Saunders 

Demon Discordo ............... St. John Medley 

The Duchess ...................... Mary Dibley 

A Witch .......................... May Norton 

Pantomime produced by JULIAN WYLIE 



STRAND 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " TREASURE ISLAND " 

A play adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's 
romance, by JAMES B. FAGAN 



-Arthur Bourchier 

James Carew 

Edmund Kennedy 
. . .Charles Groves 

James Carew 

.Claude Edmonds 

Harry Danby 

Edmund Kennedy 
. . . .James Arnold 
..William Dxeter 

Cyril Jarvis 

. . .Percival Coyte 
.Charles Groves 



Long John Silver 

Captain Billy Bones 

Pew 

Black Dog 

George Merry 

Tom Morgan 

Deadeye 

Israel Hands 

Job Anderson 

Johnny 

Dirk 

O'Brien 

Ben Gunn 

Tom Watkins James Arnold 

Dick Becket Bould 

Abe Gray Edward E. Silk 

Harry Leslie Norman 

Allan Eric Fowler 

Squire Trelawney Fred Lewis 

Joyce Graham Stuart 

Hunter Robert Haslam 

Redruth Claude Edmonds 

Dr. Liyesay S. A. Cookson 

Captain Smollett Alec Chumley 

Mr. Arrow Vincent Carlyle 

Supervisor Dance Percival Coyte 

Tiu Douglas Graham 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Mrs. Hawkins Mary Raby 

Jim Hawkins Terence de Marney 



DRURY LANE 
26 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM " 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus Allan Jeayes 

Egeus Brember Wills 

Lysander Leon Quartermaine 

Demetrius Frank Vosper 

Philostrate Douglas Burbidge 

Quince Frank Cellier 

Snug Alfred Clark 

Bottom Wilfrid Walter 

Flute Clifford Mollison 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Snout .......................... Miles Malleson 

Starveling ...................... H. 0. Nicholson 

Hippolyta .......................... Mary Clare 

Hermia ......................... Athene Seyler 

Helena ........................... Edith Evans 

Oberon ......................... Robert Harris 

Titania ................ Gwen Ffrangcon Davies 

Puck ........................... D. Hay Petrie 

First Fairy ..................... Lorna Hubbard 

Pease Blossom .................. Monica Disney 

Cobweb ......................... Peggy Livesey 

Moth ......................... Margaret Neason 

Mustard Seed ...... ........ Violet Aubert 

Singing Fairy ................. Sylva van Dyck 

Prepares Daaseuses 



Premier Danseur ................ Jack Renshaw 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

EVEKYMA3S 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ft 'fH'W PHILAKDEEER " 

A comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Leonard Charteris ................ Claude Rains 

Joseph, Cuthbertson ............ Fred O'Donovan 



Colonel Craven Stanley Drewitt 

Dr. Paramore Felix Aylmer 

Page George Waller 

Sylvia Craven Xadine March 

Julia Craven Dorothy Massingham 

Grace Tanfield Cecily Byrne 

Play rehearsed by MILTON ROSMER under the 
direction of NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



LITTLE 
30 DECEMBER, 1924 

" YOU AND I " 
A comedy, in three acts, by PHILIP BARRY 

Veronica Duane Nora Swinburne 

Roderick White Robert Mawdesley 

Nancy White Margaret Moflat 

Maitland White Gerald Ames 

Etta May Ward 

G. T. Warren Michael Sherbrooke 

Geoffrey Nicols Tristan Rawson 

Play produced by SEWELL COLLINS 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



1925 



MEW 

4 JANUARY, 1925 
**THE FAIRWAY" 

A comedy, in three acts, from the French, by 
NOEL SCOTT and AURIOL LEE 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Hired Waiter Frank V. Leveson 

Madame Sezeres Olga Slade 

Arlette Muriel Alexander 

Jacqueline Nadine March 

Guest Ewart Scott 

Baronne de Claches .Margot Sieveking 

Baron de Claches Algernon West 

jfax Kenneth Kent 

Serge Raymond Massey 

Spadeili Guy Boulton 

Lady Guest Grizelda Hervey 

Journalist H. E. Stoker 

jean Aubrey Mather 

Pacome Oliver Johnston 

Play produced by GEORGES DE WARFAZ 

ST. JAMES'S 

6 JANUARY, 1925 
" MEDDLERS " 

A farce in three acts, by NORMAN S. PUGH 
and AGNES PLATT 

Dr Vivian Ashton Farren Soutar 

Enid Hastings Mimi Crawford 

Miss Bishop Gladys fiolliott 

Aloysius Longredge Edwin Greenwood 

Geoffrey Lee John Wyse 

Alice Wynne Margaret Swallow- 
Miss Twitter Buena Bent 

Annie. Honor Bright 

James Charles Vane 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

"NUMBER 24" 

A play, in one act, by DAVID AMHERST MINLORE 

Dr. Sir Parker Domville J. Henry Twyford 

Silent Sam Charles Vane 

Play produced by CHARLES VANE 

GLOBE 

7 JANUARY, 1925 

" CAMILLA STATES HER CASE " 

A play, in three acts, and an epilogue 
by GEORGE EGERTON 

Loaring E. A. Walker 

Ronald Lanchester George Relph 

Anne McCarthy Dora Gregory 

Major William Leighton George Tally 

Emmet N. Tandy William Phelps 

Violet Leighton Lilian Cavanagh 

Lady Sophie Dundas Mary Rorke 

Major-General Sir John Leighton, Bt. K.C.B., 

D.S.O C. M. Lowne 

Lady Leighton Margaret Bannerman 

Monty Gordon Ivan Berlyn 

Freeman Henry Vibart 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

(2140) 24 pp. C: 



CENTURY 
8 JANUARY, 1925 

** THE SHIP " 
A play, in three acts, by ST. JOHN G. ERVINE 

Old Mrs. Thurlow Lena Ashwell 

John Thurlow Frederick Leister 

Janet Katie Johnson 

Jack Clive Woods 

Hester Daphne Heard 

Captain Cornelius Philip Reeves 

George Norwood Geoffrey Dunlop 

Maid Joan Handfield 



** Q " THEATRE 

13 JANUARY, 1925 

* " A MESSAGE FROM MARS " 

A play, in three acts, by RICHARD GANTHONY 

Minnie Templar Dorothy Dix 

Aunt Martha Mrs. Arthur Whitby 

Horace Parker Terence O'Brien 

Bella Edith Harley 

Mr. Dicey Cyril Nash 

Tramp EHot Makeham 

Messenger from Mars H. A. Saintsbttry 

Policeman Robert Crosby 

Woman Outcast Pelia de Leon 

Mrs. Clarence Laura Walker 

Wounded Man Alexander Field 

Polly Beatrice Lewisohn 

Sir Edward Vivian Cecil Cameron 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



REGENT 

14 JANUARY, 1925 

* ST JOAN" 
A play, in seven scenes, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Robert de Baudricourt Shayle Gardner 

Steward Stockwell Hawkins 

j oan Sybil Thorndike 

Bertrand de Poulengey Victor Lewisohn 

The Archbishop of Rheims. . .Robert Cunningham 

La Tremouille Bruce Winston 

Court Page Godfrey Winn 

Gilles de Rais Milton Rosmer 

Captain La Hire Matthew Forsyth 

The Dauphin Ernest Thesiger 

The Duchesse de la Tremouille Beatrice Smith 

Dunois Robert Horton 

Dunois's Page Jack Hawkins 

Richard de Beauchamp E. Lyall Swete 

Chaplain de Stogumber Lewis T. Casson 

Peter Cauchon Eugene Leahy 

Warwick's Page Sidney Bromley 

The Inquisitor O. B. Clarence 

D'Estivet Raymond Massey 

De Courcelles Francis Hope 

Brother Martin Ladvenu Lawrence Anderson 

The Executioner Victor Lewisohn 

An English Soldier Stockwell Hawkins 

A Gentleman Osborne Adair 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVEEYMAN 

20 JANUARY, 1925 

"HOME AFFAIRS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by LADISLAS FODQR 
English version by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

Justin Frederick Moves 

Adolphe Harold B. Meade 

Brigitte Clair Keep 

Lionel d'Avencourt Claude Rains 

Susanne Hilda Bayley 

Jacques Morrell Felix Aylmer 

Duvert Mervyn Johns 

Poulin Andrew Wight 

Baron Martin Harold B. Meade 

Margot Latreux Nadine March 

Lucien Tirlemont Lauderdale Maitland 

Dechamps George Merritt 

Robert Charles Thomas 

Adrienne Elizabeth Arkell 

Vaubert William Bradford 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



ST. JAMES'S 

21 JANUARY, 1925 

"GROUNDS FOE DIVORCE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by GUY BOLTON 
From the Hungaiian of ERNEST VAJDA 

Marte Pamela Carme 

Felix Roget Lawrence Grossmith 

Marianne Regnault Jane Wood 

Denise Sorbier Madge Titheradge 

Labelle '. Lawrence Hanray 

Maurice Sorbier Owen Nares 

Marie Roget Violet Graham 

Henriette Deschamps Alice O'Dea 

Marchese Guido Longoni Dino Galvani 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



APOLLO 

22 JANUARY, 1925 
"BY THE WAY" 

A revue by RONALD JEANS and HAROLD SIMPSON 

Lyrics by GRAHAM JOHN 

Music by VIVIAN ELLIS 

Betty Chester 



STB AND 
24 JANUARY, 1925 



Jack Hulbert 
Eddie Childs 
Harold French 
Winnie Meyeri 
Dorothy Hurst 



Cicely Courtneidge 
Babs Valerie 
Marie Arnold 
Celia Glynn 



Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

VAUDEVILLE 

23 JANUARY, 1925 
"POSSESSIONS" 

A play, in three acts, by N. F. GRANT 

Sir William Jesmond, Bt., J.P., M.P..Sam Livesey 

Talbot Matthew Boulton 

David Arnott Ian Fleming 

Lady Jesmond Helen Haye 

Colonel Wedderburn, C.B., D.S.O. . C. Aubrey Smith 

Monica Jesmond .' Fabia Drake 

The Earl of Northallerton Ernest Main waring 

Mrs. Arnott Irene Rooke 



A play, in three acts, by HENRY BERNSTEIN 
Adapted by COSMO GORDON-LENNOX 

Richard Chelf ord .............. Arthur Bourchier 

Raymond Leyton ................. James Carew 

Harry Leyton ..................... Jack Hobbs 

Mr. Prothero .................... Alick Chumley 

Butler .......................... Beckett Bould 

Footman ....................... Robert Young 

Isabel Leyton ........... Stella Patrick Campbell 

Marise Chelford ................... Kyrle Bellew 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

ALDWYCH 

25 JANUARY, 1925 

* ** THE ASSIGNATION " 

Comedy, by JOHN DRYDEN 

Presented by the PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Duke of Mantua ................. Charles Carson 

Prince Frederick ............... Charles Horderti 

Aurelian ......... . ............. Oliver Johnston 

Camillo ....................... RaymondMassey 

Mario ......................... Tristan Rawson 

Ascanio ...................... Frederick Peisley 

Benito ......................... Melville Cooper 

Valerio ....................... Matthew Forsyth 

Fabio .......................... John H. Moore 

A Captain .................... Campbell Fletcher 

Sophronia ..................... Margaret Carter 

Lucretia .................. Dorothy Massingham 

Hippolita ....................... Eileen Beldon 

Laura ............................ Vera Lennox 

Violetta .................... Hermione Baddeley 

Frontona .......................... Olga Slade 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

NEW OXFORD 

26 JANUARY, 1925 

" THE MONKEY HOUSE " 

A farce, in three acts, by WALTER W. ELLIS 

Stanley Cruikshank ............... David Miller 

Colonel Algernon Browne .......... Frank Arlton 

Doctor Hobson .................... Henry Ford 

Professor Hatchett .............. Denis J/Hogan 

Window Cleaner ................ Dundas Walker 

Julie Browne .................... Mimi Crawford 

Mary Cruikshank ................... Elsie Craig 

Saunders ....................... Elsie Goulding 

"Mrs. Widdicombe ................ Gladys ffolliott 

Little Mary ............... . ......... Ena Leger 

Play produced by the Author 

GRAND, FULHAM 

26 JANUARY, 1925 
" JITTA'S ATONEMENT " 

A tragi-comedy, in three acts, by S. TREBITSCH ; 
translated by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Professor Bruno Haldenstedt ....... Vincent Clive 

Agnes Haldenstedt ................. Nancy Price 

Edith Haldenstedt ........... Prudence Vanbrugh 

Professor Alfred Lenkheim ....... J. Leslie Frith 

Jitta Lenkheim ................ Violet Vanbrugh 

Doctor Ernest Fessler ............ Leonard Upton 

Mrs. Billiter .................... Muriel Johnston 

Girl from the Florists ........... , Margaret Davey 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAFTBSBUBY 

27 JANUARY, 1925 

"IIGHTNIF" 

A play, In a prologue and three acts, 
by WINCHELL SMITH and FRANK BACON* 

Lightnin' Bill Jones Horace Hodges 

John Marvin Donald Foster 

Raymond Thomas Owen Rough-wood 

Lemuel Townsend Charles Evans 

Rodney Harper Walter Pearce 

Everett Hammond Louis Goodrich 

Nevin Blodgett George Zucco 

Oscar Nelsen. Henry Carlisle 

Fred Peters David Hallam 

Walter Lennon Gus Wheatman 

Zeb Crothers E. H. Paterson 

Teddy P. Cunningham., Jun. 

Liveryman Donald Fergusson 

Mildred Buckley Nora Robinson 

Mrs. Jones Ruth Chester 

Margaret Davis Diana Wilson 

Mrs. Harper Kay Thomas 

Freda Dora Travers 

Emily Jarvis Sarah Dartrey 

Mrs. Moore Eileen Munro 

Mrs. Jordan Mabel Gower 

Mrs. Preston Adelaide Grace 

Mrs. Starr Doreen Whitten 

Mrs. Cogshall Lenore Caulfeild 

Play produced by WINCHELL SMITH 



QUEEN'S 
28 JANUARY, 1925 

" SILENCE " 
A melodrama, in three acts, by MAX MARGIN 

Deputy Warden Mallory G. Clifton Boyne 

Prison Guard Wilson Gunning 

Andrew Pritchard A. S. Homewood 

Jim Warren Godfrey Tearle 

District Attorney Clarke Clayton Greene 

Priest F, Booth Conway 

Mollie Burke Mary Clare 

Mamie Josephine Dixon 

Rose Catherine Drago 

Phyllis Pamela Williams 

Francine Joan Garstin 

Harry Silvers Alexander Sarner 

Nolan Rothbury Evans 

Policeman Wilson Gunning 

Nonna Powers > Helen Spencer 

Norma Drake $ 

Phil Powers H. St. Barbe West 

Dr. Thorpe George Hewetson 

Alderman Connors Vincent Holman 

Arthur Lawrence James Raglan 

Cora Part Buchanan 

Father Ryan Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by the Author 



Lady Jaae Walton Dorothie Pidcock 

Archie Wells. Edmund Brecon 

Bobby Williams Dertys Blakelock 

Coanie Gillies Xancie Parsons 

Willie Somers H. G. Stoker 

Richard Sones Ian Hunter 

Mona Cathlen Nesbitt 

Play produced by BASEL DEAN 

SCA1A 

I FEBRUARY, 1925 

"PETER AND PAUL" 

A play, in three acts, by H. F. RUBINSTEIN 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Peter J. H. Roberts 

His Mother Lucy Milner 

Ruth Molly Lumley 

Tom Cecil Trouncer 

Edith Ann Desmond 

Paul Franklin Dyall 

Eva Hilda Moore 

Gerda (as child) Marjorie Brooke 

The Same (as adult) Hilda Moore 

A Landlady Winifred Oughton 

A Nurse Margaret Carter 

A Reporter Walter Hudd 

A Housekeeper Adah Barton 

A Pianist Doreen Enroll 

f Matthew Forsyth 

I J. H. Roberts 
Voices J Brember Wills 

1 John Wyse 
Franklin Dyall 

I Mary Barton 

An Angel Evelyn Dane 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 



FORTUNE 

2 FEBRUARY, 1925 

* "ARE YOU A MASON?" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts 
(adapted from the German) 

Amos Bloodgood ....... . ..... Bromley Challenor 

Frank Perry ..................... Martin Lewis 

George Fisher ................... Richard Cooper 

Ernest Morrison ....... Derek Bromley Challenor 

Hamilton Travers ................ Arthur Jenner 

John Halton ...................... J- J. Stadden 

P.c. X.X.X ........................ James Craig 

Caroline Bloodgood ............... Muriel Kidner 

Eva Perry ..................... Elizabeth Arkell 



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ST. MABTDTS 

29 JANUARY, 1925 
"SPRING CLEANING" 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Margaret Sones Cecily Byrne 

Ernest Steele Ronald Squire 

Walters Claude Graham 

Fay Collen , , -Edna Best 

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Fanchon Annitage ............... Doris Francis 

Mrs. Halton ................... Florence Trevor 

Lottie ........................... Maire O'Neill 

Play produced by BROMLEY CHALLENOR 

LYRIC 

2 FEBRUARY, 1925 

* "CTE LADY PROM THE SEA" 

A drama, in five acts, by HENRIK IBSEN ; 

translated by WILLIAM ARCHER 

Presented by THE INDEPENDENT PLAYERS 

Ballested ...................... Malcolm Morley 

Boletta ...................... Josephine Wilson 

Lyngstrand ...................... Ernest Miltoa 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Hilda Fanny Dowson 

Doctor Wangei Arthur Wontner 

Arnholm George Skillan 

Ellida Wangei Lillebil Ibsen 

A Stranger Cyril Hardingham 

Play produced by ERNEST MILTON 

DALY'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* " THE DOLLAR PRINCESS " 

A muscial play, in two acts, 

adapted by BASIL HOOD ; lyrics by ADRIAN Ross ; 

music by LEO FALL 

Harry Q. Conder Carl Brisson 

Freddy Fairfax Paul England 

John Earl of Quorn Horace Percival 

Dick Coningsby Brierley 

Sir James McGregor Edmund D. La louche 

Bulger Edward D'Arcy 

Duke of Stonehenge Fred Pedgrift 

Olga Mai Bacon 

Daisy Mary Leigh 

Alice Evelyn Laye 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

VAUDEVILLE 

4 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" SOMETIME " 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
RITA JOHNSON YOUNG 

Music by RUDOLF FRIML 

Mabel Yvonne Mertens 

Betty Hilda Cowley 

Ailsa Miriam Sabbage 

Sonia Joan Carroll 

Stella- \ Dolores Sisters 

Aiiets y 

Phyllis Grey Josephine Earle 

Mamie Dean Bibi Delabere 

Hank Vaughan J. Farren Soutar 

Frank Frank Tinney 

April-May Carlotta Ackroyd 

Enid Vaughan Desiree Ellinger 

AUegretti Albert Goodwin 

Mazetti Jack Frost 

Sylvia Sardona Joan Hay 

Dick Carter Robert Chisholm 

Fanny Verita Vivien 

Derry Geoffrey Startin 

Apthorp Franklin Davies 

Risco Dodd A. Mehan 

Larky Leslie Benson 

Mr. Jones William Parry 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 



GAERICK 

5 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* "OLD HEIDELBERG" 

A play, in four acts, by 

WILHELM MEYER-FORSTER ; 

adapted by RUDOLF BLEICHMANN 

Von Metzing Robert Haslam 

Von Breitenberg Charles Hordern 

Scholermann ) ( Ronald Simpson 

Glanz V Footmen 4 Peter Barrie 

Reuter ) ( Frederick Moreton 

Von Haugk Ashton Pearse 

Von Passarge A. E. Raynor 



Lutz Ernest Benham 

Dr. Juttner E. W. Thomas 

Karl Heinrich Ivor Novello 

Ruder Tatten Hall 

Frau Ruder Hannah Jones 

Frau Dorffel Betty Sturgess 

Kathie Dorothy Batlev 

Biltz William Kendall 

Engelbrecht Charles Hordern 

Von Asterberg Alexander Onslow 

Kellermann Ian O. Will 

Von Wedell Basil Howes 

Play produced by ERNEST BENHAM 



PRINCE OF WALES'S 

6 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"CHARLOT'S REVUE" 

A new version 

Laddie Cliff Claire Romaine 

Henry Kendall Phyllis Monkman 

Morris Harvey Nellie Bowman 

Peter Haddon Queenie Thomas 

ADELPHI 

6 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"LOVE'S PRISONER" 

A musical play, in three acts, written and composed 
by REGINALD HARGREAVES 

Black George Tregonning Russell Macaulay 

Abel Polperro Fred Withers 

Uncle Willy Pen worthy Albert Hayzen 

Jennifer Kathleen Beldon 

Joe Miskin John E. Coyle 

Susan Dorothy Lane 

Lurgan E. Percy Parsons 

Lieutenant Quorn, R.N W. F. Hall 

Ephraim Bunkle Fred Vigay 

Licette Betty Faire 

Sir Barnaby Breeze Ewart Scott 

Barbara Helen Gilliland 

Sir RogerTrevannion, Bart James Lindsay 

Gaston de Senlis Harry Welchman 

Screed Dimitre Vitter 

Lord Broadwater Henry Crocker 

Captain Gascoigne Con way Dixon 

Cornet Streatley Grant Maclean 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW 

7 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* " CARNIVAL " 

A play, in three acts, by H. C. M. HARDINGE 
and MATHESON LANG 

Guiseppe Leonard Shepherd 

Lelio Walter Menpes 

Nino Elsie Judge 

Camilla Dorothy Fane 

The Porter Arthur Bush 

Count Andra Scipione Dennis Neilson -Terry 

Silvio Steno Henry Hewitt 

Ottavia Ethel Carrington 

Simonetta Mary Glynne 

Ettore Ernest Bodkin 

Nella Winifred Izard 

Tomasso Donald Wolfit 

Colia Betty Belloc 

Clelia Nona Wynne 

Dionigi '. George Walker 

Grazzo A. W. Tyrer 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sandro Owen Cassidy 

Cecco Alec S. Cluaes 

Teresa Nbrma Varden 

The Call Boy Horatio Gorringe 

A Doctor Alexander Denby 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



ALDWYCH 

8 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" TBTR BROBjEST THREAD ** 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL SCOTT 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Alice Esme Hubbard 

Mark Caradean Frank Vosper 

Dr. David Maxwell George Morgan 

Helen Esther Whitehouse 

" Bidge " Barr Raymond Massey 

Billy Fairfax Reginald Gardiner 

William. George Harker 

John Fairfax, K.C., M.P Austin Trevor 

Marjorie Bartlett Helen Gosse 

Play produced by HENRY KENDALL and 
RAYMOND MASSEY 



REGENT 

8 FEBRUARY 1925, 
* " KING HENRY IV " (Part H) 

Historical play by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Rumour the Presenter Madge Whiteman 

King Henry the Fourth Edmund Willard 

Prince Henry Robert Harris 

Prince John of Lancaster Godfrey Kenton 

Humphrey of Gloucester Patrick Gover 

Thomas of Clarence Lawrence Olivier 

Northumberland Douglas Burbidge 

Warwicke Graveley Ed wards 

Westmorland Frederick Burtwell 

Surrey Harrison Lawson 

Gowre Herbert Whitman 

Lord Chiefe Justice Eugene Leahy 

Pointz Michael Hogan 

Falstaffe Alfred Clark 

Bardolfe Ernest Meads 

Pistol! Tristan Rawson 

Page Audrey Cameron 

Shallow Horace Sequeira 

Silence D. Hay Petrie 

Dauie. Roger Livesey 

Mouldie Roger Livesey 

Shadow Godfrey Kenton 

Wart Peter Ridgeway 

Feeble Hubert Woodward 

BuHcalfe Noel AUinson 

Lord Bardolfe Robert Glennie 

Travers Godfrey Kenton 

Morton Patrick Gover 

Peto Herbert Whitman 

Phang Leonard Calvert 

Snare Lawrence Olivier 

Northumberland's Wife Flora Grey 

Percie's Widow Mariam Rathbone 

Hostesse Quickly Dora Gregory 

Doll Teare-Sheete Dorothy Green 

Epilogue Muriel de Castro 

Play produced by L. E. BERMAN 



" Q " TfflSATBE 

9 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" THE FRAUD ' 

A play, in three acts, by LEONARD MERRICK 
and MICHAEL MORTON 

Charlie Owen Gerald Ames 

Mary Fenton Dorothy Dix 

A Waiter Cecil Cameron 

Valet Don Gemmell 

Mrs. Fowler Buena Bent 

Chambermaid Edith Harley 

Mrs. Walford Aida Jenoure 

Mr, Walford. Morton Selten 

Blake Walford Edmund Willard 

Dodswell Constance Foljambe 

Mr. Hampton Donald Young 

Mrs. Owen Viola Roache 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 

10 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" YVELLE" 

A play, in three acts, outlined by 

MARGARET CLEMENT-SCOTT 
and elaborated by C. B. FERNALD 

Thomas Herrick Charles Carson 

John Landfield Stephen Ewart 

Willis Farnbam Ernest Mainwaring 

Prince Yakovieff Boris Ranevsky 

Charlie Kountz Albert Brouett 

Jules Randolph McLeod 

Gervaise Nancye Kenyon 

Dollie Chaleuray Phyllis Stuckey 

Tillie Kountz Clare Harris 

Bella Farnham Lettice Fairfax 

Patricia Landfield Diana Hamilton 

Yvelle ' Stella Arbenina 



ALDWYCH 

15 FEBRUARY, 1925 
** THE BRIGHT ISLAND " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Susan Maddox Isabel Jeans 

James Maddox Frederick Lloyd 

Capitan Felix Aylmer 

Doctor Michael Sherbrooke 

Harlequin Alan Trotter 

Pierrot Arthur Pusey 

Columbine Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Pantaloon Brember Wills 

Isabella Jeanne de Casalis 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 

HAYMARBET 

19 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* "HAMLET" 

A tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Claudius Malcolm Keen 

Hamlet , . .John Barrympre 

Polonius Herbert Waring 

Horatio George Relph 

Laertes Ian Fleming 

Rosencrantz Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Guildenstern Michael Hogan 

Osric Frederick Cooper 

A Priest .Harding Steerman 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



A Messenger ................... Stanley Roberts Leander Billoroff ................. Gene Gerrard 

A Gentleman ..... ..... ........ Edmund Gordon Katja Karina .................... Lilian. Davies 

Bernardo ......................... Roy Travers Ivo ............................ . .Dennis Hoey 

Marcellus ........................ John Michael Bpscart ....................... Vincent Dawson 

Francisco ........................ A. E. Ppuiton Simon ......................... Leonard Russell 

Player King .............. E. Harcourt Williams Detective ........................ Jack Livesey 

Player Qaeen .................... Arnold Bowen Police Inspector ................... Roger Head 

Player King ................... Burnel Lundbec Andre ........................ Norman Leyland 

Player Queen ...................... Byazn Shaw 

The Poisoner ................... Vadim Uraneff Hay produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

First Grave Digger ................... Ben Field 

Second Grai r e Digger ..... Michael Martin-Harvey 

Fortinbras ..................... Sbayle Gardner COURT 

Ghost ....................... Courtenay Thorpe _ - 00 _ 

Gertrude ..................... Constance Collier 22 FEBRUARY, 192o 

Ophelia .......................... Fay Compton SMARAGDA'S LOVER " 

Gentlewoman .............. .... .Peggy Webster A dramatic phantasmagoria by w . j. TURNER 

Play produced by JOHN BARRYMORE Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Voice of Smaragda's Lover ........ Ernest Milton 

_ Sir Edward Leo Meyer ......... Alexander Sarner 

CENTUKY Dumbell ...................... Osmund Willson 

TO WWBOTTAWV 109* Arthur Medulla ................. Melville Cooper 

19 FEBRUARY, 192o percy parsons ...................... Cyril Vane 

"FIVE MINiniBS FAST " Mr. Fortnight-Taylor ............. Cecil Brooking 

A plav, in three acts, by MICHAEL MORTON JJrs. Fortnight-Taylor ........... . Amy Veness 

^ * ' ' J Mr. Pilbeiy Fkwer .............. John H. Moore 

Miss Harry Cave-Orme, O.B.E ...... Esme Church Lady Torrent .................. Madge Mclntosh 

Kerwin ..... . .................... Eileen Leslie Miss Maud Torrent ............ Elizabeth Pollock 

Mrs. Cave-Orme ................. Katie Johnson Sylvester Snodgrass ............... Godfrey Winn 

Clementina Compton ........... Mercia Cameron bliss Smaragda Snodgrass ........... Mary Kellas 

Caryl Cave-Orme .............. Paula Trevanion Mr. A. de Bomph ................ S. Esm6 Percy 

Osborne .................. Edith Barker- Bennett Lord Simon Snodgrass ....... D. A, Clarke-Smith 

Billy Compton ................ Frederick Leister Sebastian Snodgrass .............. Peter Creswell 

Richard Cave-Orme ............... Dan F. Rowe The Prime Minister ............... Harold Scott 

Produced by FREDERICK LEISTER P^Y produced by A. E. FILMER /" 

Under the direction of the Author ,+* 



GLOBE 

20 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"THE GRAND DUCHESS " 

A romantic farcical-comedy, in three acts, 

adapted by HARRY GRAHAM 
From the French of ALFRED SAVOIR 

Albert Lawrence Anderson 

Matard E. Vivian Reynolds 

Princess Zelia Margaret Bannerman 

Prince Paul Alfred Drayton 

Countess Avaloff Enid Sass 

Prince Peter Arthur Wellesley 

Cloche E. A. Walker 

President Hess Herbert Ross 

Henriette Mercia Swinburne 

Baron Stahler Cyril Cunningham 

Count Basoulin Norman Loring 

Baroness Stahler Lilian Cavanagh 

Nanette Lois Carruthers 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



GAIETY 

21 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* KATJA, THE DANCER" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted by 

FREDERICK LONSDALE and HARRY GRAHAM ; 

lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM ; music by 

JEAN GILBERT 

Prince Carl of Koruja Gregory Stroud 

Count Orpitch Bobbie Comber 

Patricia Ivy Tresmand 

Maud Rene Mallory 



FORTUNE 

5 MARCH, 1925 
"L.S.D." 

A rarue by EVE KELLAND ; music by 
TOMMY ATKINSON 



George Mozart 
Michael Martin-Harvey 
Harry Helmsley 
Junior Espinosa 
Bernard Wells 



Vesta Sylva 
Yvette 

Olive Handley 
Noreen Bush 



Revue produced by ESPINOSA 

LYRIC, HAMMEESMITH 

5 MARCH, 1925 
* THE RIVALS " 

A comedy by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 

Sir Anthony Absolute Norman V. Norman 

Captain Absolute Douglas Burbidge 

Faulkland Claude Rains 

Acres Nigel Playfair 

Sir Lucius O' Trigger Guy Lefeuvre 

Fag Geoffrey Wincott 

David Miles MaUeson 

Thomas Scott Russell 

Mrs. Malaprop Dorothy Green 

Lydia Languish Isabel Jeans 

Julia Beatrix Thomson 

Lucy Angela Baddeley 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PRINCE'S 
8 MARCH, 1925 
"TUNNEL 3!RENCH" 

A play, In three acts, by HUBERT GRIFFITH 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Major Redfern Nigel Bruce 

Captain Carrington Richard Cooper 

Captain Sandys Austin Trevor 

Captain Fox. " Oliver Johnston 

Lieut. St. Aubyn Henry Kendall 

Lieut. Smith James Raglan 

Lieut. Gaythorne Raymond Masse y 

2nd Lieut. Roberts Reginald Gardiner 

Lieut. O'Brien Leonard Thompson 

Lieut. Evelyn Roger Livesey 

Private Grace Guy Pelharo Boulton 

Private Williams Gordon Marker 

Private St. Aubyn Kenneth Kent 

Private Torrins Robertson Hare 

Private Leatham Walter Hudd 

An Elderly German Private Henry Oscar 

A Young German Private William Kendall 

Lieut.-General Mallory Aubrey Mather 

Brig.-General Llovd Felix Aylmer 

Major Digby. . . . ." H. G. Stoker 

Captain Perris Algernon West 

Play produced by RAYMOND MASSEY 

EMPIRE 

10 MARCH, 1925 
BOODLE " 

A musical farce, in three acts, adapted from " The 

Xew Clown," by SYDNEY BLOW and DOUGLAS 

HOARE ; lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER ; music by 

PHILIP BRAHAM and MAX DAREWSKI 

Lord Algernon Kenilworth, " Boodle " 

Jack Buchanan 

Bino Marchont Denis Co\vles 

Chips Rickaby Russell Gorton 

Jorkins Hastings Lynn 

Alfred Frank Attree 

Baker Sam Wilkinson 

Dixon Douglas Ferber 

Daphne Drew June 

Clematis Drew Elsie Randolph 

Matilda Veronica Brady 

Rosie Ethel Stewart 

Georgette Willy Zaalberg 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 

PALACE 

11 MARCH, 1925 
"NO, NO, NANETEE" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted from 

** His Lady Friends " 

Book and lyrics by FRANK MANDEL, OTTO 
HARBACH, and IRVING CAESAR ; 
music by VINCENT YOUMANS 

Pauline Gracie Leigh 

Sue Smith Marie Hemingway 

Billy Early George Grossmith 

Lucille Irene Browne 

Nanette Binnie Hale 

Tom Trainor Seymour Beard 

Jimmy Smith Joseph Coyne 

Betty Joan Barry 

Winnie Florence Bayfield 

Flora Vera Pearce 

Play produced by WILLIAM MOLLISON 
Dances and ensembles by P. A. LEONARD 



AMBASSADORS 

12 MARCH, 1925 

"ANYHOUSE" 

A play, in three acts by F. TENNYSON JESSE 

Jenny Doris Scott 

Postman Harley Merica 

Milkman Carlejon Hobbs 

Torquil Blaize Tom Xesbitt 

Agatha Blaize Dora Gregory 

Simon Blaize Fewlass Llewe lyn 

Maidie Blaize Hilda Moore 

Rupert Blaize Lewis Shaw 

Professor Amber Rudolph de Cordova 

Cook Laura Smithson 

Lizzie Olive Sloane 

JuUa Lamotte Margaret Scudamore 

Benjamin Madder Walter Hudd 

Michael Ivor Bernard 

Edward Waters E. Percival Clarke 

A Woman Barbara Hannay 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 



LITTLE 

13 MARCH, 1925 
"PERSEVERING PAT" 

Irish comedy, in four acts, by LYNN DOYLE 

Widow Dougherty Maire O'Neill 

Mary O'Connor Kathleen O'Regan 

Rose Dorrian Ethel O'Shea 

Pat Murphy Arthur Sinclair 

Peter O'Hare Fred O'Donovan 

Brian O'Connor Sydney Morgan 

Thomas Dorrian Grenville Darling 

Billy Rourke David Morris 

Hughey Rogan Christopher Steele 

Play produced by ARTHUR SINCLAIR 

WYNDHAM'S 

14 MARCH, 1925 

" A MAN WITH A HEART " 
A play, in four acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Wilberforce East Gerald du Maurier 

Captain Christopher Evesham. . .Dawson Milward 

Sir Harvey Greyshott George Elton 

Dr. Rock G. A. Brandram 

Charles Jkn Burton 

Nancy Last Marie Lohr 

Mrs. Hambledon Athene Seyler 

Lady Greyshott (Gisele) Louise Prussing 

Mrs. Treyman Janette Steer 

EVERYMAN 

16 MARCH, 1925 

"THE PAINTED SWAN" 

A play, in three acts, by ELIZABETH BIBESCO 

Thompson Harold B. Meade 

Lord William Cathcart Felix Aylmer 

Selina Elissa Landi 

Mrs Martineau , Muriel Pope 

Mr. Molyneux Clifford Mollison 

Timothy Carstairs Robert Harris 

Philip Jordan Allan Jeayes 

Ladv Emily Cathcart Margaret Carter 

Anr f y Edith Evans 

Ninian". '/.'.".".".'."".".". Frank Cellier 



Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** Q " THEATRE 

16 MARCH, 1925 

"THE BOOTD TABLE" 

A ** comic tragedy," in three acts, by 
LENNOX ROBINSON 

Mis. Drennan ...................... Clare Greet 

De Courcy Drennan .............. Philip Cressweil 

Daisy Drennan .................... Dorothy DIx 

Bee Drennan ................ Beatrice Lewisohn 

Jonty Drennan ..................... John Wyse 

Christopiier Pegum ............... Austin Trevor 

Mrs. Pegum. ..... , ................ Aida Jenoure 

Miss Pegum ....................... Buena Bent 

Miss Williams- Williams ........... Laura Walker 

Philip FlaMve .................. Eliot Makeham 

Fan Franks ..................... Edith Harley 

A Woman ...................... Delia Delvina 

Tom Breen ---- . ................ Donald Young 

'' 



T TO Middle-Aged Iba 



An Elderly Woman. . . ...... Constance Foljambe 

Railway Porter .................. Don Gemmell 

Play produced by MILTON KOSHER 



QUEEN'S 

17 MARCH, 1925 

" DANCING MOTHERS " 

A play in four acts, by EDGAR SELWYN and 
EDMUND GOCJLDING 

Andrew Rothbury Evans 

Mrs. Zola Massarene Lucile Watson 

Ethel Westcourt Gertrude EUiot 

Catherine (Kittens) Westcourt 

Jean Forbes-Robertson 

Kenneth Cobb Walter Butler 

Hugh Westcourt Godfrey Tearle 

A Young Woman Sybilla Stuart 

A Young Man E. Scott Gatty 

McGuire Vincent Holman 

Blondy Phyllis Black 

Irma Raymond Elsie Lawson 

Charley Albert Brouett 

Mrs. Barnes Vivienne Whitaker 

Mr. Williams Reginald Dane 

Second Waiter George Hewetson 

Gerald Naughton Leslie Faber 

Second Young Woman Daisy Cordell 

Second Young Man Gerald Cross 

Clarence Houston Robert Haslam 

Third Young Woman Esme Fitzgibbon 

Third Young Man Felix Irwua 

Davis Edmund Gordon 

Play produced by EDGAR SELWYN 

NEW 

18 MARCH, 1925 
** ^tjtk TYRANT** 

A romantic play, in four acts, by 
RAFAEL SABATINI 

Panthasilea Degli Speranzoni Isobel Elsom 

Giulia Nona Wynne 

Count Guide Degli Speranzoni Wilfred Walter 

Santafiora Douglas Ross 

D'Aldi A. W. Tyrer 

Gianluca Delia Pieve Frank Vosper 

Del Campo Ernest Bodkin 

Paviano Anderson Melrose 

Feranl. Oliver Moore 

Morando J. H. Murray 



Seneschal of Solignola D. Morrison 

Prince Ercoie Sinibaldi Edmund Willard 

Mariano Walter Lake 

Ferranti R. Elmson-Reed 

Capello Ernest Bodkin 

Xiccolo Macchiavelli Leonard Shepherd 

A Swiss Soldier Donald Wolfit 

Sinibaldi' s Page Hugh Williams 

Ramirez Henry C. Hewitt 

Scipione Owen Cassidy 

A Chamberlain Walter Menpes 

Giacopo Edmund Clowes 

Tolomeo Wallace Bosco 

Cardinal Remolino William Magiil Martin 

Gasparo Henry James 

A Courier Arnold Rooke 

Michelletto Do Coralla R. Campbell Fletcher 

Agabito Gherardi Cecil Cameron 

Cesare Borgia Matheson Lang 

Giovanni Alec. S. Chines 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

LONDON HIPPODROME 

19 MARCH, 1925 
** BETTER DAYS" 

A revue, book by LAURZ WYLIE ; lyrics by 

CLIFFORD HARRIS ; 
music by HERMAN FINCK 

Stanley Lupino Maisie Gay 

Bertram Dench Madge Elliott 

George Baker Connie Emerald 

Bernard Dudley Ruth French 

Anatole Wiltzac Phil Phillips 

Revue produced by JULIAN WYLEE 

DRTJRY LANE 

20 MARCH, 1925 
** ROSE MARIE " 

A romance of the Canadian Rockies, in two acts ; 
book and lyrics by OTTO HARBACH and 

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd ; 
music by RUDOLF FRIML and HERBERT STOTHART 

Sergeant Malone John Diinsmure 

Lady Jane Clarice Hardwicke 

Black Eagle Percy Parsons 

Edward Hawley Brian Gilmour 

Emile La Flamme Michael Cole 

Wanda Mira Nirska 

Hard-Boiled Herman Billy Merson 

Jim Kenyon Derek Oldham 

Rose-Marie La Flamme Edith Day 

Ethel Brander Marjorie Chard 

Dances arranged by J. KATHRYN SCOTT 
Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



ADELPHJ 

21 MARCH, 1925 
* "IRIS" 

A play, in four acts, by AJRTHUR PINERO 

Frederick Maldonado Henry Ainley 

Laurence Trenwith Anew McMascer 

Crocker Harrington Norman Forbes 

Archibald Kaye. Gerald Ames 

Colonel Wynning C. Disney Roebuck 

Servant at Mrs. Bellamy's, Kensington, George Ide 

Servant at the Villa Prigno J. Smith Wright 

Iris Bellamy. Gladys Cooper 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Fanny Svl vain Winnie Griffiths 

Aiirea Vyss Joan Maude 

Sirs. WvTining Barbara Dearse 

kiss Plf.sent. 1 ". Violet Campbell 

Woman Servant at the Villa Prigno 

Hannah Kello^ 
Woman Servant at Park Lane . . . Gwendoline Floyd 

GAERICK 

23 MARCH, 1925 
* "POSSESSIONS" 

A play, ia three acts, by NEIL F. GRANT 

Sir William Jesmond, St., J.P., M.P. 

Norman McKinnel 

Talbot J. Phillips Roberts 

David Arnott Ian Fleming 

Lady Jesmond Grace Lane 

Colonel Wedderburn, C.B., D.S.O. . C. Aubrey Smith 

Monica Jesmond Fabia Drake 

The Earl of Northallerton Ernest Main waring 

Mrs. Arnott Irene Rooke 

WIMBLED03ST 

23 MARCH, 1925 

" THE MAELBOROUGHS " 

A romantic play in four acts, by P. F. W. RYAN 

Earl of Marlborotigh Fred Terry 

Robert Harley Alfred Kendrick 

Captain St. John Frank Royde 

Colonel Parke Hugh F, S. Casson 

Captain Masham Robert Gilbert 

Jack Churchill Roy Raynor 

Henry St. John Frank Cariello 

Tony James Carter-Edwards 

Abigail Hill Madge Escolme 

Queen Anne Gwendoline Jesson 

Mary Churchill Irene Arnold 

Sarah, Countess of Marlborough Julia Neilson 

Play produced by FRED TERRY 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

24 MARCH, 1925 
"THE BAMBOULA" 

A musical play, in three acts, by 
H. M. VERNON and GUY BOI.TON 

Lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER and IRVING CAESAR 
Music by ALBERT SIRMAY and HARRY ROSENTHAL 

Schmaltz James B. Carson 

Donna Juanita Da Costa Dorothy Shale 

Oliver J. Oosenberry Frank Lalor 

Charles Vincent Clive 

Sadie Oosenberry Mimi Crawford 

Larry Wyndham Billy Leonard 

Jimmy Roberts Harry Welchman 

Prince Robert W. H, Berry 

Prince Ivor Tom Barratt 

Prince Noel Gerald Kent 

Prince Francis Roy Leaker 

Prince Michael K. Stewart 

Prince Olgar Leslie Benson 

Prince Tahloof Gordon Baskerville 

Larranaga Roy Byford 

Morales. Arthur Argent 

Princess Muria Beppie de Vries 

Madura Harry Pringle 

Marsuma Ivy Booker 

Prince Nestor George Bishop 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 
Dances and ensembles by J. W. JACKSON 

EA (2140) cx 



EEGEHT 

29 MARCH, 1925 
*' THE VEB0E " 

A play, ia three acts, by SUSAN GLASPELL 
Presented by THE PIONEER PLAYERS 

Anthony 0. B. Clarence 

Harry Archer Charles Carson 

Hattie Margaret Manning 

Claire Sybil Thorndike 

Dick Kenneth Kent 

Tom Edgeworthy Lewis T. Casson 

Elizabeth '. Ruth Bower 

Adelaide Gertrude Kingston 

Dr. Emmons Osborne Adair 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 

PALLADIUM 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" SKY HIGH " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE, 
HAROLD SIMPSON, and PAUL GERARD SMITH 

Lyrics by ADRIAN Ross 
Music by FREDERICK W. CHAPELLE, etc. 

George Robey Nellie Wallace 

Robert Chisholm Marie Blanche 

Gordon Keith Lorna Pounds 

Natavo and Myrio Toots Pounds 

Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 

PBINCE OF WALES 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" CHABLOT'S REVUE " 

(As played in America) 

Herbert Mundin ] Gertrude Lawrence 

Peter Haddon J Beatrice Lillie 

Robert Hobbs | Hazel Wynne 

AMBASSADORS 

30 MARCH, 1925 
* "A COMEDY OF GOOD AND EVIL " 

A play, in three acts, by RICHARD HUGHES 

Rev. John Williams Allan Napier 

Minnie Mary Grey 

Gladys Gemima Fagan 

Scraggy Evan R. S. Smith 

Owain Flatfish Richard Goolden 

Mari Jones Gwendolen Evans 

Mrs. Jones Bakehouse Kathleen Moseley 

Timothy Ysgairnolwen Herbert Lugg 

Mr. Gas Jones James Whale 

Mrs. Resurrection Jones Virginia Isham 

Play produced by J, B. FAGAN 

VAUDEVILLE 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" TARNISH " 

A play, in three acts, by GILBERT EMERY 

Josephine Lee Tevis Grace Edwin 

Lizzie Healey Ine Cameron 

Apolline Stutts Ethel Coleridge 

Joan Lee Tevis Nora Swinburne 

Emmet Can* Francis Lister 

Adolph Lee Tevis Aubrey Mather 

Nettie Dark Olga Lindo 

Aggie Christine Silver 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** Q " THEATRE 

30 MARCH, 1925 
"ADAM AND EVA r 

A comedy, In three acts, by GEORGE MIDHLETON 
and GUY BOLTON 

Mr. Kin? H. St. Barbe West 

Adam Smith Alick Chumley 

Mrs. Bertram Aida Jerioure 

Clinton Dewitt Hubert Woodward 

Julia Dewitt Nancy Pawley 

Eva Kins; Nadine March 

Aunt Sofie Martita Hunt 

Dr. Larimer Douglas Je Series 

Uncle Horace Sebastian Smith 

Hon. Andrew Gordon Eliot Makeham 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

STRAND 

31 MARCH, 1925 

** TH'-R SEA URCHIN " 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

Mary Wynchebek Helen Have 

Minnie Wynchebek Margaret Watson 

The Rev. Richard Penny Arthur Bawtr^e 

Polpert Lena Haihday 

Guy Trebarrow Arthur Pus^y 

Fay Peggy O'Xeii 

Sir'Trevor Trebarrow Athole" Stewart 

Augustus Sullivan Clifford Heatherley 

Beach Marcus Baron 

A Maid Rosalind Russell 

PLay produced by JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

FORTUNE 

2 APRIL, 1925 
* "YETTA POLOWSKI" 

A play, in three acts, by F. C. MONTAGU 

Sir Herbert Symonds, M.P Eille Norwood 

Lady Symonds Ruth Mackay 

Arthur Symonds Philip Easton 

Reuben Polowski Hector Abbas 

Yetta Polowsk: Hilda Bayley 

Babs Kimber Jane Graham 

George Radio ra Edward O'Neill 

Cecil Stanton J. H. Roberts 

Miss Burke Susan Novak 

Albert Caring Tom Reynolds 

Smith A. Henderson Storie 

Play produced by EILLE NORWOOD 

ALDWYCH 

5 APRIL, 1925 

"THE COLONNADE" 

A play, in four acts, by STARK YOUNG 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Major Dandridge Reginald Dance 

Mr. Stedman A. Harding Steerman 

Oscar James Dyrenforth 

Miss Ellen Dandridge Jean Cadell 

Miss Mary Dandridge Dora Gregory 

Mr. Bobo R. S. Smith 

Cousin Tom H. R. Hignett 

John Dandridge Henry Oscar 

Evelyn Dandridge Veronica Turleigh 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



CEM'UKY 

6 APRIL, 1925 

* " GOOD FBEDAY " 

A clr.oru, in three acts, by JOHN MASEFIELD 

Pilate ........................... Philip Reeves 

Procula .......................... Esme Church 

Longinus ....................... Robert Gl^nnie 

Joseph of Anmathea ............. A. Corney Grain 

The Madman .................... Brember Wills 

Chief Citizen .................... Harold Gibson 

Herod ............................ John Killner 

Sentry ........................ Frederick Leister 

First Ciiiz?n .................... Harold Pay ton 

Second Citizen .................. F. Napier Jones 

Third Citizen ..................... Olive Walter 

A Woman ..................... Mereia Cameron 

A Voice ...................... Colin A. Gorman 

Pilate's Servant .................... Alan Webb 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 

NEW OXFORD 

8 APRIL, 1925 

* "KISMET" 

A play, in three acts, by EDWARD KNOBLOCK 



Ha j j ............................. Sam Livesey 

The Muezzin ................... Buchanan Wake 

The Imam Mahmud .............. Ernest Ruston 

A Mufti ........................... C. E. Cooke 

The Guide Nasir .................... Neil Curtis 

The Sheikh Jawan ................ A. V. Bramble 

The Beggar Kasim .............. Wilson Gunning 

Amru ............................. Fred Vigav 

Zayd ........................ J. Henry Twyford 

The Caliph Abdaliah ............. Robert Harris 

The Wazir Abu Bakr ............. Patric Curwen 

The Wazir Mansur ........... Herbert Grimwood 

Kafur ....................... Dennis Wyndham 

Afif e .......................... Wilson Gunning 

Captain of the Watch .............. C. F. Cooke 

An Attendant of Mansur .......... James Arnold 

A Chamberlain of the Caliph ...... Henry le Grand 

The Gaoler Kutayt ................. Fred Vigay 

WOMEN 
Marsinah ......................... Elissa Landi 

Narjis .......................... Lena Maitland 

Kabirah ......................... Pollie Emery 

The Almah .................... Barbara Roberts 

Miskah .......................... Benita Hume 

Kut-al-Kulub ...................... Mary Clare 

BEFORE THE CURTAIN 
The Man ......................... Dodda Mehan 

The Woman .................... Nayan Ardayne 

The Story Teller ................. Patric Curwen 

The Juggler ................... Edward Swinton 

The Dancer ......................... Pola Belas 

Play produced by the Author 

EVERYMAN 
11 APRIL, 1925 
'* OVERTURE " 

A play, in four acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Lady Jasmine Dell ............. Diana Hamilton 

Mrs.' Bagleigh ..................... Nancy Price 

A Cockney ........................ Cicely Gates 

Miss Prudence ..................... Clare Harris 

Grace ............................. Madge Snell 

Elsie Bagleigh .................. Dorothea Seton 

Rosie ......................... Nancye Ken yon 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



youth ...................... Betty Maude Princess of France .................. Jane Bacon 

Mr Justice Plush ................. Allan Jeayes Rosaline ............... Marjone Clarke Jervoise 

t,-.y . . . . ~ ................. James Raglan Maria ....................... Rosemary Clifford 

Mr.'SmdaiV.V.". V. ."..." ........ Randolph McLeod Katharine ............. . ....... Norman Varden 

Another Cocknev ................ Gordon Harker Jaquenetta ........................ Viola Lewis 

Sir William Fravne ............. Douglas JeSeries p lav pro duced bv GEORGE R. Fosa 

O on r e ........ ' ............... Harold B. Meade ' F 

jilkes" ! ....................... Ronald Simpson Q THEATRE 

Mr. James Bagleigh ............. .. Edwin Morton 

Rev Walter Land .............. Douglas Jefienes 20 APRIL, I92 

Mr.Greyfield ...................... Roy Graham * BELTANE NIGHT" 

\riinr Clavton ............. Charles A. Straite _. 

\\liS. . .. ."- ....... ........ Harold B. Meade A play, in three acts, by VERA BERINGER 

Hoiman ........................ Edwin Morton Dennis Armigan ...... - ......... Malcolm Neville 

Footnnn ......................... Roy Graham Marjorie Abbott .................. Lila Maravan 

Mr, Charon, Junior ............. Clifford Moliison Martin ......................... Gerald Jerome 

Play produced by the Author Mrs. Timperley .................. Marie Ault 

3 r Janet Hargrove .................. Esme Bennger 

WVWTO&TVP* M > Ttle Deakyn* .................. Drusilla Wills 

WYKBHAM S Rose D ea k yns ...................... Alice Wills 

15 APRIL 1925 Nigel Hargrove ............... P. Perceval Clark 

-lOOX MISS BLTOBEAED" %^^""\\"\\\\"^&%v 

A comedy, in three acts, by AVERY HOPWOOD Dr. Willougfaby ................... Charles Vane 

Larry Charters ............... Arthur Margetson Play produced by W. G. FAY 

F va \Vinthrot) ..... - ........ Oss. Marsh 

Mihers. :::.::. . . . . ......... George Elton AMBASSADORS 

Sir John Barstow ................. C. M. Lowne 20 APRIL 1925 

Sb T5i e dge M : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :^^ml - THE TORCH BEABEBS 

Colette ...................... Irene Bprdom A pl in three acts, by GEORGE KELLY 

Gloria Talmadge ............ ^orThflDebeSm Mr. Frederick Towers ........ W. Graham Browne 

**'**>*: .................... Burton Bro S^ a uiaowers\\\\\v:::::. D TuSJi^nd e n r 

_ _ Mrs. J. Duro Pampinelli .......... Marie Tempest 

R.AJD.A. Mr. Spindler ..................... Frank Allenby 

19 APRIL, 1925 Mrs. Nelly Fell ................... Athene Seyler 

"THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE" T^dy^peaWg^.^?f^\\\\\\'c^iVCu:oi^^m 

A. ulav in three acts, bv HOWARD PEACHY Miss Florence Corbett .......... Phyllis Shannaw 

* - ' J T , _. . , Ralph Twiller ................... Norman Loring 

Ted Hewitt ..................... . John Gielgud Mr< Stage Manager .............. George Bellamy 

George Haviland ................. Noel Goodwin Mrs> Clara sheppard ............... Hope Tilden 

pS aSSLa: :::::::::::::: .-f^wSl **? ** 

Robert Haviland ................ Michael Hogan 

Agnes Ha\iland .................. Flora Robson 

Dr. Pumphreys ................. Osmund Wilson 20 APRIL, 1925 

Mexican Maid .................. Dorothy Hughes (t mTTRTm 

Harold Xorcrof t ................. Algernon West COURTING 

Mexican Clerk ..................... Ronald Kerr A comedy, in three acts, by 

Hospital Nurse ................. Marjorie Collett A. KENWARD MATTHEWS 

Play produced by GUY PELHAM BOULTON Mrs. Grant ....................... Lindsay Gray 

Elsie Furgerson ................ Marjorie Graeme 

APOLLO Kenneth Grant ................... Angus Adams 

79 APRIL 192S Andrew Grant ................ J. Nelson Ramsay 

it* APRIL, lyzo Rev ^ Kilmarnock ................. j ohn Duncan 

* " LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST " Jeannie Grant ...................... Jean Clyde 

Comedy bv WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Maggie Houston ......... . . . . . . . . Denzil Mather 

Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS Robert Lmdsey ......... Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Ferdinand ....." ................ Duncan Yarrow Pla > r produced by ARCHIBALD FORBES 

Biron ........................... Frank Vosper fl-LnBF 

LongaviUe ................... Harold Anstruther UiAJai^ 

Dumain ....................... Hubert Langley 21 APRIL, 1925 

Sde:::::::::::::::::::::::::-^n w ce^u s l -FAi^H^aELS" 

Don Adriano de Armado .......... George Zucco A comedy, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Sir Nathaniel ................... HoraceSequeira sterroll. . ." ............. Tallulah Bankhead 

Hdofemes ...................... .Alfred Hams ^ redericksterroll ............... Arthur WeUesley 

* 1 " ......................... Saunders ....................... Mona Harrison 

.................. 

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Second Lord ..................... Donald Wolfit Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



E33TCSWAY 

21 APRIL, 1925 

* " CAESAB AM) CLEOPATRA " 

A play, in a prologue and nine scenes 
By BERNARD SHAW 

The Great God Ra. LHWIH il-armerinjj 

Belzanpr. Reginald Desant 

A Persian ."Eric Messiter 

A Nubian Sentinel J. A. Bentham 

Bel Affns Philip Desborough 

Ftatateeta Florence Marriott Watson 

Cleopatra. Gwen Ffrangcon-Dayies 

Caesar. Cedrlc Hardwicke 

Centurion Terence O'Brien 

Potbinus Stanley Lathbury 

Ptolemy. Gerald Anderson 

Theodoras Oriando Barnett 

Achillas Paul Smythe 

Woman Official Agnes Imlay 

Rufio Frank Moore 

Britannus Scott Simderiand 

Lucius Septirmiis Howieson Culfi 

Wounded Roman Soldier Harold Wright 

Roman Sentinel Donald Finlay 

Apollodonis George Hayes 

First Porter J. E. Martin 

Boatman Paul Smythe 

Charmian Helen Saintsbury 

Iras May Ward 

Musician Eric Messiter 

Major Domo Charles Leighton 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 

HAYMABKET 

22 APRIL, 1925 

** T'RR THREE ROGFOES " 

A morality, in one act, by IAN CQLVIN 

Simeon H. R. Hignett 

Johannes Austin Trevor 

Pedro Reginald Bach 

Roderigo Frank Cellier 

" ARIADNE ; or BUSINESS FIEST " 

A comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Ariadne Winter Fay Compton 

John Winter Ion Swinley 

Mary Barbara Everest 

Hector Chadwick John Deverell 

Hester Chadwick Louise Hampton 

Janet Inglaby Joyce Kennedy 

Horace Meldrum Allan Aynesworth 

Plays produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



PRINCE'S 

23 APRIL, 192.5 
"FSASQUITA" 

A new musical comedy, in three acts, by 
FRED DE GRESAC ; lyrics by REGINALD ARKELL ; 
music by FRANZ LEHAR 

General Girot Spencer Trevor 

Dolly Ethel Baird 

Armand Thorpe Bates 

Hippolyte Gallipot Edmund Gwenn 

Sebastiano Charles Quartennaine 

Luisa Amy Augarde 

Juan Sanders Warren 

Sancho. Wallis Walters 

Pedro . LindseU Stuart 



Paolo Emiie de Vellen 

Auguste George Hayes 

Franc-' ni Walter Lindsay 

Inez. Phyllis Xt-al 

Andrea* Derek Water lew 

Frasquita Jose Collins 

Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 

ALDWYCH 

26 APRIL, 1925 

"THE PASSIONAL ADVENTUEE" 

A plav, in three acts, by FRANK STAVTON 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Adrian St. Clair Charles Ken yon 

Brasilia St. Clair Barbara Everest 

Pamela Xancy Atkin 

Sir Felix Sladen Percy Rhodes 

Emmett Geoffrey Clarke 

Lady Rolls Cherry Hardy 

Vicky Norah Robinson 

Julia* Mary Xewnham-DAvis 

Bill Roger Livesey 

Herbert Harris Brian Powley 

Play produced by FRED O f DONOVAN 

** Q " TEEATRE 

27 APRIL, 1925 
"MAGIC HOUBS" 

A play, in four acts, by HOWARD PEACHEY 

Captain Wray J. Fisher White 

Tom lumber Milton Rosmer 

Harry Fenton Lawrence Anderson 

Chow Kit Ivor Bernard 

Ah Meng Julian D'Albie 

Barbara Mercia Swinburne 

Colonel Buckmaster Reginald Dance 

Mr. Joyce Julian D'Albie 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

LONDON PAVILION 

30 APRIL, 1925 
" ON WITH THE DANCE " 

A revue by NOEL COWARD 
Music by PHILIP BRAHAM and NOEL COWARD 

Nigel Bruce Alice Delysia 

Ernest Thesiger Eleonora Maria 

Leonide Massine Hermione Baddeley 

Douglas Byng Betty Shale 

Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS 

BARNES 

2 MAY, 1925 
" FATHERHOOD " 

A play, in four acts, by HAROLD OWEN 

Claude Burton Anthony Holies 

Brenda Burton Dorothy Peters 

Kathy Burton Esther Whitehouse 

Millie Edyth Goodall 

Summers Hazel Jones 

Bradenham James Lindsay 

Burton Sam Livesey 

Romer Patric Curwen 

A Waiter Russell Sedgwick 

Sturgis Jack H. Bligh 

Lady Shoreham Lilian Christine 

Ray produced by WILFRED EATON, in association 
with the Author 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



STRAHD 

3 MAY, 1925 

"NATHAN THE WISE" 

A play, In four acts, by 

GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSIXG 

T-dZSJated from the German by R. DILLO* BOYLAS 

""Arranged for the stage by M. J. LANDA 

Presented by the JEWISH DRAMA LEAGUE 

n a ;a .............. Dora Landau 

Xaa : ' " " ". .................... Wilfrid Walter 

Recha*. ........................... AM ? reV ? r 

Al-Hafi ........................... M - J- Lail ^ a 

The Templar .................... Walter Butler 

Tb Frar .................. Frederic De Lara 

Sittah" ........... . ......... Margaret Halstan 

Saladln ................... ____ Edmund \\ illar 

A Slave ........................... Chief Luale 

The Patriarch ................ Fewlass Llewellyn 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 



3 MAY, 1925 
" SO UTHEKNWOOD " 

A comedy, in three acts, by HARRY WALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mary Smith .................... Mary O'Farrell 

Miss" BeHa Melladew ............. Katie Johnson 

Miss Melladew .................... Dorothy Hall 

Annie ............................. Buena Bent 

Emily Baxter ................ Winifred Oughton 

Philip Smith ................. Reginald Gardiner 

Daphne Jerrold ................... Fabia Drake 

Alec Temple .................. Douglas Jefferies 

Dick Jerrold .................. E. Watts- Phillips 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

KEGrENT 

3 MAY, 1925 
"OT33 SIGN IN TEE SUN" 

A play, in three acts, by VERE SULLIVAN 
Presented by THE CATHOLIC PLAY SOCIETY 

Duchess of Slough ............... Sybil Amndale 

Jakes ......................... S. VictorStanley 

Colonel Boromore ................ Sydney Bland 

Lady Jane Staniforth ............ Francesca Hall 

Montague Duke .................. Douglas Ross 

Hon. Lilah Cresswell ............... Esme Biddle 

Major Reginald Bailey ........... William Home 

George Cresswell ................... R. S. Smith 

Billy Welby ...................... Francis Hope 

Nick Harvey ...................... Henry Oscar 

Viscount Gaisford (" Pips") ..... Ronald Simpson 

Father Lacey ............. Brenchley Wightwick 

Capt. Harold Staniforth ........... Howard Rose 

An Angel ........................ Winston Ross 

Archangel ...................... Sebastian Shaw 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 

SCAIA 

3 MAY, 1925 
" FORBIDDEN FLUIDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, and a prologue, by 

RUSSELL G. JONES 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Shorty ........................ Albert E. Turner 

Al Foreman ................... J. Smith Wright 

Slim ........................... Heather Evans 

Gene Anderson .................. William Daunt 



Dad Lara bet Charles Wirivlijrrnere 

Tillie Weemi Yolande Xoble 

Abe Jones Philip Brandcr; 

Marv Carson -Stella Florance 

Jeff Weems Roland Culver 

The Sheriff C. Disnev-Rcebuck 

Whalen. Albert E. Turner 

Mrs. Livingstone Joaa Wellman 

HenrvSharkby A. Corney Grain 

Rev. Mr. Daniels - Frederick Burtwell 

John Doe Alan Rowland 

Play produced by SYDNEY WALLACE 

VAUDEVILLE 

4 MAY, 1925 
" SUN-DP " 

A play, in three acts, by LULA VOLLMER 

Widow Castle Lucille La Verne 

Pap Todd Owen Meech 

Emmy Sara Haden 

Bud William Edwards 

Sheriff Weeks Ed. H. Loeffler 

Rufe Cagle Kevett Allen 

Preacher Charles Macdonald 

The Stranger Glen Burdette 

Bob Murray Bennett 

Play produced by HENRY STILLMAX 

STRAND 

4 MAY, 1925 
"THE SIGNAL" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by 
ROLAND DANIEL 

The Yokel H. Humberston Wright 

Herbert Bronson Fewlass Llewellyn 

Edna Darling Hilda Bayley 

alary Amy Fanchette 

Harry Harding John Hamilton 

Hilda Harding Olwen Roose 

Jim Baxter Martin Lewis 

Edith Baxter Kitty de Legh 

Roberts Grant Edwards 

Play produced by MARTIN LEWIS 

LYRIC 

5 MAY, 1925 
"JUST A E3N6" 

A comedy, in four acts, by CYRIL HARCOURT 
(Founded on a story by FRANK STAYTON) 

The King of Purgatrania Langhorne Burton 

Prince Borigo A. Bromley-Davenport 

Prince Turpsera Charles Cullum 

Baron Ora Percy Rhodes 

Carlo Hertz Arthur Layland 

Verbnigger Brian Powley 

Jimmy Burke Alec. F. Thompson 

Brunton Chas. Leveson-Lane 

Waterfield J. J. Bartlett 

Quaritch F G. Thurstans 

Ferguson EricCowley 

Ambassador Julian Wyn thorp 

1 st Officer of the Guard ". . . . Peter Varelst 

2nd Officer of the Guard Fred Hewetson 

Waiter Stanley Groome 

Val Chantess Mary OTarrell 

Madge Dorothy Leveson-Lane 

Kitty Buena Bent 

Baroness Ora Violet Blyth Pratt 

Princess Borigo Cynthia Fane 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 

8 MAY, 1925 

** THE SWALLOW " 

A play, in thr-e acts, by VIOL*. TREE 

The He::. Dilys Hape-Surbit-y. . Barbara T. *.]>rrruii 

L'idy Snrbiton Margaret Carter 

John Shattering Basil Loder 

Warwick Phyllis Morris 

SIddcns Peiz^y Carter 

Lord Sarbitoii A. Scott-Gatty 

Joseph Elw'trs , Tristan Rawson 

Mary Elwos Hilda Moore 

Doctor Murray Gerber George Elton 

Simone D-anti Leslie Banks 

Xannie Margaret Yarde 

Emma Una Vermin? 

Gilda , Audrey Garten 

Mario Eric Lug % 

Cesare Reginald Gardiner 

Rossi William Kendall 

A Fascist Leader A. Bettini 

Clock Winder Victor H. Leslie 

QUEESTS 
7 MAY, 1925 

" BEGGAR ON" HOBSEBACK " 

A play, in two parts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN and 

MARC CONNELLY ; music by DEEMS TAYLOR 

Dr. Albert Rice Frederick Lloyd 

Cynthia Mason Dorothy Tetfey 

Xeil MacRae A. E. Matthews 

Mr. Cady Martin Adeson 

Mrs. Cady. Laura Smithson 

Gladys Cady Olive Sloane 

Homer Cady Eric Maturin 

A Butler. . .* J. C. K. Harbord 

Jerri,* W. 0. Fazan 

Check Boy W. Ashley Sinclair 

A Business Man Charles Denman 

Miss Hey Nora Howard 

Miss YOB Doris Scott 

A Waiter Robert Easton 

A Dancing Teacher H. H. Matthews 

A Reporter T. Duff 

A Juror W. Hyde White 

A Sightseer W. G. Mann 

A Novelist Alick Crane 

A Song Writer L. Mitchell 

An Artist Allan Blakelock 

A Poet John Wyse 

THE PANTOMIME 

H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Xanadu. Kim Peacock 
H.R.H.the Crown Princess of Xanadu KyraAlanova 

First Lady in Waiting Norah Howard 

First Lord of the Bedchamber. . . . Lewis Broughton 

A Lamplighter M. G. Barton 

A Policeman W. D. Fazan 

Play produced by WINTHROP AMES 

SCALA 

10 MAY, 1925 
"BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST" 

A play, in three acts, by MICHAEL MORTON 

and PETER TRAILL 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Ronald Short Nicholas Hannen 

Madge Ellis Dora Barton 

Irene Short Mary Merrall 

Doctor Brassey Martin Sands 



Annie - - - L'na O'Connor 

Dick Rist >n . . . . . - Brian Gilmnur 

Mr. Setort-D.ivk'5. - Reginald Dar.ee 

Plav pr-'luo.'d by ATHOLE STEWART 

ALDWYCH 

10 MAY, 1925 

* " THE OBFHAM " 

A tragedy by THOMAS OTWAV 

Preseziled by THE PHOENIX SGCIETV 

Acasto , Melville Cooper 

Castalio John Gielgud 

Polydcre Henry C. Hewitt 

Cfaamoiint Douglas Burbidge 

Ernesto - Mark Turner 

Paulino Ronald Kerr 

Cordelio Peggy Livesay 

Chaplain A. Comey Grain 

Momma Ray Litvin 

Serina Hazel Jones 

Florella Eileen Beldon 

Play produced by ALLAN* WADE 

WYNDHAM'S 

11 MAY, 1925 

* "THE BOUND TABLE" 
A play, in three acts, by LENXOX ROBI.VSON 

Mrs. Drcnnrm Clare Greet 

De Courcy Br^nnan Arthur Hambling 

Daisy Dre'nnan Sybil Thomdike 

Bee Drennan Winifred Qughton 

Jonty Drennen Raymond Massey 

Christopher Pegum Henry Caine 

Mrs. Pegum Henrietta Leverett 

Miss Pegum Ann Howse 

Miss Williams- Williams Ada King 

Philip Flahive Eliot Makeham 

Fan Franks Vere Shepstone 

A Woman Beatrice Smith 

T^.D^ e co CT ( StockweU Hawkins 

Two Passengers J 3^^ T _ Casson 

An Elderly Woman Elsa Palmer 

A Railway Porter Thomas Warner 

Play produced by Lewis T. Casson 
With acknowledgments to Mr. Milton Rosmer's 
Production at the " Q " Theatre. 

REGENT 

11 MAY, 1925 

EDUCATIHG A HUSBAND " 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDITH CARTER 

Sir Philip Wortlcy Garrett HoUick 

Cynthia Canfield Elizabeth Grayson 

Mrs. Carnaby Lottie Venne 

Philip Wort ley Garry Marsh 

Rosemary. ..." Muriel Martin Harvey 

Mason . . " Tom Dowson 

Saunders Yarrow J. Oliver Twiss 

GARBICK 

12 MAY, 1925 
"KAIN" 

A play, in three acts, by JOHN COLTON and 

CLEMENCE RANDOLPH 
(From the story by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM) 

Native Girl Mariamna Karelina 

Native Policeman Papai 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



( Fred Kia Judee of the City Court ....... .... Julian D'AIbie 

Tiree Xat: VPS .................. -' W. Kamoka Bailiff ......... ' .................. Don Genunel! 

f Polaali Mrs. \V,sI .... ................ ... Viola Conipton 

Ste a GVi ??5 ::::::::::::::::jaml a &ort" <*. *. 

Corporal Hcdgeson ................ John Rockey Play produced by \V. G. FAY 

S-rseact O'Hara ................... Stuart Sage 

lofcn Horn ......................... Shep Camp PLAYHOUSE 

Mrs. McPhail ................ Hilda Brace-Potter . fi ,, iqo . 

Dr. McPhail ..................... J. H. Roberts 1S MA *' iy ~ s 

."Irs. Davidson .................... Marda Vanne " THE EIGHT AGE TO MAERY " 

^arterpiaster Bites ............. Gilbert Ritchie A comed in three act b H F _ MxLTBy 

Sadie Thompson .................... Olga Lmdo - ' ' J 

Rev. Alired'Davidson ............ Malcolm Keen Lamas Ramsden ................. Terence Byron 

, i i. , r> , T T^T, . v. Ellen Marburv .................. Jessie Belmore 

Piay produced by BASIL DE A.N Qara ....... ; .................. J Vlo}et M ff at 

Stephen Burton .............. Douglas Hutchison 

T?nvAT Hnv George Xodell ................... Watson Hume 

EOYALTY Jack Adams ........................ T. H. Solly 

13 MAY, 1925 Bob Ingrem .................... George Mitchell 

" TAfWR'Q I ATVIWR Esther Surra v ................... Victoria Marsh 

IAC50B S LADDEE M Carlisle.' ........................ Enid Sass 

A play, in four acts, by NORMAN MAcOwAN Major Locke .................... A. \V. Chappell 

David Maston .................... Dennis Eadie ^ ob Tetle y .................... Henry Eglmgton 

Captain Pet_er Blazeby ........... Robert Morton Play produced by TERENCE BYRON 

Tommy Whistler ............... Rothbury Evans 

Mr. Do'rrincourt ................ Sebastian Smith STEAND 

Lord Xevern .................. Frederick Leister . 

Esther ..................... ... .Elizabeth Colls 19 MAY 192 

Barnes ........................... Helen Green ** OEDEAL " 

-^ ethea .......... " ............ Madame Ed ^ na A play, in three acts, by DALE COLLIXS 

Ted Steward ...................... Lyn Hardins.' 

SCALA Lady Daley ..................... Ha/dee Wright 

17 MAY, 1925 \lola Thorpe ................. Madeline Seymour 

- , !*. ..... , ^^,, ., Dorothy Dalev ..................... Toan Welsh 

* " THE MAID'S TBAGEDY -' p au l Thorpe. .' .................... Felix Aylmer 

A tragedy by JOHN FLETCHER Petersen ........................... Arnold Bell 

Presented bv THE'RE.VAISSANCE THEATRE Murphy ........................ Joseph French 

Ambrose ......................... Yves Renaud 

^ng ............. , .............. George Zucco Elijah ......................... Donald Walcot 

Lisippus ...................... Henry C. Hewitt Vasey Howard .................. George Curzon 

Amintor .......................... Ion Swinlev , , 

Evadne .......................... Edith Evans Pla >" Produced by ATHOLE STEWART 

Melantius ...................... Baliol Holloway -^ . 

Diphilus ........................ Duncan Yarrow COMEDY 

Aspatia ........................... Rose Quong 20 MAY, 1925 

Callianas ..................... Stanley Lathbury ., mywt fm ^^^ nrr , n ^^^ 

Cleon .......................... Michael Hogan THE CBOOKED FEEDAY " 

Strato ........................... Charles Staite A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

Diagoras ...................... A. Corney Grain MONCKTON HOFFE 

Aniiphila ......................... Clare Harris . . j^.^ T T _ _ T . 

Olimpias ....................... Beatrix Filmer Alexander Tristan ......... . . John R. TurnbuJl 

Dula ............................ Marda Vanne ^ Ild p T .................... Master Brian Glennie 

< Fne-pnp T^ahv Bagley ......................... Cecil Brooking 

Gentlemen ................... ) iSSh TraMoSi Michael Tristan ............. Dennis Neilson-Terry 

Lady ............... , ........ : . . . . Paula Kemp Howard Lampeter ............... .Morten Selten 

Amin tor's Servant ............. Matthew Forsyth Charles Lampeter .............. Kenneth Kent 

* Roger Petermore .............. Alexander Sarner 

Play produced by FRANK CELLIER Felix ....................... Terence de Marney 

A Deputy Inspector ........... John R. TurnbulJ 

*' O THEATRE A Police Officer .......... Albert Chevalier, Jun. 

^ Second Police Officer ............ William Arnold 

18 MAY, 1925 A Servant ..................... Ronald Buchanan 

" COMMON CLAY " Friday ........................... Mary Glynne 

A drama, in four acts, by CLEVES KINKEAD Ha y produced by DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY 

Edwards ........................ Julian D'Albie BARNES 

Mrs. Fullerton ............... Mrs. Arthur Whitbv 01 ,, , no . 

Richard FuUerton ............... Charles Carson 21 MAY 192 

Anne Fullerton ............... Beatrice Lewisohn " THE LAVENDER GARDEN " 

Ellen Neal ..................... Frances Carson . , 

Arthur Coakley ................... Ivor Barnard A P la ^- ij ?, three ^ ct ^ a Prologue, and an 

HughFullerton ................. Malcolm Neville epilogue, by GERALD LAKE 

Judge Samuel Filson ......... H. St. Barbe West Marjorie Dale .................. Agatha Kentish 

Miss Warren ............... Constance Foljarabe Edward Tupping ................... Dan F. Roe 

W. H. Yates .................. Victor Lewisohn Betty ........................... Mary Lincoln 

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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Dan Meriilian .Arthur Wontner 

Michael Tremiyr.c .Antony Holies 

Susan. ". Xincy de Syhv 

Lavender Prescott. D- re thy Peter? 

Mrs. MerJIian Gertrude "Sterro'l 

Janet Prescott. Dora Barton 

Xixcn H. B. Mead* 

Anderson Jack H. Bligh 

Hester. Nancy Burl 

Play produced by WILFRED EATON 



LYEIC, HAMMERSMITH 

25 MAY, 1925 
* ** THE CHEERY OBCHASD " 

A comedy, In four acts, by ANTON TCHEHOV 
(Translated by GEORGE CALDERON) 

Madame Racevsky Mary Grey 

Anya Gwendolen. Evans 

Barbara Virginia Isham 

Leonid Gave! Alan Xapier 

LopakMn Fred O'Donovan 

Peter Trophimof John Gielgnd 

Simeonof-Hshtchik R. S. Smith 

Charlotte Jane Ellis 

Ephikhodof Jaraes Whale 

Dunyasha Kathleen Moseley 

Firs O. B. Clarence 

Yasha Byam Shaw 

Tramp Herbert Lugg 

Play produced by J. B. PAGAN 



" Q, " THEATRE 

25 MAY, 1925 
"IDLE HANDS" 

A satirical comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK WITNEY 

Miss Rita Clough Martita Hunt 

Mrs. Rossiter Aida Jenoure 

Arthur Rossiter, Esq., J.P Alfred Clark 

Sally Hazel Jones 

A Parlourmaid Constance Foljambe 

John Humphrey Pringle Lawrence Anderson 

Harry Latton Neville Brooke 

Isobel Latton Jeannette Sherwin 

Mr. Rogers Victor Lewisohn 

Mr. Scott- Robinson .Douglas Jefferies 

Mr. Wilkins Easten Pickering 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



HOLDER'S GREEN, HIPPODROME 

25 MAY, 1925 
* " SLEEPING PARTNERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, adapted from the 
French by SEYMOUR HICKS 

He Seymour Hicks 

She Eilaline Terriss 

The Husband Vincent W. Lawson 

The Servant. . , Lawrence Caird 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



WINTER GABBEH 

26 MAY, 1925 

** TELL ME HOEE ^ 

A ruuidal comedy, in two acts 

Jiock I,-" FRED THOMPSON and WM. K. WELLS 

Music by GEORSE GERSHWIN 

Lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA DESMOND CARTER 

and IRA GERSHWIN 

Gertrad'"- - - . - .Dorothy Flel 1 

Harry. George Hamilto;: 

Kenneth Dcnniscn Arthur Margetson 

Billy , Claude Hulbert 

Peggy Van de Leur .Elsa Macfarlane 

Bonnie Reeves Vera Lennox 

Estelle .- Bubbles Ryan 

Lucy. Oueenie Ash ton 

Marmot Beryl Murray 

Toots Phyllis Garton 

Brenda Geraldme Aylmer 

Susan Phyllis Swinburne 

Miss Cleveland ." .Marjorie Hall 

Miss Parke Winifred Shorter 

Miss Ames Margot St. Leger 

Miss Hines Margaret Moore 

Mrs. Pennyfeather Ada Palmer 

A Doorman Edward Arundell 

Monty Sipkin Leslie Benson 

Molyaeux Master James Croome 

Miss" Knight Betty Schuster 

A Customer Yvonne O'Beare 

Jane Wallace Heather Thatcher 

Mamie Sylvia Hawkes 

Mrs. Wallace Muriel Barnby 

Cyrus P. Tyler Ernest Graham 

Cerise ". George de Warf az 

Patsy Pavola Peggy Beaty 

A Waiter William Alexander 

George B. Wallace Guy Fane 

Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



PRINCE OP WALES'S 

24 MAY, 1925 
** HAMLET " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Hamlet Godfrey Tearle 

Claudius Charles Carson 

Fortinbras Herbert Whitman 

Horatio Tristan Rawson 

Polonius Alfred Harris 

Laertes Robert Glennie 

Voltimand Ronald Kerr 

Cornelius Donald Wolfit 

Francisco Herbert Whitman 

Norwegian Captain Noel AUinson 

Rosen crantz Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Guildenstern Sir Timothy Eden 

Reynaldo Noel AUenson 

Osric Reginald Denham 

A Priest Michael Raghan 

Marcellus Philip Reeves 

Bernardo Michael Raghan 

1st Gravedigger Tom Reynolds 

2nd Gravedigger Roger Uvesey 

A Player Duncan Yarrow 

An Attendant Anthony Clark 

A Sailor Donald Wolfit 

Ghost. John Howell 

Gertrude Beatrice Wilson 

Ophelia Evelyn Dane 

Play produced by L. E. BERMAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



WXBDBAJTS 

30 MAY, 1925 

* "THE HE" 

A play, in four acts, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Robert Shale, Bart Lawrence Hanray 

Noil Dibdin - Robert Horton 

Gerald Forster Lawrence Anderson 

Haxap Stockwell Hawkins 

Mck Ivy Rayment 

Elinor Shale Sybil Thorndite 

Lacy Shale, . . . . Vere Shepstone 

Miss Pensent Winifred Oughton 

Gibbard Margaret Manning 

Mrs. Cattard Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSQK 



!CHE " OLD "VIC * 
1925 



OF 



WELLS * 



A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR PIKERO 

THEATRICAL FOLK 
James Telfer .................... Robert Atkins 

Mrs, Telfer ..................... Olivia Burleigh 

Augustas Colpoys ................ Andrew Leigh 

Ferdinand Gadd .................... Neil Porter 

Tom Wrench .................... Ernest Milton 

Avoaia Bunn ................... Dorice Fordred 

Rose Trelawny ...................... Marie Ney 

Imogen Parrott .................. Katharine Pole 

OTDwyer ......... - ............ Charles Marford 

NON-THEATRICAL FOLK 

Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower, Knt, 

John Garside 
Miss Trafalgar Gower ........ Elizabeth Addyman 

Arthur Gower .............. Hilary Fisher- White 

Clara de Foenix .................... Joy Spring 

Captain de Foenix ............. Ronald Nicholson 

Mrs. Mossop ........................ Dora Hole 

Mr. Ablett ....................... Henry Cohen 

Charles ...... , .................. Michael Watts 

Sarah ............................. Doris Kealy 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



DALY'S 

2 Jmre, 1925 
"dJBOPATRA" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted by 

JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

Lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM 

Music by OSCAR STRAITS 

Additional numbers by ARTHUR WOOD 

Victorian Silvius Alec. Fraser 

Prince Beladonis John E. Coyle 

Mark Antony , Shayle Gardner 

Nephros Henry Hallatt 

Aa Egyptian Soldier Draper Kendall 

A Roman Soldier Alan Dale 

Pamphylos Jay Laurier 

Charmian Neta Underwood 

Iras Ninon Zaria 

Lalage - Laurie Newton 

Phryne Peggie Lovat 

Lais Alma Lee 

Slave to Cleopatra. Marjorie Blareau 

Cleopatra Evelyn Laye 



Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 



ST. 

2 JUKE, 1925 
*fHE RIVER" 

A play, in three acts, by PATRICK HASTINGS 

Digby Grant Eric Stanley 

Snowball ,E, Moses 

William Clifford Mollison 

Silvera William Hailman 

John Carew Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Francis Helen Ferrers 

Anthony Walford Owen Nares 

Mary Jessie Winter 

Theodore Messeli D. Lewin Mannering 

Cecil Graham Ewart Scott 

Servant J. Yorke 

Soldier David Hawthorne 

Doctor Cecil Fowler 

Sergeant Henry Hoare 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

BINGr'S HAMMEBSMKH 

3 JUNE, 1925 
"THE DANCE OF HFE" 

A play, in nine scenes, by HERMON OULB 

Mrs. Harrowfield Muriel Aked 

Olga Heath Mary Merrali 

Beresford Harrowfield Charles Koop 

Mr. Harrowfield WilMam Page 

Maggie Mary Kellas 

Harry Wickthorpe Douglas Jefferies 

Carrington Oliver Crocobie 

Mrs. Brendle Reba Inglis 

Mr. Fletcher J. Rice-Cassidy 

Plain-clothes Policeman Ronald N. Sinclair 

George Brendle D. A. Clarice-Smith 

A Warder Stewart Kern 

The Piper Ralph de Rohan 

The Bobbed-Hair Girl Gwen Kinross 

Hannah Ethel Lodge 

Play produced by MADGE MC!NTOSH 

GRAND, FCTLHAM 

3 JUXE, 1925 
"THE "ADVENTUROUS AGE" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK C, WITNEY 

Leonard Rivers Herbert Thomas 

Barbara Rivers Betty Moore 

Nicholas Rivers Onniston Miller 

Mavis Gore Catherine Lacey 

Dr. Hamish Melhuish David Clyde 

Hodder, Walter Fitzgerald 

Adela Rivers Mrs. Patrick Campbell 

BARNES 

6 JUNE, 1925 

"MAKE YOUR FORTUNE" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

ELIZABETH RAE 

Dick Wyatt Antony Holies 

Mary Wyatt Mary Royter 

Agatha Sutton Nancye Kenyon 

Jim Treherne Atholl Fleming 

Franklyn Bates H. B. Meade 

Anne... Dorothy Peters 

Richards Phyllis Manners 

Humphrey Wyatt I>aa F. Roe 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mrs. Bates .Mary Lincoln 

Maggie Irene Barnett 

Matthew Lyster. Cecil G. Calvert 

Williams Bernard Glasson 

Wilson Claude Green 

Florence Nancy Burt 

Lady Chevening Gertrude Sterroll 



Broker's Men 



< M. R. Ward 
Ellis Dee 

Play produced by PHILIP RIDGEWAY and 
CECIL G. CALVERT 

WYTOHAJffS 

7 JUNE, 1925 
" KALEIGH " 

A play, In four acts, by D. A. BARKER 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Lady Raleigh. . . .................. Evelyn Hope 

Mad Tom ........................ Harold Scott 

Sir Walter Raleigh ............ Nicholas Hannen 

Henry, Prince of Wales ............ Walter Hudd 

Sir Nicholas Carew ............... Brember Wills 

Meg Raleigh .................. Gwendolen Evans 

Richard Carew ..... . ............... John Wyse 

Wat Raleigh ..... . .............. Alan Rowland 

Keymis ...................... Frederick Leister 

Trenchard ....................... Charles Staite 

Thornis ........................ Tristan Rawscra 

Parker .................. . ____ Matthew Forsyth 

Fortune ........................ Leah Bateman 

Fame .......................... Moyna MacGill 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

AMBASSADORS 

8 JUNE, 1925 
"HAY FEVER" 

A comedy, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Jttdeth Bliss .................... Marie Tempest 

David Bliss .................... Graham Browne 

Sprel Bliss ....................... Helen Spencer 

Simon Bliss .................. Robert Andrews 

Myra Arundel ..................... Hilda Moore 

Richard Greatham ............... Athole Stewart 

Jackie Coryon ............. , ....... Ann Trevor 

Sandy Tyrell ................... Patrick Susands 

Clara ---- . ..................... Minnie Raynor 

Play produced by the Author 

SHAFTESBURY 

9 JUNE? 1925 



"CLO-CLO" 

A farcical musical comedy, in three acts, by 
DOUGLAS FERBER and HARRY GRAHAM 

Music by FRANZ LEHAR ; 
additional numbers by MAX DAREWSKI 

Clo-Clo ....................... Cicely Debenham 

Melousine .................. Sydney Fairbrother 

Briggtta .......................... Glory Edgar 

Tricolet ........................ Reginald Dane 

Flipeur ......................... Frank Lawtob. 

Mazzagran .......................... W. Mason 

Commissioner of Police ............. Ellis Holland 

Petitpouf .......................... Harry Cole 

Chablis ......................... Robert Nainby 

Maxime ......................... Paul England 

William ......................... Billy Leonard 

Severin ....................... A. W. Baskcomb 

Play produced by CLIFFORD SEYLER 



9 JUKE, 1925 
** MfXEOD DOUBLES " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
FRANK "STAYTON 

Barrett. Matthew Boulton 

Rev. Arthur Escott, M.A Ernest Main waring 

Sir John Dorle, Bt C. Aubrey Smith 

Lady Dorle Yvonne Arnaud 

Rose Honor Aubrey Smith. 

Reggie Irvine George Tully 

Lady Audrey Irvine Faith Celli 

Howell James Guy Newali 

Ian McConochie Ian Fleming 

Play produced by MARTIN SABINE 



HAYMARKET 

11 JUNE, 1925 

* " THE HAH W.i'i'H A LOAD OF MISCHIEF ** 

A comedy, in three acts, by ASHLEY DUKES 

An Innkeeper Alfred Clark 

His Wife Clare Greet 

A Lady Fay Compton 

Her Maid Joyce Kennedy 

A Nobleman Frank Celtier 

His Man Leon Cjuartermaine 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



**Q" THEATRE 

12 JUNE, 1925 
** SOUTH OF TH.fr' LINE! " 

A play in a prologue, and three acts, by 
RALPH STOCK 

James Everett Victor Lewisohn 

Amy Everett Martita Hunt 

Daniel Everett Milton Rosmer 

Higgins Raymond Massey 

Punkah Boy J. Hubert Leslie 

A Customer Irene Howe 

Felissi Delia Dellvina 

Ronald Leslie Perrins 

Dorothy Allitsen Violet Penule 

Lady Violet Taunton Dame May Whitty 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER and 
RAYMOND MASSEY 



EVERYMAN" 

12 JUNE, 1925 



A play, in two acts, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

Emma Crosby ..................... Jean Cadell 

Caleb Williams ..................... Ion Swinley 

Jack Crosby ..................... Roger Livesey 

Harriet Williams ................ Margaret Carter 

Alfred Rogers. . . ............... Leslie J. Banks 

Mrs. Crosby ...................... Alda Jenoure 

Captain Crosby .................. George Merritt 

Benny Rogers .......... , ....... Leslie J. Banks 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** THE LQ1TC VOYAGE HOME " 
A play, in one act, by EUGEXE O'NEILL 

F-t Toe George Herritt 

xtck.?!,' '.'. .Alexander Field 

-,rr " " Margaret Carter 

gu^n Leslie J. Banks 

Drlsco'lL.; I.!.... Felix Aylmer 

Cocky Harold Scott 

l vaa Roger Livesey 

j a e " " " " Gwendolen Hill 

Freda.".' ".'.".""" Dorothy Hope 

Plays produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



** PRDf CE!*S 

14 JUNE, 1925 
"HAHGO ISLAM) " 

A drama of the Pacific, in three acts, by 

REGINALD BERKELEY 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Safairas William Kendall 

A Vegetable Seller Donald Neville 

A Native Woman Kate Aitken 

Another Native Woman Kathleen Rackstraw 

John Harman Edmund Willard 

Amos Leonard Thompson 

Father Emmanuel Gaspard Brember Wills 

Nora Harman Ellen Hare 

Charles Sefton, C.M.G Aubrey Mather 

Peter Annitage Frank Vosper 

Davis Claude Horton 

Tiorji Woodgate Guy Pelham Boulton 

Henderson. Robertson Hare 

Mrs. Sefton Alex Frizeli 

Saiiosi E. St. Lo 

Therese Lenoir Mary Newnham-Davies 

Sergeant of Police Gordon Richards 

Lopez George Hamilton 

Cooic Robertson Hare 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 



SAVOY 

16 JUNE, 1925 

* "MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY" 
A light comedy, in three acts, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Mrs. Considine Margaret Emden 

Sheila Jill Esmond Moore 

Geoffrey James Raglan. 

Sir Henry Considine Evelyn Roberts 

Rev. Canon Peter Considine Edward Petley 

Mary Westlake Eva Moore 

Mr. Hobbs Frank Bertram 

Jenny Ella Daincourt 

Miss Minims Lucy Evelyn 

Mr. Beeby George Child 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



BARNES 

18 JUNE, 1925 
"JUNGLE LAW" 

A play, in three acts, by I. A. R. WYLIE 

Mrs. Janes Pollie Emery 

Mops Margaret Swallow 

Geoffrey Faraell Leslie Perrins 



Mr. Hardcastle Alfred Paumler 

Wallace Douglas Phillips 

Bell , . . . , Reginald Gosse 

Lord Ross-Fa yne Sydney Compton 

Reynolds. . . .'. Cecil G. Calvert 

Lady Eleanor Ross-Fayue Clare Harris 

Commissionaire . . , . M, R. Ward 

Play produced by PHILIP RIDGEWAY and 
CECIL G, CAL.VERT 



ST. JAMES'S 

20 JUKE, 1&25 

"THE GUARDSMAN" 

A play, in three acts, by FRANZ MOLNAR ; 
translated by GRACE I. COLBRON and 

HANS BARTSCH 

The Actor Seymour Hicks 

The Actress Madge Titheradge 

The Critic Morton Selten 

" Mama " Margaret Yarde 

liesl Betty Seymour Hicks 

A Creditor Willie Warde 

An Usher Adela Measor 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



"Q" THEATRE 

22 JUNE, 1925 
" THE CZARINA " 

A romantic comedy, in three acts, by 
MELCHOIR LENGYEL and LUDWIG BIRD 

Yvonne Edith Harley 

Marie. Beatrix Thomson 

Annie Jashikofi Beatrice Lewisohn 

Lieut. Nicholas Jashikoff Cyril Nash 

Prince Sortikoff William Devereux 

Vicomte de Roncourt Ivan Samson 

Baron Dymov Victor Lewisohn 

Colonel Ronsky Alexander Sarner 

Captain Kaschumowsky Peter Godfrey 

Count Alexei Czerny Henry Kendall 

The Czarina Dorothy Dix 

General Malakoff Frederick de Lara 

Play produced by REGINALD BENHAM 



ALDWYCH 

22 JUNE, 1925 
** THE VERDICT " 
A play, in. three acts, by OLIVE LETHBRIDGE 

Lady Lornchester Netta Westcott 

The Gay Girl Griselda Harvey 

The Young Man Walter Butler 

Parker .Noel Goodwin 

Mrs. de Coursy- Jones Minnie Rayner 

Miss de Coursy- Jones Marie Slade 

Major Molyneux Hugh Higson 

Hon. Philip Hallerton , Walter Hudd 

Mrs. Merrivale Margaret Halstan 

Sir John Verney .Herbert Marshall 

Caroline, Duchess of Cheltenham. . .Marie Wright 

Lady June Westerby Joan Maude 

Peters ". A. Harding Steerman 

Ronald Bevilleville Major Browning 

Dr, Adamson A. Corney Gram 

Play produced by A. B. IMESON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



LITTLE 

22 JUKE, 1925 

** MARCH HARES '* 

A fantastic satire, in three acts, by 
HARRY WAGSTAFF GRIBBLE 

Mrs. Janet Rodney Dame May Whitty 

Ethel .Millicent Hope 

Edgar Fuller Ronald Simpson 

Geoffrey Wareham Alexander Onslow 

Oliver William Kendall 

Janet Rodney Adrienne Morrison 

Claudia Kitts Millie Sim 

The Cook Nellie Griffin 

Mr. Brown Robert Metcalfe 



LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

23 Jura, 1925 
* "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA" 

by MR, GAY 

The music arranged and composed by 
FREDERIC AUSTIN 

Captain Macheath Frederick Ranalow 

Peachum -Scott Russell 

Polly Peadium Kathlyn Hi'liard 

LocMt Arthur Wynn 

Filch Miles Malleson 

The Beggar Arnold Pilbeam 

Mrs. Peachum , . -Sara Allgood 

Lucy LocMt Fedora Bernard 

Diana Trapes Beryl Freeman 

Jenny Diver Nonny Lock 

Opera produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



QUEE3TS 

24 JUNE, 1925 

"SALOHY JANE" 

A play, in four acts, by PAUL ARMSTRONG 

Colonel Starbottle Alan Jeayes 

Low Eugene Leahy 

Yuba Bill Tom Reynolds 

Willie Smith Lewis Shaw 

Mary Ann Heath Peggy Livesey 

Anna May Heath Becky Woolf 

Salomy Jane Clay Dorothy Seacombe 

Rufe Waters Franklyn Bellamy 

Jack Marbury Claude Rains 

Larrabee Gordon Harker 

Madison Clay H. St. Barbe-West 

A Man Godfrey Tearle 

Lize Heath Miriam Lewes 

Red Pete Heath Edward O'Neill 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 



R.AJXA. THEATRE 

28 JUNE, 1925 
"THE GOLDEN BALLOT" 

A Eght-hearted comedy, in three acts, by 
C. DAVID STELLING 

Susan Linacre Jane Bacon 

Nathan Beggs Douglas Phair 

Fred O^way Alan Stevenson 

Dick Campion Hilary Fisher White 

Sir Francis Campion, Bt Alex. Scott Gatty 



Huntington K. Da vie John Rockey 

Rosaline van Tromp. Violet Campbell 

Vicomte de la Panne Howieson CuHff 

Hon. Bertie Ciarges Reginald Gardner 

Mrs, Shoemaker Gipsy Ellis 

Hodder Kenneth Webb 

Play produced by MARGARET YARBE 



SCALA 

28 JUKE, 1925 
* "BULK A WIPE AMD HAVE A WIPE" 

A comedy by FRANCIS BEAUMONT and 

JOHN FLETCHER 
Play presented by THE RENAISSAKCE THEATRE 

Leon Henry Oscar 

Michael Perez Baliol Hoiloway 

Duke of Medina Ernest Thesiger 

Cacafogo D. Hay Petrie 

Don Juan de Castro Eugene Leahy 

Sanchio Ralph Truman 

Alonzo Reginald Jarman 

Margarita Jeanne de CasaHs 

Estifania Muriel Pratt 

f Lilian Cavanagh 

Three Old Ladies 1 Margaret Carter 

( Marie Ault 

An Old Woman Margaret Yarde 

Altea Nell Carter 

Clara Clare Harris 

Maid Hilda Sims 

Ladies f Beatrice Fiinaer 

in { Paula Kemp 

Attendance ( Brenda Harvey 

Lorenzo Anthony Clark 

Servant W. Hyde White 

Play produced by FRANK CELLIER 



KINGSWAY 

29 JUNE, 1925 
* "THE NEW MORALITY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by HAROLD CHAPIN 

Betty Jones Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Lesceline Louise de Lacy 

Alice Meyne Francis Clare 

Colonel Ivor Jones Scott Sunderland 

E. Wallace Wister Wallace Evennett 

Wooton Cedric Hardwicke 

Geoffrey Belasis, K.C Edgar Norfolk 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

29 JUNE, 1925 
* " BUBBLY" 

A revue by JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 
Music by PHILIP BRAHAM 

Edmund Gwenn Laura Cowie 

Reginald Bach Nellie Bowman 

Cyril Ritchard Poppy Redgrove 

Ralph Coram Teddie Gerrard 

George Pughe Madge Elliott 

Revue produced by J. HASTINGS TURNER 
and HERBERT MASON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVEBYJffAlf 

30 Juxa, 1925 

* **DBDS WHD DTTGK** 

A plav, in four acts, by HENHIK IBSEN 

Petterson..' J- Hubert Leslie 

O'd Etaial . - .Brember \\ills 

Mrs. SSrby - Mary Robson 

Councillor Flor Charles A. Staite 

Councillor Balle Harold Scott 

Councillor Kaspersen Victor H. Leslie 

Wcrle George Merritt 

Gregers \Verle Ion Swinley 

Hialmsr Milton Rosmer 

Giua Ekdai Sybil Arundale 

Hedvig Angela Baddeley 

Dr, Rellig Sydney Bland 

Molvik Harold Scott 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLAND 

HEW OXFORD 

30 JL-SB, 1925 

"THE GORILLA" 

A play, in three acts, by RALPH SPENCE 

Jeiferson Lee Kate Busby 

CyrtisStevens Henry Wolston 

Alice Denby Mimi Crawford 

Arthur Marsden G. H. Mulcaster 

Mr. Mulligan Harry O'Neal 

Mr! Garrity Lew Kelly 

" Simmons Dennis Dennison 

Hie Stranger .Wilfred Payne 

A Sailor Fenner Irving 

Shakespeare Edward Siliward 

Dr. Wilner Vincent W. Lawson 

Play produced by DONALD GALLAHER 

ST, MARTDPS 

1 JULY, 1925 
"THE SHOW" 

A drama, in three acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Anne Morecombe Molly Kerr 

A Maid Eileen Sliarp 

A Detective. Leslie Banks 

A Divisional Surgeon Marcus Barren 

A Cook Una O'Connor 

Daisy Odiham Hermione Baddeley 

A Reporter Clifford Mollison 

Colonel Roland Felix Aylmer 

Geofirey Darrel Ian Hunter 

An Editor Aubrey Mather 

A Secretary Ethne Honan 

A News Editor . .Eliot Makeham 

Lady Morecombe Haidee Wright 

Mr. Odiham Ben Field 

A Coroner's Clerk Lawrence Baskcomb 

Lieut. Oswald, R.N Robert Harris 

Foreman of the Jury Bryan Powley 

A Lady Mary Forbes 

Officer of the Air Ministry Eliot Makeham 

Press Association Reporter Vere Bennett 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

AIDWYCH 

2 JULY, 1925 

** AT THE SAM?. TIME w 
A play, in three acts, by A. P. HERBERT 

David Grange Alexander Onslow 

Mary Heather Angela Baddeley 

Page Girl Ann Trevor 



Sam Drew Frank Ailanby 

Joirn Sturdy Dawson Milwara 

Sir Anthony Fairfield Norman V. Norman 

Alderman Albert Banks Scott Russell 

Marian Sturdy Athene Seyler 

Stisaa Sheena Campbell 

Bert Arnold Pilbeam 

James Moon Claud Rains 

Timothy Spratt J, Leslie Frith 

Mr. Well-Beloved Harold Scott 

Miss Potts Minnie Blagden 

Miss Quilt. Frances Vine 

Mr. Harrow Julian Browne 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



COMEBST 

2 JULY, 1925 

"THE GENTIiESIAN IN WAITING" 
A comedy, in three acts, by HARRISON OWEN 

Felicia Lyons Olwen Roose 

Elsie Dorothy Leveson Lane 

Margaret Lindsay Kitty de Legh 

Clementine Moore .Jane Wood 

Marion Collingwood Gwenda Wren 

Lyle Gordona Cecil Humphreys 

David Neilson C. Leveson Lane 

James Mortimer Moore Brie Blore 

Greig H. Saxon-Snell 

Play produced by GERARD CLIFTON 



2 JtmY, 1925 
* "BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK" 

A play, in two parts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 

and MAS.C CONNELLY 
Music by DEEMS TAYLOR 

Dr. Albert Rice Frederick Lloyd 

Cynthia Mason Norai Howard 

Neil McRae. A. E. Matthews 

Mr. Cady Martin Adeson 

Mrs. Cady. Laura Smithson 

Gladys Cady Olive Sloane 

Homer Cady .Eric Maturin 

A. Butler J. C. K. Harbord 

jerry W. D. Fazan 

Check Boy W. Ashley Sinclair 

A Business Man Charles Penman 

isl^SJ EtaaRoytcn 

A Waiter Robert Easton 

A Dancing Teacher Alick Crane 

A Reporter T. Duff 

A Juror W. Hyde-White 

A Sightseer W, G. Mann 

A Novelist Alick Crane 

A Song Writer L. Mitchell 

An Artist Alban. Blakelock 

A Poet John Wyse 

H.S.H. The Crown Prince of Xanadu. Kim Peacock 
H.S.H. The Crown Princess of Xanadu 

Kyra Alanova 

1st Lady in Waiting Luna Lisle 

1st Lord of the Bedchamber Lewis Broughton 

A Lamplighter Gerard Barton 

A Policeman W. D. Fazan 

Caesar M. Hughes 

Pompey It. 'Bell 

Play produced by WJNTHKOP AMES 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COUET 

5 JULY, 1925 

"HBI&OMERS OF WAS" 

A play, In three acts, by J. R. ACXERLEY 

Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Second Lieutenant Grayle Robert Harris 

Lieutenant Tetford. ....... .Colin Keith- Johnson 

Captain Rickmin Raymond Massey 

Marie Joan Pitt-Chatham 

Lieutenant Adelby Ivor Bernard 

Captain Conrad George Hayes 

Jeilertoa James Whale 

Mrs. Preadergast Marie Ault 

Madame Louis Leah Bateman 

Dr. Croz Eliot Makeham 

Play produced by FRANK BIRCH 



6OIJ>EE*S GREES HEPPOBEOME 

6 JULY, 1925 

W IHE GHOSf TB&IH ** 

A " non-stop " thriller, in three acts, 

by ARNOLD RIDLEY 

Saul HodgMn Hugh E. Wright 

Richard Winthrop Haddon Mason 

Elsie Edith Saviie 

Charles Murdock Basil Howes 

Peggy Murdock Beatrice Quennell 

Miss "Bourne - Florence Harwood 

Teddy DeaMn Antony Holies 

Julia Prince Ruby Miller 

Herbert Price J- W. Austin 

John Sterling Vincent Holman 

Jackson H. B, Meade 

Smith , Aiick Pape 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



REGENT 

5 JULY, 1925 

* " THE REHEARSAL** 

A comedy by GEORGE VILLIERS, Duke of 

Buckingham 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Bayes Melville Cooper 

Johnson. Fred O'Douovan 

Smith Alfred Clark 

Drawcansir Keith, Pyott 

~ * Y% x* ^ < Harold Scott 

Two Kings of Brentford | Ewart Sc o tt 

Prince Prettyman Godfrey Winn 

Prince Volsdus Patrick Gpver 

Pallas - Beatrice Wilson 

Amaryllis Vera Lennox 

Cloris Gwendolen Evans 

Partfafinope ) Angela Baddeley 

Lightning 5 

Thunder Tristan Rawson 

Sun Charles Staite 

Moon Etea Lanchester 

Earth. Eileen Beldon 

Physician Wallace Evennett 

General Douglas Ross 

Lieutenant-General Tristan Rawson 

Cordelie Stephen Jack 

Tom Thimble Alfred Ayre 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



**Q" THEATRE 

6 JULY, 1925 
"COMFORT" 

A comedy, in three acts, by MARION BOWER 

Creazie Cutts Edith Harley 

Beulah Pashler Louise Hampton 

Comfort Tuke Cathleen MacCarthy 

Nat Tuke Lawrence Anderson 

Davy Rhyes Cyril Nash 

Mrs. Vidal Leah Bateman 

Lady Chantiston Winifred Oughton 

Bennett Mollie Tyson 

Sir Brooke Wickham Victor Lewisohn 

Play produced by MATTHEW FORSYTH 



HEW 

7 JULY, 1925 
"WE MODERNS" 

A comedy, in three movements, by 
ISRAEL ZANGWILL 

Robert Sundale, K.C Hubert Harben 

Katherine Sundale Mary Jerrpld 

Beamish Stockwell Hawkins 

John Ashlar Vernon Sylvaine 

Richard Sundale Walter Hudd 

Mary Sundale Olga Jocelyn 

DoUy Wimple Jane Welsh 

Joanna Herzberg Dora Gregory- 
Oscar Pleat Robert Holmes 

Madame Moskowski May Agate 

Sir William Wimple, Bart Frederick Culley 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



LITTLE 

8 JULY, 1925 
"TEDS 9-11 REVUE" 

Revue by HAROLD SIMPSON and MORRIS HARVEY 
Music by HERMAN FINCK 



Morris Harvey 
Olin Howland 
Frank Hector 
John Clifford 

Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS ; 
dances by JACK HULBERT 



Julie Hartley-Milburn 
Josephine Quest 
Phyllis Harding 
Wyn Clare 



SCALA 

12 JITLY, 1925 
"THE SON OF HEAVEN" 

A tragic melodrama, in three acts, by 
LYTTON STRACHEY 

Li Denis Robertson 

Wang Fu Geoffrey Webb 

Prince Tuan G. G. Tomlin 

Duke Lan Hilary Waddington 

Jung Lu T. Marshall 

The Empress Dowager Gertrude Kingston 

The Emperor of China Dennis Arundell 

Ta-he Miss B. Howe 

Li Hung Chang A. Davidson 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 
15 JULY, 1925 
"HEHEY IV" 

% tragedy. In three acts, by LUIGI PIRANDELLO ; 
"translated by EDWARD STORER 

' Hear\- I V " Ernest Milton 

Baron Tito Belcredi Frank Vosper 

Doctor Dion ysius Genoni Stanley La thbury 

The Marchioness Matilda Spina Nancy Price 

Fjicfa Beatrice Filmer 

L-indolpii (Lolo) Grosvenor North 

0. dulph (Momo) Godfrey Winn 

Harold (Franco) Robert Gletmie 

Bertfaold (Fino) Geoffrey Wincott 

loisB Geoffrey Dunlop 

Marquis Charles Di-Nolli Ronald Nicholson 

, , < Herbert Anstey 

Attendants J Dennis Hosking 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



LYCEUM 

15 JULY, 1925 

* ** THK; FAKE " 

A play, in four acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Hesketh Pointer, M.P Edward O'Neill 

Sir Tfaos. Moorgate, M.D Hesketh Pearson 

Ernest Stan ton, M.P Allan jeayes 

Clifford Hope John Williams 

Mrs. Hesketh Pointer Louise Pmssing 

Mavis Dorothy Seacombe 

Mrs. Stanton Miriam Lewes 

The Hon. Gerrard Pillick Franklyn Bellamy 

Watkins Wilson Gunning 

Geoffrey Sands Godfrey Tearle 

A Parlourmaid Josephine Dixon 

A Waitress Una Connor 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 



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WHO'S WHO IN THE 
THEATRE 



ABE; 

A critic ; b. 

\ Ashton-on-Mersey, 9 Jan., 1881 ; 

e. Malvern College and Manchester 
University ; Is adviser and reader of 
plays to" the Lii-erpool Repertory 
theatre ; lias written several books of 
verse and some short plays ; notablv 
"The Adder/* 1913; "The End of 
the World/* 1914; " The Staircase/* 
; " Phoenix/' 1923, Address : 
Rvton, Dymock, Gloucestershire. 

ACTON-BOXD, Aeton, Hon. R.A.M., 

actor ; b. Toronto, Canada ; m. Eve M. 
Donne : made his first appearance 
on the stage at the St. James's 
Theatre, in 1887, In " Lady Clan- 
cart v " ; toured with Osmond Tearle 
for a year, and with Mrs. Band- 
Tnann Palmer in " Tares " ; in 
1889, toured as Wilfred Denver in 
" The Silver King " ; appeared at 
Drury Lane, May, 1890, in " Paul 
Kauvar " ; toured in "A Man's 
Shadow/' 1S90-1 ; appeared at the 
Globe, 1891, In " The Bookmaker" ; 
appeared at Lyceum, Jan., 1892, in 
** King Henry VIII/' also in " King 
Lear/* " Richelieu/' " Becket," 
"' Louis XI " ; at the Opera Comique, 
1893, played lead in " A Question of 
Memory " ; at Terry's, 1895, in " A 
Modern Hvpatia " ; at the Gaiety, 
1896, with'Olga Nethersole in "Car- 
men " ; at the Lyceum, 6 Feb., 1899, 
was the original Marquis d'Evrenionde 
in tl The Only Way " ; at the Court, 
1903-4, played lead in " The Tempest/' 
" The Two Gentlemen of Verona," etc. ; 
at the Garrick, 1906, played in " Mac- 
beth " ; during 1908 toured as " Clan- 
carty " ; at His Majesty's, 1910, played 

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[ACT 

Antonio in " The Merchant of Venice " ; 
at the Globe, 1910, appeared as Joseph 
Brideau in ** Parasites " ; at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1910, played the 
Surveyor to Buckingham, in " Henry 
VIII " ; appeared at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1913, as Father Looe in " The 
Great Adventure " ; hon. genera! 
director of the British Empire Shake- 
speare Society ; joint author of " Pilate 
and Ovid's Daughter/' " A Lunatic at 
Large/' etc., etc. ; was organiser and 
secretary of the Ellen Terry Jubilee 
Benefit Matinee at Drury Lane, 1906 ; 
in 1905, produced " The Courage of 
Silence," for the Hon. Mrs. Henniker, 
at King's, Hammersmith ; in 1908, 

E reduced " Lanval/' at the Playhouse, 
)r Lord Howard de Walden ; at 
Stratford-on-Avon, has produced 
st The Merchant of Venice," 1907 ; 
" Twelfth Night/' 1908 ; and " Much 
Ado About Nothing/' 1909; at the 
Court, 1911-2, produced "The Win- 
ter's Tale " and " A Midsummer 
Night's Dream " ; at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1913, played Father Looe in 
" The Great Adventure " ; at His 
Majesty's, 5 July, 1915, the Surveyor 
to Buckingham in the " all-star " 
revival of " King Henry VIII/* given 
in aid of King George's Actors* Pension 
Fund ; in 1916, was Hon. Sec. and 
Organiser, with the Lord Mayor 
(Sir Charles Wakefield), of the Shake- 
speare Festival of Mercy, to celebrate 
the Tercentenary ; during 1918-19 
gave performances of " Henry VIII " 
and " The Merchant of Venice " to 
the troops in London, and in Hut and 
Camp ; in 1919 toured in France and 
Belgium with a similar object ; 



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1920, produced " Hamlet " at the 
Strand Theatre with a cast composed 
entirely of ladies, his wife appearing 
as Hamlet; at the Court Theatre, 
Feb., 1922, appeared as the Judge in 
" Justice " ; in 1923, was the first to 
" I Broadcast " Shakespeare, on Apr. 
23rd, the Birthday celebration ; at 
the Hay market, June, 1924, again 
played Father Looe in " The Great 
Adventure " ; in 1912 was appointed 
a Professor of the Royal Academy of 
Music, and Director of the Dramatic 
performances ; granted the diploma 
of Hon. R.A.M. in 1915, being the first 
person, not a professional musician, 
to gain the distinction ; Chairman of 
the After-Dinner Club, from 1922 ; 
Member of the Executive Committee, 
National Theatre, Shakespeare Mem- 
orial. Hobbies : Golf, punting, swim- 
ming, cycling. Address: Avon House, 
King Henry's Road, N.W.3. Tele- 
phone : 6775 Hampstead. Chibs : 
Green Room, Neasden and Stage 
Golfing Society. 

ADAMS, Ida, actress ; made her 
first appearance in New York, at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, 27 April, 1909, 
as Miss Glick in " The Candy Shop " ; 
during the same year toured in " Three 
Twins " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
New York, Mar., 1911, played Desiree 
in "The Pink Lady," subsequently 
touring in the same part ; at the 
Moulin Rouge, New York, Apr., 1912, 
played Tony in " A Winsome Widow," 
and Oct., 1912, appeared there in 
" The Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 " ; made 
her first appearance in London at the 
London Hippodrome 1915 ; appeared 
at the Comedy, May, 1916, in " Half- 
Past Eight " ; at the St. Martin's 
Theatre, Nov., 1916, played Ada Eve 
in " Houp-La ! " ; at the Apollo, May, 
1917, appeared as Jane Gerson in 
" Inside the Lines." 

ADAMS, Maude (Kiskadden) , actress ; 
6. at Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., 
11 Nov., 1872; d. of James Adams, 
actor, and Annie Adams, a celebrated 
actress in the United States ; made 
her first appearance on the stage as 
a baby in arms at the age of nine 
months, in her native city, in " The 
Lost Child 1 ' ; as a child she made a 



o-reat success as Little Schneider in 
^' Fritz " with the late J. K. Emmett, 
1877 ; slie was a * so ni nl y successful 
iri *' A Woman of the People," " Little 
Susie ," " Tne Stepmother," and as the 
child' Adrienne in "A Celebrated 
Case "*' made her first appearance 
on' the' "'\ Tew York sta e at the Star 

Theatre," i? S^" 1888 > as Mo ^ na 
Sullivan in\^ The Paymaster ; at 

the Grand Op^ H US ,?v1 Feb ;;. 1 f 89 ; 
played Louisa V n J hC R ^ llQ ^ 
Bidder," and during t] f same week, 
Jessie Dean in " L vord Chumley ; 
was next engaged for trt e Bij ou Theatre 
where she appeared on ^ ^ Mar r v 1889, 
as Dot Bradbury in " :\ Midnight 
BeU"; at Proctor's,Twenty-tiX rd *?* 
Theatre, New York, 8 Sept./^J 8 , 
she played Evangeline in " All ^Jr 6 
Comforts of a Home," and on 21 Oq*?-' 
1890, appeared as Dora in " Men an^ 
Women/' by H. C. De Mille and 
David Belasco ; on 16 Nov., 1891, 
she played Nell in " The Lost Para- 
dise " ; was next engaged at Palmer's 
Theatre, New York, as leading lady 
with John Drew, and made her first 
appearance in that capacity on 3 Oct., 
1892, when she made a great hit in 
the part of Suzanne in " The Masked 
Ball " ; she continued to play lead 
with John Drew, under the manage- 
ment of Charles Frohman, until 
1897 ; during that period she played 
the following parts : Miriam in 
" Butterflies " (Palmer's, 5 Feb., 
1894) ; Jessie Keber in " The Bauble 
Shop" "(Empire, 11 Sept., 1894); 
Marion in " That Imprudent Young 
Couple" (Empire, 23 Sept., 1895)"; 
Dora in " Christopher, Jun." (Em- 
pire, 7 Oct., 1895) ; Dorothy in 
"Rosemary" (Empire, 31 Aug., 
1896) ; and on 9 Dec., 1896, she 
played in " Too Happy by Half " ; 
she was promoted to the rank of 
" star " by Charles Frohman in 1897, 
and made her first appearance in New 
York in that capacity at the Empire 
on 27 Sept., 1897, when she appeared 
as Lady Babbie in " The Little 
Minister " ; she has since played that 
part several hundreds of times ; at 
the Knickerbocker Theatre, on 3 Dec., 
1897, she played Mrs. Hilary in " Mrs. 
Hilary Regrets " with John Drew ; 
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appeared for the first time as Juliet 
in " Romeo and Juliet " with great 
success ; at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, 22 Oct., 1900, she appeared 
as the Duke of Reichstadt in " I/ 
Aiglon," and 11 Nov., 1901, as Phcebe 
Throssell in " Quality Street " ; at the 
Empire, New York, 10 Nov., 1903, 
she played Pepita in " The Pretty 
Sister of Jose"; and 6 Feb., 1905, 
Amanda Affleck in " 'Op o' Me 
Thumb " ; 6 Nov., 1905, at the same 
Theatre she appeared as Peter Pan 
in Barrie's play of that name, with 
such success that the piece was 
played throughout the New York 
season of 1905-6 ; the play also formed 
the chief attraction for her season of 
1906-7, though she also gave a few 
performances of " Quality Street," 
" L' Aiglon/' "The Little Minister," 
etc. ; in Sept., 1907, commenced 
another tour with " Peter Pan " ; 
appeared at the Empire, New York, 
Jan., 1908, as Rene in " The Jesters" ; 
at Cambridge, Conn., 3 June, 1908, 
appeared for the first time as Viola 
in a special performance of " Twelfth 
Night"; in Oct., 1908, appeared at 
Atlantic City, as Maggie Wylie in 
" What Every Woman Knows " ; 
after touring in the same play, ap- 
peared in it at the Empire Theatre, 
New York, Dec., 1908 ; at the Harvard 
Stadium, 21 Jun., 1909, she played Joan 
of Arc in a version of Schiller's play ; 
during season of 1909-10 continued 
to play " What Every Woman 
Knows " ; at the Greek Theatre, 
Berkeley, Cal., 6 June, 1910, appeared 
as Rosalind in " As You Like It " ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, 23 Jan., 
1911, appeared as Chantecler in Louis 
N. Parker's version of Rostand's 
romantic play; during 1911, toured 
in the same part, subsequently reap- 
pearing in " Peter Pan," with which 
she toured throughout 1912-3 ; at the 
Empire Theatre, New York, 5 Jan., 
1914, played Leonora in " The Legend 
of Leonora " ; at Rochester, N.Y., 
Oct., 1914, played Rosalind in Barrie's 
play of that name, subsequently called 
" The Ladies' Shakespeare," at the 
Empire, New York, 11 Jan., 1916, 
reappeared as Lady Babbie in " The 
Little Minister"; 25 Dec., 1916, 
played Miss Thing in "A Kiss for 



Cinderella " ; subsequently, 1917-18, 
toured in the same part. Favourite 
recreation : Riding. Address : Sandy 
Garth, Ronkonkoma, Long Island", 
New York. 

ADAMS, W. Bridges (see BRIDGES- 
ADAMS, W.). 



ADE, Oeorge, American dramatist ; 
b. Kentland, Indiana, U.S.A., 9 Feb., 
1866 ; was engaged on the staff of 
the Chicago Record from 1890 to 
1900 ; has written the following 
plays : " The Sultan of Sum," 
" On his Uppers " (adapted from 
"Fables in Slang"), "Peggy from 
Paris," " The County Chairman," 
"The Sho-Gun," "The College 
Widow," " The Night of the Fourth/' 
" The Bad Samaritan," " Just Out of 
College," " Marse Covington," " Mrs. 
Peckharn's Carouse," " Artie," 
" Father and the Boys," " The Fair 
Co-Ed.," "The Old" Town," "U.S. 
Minister Bedloe," " The Slim Princess," 
" Speaking to Father," " Nettie " ; 
visited London in 1906 ; has written 
works on American slang and argot ; 
also " Pink Marsh," " Doc Home," 
" The Girl Proposition," " People You 
Know/' " Breaking into Society," and 
" True Bills." Address : Hazelden 
Farm, near Brook, Ind., U.S.A. 

ABLER, Jacob P., actor ; b. Odessa, 
Russia, 1855 ; was for a time in the 
Russian Civil Service, and subse- 
quently was a journalist ; is probably 
the best known exponent of the 
Yiddish drama in the world ; has 
played in Rumania, Germany, 
Russia, the United States of America, 
and England ; at the American 
Theatre, New York, May, 1903, 
played Shy lock in " The Merchant of 
Venice," with an English company ; 
appeared at the Pavilion Theatre, 
London, in 1906 ; and again in Aug., 
1908, when he appeared in " Met- 
uroff," " The Jewish King Lear/' 
" Uriel Acosta," " Solomon the Wise," 
"Broken Hearts," and "The Wild 
Man " ; after a further tour in the 
United States, 1909-11, again appeared 
at the Pavilion Theatre, Aug., 1911, in 
several plays ; again appeared there 
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" Elisha Ben Abuyah." Was for some 
years manager of the Grand Theatre, 
New York City. Address : Thalia 
Theatre, New York City, U.S.A. 

AGAR, Ban, actor ; b. Birmingham, 
4 Oct., 1881 ; s. of Susan (Andrews) and 
Edwin Davis ; e. King Edward's 
Grammar School, Birmingham ; m. 
Irene Bagot ; was formerly engaged 
in his father's printing business and 
as a professional footballer ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Town Hall, Redcar, 16 June, 1898, 
as Weary Marsden in " From Scotland 
Yard " ; for several years toured in 
drama and musical comedy ; under the 
management of Robert Courtneidge 
toured from July, 1907, to May, 1915, 
as Sam Brudenell in " The Dairy- 
maids," Simplicitas in " The Arca- 
dians/' Alphonse in " Oh 1 Oh ! 
Delphine," Jecks in " The Pearl Girl " ; 
made his first appearance on the 
London stage at the Shaftesbury 
Theatre, 20 May 1915,, as Simplicitas 
in " The Arcadians " ; appeared at 
the Alhambra, Oct., 1916, in ''The 
Bing Boys are Here " ; July, 1917, in 
" Round the Map " ; Feb., 1918, in 
" The Bing Boys on Broadway " ; 
went to Australia in 1919, where he 
appeared in " The Bing Boys on 
Broadway/' and " The Passing Show 
of 1920." Favourite pavt : Simplicitas 
in *' The Arcadians." Recreations : 
Football and all sports. 

AGATE, James Evershed, dramatic 

critic and author ; 6. 11 Sept., 1877 ; 
formerly dramatic critic on The 
Manchester Guardian ; dramatic critic 
of The Saturday Review, 1920-22 ; 
Sunday Times since 1923 ; author of 
"L. of C." ("Lines of Communication") ; 
" Buzz-Buzz " (criticism), 1918 ; " Re- 
sponsibility " (novel), 1919 ; " Alar- 
ums and Excursions " (criticism), 1920; 
" Half-Past-Eight " (criticism), 1921 ; 
" Fantasies and Impromptus " (criti- 
cism), 1922 ; " White Horse and Red 
Lion/' 1923 ; " On an English Screen/' 
1924 ; " Blessed are the Rich " 
(novel), 1924 ; " The Contemporary 
Theatre/' 1924 ; is a member of the 
Council of the Critics' Circle. Club : 
Savage. Address : 55 Doughty Street, 
W.C.I. 



AINLEY, Henry, actor ; 6. Morley, 
near Leeds, 21 Aug., 1879 ; was origin- 
ally a bank accountant ; m. (I) Suzanne 
Sheldon (mar. dis.), (2) Elaine Titus 
Fearon ; meeting George Alexander 
in a northern town, he walked on 
with, his company as an amateur, 
subsequently adopting the stage as 
a profession ; he joined F. R. Benson, 
with whom he remained for two 
years ; his first London appearance 
was at the Lyceum 15 Feb., 1900, 
as Glo'ster in " Henry V " ; he was 
next engaged by George Alexander to 
play Paolo in " Paolo and Francesca/' 
6 Mar., 1902, for which part he was 
physically and otherwise admirably 
suited ; he next appeared at the same 
theatre as Noel le Solys in " If I Were 
King," 30 Aug., 1902, also playing 
Fran9ois Villon during a part of the 
run of the same piece; at the same 
theatre, Mar., 1903, played Von 
Wedell in " Old Heidelberg " ; at the 
Imperial, 8 June, 1903, for the Stage 
Society, played the First Student in 
" The Golden Rose/' and at His 
Majesty's Theatre, on the same date, 
appeared as Donald Grey in " Flodden 
Field " ; he then went to America, 
and made his first appearance in New 
York, at the Empire Theatre, 10 Nov., 
1903, under the management of Charles 
Frohman, playing the part of Sebastian 
in " The Pretty Sister of Jose/' as 
leading man with Maude Adams, and 
he also played the Rev. Gavin Dishart 
in " The Little Minister " ; returning 
to England in 1904, he appeared at 
the Duke of York's, Sept., 1904, 
as Lancelot in " Merely Mary Ann " ; 
at His Majesty's, Nov., 1904, played* 
Little Billee in " Trilby," revived for 
the Actors' Benevolent Fund ; at 
Terry's, Mar., 1905, played Bassanio 
in " The Merchant of Venice " ; at 
the Shaftesbury, Apr., 1905, Cassio 
in " Othello " ; at the Adelphi, July, 
1905, played the Creature in " Aylmer's 
Secret" ; at the Comedy, Aug., 1905, 
Paul Martin in " The Duffer " ; at 
the Scala Theatre, Sept., 1905, Sir 
Beavise of Degrevant in " The Con- 
queror"; Nov., 1905, Constantine 
Brancomir in " For the Crown " ; 
Nov., 1905, Jack Broxton in " Dodo" ; 
at the St James's, Dec., 1905, Lord Hay 
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paid a flying visit to Paris, Dec., 1905, 
to appear at the Opera Comique, as 
Romeo in the balcony scene from 
"Romeo and Juliet"; at the St. 
James's, Jan., 1906, appeared as 
Orlando in "As You Like It" ; at 
the Scala, Jan., 1906, as Nils Lykke 
in " Lady Inger of Ostrat " ; at the 
Court, under Vedrenne and Barker, 
Feb., 1906, played Neanias in " Pan 
and the Young Shepherd " ; Mar., 

1906, Orestes in " The Electra " of 
Euripides ; Mar., 1906, Hippolytus 
in " Hippolytus " of Euripides ; then 
joined Miss Lena Ashwell, as leading 
man, at the Savoy, Apr., 1906, playing 
the Chevalier de Bellorme in " The 
Bond of Ninon," and May, 1906, 
Robert Waring in " The Shulamite " ; 
at the Lyric, May, 1906, appeared as 
Cassio in the "all-star" revival of 
" Othello," given by Lewis Waller ; 
at the Court, July, 1906, appeared as 
Valentine in " You Never Can Tell " ; 
at Drury Lane, Sept., 1906, as Michael 
Sunlocks in " The Bondman " ; at 
the Comedy, Dec., 1906, succeeded 
Gerald Du Maurier as Raffles in the 
play of that name ; at the Duke of 
York's, Mar., 1907, played Captain 
Roger Crisenoy in " The Great Con- 
spiracy" ; May, 1907, Prince Victor Con- 
stantine in "A Royal Family " ; at the 
St. James's, July, 1907, Rupert Trevor 
in " The Eighteenth Century " ; Sept., 

1907, Joseph Surface in " The School 
for Scandal " ; at His Majesty's, with 
Oscar Asche and Lily Braytoii, Oct., 
1907, Orlando in " As You Like It " ; 
at the Queen's, Feb., 1908, played 
Greville Dare in " Stingaree " ; at 
the Playhouse, Mar., 1908, the Vis- 
comte de Selac in " Marjory Strode " ; 
at the Haymarket, May, 1908, the 
Bishop of Chelsea in " Getting 
Married"; June, 1908, Tikipu in 
" The Chinese Lantern " ; at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1908, Faust in Sir 
Herbert Tree's production of that 
play ; Dec., 1908, Gottwald and the 
Stranger in " Hannele " ; Jan., 1909, 
Bashville in " The Admirable Bash- 
ville" ; at the Criterion, Feb., 1909, 
Hugh Graham in " The Real Woman "; 
at the Aldwych, May, 1909, Dudley 
Keppel in " One of the Best " ; at 
His Majesty's, May, 1909, Fritz 
Lobheimer in " Light o' Love " ; at 



the Adelphi, June, 1909, Don Julian 
in " The World and his Wife " ; at 
Stratford-on-Avon, June, 1909, Shy- 
lock in " The Merchant of Venice " ; 
at the Hicks Theatre, July, 1909, 
Basil Delaine, K.C., in " His Borrowed 
Plumes"; rejoined Tree at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1909, to play Satni 
in " False Gods " ; Nov., 1909, again 
played Little Billee in " Trilby " ; 
Nov. 1909, Anton Schindler in " Beet- 
hoven," and Paul Vanoff in " A 
Russian Tragedy " ; at the Hippo- 
drome, Dec., 1909, appeared as Mr. 
Vane in " Kiddie " ; at His Majesty's, 
Feb., 1910, played the Earl of Sedge- 
mouth in " The O'Flynn " ; during the 
Shakespearean Festival at that theatre, 
Mar.- Apr., 1910, played Fenton in 
" The Merry Wives of "Windsor," 
Cassius in " Julius Caesar," the 
Clown in " Twelfth Night," Laertes 
in " Hamlet," Bassanio in " The 
Merchant of Venice," and John 
of Gaunt in " King Richard II "; at 
the Garrick, May, 1910, played 
Dandy in " The Dawn of a To- 
Morrow " ; at His Majesty's, Sept., 
1910, Buckingham in " King Henry 
VIII " ; at the Aldwych, Jan., 1911, 
played Talma in " The Passing of 
Talma " ; at the Lyceum, Mar., 1911, 
Rudolf in " The Prisoner of Zenda " ; 
at the Comedy, Jun., 1911, Mark 
Melstrode in " The Crucible " ; at the 
Duke of York's, Aug., 1911, played 
Gabor Arany in " The Concert " ; at 
the Aldwych, Mar., 1912, played 
Neil Mac Alpine in " Proud Maisie " ; 
at the Lyric, May, 1912, David in 
" The Five Frankforters " ; he next 
appeared at the Savoy, Sept., 1912, 
when he played Leontes in " The 
Winter's Tale"; in Nov., 1912, 
scored a success as Malvolio in 
" Twelfth Night " ; in Mar., 1913, 
at the Kingsway Theatre, made a 
further success, when he played Ham 
Carve in " The Great Adventure " ; 
at the St. James's, 27 June, 1913, 
appeared as Max Harkaway in the 
" all-star " revival of " London 
Assurance," given in aid of King 
George's Actors' Pension Fund ; at 
His Majesty's, 22 May, 1914, played 
Samuel Baxter in the " all-star " 
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Nov., 1914, played Philip in "Philip 
the King " ; at the Kingsway, Nov., 
1914, appeared as the Reader in 
" The Dynasts " ; at Covent Garden, 
2 Feb., 1915, as Joseph Surface in the 
" all-star " revival of " The School for 
Scandal, 1 ' given in aid of The Actors' 
Benevolent Fund ; at the Kingsway, 
Feb., 1915, as Juggins in " Fanny's 
First Play " ; at the Haymarket, 
Apr., 1915, as Joseph Quinney in 
" Quinney J s " ; at His Majesty's, 
5 July, 1915, as the Earl of Surrey in 
the " all-star " revival of " King 
Henry VIII," given in aid of King 
George's Actors* Pension Fund ; 
July, 1915, as Colonel Ibbetson in 
" Peter Ibbetson " ; at the Haymarket, 
Dec., 1915, played Mr. Parker in 
" Who is He ? " ; Apr., 1916, Major 
Solomon Hymen Toogood in "The 
Mayor of Troy " ; at Drury Lane, 
2 May, 1916, on the occasion of the 
Shakespearean Tercentenary perform- 
ance, played Mark Antony in the 
" all-star " cast of " Julius Caesar " ; 
at the Haymarket, May, 1916, played 
Benoni Fishpingle in " Fishpingle " ; 
at the Coliseum and London Opera 
House, June, 1916, appeared asThomas 
in the " all-star " cast of " The Admir- 
able Crichton " ; Sept., 1916, joined 
the Army, obtaining a Commission 
in the R.G.A., he served in England, 
France, and Italy ; demobilized, Feb., 
1919 ; in Mar., 1919, commenced a 
tour with his own company, as Edward 
Graham in " Uncle Ned " ; in Aug., 

1919, toured as Fedya in " Reparation"; 
returning to London, in conjunction 
with Gilbert Miller, assumed the 
management of the St. James's 
Theatre, opening on 26 Sept., 1919, 
as Fedya in " Reparation " ; Jan., 

1920, played Mark Antony in a revival 
of " Julius Caesar " ; Mar., 1920, 
Edward Graham in " "Uncle Ned " ; 
at Wimbledon, Aug., 1920, played 
Neri in " The Jest," subsequently 
touring in the same part ; at the St. 
James's, Dec., 1920, played Mr. 
Darling and Captain Hook in " Peter 
Pan ' ' ; he then terminated his con- 
nection with the St. James's ; at the 
Aldwych, Feb., 1921, played Prospero 
in " The Tempest " ; at the Ambassa- 
dors', May, 1921, appeared as John 
Beal in " If " ; at the Haymarket, 



June, 1922, played Mr. Latimer in 
" The Dover Road " ; at His Majesty's, 
May, 1923, under his own management, 
produced John Drinkwater's " Oliver 
Cromwell/' in which he played the 
title-role ; at the same theatre, Sept., 

1923, appeared in the title-role in 
" Hassan " ; at Drury Lane, June, 

1924, played Simon Blackshaw in 
" London Life " ; in July, 1924, 
toured in variety theatres in" Snobs " ; 
at the Apollo, Sept., 1924, in conjunc- 
tion with Frank Curzon, produced 
" The Fool," in which he appeared as 
Daniel Gilchrist ; at the outset of his 
career and for many years, one of the 
most capable and successful of our 
" juvenile " actors, for some four 
years, 1912-16, he devoted himself to 
r ' character " parts, and developed into 
one of our soundest " character " 
actors. Recreations : Cricket and golf. 
Address : Chart Lodge, Seal Chart, 
near Sevenoaks, Kent. Telephone No. : 
Kemsing, Iy3. 

AKINS, Zoe, dramatic author and 
novelist ; b. Humansville, Missouri, 
U.S.A., 30 Oct., 1886 ; d. of Thomas J. 
Akins and his wife Elizabeth (Green) ; 
e. privately and at Hosmer Hall, St. 
Louis ; is "the author of the following 
plays : " Papa," 1919 ; " The Magical 
City," 1919 ; " Declasee," 1919 ; 
" Foot-Loose " (011 " Forget-Me-Not "), 

1920 ; " Daddy's Gone-a-Hunting," 

1921 ; " The Varying Shore," 1921 ; 
" The Texas Nightingale," 1922 ; " A 
Royal Fandango," 1923 ; " The Moon- 
Flower " (from the Hungarian), 1924 ; 
has also written poems, and " Cake 
Upon the Waters," novel, 1919. Ad- 
dress : 20 Fifth Avenue, New York 
City, U.S.A. 

ALBERT, William, business mana- 
ger ; b. Kingston, Jamaica, 4 Mar., 
1863 ; s, of Janet (Scott) and Joseph 
Pennell Wakeford ; e, Falmouth Aca- 
demy, Falmouth, Jamaica, and Rich- 
mond House College, Margate ; was 
formerly a sailor on a sailing vessel, 
and subsequently employed in a 
wholesale drapery warehouse ; his first 
engagement as business manager was 
with the late Dan Leno, for a tour of 
" Orlando Dando " in 1900 ; was sub- 
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Mrs. Langtry, and Haldane Crichton ; 
was manager for Mrs. Lewis Waller 
and Mrs. Langtry on their South 
African tours ; business manager for 
"The Follies" for over ten years; 
has also held similar appointments at 
the Globe, Prince of Wales's, St. 
Martin's, and other West End theatres. 
Recreation : In, on, or by the sea. Club : 
Royal Automobile and Country Club, 
Epsom. Address : 15 Selby Road, 
Anerley, S.E.20. 

ALBERT, Bronson, manager ; 6. 
Greenhithe, Kent, 6 Mar., 1881 ; s. 
of the late James Albery and his wife 
Mary (Moore) ; e. Uppingham and 
Balliol College, Oxford ; m. Una G. 
Rolleston ; was formerly a barrister- 
at-law ; his first venture as a manager 
was made in conjunction with Allan 
Aynesworth at the Criterion, Feb., 
1914, with " A Pair of Silk Stockings " ; 
subsequently produced " An Indian 
Summer " at Prince of Wales's, 1914 ; 
"From 9 to 11," Wyndham's, 1914; 
" The Knight of the Burning Pestle/' 
Kingsway, 1920; "David Garrick " 
(musical version), Queen's, 1922; in 
Jan., 1923, entered into partnership with 
Lewis Casson and Sybil Thorndike, 
since which date they have produced 
" Advertising April/' Criterion, 1923 ; 
" Cymbeline," New, 1923 ; " The 
Lie/' New, 1923 ; " The Rose and the 
Ring," Wyndham's 1923 ; " Saint 
Joan," New, 1924 ; is joint managing 
director with Howard Wyndham, of 
the Wyndham Theatres, Limited, 
controlling the interests of the late Sir 
Charles Wyndham's trustees, and Miss 
Mary Moore, in respect of the New, 
Wyndham's and Criterion theatres ; 
representative of the Society of West 
End Theatre Managers on the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Entertainment 
National Industrial Council, 1920-1. 
Recreations : Lawn tennis, chess. Club: 
Garrick. Address : New Theatre, St. 
Martin's Lane, W.C.2. Telephone No.: 
Regent 284. 

AIDERSON, Clifton, actor; b. 
Stockton-on-Tees, 13 Aug., 1864 ; s, 
of Thomas Alderson and his wife. 
Elizabeth ; e. Gateshead ; m. Maxine 
Hinton ; made his first appearance 



on the stage at the Prince's Theatre, 
Manchester, 1882, as a Waiter in the 
old farce, " Sudden Thoughts " ; sub- 
sequently engaged at the Opera House, 
Leicester, under Eliot Galer, and at the 
Theatre Royal, Birmingham ; toured 
in Osmond Dearie's company for some 
time, and in 1883, at Stratford-on- 
Avon, appeared with William Creswick 
in the Memorial performances of " King 
Henry IV" (part I), " Macbeth," and 
'* Richelieu " ; toured for some time 
as Captain Holcroft in " In the Ranks/' 
Ned Drayton in the same play, and 
Jack Medway in " The Union Jack " ; 
made his first appearance in London 
at the old Pavilion Theatre, Mile End, 
with Frederick Wright's company, 
with whom he played a " stock " 
season ; in 1892, proceeded to Austra- 
lia, making his first appearance there 
at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 
25 July, 1891, as the Duke of Guisebery 
in " The Dancing Girl " ; subsequently 
appeared as Herre Lorance in " Proof/' 
Job Armroyd in " Lost in London/' 
Wilfred Denver in " The Silver King/' 
etc. ; on his return to England, toured 
the English provinces in the last- 
mentioned part ; returned to Australia 
in 1894, playing in (C The New Boy/' 
"The Foundling," "A Night Off," 
" Joseph in Canaan," etc. ; returned 
to England, 1896, and at the Princess's, 
4 Apr., 1896, appeared as Captain 
Stanmore in " The Star of India " ; 
subsequently toured as James a Ralston 
in " Jim the Penman," Mark Cross in 
" The Idler/' Mr. Owen in " Liberty 
Hall " ; toured with his own company 
in " A Soldier and a Man," 1898 ; at 
Drury Lane, Apr., 1902, played Hor- 
tator in " Ben Hur " ; appeared at the 
Queen's, Manchester, 1907, as lago in 
" Othello," and 1908, as Jaques in 
" As You Like It " ; at the Gaiety, 
Manchester, played John Anthony in 
" Strife " ; at the Criterion, Jan., 1910, 
played Isaacson in " When Knights 
Were Bold " ; at the Savoy, June, 
1911, appeared as Dombey in " Dom- 
bey and Son/' and Dec., 1911, as the 
Dragon King in " Where the Rainbow 
Ends " ; at Drury Lane, Apr., 1912, 
played Balthazar in " Ben Hur " ; 
at the Criterion, May, 1913, Jacques 
Laverdet in " Oh, I Say i " ; at Drury 
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" Sealed Orders " ; at the Court, 
Jan., 1914, and Queen's, Feb., 1914, 
Herr Pappelmeister in " The Melting 
Pot"; at the Little Theatre, Feb., 

1914, M. Lochesin " Damaged Goods"; 
at the Comedy, May, 1914, Sir John 
Archmundham in " Plaster Saints " ; 
at the Maxine Elliott Theatre, New 
York, Oct., 1914, Holman in " Mr. 
Wu " ; at the Lyric, London, Apr., 

1915, Gerald Trask in " On Trial." 
Spent two seasons in America, with 
Henry W. Savage, Comstock and Gest, 
and in 1916, joined the Charles Froh- 
man (Inc.) Company, and took part 
in revivals of Sir J. M. Barrie's plays ; 
returning to London, appeared at the 
Gaiety, May, 1918, as John Gordon in 
" Going Up " ; at the Globe, Nov., 

1918, played Prince Mettternich in 
" L'Aiglon" ; at the Garrick, July, 

1919, Dr. Randall in "Nobody's 
Boy " ; at the Kingsway, May, 1920, 
Inspector Burke in" Within the Law" ; 
at the Apollo, Dec., 1920, produced 
" Where the Rainbow Ends/' and 
played the Dragon King, for the eighth 
season ; at the Prince of Wales's, 
May, 1921, was business manager for 
the production of " The Gipsy 
Princess " ; at the New Oxford, Nov", 
1924, appeared as The Caliph in " The 
First Kiss." Favourite part : lago. 
Recreations : Punting and golf. Club : 
Yorick, Address : 3 Hurlingham 
Court Mansions, Hurlingham Road, 
S.W. . 

ALEXANDEB, Janet, actress; b. 
Ewell ; d. of Charles D. Alexander ; 
e. London ; m. Lauderdale Maitland ; 
was for some time a pupil at St. John's 
Wood Art Schools ; prepared for the 
stage at Neville's Dramatic Studio : 
made her first appearance profession- 
ally at the Queen's Opera House, 
Crouch End, 1898, in " The Prisoner 
of Zenda " ; spent the next three 
years in various touring and " stock " 
companies ; made her first appearance 
in -file West End at the Imperial 
Theatre, 21 Aug.,1901 , as KateMeredith 
in " A Man of His Word " ; appeared 
at Terry's, 1902, as Maud Chesterton 
in *' The New Clown " ; Avenue, 
1902, as Lucy Brandon in "The 
Little French Milliner " ; Criterion, 
Mar., 1903, as Mary Pinner in " The 



Altar of Friendship " ; Terry's, Jan., 
1904, as Lady Eileen in " Love in a 
Cottage " ; Court, Mar., 1904, as 
Eulalia in "A Soul's Tragedy " ; 
Criterion, June, 1905, as Mary Brooke 
in " Brooke of Brazenose '* ; subse- 
quently toured as Pierre in " Geoffrey 
Stirling " ; at the Waldorf Theatre, 
Mar., 1906, played Caroline Dormer in 
"The Heir-at-Law" ; Criterion, July, 
1906, Claudia in " The Prince Chap " ; 
Duke of York's, Mar., 1907, Hortense 
in " The Great Conspiracy " ; in 1909 
toured as the Countess von Szalras 
in " An Unpardonable Sin " ; at the 
Prince's, Feb., 1912, played Mary 
Andrews in " B Woman and Wine " ; 
at the Lyceum, Feb., 1913, Lady 
Amberley in " Nell Gwynne " ; July, 

1913, Nancy in " Oliver Twist " ; at 
the Aldwych, Sept., 1913, May in 
" The Ever-Open Door " ; at the same 
theatre, Apr., 1914, Hetty Preene in 
"The Lights o' London"; in July, 

1914, toured as Lady Gerania in 
" Dr. Wake's Patient"" ; in 1915 
toured in a sketch, " The Contemptible 
Little Army " ; since 1916, has mainly 
devoted herself to the cinema stage. 

Address : 3 Rivercourt Road, W.6. 
Telephone No. : Riverside 2814. 

ALEXANDER, Muriel (nee Marsh), 
b. Dublin, 12 Sept., 1898 ; e. Lowther 
College; m. Dr. J. Reid-Banks; was 
a student at the Royal Academy of 
Dramatic Art prior to making her 
first appearance on the stage at Belfast 
in 1916, in " My America " ; subse- 
quently toured in " Julyann," " A 
Kiss or Two," " Peg o' My Heart," 
" Under Cover," and " The Odd Man 
Out " ; made her first appearance in 
London, at the St. Martin's Theatre, 
Feb., 1920, as Dot Carringtxm in 
" Over Sunday " ; subsequently under- 
studied Mary Clare and Meggie 
Albanesi in " The Skin Game " ; was 
then engaged by J. E. Vedrenne for 
the Haymarket, where she understudied 
Fay Compton in " The Circle," Mar., 
1921 ; at the Haymarket, Aug., 1921, 
played Fanny Willoughby in " Quality 
Street " ; at the Comedy, Mar., 1922 
(for the Repertory Players) , played Liz 
Rysing in " If Four Walls Told " ; at 
the Apollo, Sept., 1922, Margaret Veitel 
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Edwin in " Devil Dick " ; at the 
Ambassadors 1 , Mar., 1923, Phyllis 
Wiltshire in " Marriage By Instal- 
ments " ; at the Everyman, Apr., 
1923, Ethel Marsden in " T'Marsdens " ; 
next toured with Matheson Lang in 
" The Bad Man " and " The Phantom 
Ship " ; at the Apollo, Mar., 1924, 
played Muriel in " The Fake." Favour- 
ite parts : Peg in " Peg o* My 
Heart " and Lisbeth Rysing in " If 
Four Walls Told." Recreations : 
Swimming and riding. Address : 31 
Bridge Avenue, W.8. Telephone No. : 
Riverside 898. 

ALLAN, Maud, classical dancer ; b. 
Toronto, Canada ; originally intended 
to be a pianist, and studied at San 
Francisco, Berlin, and Vienna ; made 
her debut as a dancer at Vienna, 
1903 ; subsequently appeared at many 
of the leading Continental cities ; 
first appeared in London at the Palace 
Theatre, Mar., 1908, and created a 
sensation with her famous " Vision 
of Salome " and various other 
classical dances ; appeared at the 
Palace without a break until Nov., 
1908 ; subsequently toured in the 
provinces and during 1909 appeared 
with great success at St. Petersburg 
and Moscow ; in Jan., 1910, proceeded 
to America, making her first appear- 
ance at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 
20 Jan., 1910 ; reappeared at the 
Palace Theatre, Feb., 1911 ; subse- 
quently visited South Africa ; visited 
India in 1913, opening at Bombay 
Nov., 1913, and proceeding thence 
to Calcutta ; subsequently visited the 
Malay States, Burmah, China, Manila, 
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, 
and United States, returning to Eng- 
land in 1916 ; in 1916-17, again toured 
in the United States ; appeared at 
the St. Martin's Theatre, Oct., 1917 ; 
at the Court Theatre, 12 Apr., 1918, 
appeared as Salome in Oscar "Wilde's 
play of that name ; in May, 1918, 
appeared at the London Pavilion ; 
toured in provinces 1918-19; again 
toured in America, 1919-20, and 
visited Argentine, Chili, and Brazil ; 
returned to England, Oct., 1920 ; 
toured the British Isles until Apr., 
1923 ; visited the Near East, Apr.-May, 
1923 ; appeared in Paris, Dec., 1924. 



Address : West Wing, Outer Circle, 
Regent's Par-k, N.W.I. Telephone 
No. : Paddington, 788. 

ALLEN, A. Hylton, actor; b. Pul- 
borough, Sussex, 25 Oct., 1879 ; s. of 
Alfred Allen and his wife Ellen (Ham- 
mond) ; e. King's College School and 
Brighton Grammar School ; m. Renee 
Kelly ; made his first appearance on 
the stage, at the Theatre Royal, 
Tyldesley, Lanes, in " Work and 
Wages," 1899 ; after several years' 
touring joined Edward Terry in 1902, 
and for three years toured with him in 
South Africa, United States, etc., as 
Clement Hale in " Sweet Lavender," 
and other juvenile parts ,* at the 
Avenue, Feb., 1904, played in " A Man 
of Honour " ; at the Comedy, Apr., 
1904, appeared as Abbot in " Sunday "; 
during 1905, toured with Ellen Terry 
as Cosmo in " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire " ; 
was then engaged by Nat Goodwin 
and at the Shaftesbury, Feb., 1906, 
played Jack Duval in "A Gilded 
Fool," and Otto Stroble in "An 
American Citizen " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1906, appeared as Stewart in 
" The Drums of Oude " ; then joined 
Forbes - Robertson's company, and 
toured as Lorenzo in " The Merchant 
of Venice," Appollodorus in " Caesar 
and Cleopatra," etc., accompanying 
him to the United States in the same 
year ; at the Savoy Theatre, New York, 
Mar., 1908, played Freddy Gunner in 
" Toddles " ; subsequently, 1908-9, 
toured with Ben Greet in the United 
States, in Shakespearean and old 
comedy repertory ; at the Lyric, New 
York, Oct., 1909, appeared as Aristo- 
bulus in " Herod " ; at the Comedy, 
New York, Oct., 1910, as Paul Lowell 
in " Keeping up Appearances " ; at 
the Hackett Theatre, Dec., 1910, as 
Paul Hammond in " Daddy Dufard " ; 
at the Bijou, Sept., 1911, played 
Howard Elliot in " Modern Marriage "; 
at the Lyric, New York, Nov., 1911, 
Lyngstrand in " The Lady from the 
Sea," and Mr. Denyear in " The 
Thunderbolt " ; appeared at the Cri- 
terion, London, June, 1912, as Billy 
Lloyd in " Ann " ; at the Fulton, New 
York, Sept., 1912, as Frederick H. 
Hollis, jun., in " June Madness " ; 
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" Man and Superman " ; at the Court, 
London, Sept., 1913, played Reginald 
Huntingdon in " The Fugitive " ; at 
Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York, 
Jan., 1914, Will Cannon in " Don't 
Weaken"; at Toledo, Dec., 1914, 
Jimrnie McBride in " Daddy Long- 
Legs," and appeared in the same part 
in the United States, 1915-16, prior to 
producing the play for Gilbert Miller 
at the Duke of York's, London, May, 
1916, when he appeared in the same 
part; at the Globe, July, 1920, 
played Captain Harry Glenister in 
" French Leave " ; at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1921, in conjunction with J. 
Herbert Jay, produced " The Heart 
of a Child " ; subsequently toured as 
Frederick Fellowes in the last-men- 
tioned play ; at the King's Hammer- 
smith, Oct., 1923, played Gordon 
Smith in " Dulcy," and the same part 
at the Criterion' Nov., 1923 ; at the 
Savoy, July, 1924, appeared as 
Colonel Colquhoun Grant in " In the 
Snare " ; in Oct., 1924, went to South 
Africa, with Leon M. Lion's company, 
playing in " The Chinese Puzzle," 
" Tiger Cats," " Outward Bound," 
and ** The Mask and the Face." 
Club : Green Room. Address : HE 
Hyde Park Mansions, N.W.I. Tele- 
phone No. : Padd. 7748. 

ALLEN, H. Marsh, actor ; b. Lanca- 
shire; made his first appearance on 
the stage in Aug., 1895, at the Prince 
of Wales's Theatre, Blackpool, in 
" Vanity Fair," with Miss Kate 
Santley ; made his first appearance in 
London, at the Adelphi Theatre, 5Aug., 
1897, as Wilfred Varney in " Secret 
Service " ; at Terry's, in 1898, played 
Clement Hale in " Sweet Lavender " ; 
at the Court, 1899, appeared as Father 
Anselm in " A Royal Family," sub- 
sequently playing Prince Victor Con- 
stantine in the same play ; at the 
Criterion, Feb., 1900, played Captain 
Carew in " His Excellency the 
Governor*'; at the St. James's, 
Sept., 1900, as Philip Graham in " A 
Debt of Honour " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1901, Lieut. Von Vazelberg in 
" Count Tezrna " ; at the Great Queen 
Street Theatre, June, 1901, Lord 
Gerald in " A Lady from Texas " ; 
at the Shaftesbury, Sept., 1901, Frank 



Perry in " Are You a Mason ? " ; at 
the Haymarket, Aug., 1902, appeared 
as Henri de Flavigueul in " There's 
Many a Slip " ; accompanied Mrs. 
Langtry on her American tour, 1903, 
playing Jimmy Foster in *' Mrs. 
Dering's Divorce " ; at the New 
Theatre, Aug., 1904, appeared in 
" Beauty and the Barge " ; at the 
Criterion, Aug., 1905, in " Lucky Miss 
Dean " ; at the Comedy, Nov., 1905, 
in " The Mountain Climber " ; at the 
Scala, Dec., 1905, played in "The 
Firefly"; during 1906 toured in "'A 
Waste of Time " and " His Excellency 
the Governor " ; at the Royalty, Nov", 
1906, played in " The Electric Man " ; 
at the Duke of York's, Dec., 1906, 
played Mr. Darling in " Peter Pan " ; 
during 1907, appeared at the Hay- 
market, in Apr., as Peter Dove in 
" The Palace of Puck," and in May, 
as Rene Falandres in " My Wife " ; 
and at the Apollo and Haymarket, 
Oct. and Nov., as Harry Fairfax in 
" The Education of Elizabeth " ; at 
the Haymarket, Jan., 1908, played 
Frank Morris in " Her Father " ; 
at the St. James's, Sept., 1908, played 
Christopher Penny in " The Passing 
of the Third Floor Back " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Sept., 1909, played Gerald 
Boyle in " The Best People " ; at 
the Queen's, Jan., 1910, appeared as 
James Wellaby in " Dr. Jekyll and 
Mr. Hyde " ; at Wyndham's, 1910-11, 
played Bernard Darrell in " The 
Naked Truth " ; Will Lennard in 
" Nobody's Daughter," and Lord 
Peter Wildmore iii " Mr. Jarvis " ; 
subsequently appeared at various 
music halls in " And it Happened in 
Sagonia " ; at the Globe Theatre, 
Nov., 1911, played Maurice Polignac 
in " The Glad Eye " ; appeared at the 
Empire, Mar., 1913, as Guy Ren wick 
in " Thirteen " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 
1913, as Jack Ho well in " The Scarlet 
Band " ; at the Oxford, July, 1914, as 
Edgar Bannister in " Dinner Together " ; 
at the Strand, Oct., 1914, as Maurice 
in a revival of " The Glad Eye " ; at 
the Prince of Wales's, Dec., 1914, as 
Jack Chesney in "Charley's Aunt"; 
subsequently toured in various variety 
theatres, as He in " A Bridal Suite " ; 
at the Apollo, May, 1915, played Jack 
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Theatre, Oct., 1915, appeared as 
James Cluney in " Stop Thief " ; at 
the Playhouse, 1916, succeeded Charles 
Hawtrey, for a time, as Richard 
Trotter in " Please Help Emily " ; 
at the Garrick, Sept., 1916, played M. 
Davigny in " The Girl from Giro's " ; 
at the Apollo, Apr., 1917, Piet Van- 
derdarn in *' Double Dutch " ; at the 
Ambassadors', Apr., 1918, Thomas 
Broadley in " Too Much Money " ; 
at the Playhouse, 1918, succeeded 
Charles Hawtrey as Hilary Farrington 
in " The Naughty Wife " ; in 1919, 
toured as Steve Crawley in " Asking 
for Trouble" ; at the Bijou Theatre, 
New York, Oct., 1920, played Mr. 
Hillcrist in " The Skin Game " ; at 
the Princess, New York, Dec., 1921, 
Henry Matthewson in " The Married 
Woman " ; at the Ritz, New York, 
Feb., 1922, Ferdinand Brochot in 
'" Madame Pierre " ; at the Times 
'Square, New York, Sept., 1922, Hilary 
Rand in " The Exciters " ; at the 
Comedy, New York, Nov., 1922, Mr. 
JKnowle in " The Romantic Age." Ad- 
.dress : Green Room Club, W.C. 

ALLEN, Viola, actress; d. of C. 
Leslie Allen ; b. Huntsville, Ala., 27 
Oct., 1869 ; e. at Boston, Wykham 
House, Toronto, and boarding school 
at New York ; m. Peter Duryea ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at the 
Madison Square Theatre, 4 July, 1882, 
when she succeeded Annie Russell in 
the title-rdle of " Esmeralda " ; in 1884 
appeared with the late John McCul- 
loughin "Virginius," "The Gladiator," 
" Othello," and " Richard III " ; she 
was next seen in " Alpine Roses," and 
as Pompon in " La Charbonnie're " ; 
she was leading lady for a time with 
W. E. Sheridan; at the Star, New 
York, 10 May, 1884, she played Lucy 
Golden in " The Pulse of New York " ; 
at the Lyceum, New York, 7 Apr., 
1885, she appeared as Madeleine in 
" Dakolar " ; during 1886 she played 
lead with Tomasso Salvini ; at the 
Grand Opera House, New York, 19 
Mar., 1888, she played Nance and 
Jess in " Hoodman Blind " ; and at 
the Star, New York, 9 Sept., 1889, 
she created the part of Gertrude 
Ellingham in " Shenandoah " ; she 
next played Lydia Languish in " The 



Rivals," with the late Joseph Jefferson 
and \V. J . Florence, and also appeared 
in the same company as Cicely Home- 
spun in " The Heir-at-Law " ; in 
1891 she appeared in " The Merchant " 
at Madison Square, and in 1892 was 
in the cast of " Aristocracy " at 
Palmer's ; in 1893 she joined the 
famous Empire Stock Company, 
under Charles Frohman, where she 
appeared hi the following plays in 
all the leading parts : " Liberty 
Hall," " The Younger Son," " The 
Councillor's Wife," " Sowing, the 
Wind," " Gudgeons," " The " Mas- 
queraders," " John-a-Dreams," " The 
Importance of Being Earnest," 
" Michael and His Lost Angel," " A 
Woman's Reason," " Marriage," 
" Bohemia," " The Highwayman," 
" Under the Red Robe," " A Man and 
His Wife," and " The Conquerors " ; 
her long connection with the Empire 
Company came to a conclusion in 
1898, and in Sept. of that year she 
started her career as a " star," when 
she appeared at Albany, New York, 
as Glory Quayle in " The Chris- 
tian " ; since that date she has 
" starred " in the following plays : 
" In the Palace of the King," " The 
Hunchback," " The Eternal City," 
" Twelfth Night," " The Winter's 
Tale," " The Toast of the Town," 
" Cymbeline," and " As You Like 
It " ; at Buffalo, New York, in 
Feb., 1907, she appeared for the 
first time as Sylvia in " Love in 
Livery " and Jeanne in " The Coun- 
tess Jeanne " ; again passed under 
the management of Liebler and Co., 
in the autumn of 1907 ; opened her 
season at Baltimore on 30 Dec., 1907, 
as Irene Wycherley in the play of that 
name ; appearing at the Astor Theatre, 
New York, Jan., 1908, in the same 
part ; at Chicago, Apr., 1908, ap- 
peared in " Illusions " ; during 1909- 
11, toured in "The White Sister," 
in which play she appeared at Daly's, 
New York, 27 Sept., 1909, playing the 
part of Sister Giovanna ; at the Metro- 
politan Opera House, New York, 27 
Feb., 1911, played in "The Woman 
and the Sheriff " ; at Daly's, New 
York, 21 Nov., 1911, played Lady 
Dorothea in " The Lady of Coventry " ; 
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Herfords " ; at the Century Theatre, 
12 Oct., 1912, played the title-rdle in 
" The Daughter of Heaven " ; during 
1915-16, toured with J. K. Hackett, 
as Lady Macbeth ; at the Criterion, 
New York, Feb., 1916, played this 
part, and Mar., 1916, appeared as 
Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
Dec., 1918, played Margaret Russell in 
" When a Feller Needs a Friend." 
Recreations : Riding, driving, and 
collection of old books. 

ALLGOOI), Sara, actress; b. 
Dublin, 31 Oct., 1883 ; d. of Margaret 
(Harold) and George Allgood ; e. at 
Marlborough Street Training College, 
Dublin ; m. Gerald Henson (d. Nov., 
1918) ; prepared for the stage by Frank 
J. Fay ; made her first appearance on 
the stage at the Molesworth Hall, 
Dublin, Feb., 1904, as a member of 
the Irish National Theatre Society, 
in a one-act play, entitled " Twenty- 
five " ; made her first appearance on 
the London Stage, with this company, 
at the Royalty Theatre, 26 Mar., 
1904, as Bridget in " Broken Soil/' 
appearing on the same evening as 
Cathleen in " Riders to the Sea," 
and Princess Buan in " The King's 
Threshold " ; at the opening of the 
Society at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 
27 Dec., 1904, appeared as a Young 
King in " On Baile's Strand " and 
Mrs. Fallon in " Spreading the News " ; 
since then has appeared in nearly all the 
principal plays produced under the 
auspices of the Society at the Abbey 
Theatre, and at various London 
Theatres during the annual season of 
performances which are given ; among 
these may be mentioned Molly Byrne 
in "The Well of the Saints," 1905; 
Sheila O'Dwyer in " The Building 
Fund," 1905 ; Mrs. Catherine Dempsey 
in "The Eloquent Dempsey," 1906; 
Mrs. Delane in " Hyacinth Halvey," 
1906; Deirdre, 1906; Widow Quin 
in "The Playboy of the Western 
World," 1907; The Angel in "The 
Hour Glass," 1907 ; Julia Shea in 
" The Country Dressmaker," 1907 ; 
Dervorgilla, 1907 ; Kate Moore in 
" An Imaginary Conversation," 1909 ; 
Feemy Evans in " The Shewing-up 
of Blanco Posnet," 1909 ; Ellen 



McCarthy in " The Cross Roads," 
1909 ; Mary Coppinger in " The 
Images," 1909 ; Lavarcham in 
" Deirdre of the Sorrows," 1910 ; 
Emer in " The Green Helmet," 1910 ; 
Mildred in "Harvest," 1910; Mrs. 
Broderick in " The Full Moon," 1910 ; 
Queen Athurlia in " King Argimines 
and the Unknown Warrior," 1911 ; 
Betty Cronin in " The Love Charm," 
1911; Mrs. Rainey in "Mixed 
Marriage," 1911 ; Ann Nugent in 
"Patriots," 1912; Ellen Harte in 
" Maurice Harte," 1912 ; Delia Hessian 
in " Darner's Gold," 1912 ; Maggie 
Gather in " The Magnanimous Lover," 
Kathleen in " Kathleen Ni Houli- 
han," 1913 ; joined the company 
of the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, 
Feb., 1914, and appeared there 
as Miss Vaughan in " The Riot 
Act," Nan Pargetter in " Nan," 
Mrs. Burden in " Love and What 
Then ? " Beatrice Ebernoe in " The 
Liars," Mrs. Bryce in " Profit and 
Loss " ; she has also played with Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell, at the New Theatre, 
Nov., 1908, the First Musician in 
" Deirdre," and Chrysothemis in 
" Electra," at the Hicks Theatre, July, 
1909, Lady Mary Trianon in " Her 
Borrowed Plumes " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Sept., 1914, Nannie Webster 
in " The Little Minister " ; at the 
opening of Miss Horniman's repertory 
company at Manchester, Isabella in 
" Measure for Measure," and the same 
part at the Shakespearean Festival 
at Stratford-on-Avon ; in Aug., 1913, 
went on tour, playing Janet Cannot in 
" The Great Adventure," and July, 
1915, Peg in "Peg o' My Heart," 
went to Australia, 1916, and toured as 
Peg in " Peg o' My Heart " ; in 1917, 
as 'Aunted Annie in " Out There " ; 
in 1919 as Angy in " Old Lady 31 "; 
returned to England, July, 1920 ; at 
the Ambassadors' Theatre, Sept., 1920, 
played Mrs. Geoghegan in " The White 
Headed Boy " ; at the Lyric, Hammer- 
smith, Dec., 1920, Mrs. O'Flaherty in 
" O'Flaherty, V.C. " ; in 1921, toured 
in " The White Headed Boy " ; 
at the Court, July, 1921, played 
Widow Quin in " The Playboy of the 
Western World " ; at the Everyman 
Theatre, Jan., 1922, appeared as Mrs. 
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Aldwych, Apr., 1922, Aunt Ellen in 
" The White Headed Boy " ; at the 
Abbey, Dublin, Sept., 1924, played 
Irish Nannie in " Nannie's Night Out/' 
and Ellen Keegan in " Autumn Fire." 
Favourite part : Mrs. Rainey in 
"Mixed Marriage." Recreations: 
Music, singing, dancing, reading, walk- 
ing, cycling, swimming, and golfing. 
Address : 28 Claude Road, Drum- 
condra, Dublin, and 34 Walpole Street, 
S.W.3. 

ALT, Natalie, actress and vocalist ; 
b. "New York ; 'studied singing at the 
Metropolitan Opera School, New York; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New 
York, 20 Oct., 1908, in " Little Nemo "; 
at the New York Theatre, Mar., 1911, 
appeared as Elsie Buchanan in " Jump- 
ing Jupiter " ; at the Liberty Theatre, 
11 Sept., 1911, appeared as Ivy Tracy 
in " Fascinating Flora " ; she then 
understudied Ina Claire as Prudence in 
" The Quaker Girl," at Park Theatre, 
1911, occasionally playing the part, 
and in the following year toured as 
Prudence; at the Forty-fourth Street 
Roof Garden, June, 1913, played 
Carmen in " All Aboard " ; at the 
Longacre Theatre, Aug., 1913, ap- 
peared as Adele in the musical comedy 
of that name, and made a great success 
in the part ; at the Columbia Theatre, 
Washington, Jan., 1915, played Cora 
Dale in " The Girl of Girls " ; at the 
Forty-eighth Street Theatre, New 
York, Apr.-May, 1915, appeared as 
Elsie Maynard in " The Yeomen of 
the Guard/' Yum- Yum in " The 
Mikado," and Aline in " The Sor- 
cerer " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Aug., 1915, appeared as Marie in " The 
Girl Who Smiles " ; at the Maxine 
Elliott Theatre, Apr., 1916, played 
Madeleine D'Orsay in " Come to 
Bohemia/' and at the Liberty Theatre, 
Dec., 1917, appeared as Denise in 
" The Grass Widow." 

AMBIENT, Mark, dramatic author ; 
b. Rastrick, 20 June, 1860 ; e.s. (Harold) 
of the late Rev. Robert Harley, M.A. 
(Oxon), F.R.S., and his wife Sara 
(Stroyan) ; e. Mill Hill, University 
College, London, and King's College, 
Cambridge (B.A. Math, honours) ; 



m. Evelyn Cole ; Vice-President, Cam- 
bridge Union, 1883 ; studied elocution 
and voice production under Hermann 
Vezin and Emil Behnke ; made Ms 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Princess's, London, 10 Dec., 1883, in 
" Claudian " under the late Wilson 
Barrett ; created the part of Johnny 
Twite in " Hoodman Blind," Princess's 
Aug., 1885 ; appeared as Bernardo 
Cenci in Shelley's " Cenci," Grand, 
Islington, May, 1886 ; Lecturer on 
the Art of Speaking at the Man- 
chester New College (University Hall, 
London), 1886-7; Ms first play, 
" Christina" (drama, in collaboration 
with Percy Lynwood), was produced 
at the Prince of Wales's, London, 
22 Apr., 1887, and was revived at 
the Olympic, Mar., 1888 ; since that 
date, has written the following, among 
other plays, either alone or in collab- 
oration " The Anonymous Letter/' 
Lyric, 1891 ; " Baron Golosh," comic 
opera, Trafalgar Square, 1895 ; " Oh ! 
Susannah/' Royalty, 1897 ; " A Little 
Ray of Sunshine/' Royalty, 1898; 
" A Snug Little Kingdom/' Royalty, 
1903 ; " The Arcadians/' Shaftes- 
bury, 1909 (which ran for over two 
years in London) ; " The Light Blues," 
Prince of Wales's, Birmingham, Sept., 
1915, and Shaftesbury, Sept., 1916; 
" The Net," Scala, 1919; is the author 
of many well-known songs including 
" The Old Soldier " (Fred Bevan) ; 
" Chorus, Gentlemen ! " (Hermann 
Lohr) and " Love's Return " (Sir 
Paolo Tosti), etc. Recreations : Golf, 
Badminton, and Lawn Tennis, 
Address : 87 Buckingham Road, 
Brighton. Telephone No. : Brighton, 
4668. 

AMES, Gerald, actor ; m. Mary 
Dibley ; made his first appearance 
on the stage in 1905, at Stratford-on- 
Avon, in Sir Frank Benson's company, 
with which he remained for two and a 
half years ; in 1907, toured as Valborne 
in " My Wife " ; made Ms first appear- 
ance in London, at Terry's Theatre, 26 
Feb., 1908, as Jervis in " The Lord 
of Latimer Street," and in Apr., 1908, 
appeared at the same theatre as 
Richard in " The Marriage of William 
Ashe " ; he then toured for eighteen 
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touring company in " The Thief," and 
" The Builder of Bridges " ; appeared 
at the St. James's, May, 1910, as John 
Worthing in " The Importance of Being 
Earnest," and played the part for six 
months ; appeared at the same theatre, 
Sept., 1910, as Tripp in " D'Arcy 
of the Guards/' and Nov., 1910, 
as Winton in " The Eccentric Lord 
Comberdene " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Mar., 1911, played Morange 
in " Inconstant George/' and Apr., 
1911, Brevannes in " Better Not 
Enquire " ; appeared at the Lyceum, 
Nov., 1911, as Buckingham in "The 
Three Musketeers " ; at the New 
Theatre, May, 1912, as James Risby 
in " Mrs. Dane's Defence " ; at the 
St. James's, Feb., 1913, again played 
John Worthing in " The Importance 
of Being Earnest " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1913, played in " The Inferior 
Sex/* and in May, 1913, appeared at 
His Majesty's, as the Fencing Master 
in " Ariadne in Naxos " ; at Drury 
Lane, Sept., 1913, played Cecil 
Drummond in " Sealed Orders " ; at 
the Royalty, Sept., 1916, appeared 
as Richard Phillimore in " The Hawk" ; 
for nearly seven years appeared mainly 
in " motion pictures " ; returned to 
the London stage, at the Haymarket, 
Aug., 1923, when he played Fritz Von 
Tarlenheim in the revival of " The 
Prisoner of Zenda " ; in Jan., 1^24, 
toured as Tony and the Earl of Chievely 
in '* The Dancers " ; at the Savoy, 
July, 1924, played Count de Samoval in 
" In the Snare " ; in Aug., 1924, 
toured as Geoffrey Sands in " The 
Fake " ; at the Little Theatre, Dec., 
1924, played Maitland White in " You 
and I " ; was for some time hon, sec. 
of the Foil Club. Address : 19 Grey- 
coat Gardens, Westminster, S.W.I. 
Club : Savage. Telephone No. : 
Victoria 5031. 

AMES, Robert, actor ; b. Hartford, 
Conn, U.S.A., 1893 ; m. Vivienne 
Segal ; gained his first experience with 
the Hunter-Bradford " stock " com- 
pany at Hartford, and next toured in 
" The Great Divide " ; spent three years 
with the Municipal Company at 
Northampton, Mass. ; made his first 
success in New York at the Cohan 
Theatre, 23 Oct., 1916, when he played 



Charles Daingerfield in " Come Out of 
the Kitchen," with Ruth Chatterton, 
and played this throughout 1917 ; 
at the Henry Miller, Apr., 1918, played 
Jack Forsythe in " The Fountain of 
Youth " ; at the Criterion, New York, 
Jan., 1919, Keith Oliphant, Jun., in 
" Pietro " ; subsequently toured with 
Otis Skinner in " Mister Antonio " ; at 
the Klaw Theatre, Mar., 1921, played 
Billy Wade in " Nice People " ; at 
the Longacre, Mar., 1921, Oswald Lane 
in " The Hero/' and the same part at 
the Belmont, when the play was 
revived in Sept., 1921 ; at the Vander- 
bilt, Aug., 1922, Egbert Winslow in 
" Lights Out " ; at the Sam H. Harris, 
Sept., 1922, Chester Blake in " It's a 
Boy ! " ; Feb., 1923, Ben Jordan in 
" Icebound " ; at the Playhouse, New 
York, Aug., 1923, David" Farnum in 
" We've Got to have Money " ; at 
the Longacre, Nov., 1924, Randolph 
Conway in " The Desert Flower." 

AMES, Winthrop, manager ; b. 
North Easton, Massachusetts, 25 Nov., 
1871 ; s. of Oakes Angier Ames, and 
his wife Catherine (Hobart) ; e. Har- 
vard University ; m. Lucy Fuller ; 
originally engaged in editorial work in 
connection with art and architecture ; 
in 1904, took over the management 
of the Castle Square Opera House, 
Boston ; was appointed managing 
director of the New Theatre, New 
York, 1908, where he made numerous 
productions, notably, " Antony and 
Cleopatra," " The Castle in the Air/' 
"The School for Scandal/' "The 
Winter's Tale/ 1 "Vanity Fair/' 
"Strife," "Twelfth Night," "The 
Merry Wives of Windsor/' " The 
Thunderbolt," " Old Heidelberg/' 
" Don," " The Blue Bird," etc. ; 
built the Little and the Booth Theatres, 
New York, both of which he manages, 
and where he made several notable pro- 
ductions, among which may be men- 
tioned, "Prunella," "Pierrot the Prodi- 
gal," " The Pigeon," " Children of 
Earth, " " Truth, " " Hush/ ' " The Green 
Goddess," etc. Address : 244 West 
44th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

ANDERSON, John Murray, pro- 
ducer, author, and lyricist ; 6. St. 
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s. of the Hon. John Anderson and his 
wife Amelia (Murray) ; e. Edinburgh 
Academy and Lausanne University ; 
m. Gene vie ve Lyon (dec.) ; was 
formerly engaged "as an art dealer ; 
his first production was " The Green- 
wich Village Follies/' at the Greenwich 
Village Theatre, New York, July, 1919, 
and has written and produced a new 
version of the " Follies " each year 
since ; wrote and produced " What's 
in a Name ? ", Maxine Elliot, 1920 ; 
produced " Jack and Jill," Globe, New 
York, 1923 ; " Music Box Revue," 
Music Box, 1924 ; wrote and pro- 
duced " The League of Notions " at 
the New Oxford, London, Jan., 1921. 
Recreation : Fishing. Address : 15 
Park Avenue, New York City, U.S.A. 

ANDERSON, Lawrence, actor ; &. 
Hampstead, 1893 ; a nephew of Miss 
Mary Anderson ; made his first appear- 
ance on the stage at the Globe Theatre, 
walking on, in 1910 ; at the Playhouse, 
May, 1912, played Ian Lindsay in 
" Love and What Then ? " ; Sept., 
1912, Oliver in " The Little Cafe " ; at 
the Court, Dec., 1912, Victor Karenin 
in " The Man Who Was Dead " ; 
during 1913-14, was engaged at the 
Liverpool Repertory Theatre ; at the 
Haymarket, June, 1914, played John 
Watson in " The Golden Fleece " ; 
after the war, appeared on the cinema 
stage from July, 1920 ; at the Shaftes- 
bury, Jan., 1922, played Ralph Izard 
in "The Rattlesnake"; Mar., 1922, 
Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan in " In 
Nelson's Days " ; at the Kingsway, 
May, 1922, Peter Winscombe in 
" Life's a Game " ; he then joined 
Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson 
in Sept., 1922, and has remained with 
them since that date, playing Jean- 
netier in " The Scandal/ 1 Creon in 
"Medea," Giacomo in "The Cenci," 
Mervyn Jones in " Advertising April," 
Clotenin " Cymbeline," Gerald Forster 
in " The Lie," Brother Martin Ladvenu 
in " Saint Joan." Address : 97 Beau- 
fort Mansions, Beaufort Street, S.W.3. 
Telephone No. : Kensington 398. 

ANDERSON, Mary, actress; b. Sa- 
cramento, California, 28 July, 1859 ; 
d. of C. H. Anderson ; e. Ursuline 



Convent and the Academy of the 
Presentation, Louisville, Kentucky ; 
m. Antonio de Navarro ; studied elocu- 
tion under George Vandenhoff ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at 
Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, 27 
Nov., 1875, as Juliet in " Romeo and 
Juliet " ; secured her first professional 
engagement at the same theatre, ap- 
pearing on 20 Jan., 1876, as Evadne in 
the old tragedy of that name ; subse- 
quently appearing there as Bianca in 
" Fazio," and Julia in " The Hunch- 
back " ; at St. Louis, in Mar., 1876, 
played Pauline in " The Lady of 
Lyons," and at New Orleans appeared 
as Meg Merriles in " Guy Mannering " ; 
at the California Theatre, San Fran- 
cisco, Sept., 1876, played Parthenia 
in " Ingomar," and at Washington, 
Jan., 1877, played Lady Macbeth in 
" Macbeth " ; she made her first 
appearance in New York, at the Fifth 
Avenue Theatre, 12 Nov., 1877, as 
Pauline in " The Lady of Lyons," 
subsequently appearing as Juliet, 19 
Nov., 1877 ; Evadne, 26 Nov., 1877 ; 
Meg Merriles, 29 Nov., 1877 ; Par- 
thenia, 3 Dec., 1877 ; Bianca in 
" Fazio," 17 Dec., 1877, and Lady 
Macbeth, 20 Dec., 1877 ; appeared 
at the same theatre, 5 Sept., 1878, 
as Julia in " The Hunchback " ; 
at Washington, Nov., 1878, played 
Berthe in " The Daughter of Roland," 
and during 1879 appeared as the 
Countess in " Love," and the Duchess 
de Torrenueva in " Faint Heart Ne'er 
Won Fair Lady " ; at the Opera House, 
Detroit, 30 Oct., 1880, played Ion in 
the tragedy of that name ; at the 
Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, 
20 Dec., 1880, played the Countess in 
" Love," and 2 Jan., 1881, Ion ; at 
Troy, N.Y., 26 Sept., 1881, appeared as 
Galatea in " Pygmalion and Galatea," 
playing the same part at Booth's 
Theatre, New York, 7 Jan., 1882 ; at 
the same theatre, 14 Jan., 1882, played 
Berthe in " The Daughter of Roland " ; 
at Cincinnati, 3 May, 1883, appeared 
as Desdernoiia in " Othello " ; she 
made her first appearance on the 
London stage at the Lyceum Theatre, 
1 Sept., 1883, as Parthenia in " Ingo- 
mar," scoring an immediate success ; 
at the same theatre she played Pauline 
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1883, Galatea in " Pygmalion and 
Galatea/' 8 Dec., 1883 ; Clarice in 
" Comedy and Tragedy," 26 Jan., 
1884 ; Jnliet in " Romeo and Juliet," 
1 Nov., 1884; and Julia in "The 
Hunchback," 24 Feb., 1885 ; at 
Stratford-on-Avon, 29 Aug., 1885, 
she played Rosalind in " As You Like 
It," and returned to America the same 
year ; she returned to England in 
1887, and at Liverpool, May, 1887, 
appeared as Bianca in " Fazio " ; at 
the Lyceum Theatre, London, 10 
Sept., 1887, appeared as Hermione and 
Perdita in " The Winter's Tale," which 
secured a run of 166 performances ; in 
1888 she returned to America, opening 
at Palmer's Theatre, New York, 
13 Nov., 1888 ; appeared for the last 
time on the professional stage in 
America, at Albaugh's Theatre, Wash- 
ington, 7 Mar., 1889, when she ap- 
peared in " The Winter's Tale " ; she 
then returned to England, and was 
married in 1890, having definitely 
announced her retirement ; she was 
absent from the stage for twenty- 
seven years ; at the Theatre Royal, 
Worcester, 7 Mar., 1916, in aid of a 
war charity, she made her reappear- 
ance as Clarice in " Comedy and 
Tragedy," and repeated the perform- 
ance at the Memorial Theatre, Strat- 
ford-on-Avon, 23 June, 1916 ; appeared 
at His Majesty's Theatre, London, 
20 Oct., 1917, as Clarice in " Comedy 
and Tragedy," and Galatea in " Pyg- 
malion and Galatea " ; at the Coli- 
seum, 29 Jan., 1917, played Juliet in 
the balcony scene from " Romeo and 
Juliet," and at the same theatre, 23 
Apr., 1917, again played Galatea in 
" Pygmalion and Galatea." She is 
part-author, with Robert S. Hichens, 
of the dramatization of that author's 
novel, " The Garden of Allah," first 
produced at the Century Theatre, New 
York, 21 Oct., 1911, and revived at 
Drury Lane Theatre, London, 24 June, 
1920. Address : Court Farm, Broad- 
way, Warwickshire. 

ANDREWS, Robert, actor; 6. Lon- 
don, 20 Feb., 1895 ; s. of Walter 
Andrews ; e. Lewes ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Waldorf (now Strand) Theatre, 22 
May, 1906, as Bob Barren in " Shore 



Acres " ; in the autumn of the same 
year, toured as Dick in " Olivia," 
and next appeared at the Playhouse, 
Mar., 1907, as Min in " Her Son " ; 
at the Duke of York's, May, 1907, 
played Prince Charles in "A Royal 
Family " ; at the Adelphi, Sept., 1908, 
played Ib in " Ib and Little Christina," 
and in Oct. played Henry Ashton 
in " The Last Heir " ; at the Afternoon 
(His Majesty's) Theatre, Apr., 1909, 
appeared as Eilif in " An Enemy of 
the People/' and at the Playhouse, 
during the same year, played Serafine 
in " A Merry Devil," and the Boy's 
Friend in " The Toymaker of Nurem- 
berg " ; at the Garrick, Dec., 1909, 
played David in " Where Children 
Rule " ; at the Apollo, Apr., 1910, 
played Jackson Mauleverer in " The 
Islander " ; at the Comedy, Nov., 
1910, appeared as Chawner in " Vice- 
Versa " ; then sailed for America, 
and in Jan., 1911, appeared at the 
Studebaker Theatre, Chicago, as 
Chummy Bosanquet in " The Back- 
sliders " ; reappeared in London, at 
the Playhouse, Sept., 1910, as Hans 
Vedder in " Rip Van Winkle " ; at 
the Aldwych, Dec., 1911, played 
Prince Richard in " The Magician's 
Home " and " Cinderella " at the 
Strand, Feb., 1913, played Cecil 
Chilworth in "The Son and Heir"; 
in 1915, joined the R.N. Air Service, 
and served until the Armistice, Nov., 
1918 ; reappeared on the London 
stage, at the Aldwych, Feb., 1920, 
as Freddy Eynsford-Hill in " Pyg- 
malion " ; at the Kingsway, June, 
1920, played Marcel in " The Children's 
Carnival"; at Kennington, Oct., 
1920, Maurice Avery in " Columbine " ; 
at the Gaiety, Jan., 1921, Tyltyl in 
" The Betrothal " ; at the Ambassa- 
dors', Nov., 1921, Charles Deburau in 
" Deburau " ; at the Comedy, Sept., 
1922, John in " Secrets " ; at the 
Royalty, Jan., 1924, Pat in " The 
Eternal Spring " ; at the Little, 
Sept., 1924, Harry in " Mortals " ; 
at the Ambassadors', Oct., 1924, Robin 
in " The Pelican." Favourite part : 
Min in " Her Son." Address : 101 
Gloucester Road, S.W.7. 

AN G LIN, Margaret, actress; b. 
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Hon. T. X. Anglin, Speaker of the 
Canadian House of Commons ; m. 
Howard Hull ; one of the most brilliant 
actresses on the American stage ; for 
a short period was a pupil of the 
Empire Dramatic School, in New York, 
which is run in connection with the 
Empire Theatre ; at the very first 
performance in which she took part 
she was fortunate enough to attract 
the attention of Charles Frohinan, 
and he immediately offered her an 
engagement to play the part of 
Madeleine West in " Shenandoah/' 
which he was just about to send on 
tour ; naturally the young actress 
accepted this offer, and it was in 
this part that she made her first 
appearance, at the Academy of Music, 
New York, 1894 ; she next played a 
season in the company of James 
O'Neill, during which period she played 
Ophelia in " Hamlet " and Virginia 
in " Virginius " ; she then joined 
E. H. Sothern's company, and played 
in " Lord Chumley " ; she was next 
engaged by Richard Mansfield to play 
the part of Roxane in " Cyrano de 
Bergerac," at the Garden Theatre, 
on 3 Oct., 1898 ; she was next seen 
at the Broadway Theatre, on 13 Mar., 
1899, as Constance in " The Muske- 
teers " ; at Miner's, Fifth Avenue, 
12 Apr., 1899, she appeared as Heloise 
Tison in " Citizen Pierre " ; and at 
the Herald Square Theatre, 16 Sept., 
1899, she played the part of Mimi in 
" The Only Way " ; she next joined 
Charles Frohman's company at the 
Empire Theatre, as leading lady, 
and in that capacity played the follow- 
ing parts : Baroness Roydon in 
" Brother Officers " ; Millicent Den- 
bigh in " The Bugle Call " ; Mrs 
Dane in " Mrs. Dane's Defence/' in 
which she made an enormous hit ; 
Dora in " Diplomacy " ; Mabel 
Vaughan in " The Wilderness " ; 
Guiditta in " The Twin Sister " ; 
Gwendolen in *' The Importance of 
Being Earnest " ; and Margaret 
Fielding in " The Unforeseen " ; she 
then joined forces with Henry Miller, 
and in the autumn of 1903 toured in 
" The Devil's Disciple/' " Camille/' 
" The Aftermath/* " The Taming 
of Helen," and " Cynthia " ; she 
appeared in New York, at the Hudson 



Theatre, IS Apr., 1904, as Camille ; 
she next appeared at New Haven, 
Conn., in Nov., 1904, in " The Eternal 
Feminine " ; and at Albany, New 
York, in Jan., 1905, in " A Wife's 
Strategy " ; at Buffalo, New York, 
Mar., 1905, she played Zira ; and then 
fulfilled a " stock " engagement at 
San Francisco, where she played 
in " The Marriage of Kitty," " The 
Lad}'' Paramount/' " Frou-Frou/' 
" The Crossways," " Mariana," " The 
Second Mrs. Tanqueray," and several 
other plays ; at the Princess Theatre, 
New York, 21 Sept., 1905, she ap- 
peared as Hester Trent in " Zira " ; 
at the Broadway, New York, 8 Dec., 
1905, she was seen in " The Correct 
Tiling " ; at Chicago, 12 Apr., 1906, 
in " The Sabine Woman " ; and 
at Boston, 28 May, 1906, as Carey 
Fernald in " Young Fernald " ; at 
the Princess Theatre, New York, 3 
Oct., 1906, she appeared as Ruth 
Jordan in " The Great Divide " ; at 
the Lyric Theatre, New York, 15 Nov., 
she appeared as Lady Eastney in 
" Mrs. Dane's Defence," with Lena 
Ashwell in the part of Mrs. Dane, 
and on the following afternoon ap- 
peared in her old part of Mrs. Dane, 
Lena Ashwell appearing as Lady 
Eastney ; the two impersonations 
were most successful ; " The Great 
Divide " ran throughout the season of 
1906-7, and was revived at Daty's, New 
York, in Aug., 1907 ; at New Haven, 
Conn., Feb., 1908, appeared as Helen 
Richie in a new play entitled " The 
Awakening of Helena Richie " ; sub- 
sequently proceeded to Australia under 
the management of J. C. Williamson, 
where among other parts she appeared 
as Katherine in " The Taming of the 
Shrew," and Viola in " Twelfth 
Night " ; on her return to America, 
appeared at Savoy Theatre, N.Y., 
20 Sept., 1909, in "The Awakening 
of Helena Richie " ; at the Greek 
Theatre, Berkeley, CaL, 30 Jun., 1910, 
she appeared with great success in 
the title-rdle of Dean Plumtree's 
translation oE Sophocles' " Antigone " ; 
at Seattle, 5 Aug., 1910, played in 
" Shifting Sands " ; at New Britain, 

2 Jan., 19 11, appeared as Celia Faraday 
in " Green Stockings " ; at Detroit, 

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" The Rival " ; at Boston, 24 Mar., 
1911, appeared as Phaedra in " Hippo- 
lytus " ; subsequently toured in " Green 
Stockings" and "The Rival"; re- 
appeared in New York, at the Thirty- 
ninth Street Theatre, 2 Oct., 1911, in 
"Green Stockings"; at the Lyceum, 
Feb., 1912, played Lydia Gilmore in a 
play of that name ; at Albany, N.Y., 
Sept., 1912, appeared as Egypt 
Komello in "Egypt"; in 1913-14, 
toured with " Twelfth Night/ 1 " As 
You Like It/' " The Taming of the 
Shrew," and t( Antony and Cleopatra " ; 
appeared at the Hudson Theatre, New 
York, Mar., 1914, as Rosalind in " As 
You Like It/' Katharine in " The 
Taming of the Shrew/' Viola in 
" Twelfth Night/' and Mrs. Erlynne 
in " Lady Windermere's Fan " ; at 
the Lyceum, New York, Apr., 1915, 
played Beverley Dinwiddie in " Bever- 
ley's Balance "~; at the Greek Theatre, 
Berkeley, Oakland, Cal., Aug., 1915, 
appeared with great success as 
Iphigenia in " Iphigenia in Tauris/' 
and Medea in the tragedy of that name; 
at the Columbia, San Francisco, Oct., 

1915, played Mary of Magdala in 
" The Divine Friend " ; at the Alvin, 
Pittsburgh, Feb., 1916, Ida Compton 
in " The Voice of Gold " ; at the 
Fulton Theatre, New York, Apr., 

1916, played Mrs. Arbuthnot in " A 
Woman of No Importance " ' ; at the 
Empire, New York, Sept., 1916, 
Caroline Ashley in " Caroline " ; in 

1917, toured as Ida Conipton in " The 
Lioness " (" The Voice of Gold "), and 
in "vaudeville/* in "The Wager"; 
at the Playhouse, New York, Dec., 
1917, appeared as Betty Tarradine in 
" Billeted " ; at the Carnegie Hall, 
New York, Feb., 1918, appeared as 
Electrain " The Electra " of Sophocles, 
and as Medea ; at Powers 1 Theatre, 
Chicago, Jan., 1920, played Mrs. 
Vivian Hunt in " The Woman of 
Bronze " ; at the Columbia, San 
Francisco, Apr., 1920, Joan in " The 
Trial of Joan of Arc " ; at the Frazee 
Theatre, New York, Sept., 1920, 
Vivian Hunt in " The Woman of 
Bronze " ; at the Century Theatre, 
Mar., 1921, Joan in " Joan of Arc " ; 
at the Manhattan Opera House, Apr., 
1921, Clytemnestra in " Iphigenia in 
Aulis " ; at Rutland, Vt., Sept., 1924, 



Iris Bellamy in " Iris " ; in Oct., 1924, 
toured as Stephanie de Mohrivart in 
" Foot-Loose." Address : 67 East 
93rd Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

ANSELL, John, composer and con- 
ductor ; b. London, 26 Mar., 1874 ; 
e. London ; studied music at the 
Guildhall School, and continued his 
studies under Hamish McCunn ; has 
composed the music for several comic 
operas, ballets, songs, and orchestral 
pieces, also incidental music to all the 
plays produced at the Playhouse, 
1907-13, during which period he was 
musical director at that theatre ; ap- 
pointed musical director of the Alham- 
bra, Nov., 1913, remaining there in 
that capacity until 1920 ; joined 
Messrs. Grossmith and Laurillard at 
the Shaftesbury Theatre, Apr., 1920, 
for " The Little Whopper " ; was then 
appointed musical director at the 
Adelphi Theatre, Oct., 1920, for " The 
Naughty Princess " ; engaged by 
Messrs. Grossmith and Malone as 
musical director for the Winter Garden 
Theatre, 1921 ; also composed inciden- 
tal music for " The Taming of the 
Shrew " ; " The Finding of the 
Sword " (1908) ; composed the scores 
of " The Toy maker of Nuremberg," 
produced at the Playhouse, 16 Mar., 
1910 ; " Rip Van Winkle/ 1 Sept., 191 1, 
and " The King's Bride," produced at 
Kennington, 19 June, 19.11 ; which 
was reproduced as " Violette," at the 
Lyric Theatre, 1918 ; " Eastward 
Ho ! " (with Grace Torrens), 1919 ; 
arranged the music for " The Young 
Visitors," at the Court Theatre, 1920; 
is the composer of several popular 
orchestral suites, overtures, etc., not- 
ably " Danses Miniatures de Ballet," 
" The Elves' Wedding/' " Three Irish 
Dances," " Plymouth Hoe," " Chil- 
dren's Suite," <c Le Print emps," " Pri- 
vate Orthers," etc. Clubs : The Green 
Room and Savage. Address : Thorn 
Lodge, Mulgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey. 
Telephone No. : Sutton 297. 

ANSON, A. E., actor ; b. 14 Sept., 
1879 : s. of G. W. Anson ; m. (1) 
Deidre Doyle ; (2) Mary Mallison ; 
made his first appearance on the 
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1895, in " Vanity Fair " ; subsequently 
returned to school for three years, 
and then studied engineering ; re- 
turned to the stage in 1899, touring 
in " Jim the Penman " ; subsequently 
toured as Hawtree in " Caste," and 
in "A Brace of Partridges/' and 
had much experience with provincial 
and American companies and various 
London theatres ; carnein to promi- 
nence by his performances in Sir 
Herbert Tree's repertory company in 
1904 ; then toured with Haidee Gunn, 
and in " The Walls of Jericho " ; 
at the Lyric Theatre, 1905, played 
Brabantio in " Othello," and the 
same year toured in America with 
Viola Allen ; at the Comedy, Apr., 
1906, played Super Punch in Barrie's 
" Punch," and the part of Eustace 
Marrillier in " The Barrier," at the 
Comedy, Oct., 1907 ; at the New 
Theatre, 1908, played the Prince 
of Wales in " The Scarlet Pimpernel," 
George Armitage in " Matt o' Merry- 
mount," and at the same theatre, 
Jan., 1909, played the Due de Guise 
in " Henry of Navarre " ; at the 
Court Theatre, Feb., 1909, appeared 
as Sir Desmond Antrobus in " Strangers 
Within the Gates " ; appeared at the 
New Theatre, New York, Nov., 1909, 
to Nov., 1910, as Octavius Caesar in 
" Antony and Cleopatra," Edgar 
Anthony in " Strife," Joseph Surface 
in " The School for Scandal," Ford 
in " The Merry Wives of Windsor," 
and Thaddeus Mortimore in " The 
Thunderbolt " ; in Feb., 1911, appeared 
at the same theatre, as John Frampton 
in " Nobody's Daughter," subse- 
quently playing Stephen in " Don " 
and Leontes in " The Winter's Tale " ; 
in Apr., 1911, in conjunction with 
Frank Gillmore, played a " stock " 
starring engagement at Buffalo, New 
York, appearing in " The Liars," 
" Jack Straw," " The Walls of Jericho," 
" The Warrens of Virginia," " Old 
Heidelberg," and " Romeo and Juliet " ; 
in the autumn, toured with Ethel 
Barrymore, as Henry Thresk in " The 
Witness for the Defence," appearing 
in the same part at the Empire 
Theatre, New York, 4 Dec., 1911; 
at the Hudson Theatre, Feb., 1912, 
played Geoffrey Rudel in " The Lady 
of Dreams " ; subsequently played 



in " vaudeville/' in sketch " 1690," 
of which he was the author ; appeared 
at the Duke of York's, London, 
Oct., 1912, as Sir John Hunslett in 
" The Widow of Wasdale Head " ; 
returned to America, and at the 
Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York, 
Feb., 1913, played Cornelius Van 
Tuyl in " Romance " ; at the Criterion, 
New York, Nov., 1913, Red Mike in 
" The Man Inside " ; at the Harris 
Theatre, New York, Oct., 1914, Judge 
Massingale in " The Salamander " 
at the Comedy, New York, Nov., 1914 
Kenneth Maxwell in "At the Barn " 
at the Booth Theatre, Jan., 1915, Peter 
Hale in " Children of Earth " ; at 
the Duke of York's, London, Oct., 
1915, played Cornelius Van Tuyl 
in " Romance " ; in 1916, took his 
own company to South Africa, playing 
" The Barton Mystery," " Dorothy 
o' the Hall," " The Hawk," and 
" Children of Earth " ; at the Comedy, 
New York, Oct., 1917, played Beverley 
in " The Barton Mystery " ; at the 
Liberty Theatre, Nov., 1917, Sir 
Philip Graf ton in " The Wooing of 
Eve"; at Washington, Aug., 1918, 
played in " Among those Present " ; 
at "the Harris Theatre, New York, 
Oct., 1918, appeared as Count Erik 
Helsinger in " The Riddle, Woman " ; 
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, 
Dec., 1919, as Andrea in " Carnival " ; 
at the Fulton Theatre, Mar., 1920, 
as The Piper in the play of that name ; 
at the Playhouse, New York, Feb., 
1921, reappeared as Van Tuyl in a 
revival of " Romance " ; at the Globe 
Theatre, London, May, 1922, played 
Robert Gore in " Eileen " ; again 
returned to America, and at the 
Lyceum, New York, Dec., 1922, played 
the Duke of Venice in " The Merchant 
of Venice " ; at the Forty-fourth 
Street Theatre, Apr., 1923, Jaques in 
"As You Like It"; at Greenwich 
Village, Nov., 1923, Witzel in " White 
Cargo " ; at the Frazee, Jan., 1924, 
Wallace Kent in "The Road 
Together." 



ANSPACHER, Louis K., dramatic 
author ; &. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Mar., 
1878 ; e. New York and Columbia Law 
School ; m. Kathryn Kidder ; is the 
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and Isolde/' 1904 ; " Apartments 
to Let," 1905 ; " The Embarrassment 
of Riches," 1906 ; " Anna and the 
Archduke John," 1907 ; "A Woman 
of Impulse/' 1909;" The Glass House/' 
1911 ; " The Washerwoman Duchess/' 
1913 ; " Our Children," 1914 ; " The 
Unchastened Woman/' 1915 ; " The 
Ghost Between," 1920 ; " That Day/' 
1922 ; " Dagmar " (from the Hun- 
garian), 1923 ; was formerly an actor, 
and for some years was known as a 
lecturer on political matters and 
dramatic literature. 

ANSTEY, F. (pen name of Thomas 
Anstey Guthrie), novelist, humorist, 
and dramatist ; b. London, 8 Aug., 
1856 ; e.s, of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, 
Kensington ; e. King's College School 
and Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; called 
to the Bar, 1880 ; author of " Vice- 
Versa/' dramatised by the late Edward 
Rose, " The Tinted Venus/' " The Man 
from Blankley's," first produced at the 
Prince of Wales's, 1900, and revived 
at Haymarket, 1906 ; " Lyre and 
Lancet/' produced at the Royalty, 
1902, "The Brass Bottle/' produced 
at Vaudeville, 1909, and a new version 
of " Vice- Versa," produced at the 
Comedy, 1910 ; his book, " Love 
Among the Lions," was dramatised 
and produced in America during 1910 ; 
has written novels, including " The 
Giant's Robe," " A Fallen Idol," " The 
Pariah," " The Talking Horse," " Lyre 
and Lancet," " A Bayard from Ben- 
gal," and humorous tales and sketches, 
most of which have appeared in Punch. 
Recreation ; Cycling. Address : 60 
Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, 
W.I. 

ANSTRUTHER, Harold, actor ; 

b. London ; made Ms first appearance 
on the professional stage with the 
Orpheum Players, at Chestnut Street 
Theatre, Philadelphia, May, 1909 ; 
made Ms first appearance in New 
York, Mar., 1910, in small parts in 
" Macbeth," with Ben Greet's company ; 
subsequently played with J. K. 
Hackettin '* Monsieur Beaucaire," and 
with Fred Terry and Julia Neilson 
appeared at the Knickerbocker, New 
York, in "The Scarlet Pimpernel " 



and *' Henry of Navarre " ; made his 
first appearance on the London stage, 
at the New Theatre, 2 Jan., 1911, 
as Harry Waite in " The Scarlet 
Pimpernel " ; at the Playhouse, Feb., 

1912, appeared in " The Second in 
Command " ; and he then fulfilled 
several provincial engagements ; ap- 
peared at the Court Theatre, June, 

1913, as Roux in " The Question " ; 
after being invalided out of the Army, 
July, 1917, appeared at the Chelsea 
Palace, Sept., 1917, as Captain Von 
Kellner in " The Doctor's Duel," and 
subsequently toured in " My Uncle the 
J.P." ; during 1918, was touring with 
Violet Vanbrugh as Archer Kingston 
in " Trimmed in Scarlet," and Sir 
Granville Pomeroy in " Mrs. Pomeroy's 
Reputation " ; made a great success 
when he appeared at the Court Theatre, 
Feb., 1920, as Bernard Clark in " The 
Young Visiters " ; at the Kingsway, 
May, 1920, played George Demarest in 
a revival of " Within the Law," and at 
the Apollo, July, 1920, Lord Lad- 
borough in " Cherry " ; subsequently 
went to the United States, and made 
his first appearance in New York, at 
the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, 29 
Nov., 1920, as Bernard Clark in " The 
Young Visiters " ; in 1921-2, toured in 
the United States in " The Haunted 
House," " Tangerine," and " Desert 
Sands " ; on returning to London, 
appeared at the Regent, June, 1923, 
as Ray Warrenton in " Robert E, 
Lee " ; at the Everyman, Oct., 1923, 
played Francis Worgan in " What the 
Public Wants " ; at the Court, Nov., 
1923, Lord Reginald Simplex in " Our 
Ostriches " ; at the Lyric, Hammer- 
smith, Feb., 1924, Fainall in " The 
Way of the World " ; has written 
several short stories. Recreations : 
Tennis, riding, and fishing. Club : 
Authors'. Address : 24 A Gloucester 
Road, S.W.7. Telephone No.: Western 
2934. 

ANTONY^ Efflda, actress ; b. Santi- 
ago, Chili, 13 JuL, 1886 ; d. of Grace 
(Bolton) and Cav. Daniele Antonietti ; 
e. privately ; m. Owen Roughwood ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Vaudeville Theatre, 26 Dec., 
1900, as The Red Knight in the 
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subsequently toured as Bluebell in 
" Bluebell in Fairyland " ; toured as 
Lady Mabel in " An English Daisy/' 
1902 ; at Terry's, 1903, played Lavinia 
in "A Lille Princess " ; appeared at 
the Vaudeville in " Quality Street " 
and " The Cherry Girl " ; toured as 
Aurora Brue in " Sergeant Brae," and 
Carlotta in " The Morals of Marcus " ; 
at the Haymarket Theatre, 1907, ap- 
peared as Elizabeth in " The Educa- 
tion of Eh'zabeth " ; at the Queen's, 
Feb., 1908, played Hilda Bouverie in 
" Stingaree " ; at the Playhouse, Apr., 
1908, played Odette in " Pro Tern." ; 
and at the Aldwych Theatre, Sept., 

1908, appeared -as Emma Brooks in 
" Paid in Full " ; at the Garrick, Oct., 
190$, played Kitty Bailey in " Mrs. 
Bailey's Debts " ; appeared at the 
Empire, Feb., 1909, in "A Blank 
Cheque " ; at His Majesty's, Nov., 

1909, played Guiliettain " Beethoven," 
antf in Dec., appeared as Molly in 
" Pinkie and the Fairies " ; at the 
Kingsway, Oct., 1910, played Lydia 
Neale in " Company for George " ; 
at His Majesty's, Dec., 1911, played 
Venus in " Orpheus in the Under- 
ground " ; at the Adelphi, May, 1912, 
played Lady Ulleswater in " Autumn 
Manoeuvres " ; at the New Theatre, 
Aug., 1912, Grace Tyler in "Ready 
Money " ; at the Aldwych, Feb., 

1913, Katherina Ivanovna in " The 
Brothers Karamazov " ; at His Ma- 
jesty's, Sept., 1913, played A Singer 
in " Joseph and His Brethren " ; at 
the Globe, Oct., 1913, Princess Toren- 
tini in " People Like Ourselves " ; in 

1914, toured with Lewis Waller as 
Anne of Austria in " The Three Mus- 
keteers " ; at the Duke of York's 
Theatre, Mar., 1916, played Pearl 
Burke in " Jerry " ; at Kennington, 
Sept., 1916, Hortense Drake in 
" Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model " ; 
from 1917-19, toured as Constance 
Morel in " Seven Days Leave " ; at 
the Scala, Dec., 1923, played Komari 
in " Almond Eye " ; in Aug., 1924, 
toured as Clare Wilding in " The 
Under Dog." Favourite part : Car- 
lotta in " The Morals of Marcus." 
Recreations : Music, tennis, and boat- 
ing. Address : 5 Rosernont Mansions, 
Lithos Road, Hampstead, N.W.3. 
Telephone No. : Hampstead 401. 



AEBEMSA, Stella, actress; b. 
Petrograd, 27 Sept., 1890; d. of 
Robert Cattley Whishaw and his wife 
Emily Mary (Law-Gisiko) ; is a great 
grand- daughter of the late Lord 
Ellenborough ; e. Petrograd ; m. Baron 
Paul Meyendorff ; studied elocution 
under Osarovsky, producer at the Im- 
perial Alexander Theatre, Petrograd, 
and singing, with Madame Slavina, 
of the Imperial Opera; prior to the 
revolution in Russia, 1917, was well 
known as an amateur actress ; after 
the revolution adopted the stage 
professionally, and made her first 
appearance at the late Imperial 
Alexander Theatre, Petrograd, 30 
Apr., 1918, as Catherine in " The 
Storm " ; in Oct., 1918, was arrested 
and imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, but 
escaped in Dec., 1918, and crossed to 
Esthonia ; appeared at Reval, Esthonia, 
from Dec., 1918, to July, 1921, playing 
a repertory of over one hundred parts, 
ranging from Liza in " Pygmalion " 
to " L'Aiglon," " Salome " and " La 
Dame aux Camelias " ; appeared in 
Berlin, 1921-22, at Max Reinhardt's 
theatres, and at the Renaissance, 
Berlin, Dec., 1922, to June, 1923 ; she 
made her first appearance on the Lon- 
don stage at the Haymarket, 23 Aug., 

1923, as Antoinette de Mauban in 
" The Prisoner of Zenda " ; at the 
Regent (for the Phoenix Society), Mar., 

1924, played Regan in " King Lear " ; 
June, 1924 (also for the Phoenix), 
Silvia in " The Old Bachelor " ; at 
the St. Martin's, June, 1924, played 
Madame de Charridre in " In the Next 
Room " ; at the Court, July, 1924, 
Valentina in " A Surplus Man " ; has 
also appeared on the cinema stage. 
Recreations : Motoring, tennis, and 
riding. Address : 72 Greencroft 
Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.6. Tele- 
phone No. : Hampstead 1214. 

AEBUCKLE, Maclyn, actor; b. in 
Texas, July 9, 1866; e. Glasgow, 
Scotland, and Boston, Mass.; m. 
Elizabeth Sheldon Carlisle; called 
to the Bar in 1887, but forsook the 
law for the stage in the following year, 
making his first appearance on the 
stage at Shreveport, La., 25 Dec., 
1888, in " The Emigrant,'* with Peter 
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1888 to 1892, supported R. D. McLean 
in a round of " legitimate " roles ; 
1892-4, with Charles Frohman's com- 
pany, playing in " Men and Women " 
and " The Girl I Left Behind Me " ; 
1895-6, played with the Frawley 
Stock Company in San Francisco ; 
1896, toured as Marc Antony with 
Louis James ; 1896-7, toured in " The 
Man from Mexico " under Charles 
Frohman ; made his first appearance 
in London, at the Strand Theatre, 
May, 1898, in " Why Smith Left 
Home," subsequently appearing in 
the same part in New York ; after 
playing a " stock " engagement at 
San Francisco, made his d6but as a 
star, at the Republic Theatre, New 
York, in Dec., 1900, in " The Sprightly 
Romance of Marsac " ; was next seen 
at the Garden Theatre, Feb., 1901, 
as the Earl of Rockingham in " Under 
Two Flags," with Blanche Bates ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, 24 May, 
1901, appeared as Antonio in "The 
Merchant of Venice " ; at the Garrick 
Theatre, 4 May, 1903, played George 
Washington Skipper in " Skipper and 
Co., Wall Street " ; at Wallack's, 24 
Nov., 1903, appeared as Jim Hackler 
in " The County Chairman," in which 
he continued to play until 1907 ; 
meanwhile, however, he appeared 
for a single performance, at the 
Criterion, New York, 8 Feb., 1904, as 
Noah Quale in " The Triumph of 
Love " ; at the New Amsterdam 
Theatre, 26 Aug., 1907, appeared as 
" Slim Hoover " in " The Round 
Up"; at Chicago, 28 Aug., 1909, 
played Hime Look in " The Circus 
Man " ; at the Bijou, New York, 
12 Sept., 1910, appeared as Colonel 
Jim Scott in " Welcome to our City " ; 
subsequently toured in the " vaude- 
ville " theatres in a sketch entitled " The 
Welcher"; at Washington, D.C., Dec., 
1911, played Art. C. Hoke in "The 
Reform Candidate"; in 1912 again 
toured in " The County Chairman " ; 
at Boston, Sept., 1913, played in 
" The Merry Martyr " ; at the Cort 
Theatre, Chicago, Dec., 1914, appeared 
in " The New Henrietta " ; from 
1915-17, toured in the same play, 
with W. H. Crane ; at the Broadhurst 
Theatre, New York, Sept., 1917, 
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alliance " ; Dec., 1917, Brabazon 
Tudway in a revival of " Lord and 
Lady Algy " ; at the Playhouse, 
New' York, Nov., 1918, " Doc " 
Townsend in " Home Again " ; at 
the New Amsterdam, Dec., 1918, 
Fairfax in " When a Feller Needs a 
Friend " ; at the Republic, Nov., 
1920, Henry Daniel Dumplins in 
" Daddy Dumplins " ; at the Century, 
Jan., 1921, Commander Mowbray in 
" In the Night Watch " ; at the 
Broadhurst, Sept., 1922, Father Joe 
in " Wild Oats Lane " ; at the Forty- 
eighth Street Theatre, May, 1923, Sir 
Anthony Absolute in " The Rivals " ; 
at the Empire, New York, June, 1924, 
Stingo in " She Stoops to Conquer." 
Club : Lambs'. Recreations : Fishing, 
sketching, and farming. Address : 
Lambs' Club, 130 West 44th Street, 
New York City. 

ARKELL, Elizabeth, actress; b. 
Maidstone ; d. of Edwin Evans ; e. 
Hamont and Louvain, Belgium ; m. 
Reginald Arkell ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at the Royalty, 
Glasgow, with the Glasgow Repertory 
Company, as Prunella in the play of 
that name ; made her first appearance 
in London, at the Strand Theatre, 
1914, as Colombine in the one-act play 
of that name ; subsequently succeeded 
Hilda Bayley as Nang-Ping in " Mr. 
Wu " ; did not act during the war ; 
in 1919, joined the Reandean Company, 
and in Feb., 1920, appeared at the 
Little Theatre, under Vedrenne and 
Vernon ; was one of the original 
members of the " Grand Guignol " 
company at the Little Theatre, Sept., 
1920, playing Cinders in " Oh, Hell ! ", 
the child in " The Shortest Story of 
All," the child in " The Sisters' 
Tragedy " ; Victoria in " The Man in 
Mary's Room," Polly in " The Tragedy 
of Punch," Louise in " The Old 
Women," etc. ; at the Royalty, 1922, 
appeared in " The Green Cord " ; at 
the Shaftesbury, Dec., 1923, played 
Winnie Entwhistle in " The Rising 
Generation " ; at the Everyman, Sept., 
1924, Essie in " The Devil's Disciple." 
Recreation : Riding. Address : 17 
Selwood Terrace, Onslow Gardens, 
S.W.7. Telephone No. : Kensington 
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ARKELL, Regifiald, dramatic author 
and lyrist ; b. Lechlade, Gloucestershire, 
14 Oct., 1882 ; s. of Daniel Arkell; 
m. Elizabeth Evans ; contributed light 
verse and articles to all the leading 
magazines, and notably to London 
Opinion, Bystander, Pan, etc. ; for the 
last-mentioned wrote a successful series 
of articles entitled " Somebodies and 
Nobodies " ; his first play, " Colom- 
bine," was produced at Brighton in 
1912, and subsequently at the Strand, 
London, 1913, and in New York; 
during the war served with the King's 
Own Yorks L.I. and Norfolk Regt. ; 
was demobilised in 1919 ; part author 
of " Oh, Hell ! " and " The Tragedy of 
Punch " (with. Russell Thorndike), 
1920 ; lyrics of " Jumble Sale," 1920'; 
" Now and Then/' 1921 ; " Kiki " 
(" The Glad Eye "), 1921 ; part 
author (with Robert Evett) of " The 
Last Waltz," 1922 ; (with Fred de 
Gresac) " Catherine," 1923 ; (with 
Harold Simpson and Douglas Furber) 
" Little Revue Starts at Nine o'Clock," 
1923 ; (with Louis N. Parker) " Our 
Nell," 1924 ; author of the lyrics of 
" Frasquita," 1924 ; several volumes of 
his light verse have been published. 
Recreations : Walking and talking. 
Club : Savage. Address : 17 Selwood 
Terrace, Onslow Gardens, S.W.7. Tele- 
phone No. : Kensington 2988. 

ARLISS, GEORGE, actor ; b. Lon- 
don, 10 Apr., 1868 ; 5. of William 
Arliss-Andrews, printer and pub- 
lisher of London ; e. in London ; m. 
Florence Montgomery, at Harrow 
Weald, England, 16 Sept., 1899; 
made his first appearance on the 
stage at the Elephant and Castle 
Theatre, London, in 1887, under the 
management of J. A. Cave ; his first 
play was entitled " The Wild Rabbit," 
and was produced at Wolverhampton, 
England, Jan., 1899, being subse- 
quently produced at the Criterion, 
London, 25 July, 1899 ; as an actor 
he gained experience in all kinds of 
parts, playing throughout the English 
provinces. Eventually he returned to 
London, engaged by Messrs. A. and 
S. Gatti, who were then managing 
the Adelphi and Vaudeville theatres ; 
while playing with Mrs. Patrick 
Campbell, at the Royalty Theatre, 



he determined to visit America, and 
toured as a member of her company 
(1901) ; he signed a contract with 
David Belasco to join his forces at 
the close of the American tour with 
Mrs. Campbell, and he assumed the 
rdle of the Japanese potentate, Zak- 
kuri, in " The Darling of the Gods," 
with Blanche Bates, at the Belasco 
Theatre, 3 Dec., 1902 ; later he passed 
under the management of Harrison 
Grey Fiske, and appeared with Mrs. 
Fiske in " Becky Sharp," " Leah 
Kleschna," " Hedda Gabler," " Eyes 
of the Heart " (written by Mrs. Fiske), 
and " The New York Idea." Engaged 
for the season of 1907-8 to play with 
Mrs. Fiske in repertoire ; at the Lyric, 
New York, 30 Dec., 1907, played Ulric 
Brendel in " Rosmersholm " ; at the 
Belasco Theatre, 18 Aug., 1908, 
appeared as The Devil in the play 
of that name ; at the Hackett Theatre, 
22 Nov., 1909, played the title-rdle in 
" Septimus " ; at Chicago, 9 May, 

1910, appeared in " When We Two 
Write History " ; at Montreal, 23 Jan., 

1911, played the titlz-rdle in Louis 
N. Parker's play, " Disraeli," subse- 
quently touring in the same play, and 
appearing at Wallack's Theatre, New 
York, in the same part, 18 Sept., 1911 ; 
during 1912-15 toured in the same play ; 
at the Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, 
Dec., 1915, appeared as Nicolo Pag- 
anini in " Pagaiiini " ; he toured in 
this during 1916, and also appeared 
in the same part at the Criterion 
Theatre, New York, Sept., 1916 ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Feb., 
1917, played Professor Goodwillie in 
" The Professor's Love Story " ; Sept., 

1917, appeared as Alexander Hamilton 
in " Hamilton," and toured in this, 
1918 ; at the Century Theatre, May, 

1918, appeared as the Doctor in 
" Out There " ; during 1919, toured 
as Tom Kemp in " The Mollusc," and 
Mr. Don in "A Well Remembered 
Voice"; at the Park, New York, 
Sept., 1920, appeared as Poldekin in 
a play of that name ; at the Booth 
Theatre, Jan., 1921, played the Rajah 
of Rukh in " The Green Goddess " ; 
reappeared in London, after an absence 
of twenty-two years, at the St. James's, 
6 Sept., 1923, in the same part, when 
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returned to America, and at the Ritz 
Theatre, New York, Dec., 1924, 
played Sylvanus Heythorp in " Old 
English " ; is the author of " Widow's 
Weeds," produced at the Empire, Lon- 
don, 5 Dec., 1910 ; also of " There and 
Back," " The West End/' " Hamilton" 
(with Mrs. Harnlin). Clubs : Players 3 
and Coffee House (New York), Garrick 
and the Green Room (London). 
A ddress : The Cottage, Wealdstone, 
Middlesex, England. 

ARMSTRONG, William, actor; b. 
Edinburgh, 30 Nov., 1882 ; s. of John 
Armstrong and his wife Annie (Tait) ; 
e. Edinburgh University ; studied for 
the musical profession, and was for 
some time a schoolmaster ; secured 
his early tuition with F, R. Benson, 
and made his first appearance on the 
stage at the Stratford Memorial Thea- 
tre, Apr., 1908, as Jamy in " Henry 
V " ; made his first appearance on the 
London stage at His Majesty's Theatre, 
26 June, 1909, as Cinna In " Julius 
Caesar " ; subsequently toured in 
Germany with Mdme. Meta Illing's 
English company ; during 1910-12 was 
a member of the Glasgow Repertory 
Theatre Company, also officiating as 
stage-manager ; toured in the United 
States in "Milestones," 1912-13; 
appeared at the Ambassadors' Theatre, 
1913, in " Mdlle. Fifi," and " A Daugh- 
ter of France " ; at the Little Theatre, 
Jan., 1914, played Lord Reginald 
Fitzambey in " The Music Cure " ; 
was engaged at the Liverpool Reper- 
tory Theatre, 1914-16, playing such 
leading parts as Eugene Marchbanks 
in " Candida," Dubedat in " The 
Doctor's Dilemma " ; Don in the play 
of that name, Malise in " The Fugi- 
tive " ; Welwyn in " The Pigeon," 
Hialmar in " The Wild Duck," etc. ; 
appeared with the company at the 
Kingsway Theatre, May, 1915, in 
" The Kiss Cure," " Cousin Kate," 
" A Bit o' Love," etc, ; appeared at 
the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 
1916 ; at the Ambassadors', June, 1917, 
played Lignol in " The Three Daugh- 
ters of Monsieur Dupont " ; during 
1917-19, toured the Camp Theatres 
under the N.A.C.B., management; 
during 1919, toured with J. B. Fagan's 
Company as Aguecheek in "Twelfth 



Night," and Crabtree in " The School 
for Scandal"; in Sept., 1920, was a 
member of the Everyman Theatre 
Repertory Company ; at the Court, 
Dec., 1920, played Flute in " A Mid- 
summer Night's Dream," and Feb., 
1921, Davy and Poins in " King Henry 
IV " (part II) ; at the Everyman, 
May, 1921, played Octavius in " Man 
and Superman " ; at the Lyceum, 
July, 1921, Slaney in " Abraham 
Lincoln " ; at the New, Aug., 1921, 
the French Nobleman in " Christopher 
Sly " ; during 1922, toured with Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell, playing Lovborg in 
" Hedda Gabler " ; appointed pro- 
ducer to the Liverpool Repertory 
Theatre, Aug., 1922, and was made 
Director of the theatre, 1923. Address: 
Green Room Club, Leicester Square, 
W.C.2. 

ARNA.UD, Yvonne, actress and 
vocalist ; b. Paris, 20 Dec., 1892 ; 
d. of Antoinette (de Montegut) and 
Charles Leon Arnaud ; e. Paris ; m. 
Hugh McLellaii ; in 1905 gained 
first prize for piano playing at 
Paris Conservatoire, subsequently 
touring in Europe and the United 
States as a youthful prodigy ; had 
no special preparation for the stage 
and made her first appearance on 
any stage at the Adelphi Theatre, 
7 Aug., 1911, when she played the part 
of Princess Mathilde in " The Quaker 
Girl," and remained at the Adelphi, 
three months ; she made an immediate 
success when at the Lyric, 5 Sept., 

1912, she appeared as Suzanne in 
" The Girl in the Taxi " ; appeared at 
the same theatre, Sept., 1913, as Zara 
in " Love and Laughter " ; Nov., 

1913, as Suzanne in a revival of " The 
Girl in the Taxi " ; Dec., 1913, as 
Etelka Von Basewitz in " The Girl 
Who Didn't " ; Apr., 1914, as Noisette 
in " Mam'selle Tralala " ; at the 
Garrick, Jan., 1915, as Suzanne in a 
further revival of " The Girl in the 
Taxi " ; Mar., 1915, as Yvonne Dau- 
vray in " Excuse Me " ; June, 1915, 
as Noisette in " Oh ! Be Careful ! " 
(" Mam'selle Tralala ") ; at the Duke 
of York's, Nov., 1915, played Phry- 
nette in a revival of " L' Enfant 
Prodigue " ; subsequently played the 
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at several performances ; Mar., 1916, 
played Kitty Pearson in " Jerry " ; 
at the Garrick, Feb., 1918, Clara in 
" La Volonte de I'Honime" ; at the 
Kingsway, Sept., 1918, Lucille de 
Vivonne in " A Week-End " ; at the 
Winter Garden, May, 1919, Georgette 
St. Pol in " Kissing Time " ; at the 
Adelphi, Oct., 1920, Chiquette in 
" The Naughty Princess " ; at the 
Duke of York's, June, 1921, Mrs. 
Rosalind Fessenden in " The Wrong 
Number"; Nov., 1921, Teresa, 
Countess Guiccioli in " The Pilgrim 
of Eternity *' ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Apr., 1922, Louise Allington in " Tons 
of Money," which ran there and at the 
Aldwych for nearly two years ; at 
His Majesty's, Sept., 1924, played 
Marthe in " The Royal Visitor " ; 
subsequently appeared in variety 
theatres in " You Can't Beat Them." 
Address : 1 Hinde House, Manchester 
Square, W.I. Telephone No. : May- 
fair, 4737. 

ARTHUR, Julia, actress; b. in 
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 3 May, 
1869; d. of T. J. Lewis; m. B. P. 
Cheney, Jun. ; had some experience as 
an amateur before she made her pro- 
fessional d&but in 1883 ; she made her 
first appearance on the stage with the 
late Daniel E. Bandmann, and during 
her early touring days she was very 
successful as Portia, Juliet, Desdemona, 
and Ophelia, all played under that 
actor's management ; she toured all 
over the United States before she was 
twenty ; one of her earliest appear- 
ances in New York was at the Union 
Square Theatre, 24 Aug., 1891, when 
she played the part of Queen Fortu- 
netta in " The Black Masque " ; at 
Palmer's Theatre, 3 Feb., 1892, she 
appeared as Jeanne Torquenie in " A 
Broken Seal " (" A Village Priest ") ; 
29 Mar., 1892, she appeared at Palmer's 
as Madame Dupres in "A Modern 
St. Anthony " ; 5 Feb., 1893, as 
Lady Windermere in " Lady Winder- 
mere's Fan " ; and 1 May, 1893, as 
Mercedes in T. Bailey Aldrich's play 
of that name ; at the American 
Theatre, 22 May, 1893, she played 
Rose in " The Prodigal Daughter " ; 
and 15 May, 1894, Mary Lisle in 
" Sister Mary " ; she then came to 



England, and made her first appearance 
on the London stage at the Lyceum 
Theatre, under the late Sir Henry 
Irving, on 1 July, 1895, as Rosamund 
de Clifford in a revival of " Becket " ; 
on 4 July, she played Hero in " Much 
Ado About Nothing " ; and 15 July 
she appeared as Emilie de L'Esparre 
in " The Corsican Brothers " ; she 
then accompanied the Lyceum Com- 
pany to America, and at Abbey's 
Theatre, New York, 4 Nov., 1895, 
she played the part of Elaine in 
" King Arthur " ; at Chicago, 13 
Mar., 1896, she played in the first 
production of Laurence living's play, 
" Godefroi and Yolande " ; on her 
return to England she played the 
following parts at the Lyceum 
Theatre : Lady Anne in " King 
Richard III " (19 Dec., 1896) ; Imogen 
in " Cymbeline " (26 Dec., 1896) ; 
Sophia in "Olivia" (30 Jan., 1897) ; 
and Princess Elisa in " Madame Sans- 
Gene " (10 Apr., 1897) ; she then 
returned to America and made her 
first appearance as a " star," at Detroit, 
Mich., on 4 Oct., 1897, as Clorinda 
Wildairs in "A Lady of Quality " ; 
she played the same part, for the 
first time in New York, at Wallack's 
Theatre, 1 Nov., 1897 ; at the same 
theatre in Nov., 1898, she appeared 
as Parthenia in " Ingomar," and 
Rosalind in "As You Like It " ; and 
the following month played the part 
of Galatea in " Pygmalion and Gala- 
tea " ; at the Broadway Theatre, 
24 Sept., 1899, appeared as Josephine 
in " More than Queen " ; she then 
retired from the stage, and was not 
seen again in public until she appeared 
at the Boston Theatre, Boston, 6 Nov., 
1914, as Mercedes in the play of that 
name ; reappeared on the professional 
stage at the Academy of Music, 
Baltimore, 25 Oct., 1915, as the 
Woman in " The Eternal Magdalene," 
appearing in the same part at the 
Forty- eighth Street Theatre, New 
York, 1 Nov., 1915 ; at the Criterion, 
New York, Jan., 1917, appeared as 
Seremonda in a tragedy of that name ; 
at the Palace, New York, May, 1917, 
played in " Liberty Aflame " ; at 
the Century, May, 1918, appeared as 
The Nurse in " Out There " ; at the 
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Cheveley in " An Ideal Husband " ; 
at the Apollo, New York, Feb., 1921, 
as Lady Macbeth in " Macbeth " ; 
in 1924, toured as Joan of Arc in 
" Saint Joan." 

ARTHUR, Paul, actor, 6. 19 July, 
1859 ; made his first appearance on 
the stage with the late Edwin Booth, 
subsequently played with Lotta, etc. 
At the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New 
York, 2 Apr., 1883, he played in 
" Cinderella at School " ; in 1887 
he toured in *' Held by the Enemy " ; 
and at the Bijou Opera House, New 
York, 12 Sept., 1887, he played in 
" A Circus in Town " ; at the Bijou, 
1891, he played in "The Nominee" 
(" The Candidate ") ; at Madison 
Square, 3 Aug., 1891, he appeared as 
Charles Shackleton in the first Ameri- 
can performance of " Jane/' and in 
Oct. played the part of Tom Rayner 
in " The Better Part " ; at Palmer's, 
New York, 14 Nov., 1892, he appeared 
as Sheridan in Bronson Howard's 
" Aristocracy " ; in 1893 he played 
in " Squirrel Inn/' " Shadows/' and 
" Hal o' the Hall," and in 1894 toured 
in " The Sleep-walker " ; in the same 
year he was also seen at the Casino, 
New York, in " The Passing Show " 
and " The Little Trooper " (" Trooper 
Clairette ") . He made his first appear- 
ance on the London stage at the 
Gaiety, 13 July, 1896, when he ap- 
peared as Theo in " My Girl " ; at 
the Garrick, in Feb., 1897, he was 
seen in " My Friend the Prince," 
and then returned to New York, 
where he appeared at the Manhattan 
Theatre in Oct., 1897, in " A Night 
Session " ; returning to London in 
1898, he was seen at the Court Theatre 
in " Trelawney of the Wells," " His 
Excellency the Governor," and "When 
a Man's in Love " ; at the Vaudeville, 
1 Dec., 1898, he appeared in "On and 
Off/* and returned to the Court the 
following year to play in " A Royal 
Family"; in 1901 he joined the 
Haymarket company under Cyril 
Maude and Frederick Harrison, and 
played Young Marlow in " She Stoops 
to Conquer," Captain Absolute in 
" The Rivals," and Charles Surface in 
"The School for Scandal"; at the 
Shaftesbury Theatre, 12 Sept., 1901, 



he made a great success as George 
Fisher in " Are You a Mason ? " ; 
at the Shaftesbury, June, 1902, played 
Oliver Bunson in " The Grass Widow " ; 
he was seen at the Criterion on 24 
Mar., 1903, in " The Altar of Friend- 
ship," and then joined Mrs. Langtry 
for a provincial and American tour ; 
at the Camden Theatre, 14 Nov., 
1903, he played Captain Bering in 
" Mrs. Bering's Divorce/' and at the 
Prince of Wales's, 2 Jan., 1905, he 
succeeded Aubrey Fitzgerald as Bill 
Stratford in " Lady Madcap " ; at the 
Waldorf Theatre, 17 Feb., 1906, he 
was once more seen as Young Marlow 
in " She Stoops to Conquer " ; at 
the Apollo Theatre, 22 Jan., 1907, 
he made a hit by his playing of the 
part of Oliver Thorpe in " The 
Stronger Sex " ; appeared at the 
Aldwych, 1908, in " Paid in Full," 
and at the New in " Bellamy the 
Magnificent " ; at Terry's, Apr., 1909, 
played the Hon. Alaric Dawley in 
" Artful Miss Dearing " ; at the 
Adeiphi, Dec., 1909, appeared as 
Walter Brand in " The King's Cup " ; 
at the Criterion, 4 Jan., 1911, appeared 
as Frank Bolt in "Is Matrimony a 
Failure ? " same theatre, Nov., 1912, 
played Richard Temple, K.C., in 
"Where there's a Will "; at the 
Globe, Apr., 1913, appeared as Dick 
Broderick in " Vanity " ; at the 
Kingsway, Apr., 1915, played Wil- 
loughby Woods in " Advertisement " ; 
at the Playhouse, Jan., 1916, Cyrus P. 
Murdoch in " Please Help Emily " ; 
at the Haymarket, Sept., 1916, Ira P. 
Blodgett in " Mr. Jubilee Drax " ; 
Nov., 1916, Joseph Tollinder in " The 
Widow's Might " ; at the Queen's, 
Sept., 1917, played Cornelius Jeff coat 
Bay ne in " The Off-Chance " ; at 
the Savoy, Feb., 1918, Clarence 
Van'Dusen in "Nothing but the 
Truth " ; at the St. Martin's, Dec., 
1919, Eustace Pennington in "A 
Dear Little Lady " ; at the St. 
James's, Mar., 1921, " Commo- 
dore " Bob Barker in "Polly With 
a Past"; at the Lyric, Oct., 1921, 
Eb. Hooker in " Welcome Stranger " ; 
at the Playhouse, Aug., 1923, Baron 
Peron in " Enter Kiki ! " Address : 
17 John Street, Adeiphi, W.C.2. 
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ARTHUR, Robert, manager ; began 
Ms theatrical career at T.R., Glasgow ; 
was for some time acting manager for 
H. Cecil Beryl ; in 1885, was business 
manager for Miss Jennie Lee ; at 
Christmas, 1885, produced " Guy Man- 
nerinR " at Her Majesty's, Dundee, after- 
wards becoming lessee of T.R., Wolver- 
hampton, H.M. Theatres, Aberdeen 
and Dundee, T.R., Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
Court, Liverpool, and T.R., Not- 
tingham ; subsequently formed the 
Robert Arthur Theatres Company ; 
in 1899 built and opened the Kenning- 
ton Theatre, and acquired the Coronet, 
Camden, and Fulharn Theatres ; sub- 
sequently relinquished the manage- 
ment of all these theatres ; subse- 
quently engaged with Mr. Robert 
Courtneidge in a managerial capacity ; 
Manager of the Croydon Grand Theatre 
1924. Address : Croydon Grand 
Theatre. 

ARTHUR-JONES, Winifred; b. 

Exeter, 28 Oct., 1880 ; d. of Henry 
Arthur- Jones, the well-known dram- 
atist ; e. in Paris ; studied for the stage 
with M. Coquelin Aine, and with Miss 
Bateman (Mrs. Crowe); m. Leslie Faber 
(mar. dis.) ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Theatre Royal, 
Brighton, 1897, with Mr. and Mrs. 
Kendal, in the small part of a maid- 
servant ; has appeared at various 
West End theatres, and on tour in 
several of her father's plays, notably 
as Lady Jessica in " The Liars," 
Drusilla Ives in " The Dancing Girl/' 
Lady Joyce Fanmere in " Joseph 
Entangled," Jane Nangle in " The 
Manoeuvres of Jane/ 3 Julia in 
" Whitewashing Julia/' Mrs. Linnell 
in " The Hypocrites/ 1 also in " The 
Masqueraders," "Mrs. Dane's De- 
fence," " The Silver King/' etc. ; has 
also appeared in " A Royal Family/' 
" The Second in Command," as 
Aphrodite in " Ulysses " (His Majesty's, 
Feb., 1902), Flavia in " Nero " (same 
theatre, Jan. 1906), etc., etc. ; at 
the Vaudeville, Jan., 1909, played 
Margery in " The Dramatist at 
Home," subsequently playing the 
same piece' in various music halls, 
with her husband ; at the Alhambra, 
Oct., 1910, played Cherry Gedge in 
In, Rookies ! " ; in 1912, went 



to Xew York, and at the Lyceum, 
Feb., 1912, played Agnes Rennie in 
" Lydia Giimore " ; at the Empire, 
Nov., 1912, appeared as Mrs. March- 
mont in " Bella Donna " ; at the 
Strand Theatre, Sept., 1914, played 
Olive Skinner in " The Silver King " ; 
at the Playhouse, Sept., 1916, Mrs. 
John W. Cannell in " The Misleading 
Lady " ; at the St. James's, Sept., 
1917, Lady Rosamund Tatton in 
" The Liars " ; at the Theatre Royal, 
Huddersfield, Sept., 1920, played the 
Hon. Ursula Rugeley in " The Heart 
of a Child." Favourite parts : Lady 
Jessica in " The Liars," and Jane 
Nangle in "The Manoeuvres of Jane." 
Recreations : Riding and music. Ad- 
dress : 19 Kidderpore Avenue, Hamp- 
stead, N.W.3. Telephone No. : Hamp- 
stead, 3870. 

ABTHUES, George, author and 
lyrist; b. Manchester, 13 Apr., 1875 ; 
was formerly an accountant ; wrote 
lyrics for " The Belle of Mayfair," 
1906 ; " Havana," 1908, etc. ; author 
of lyrics fox the revue " Hullo, Tango ! " 
1913 ; book and lyrics of " The 
Honeymoon Express," 1914 ; " The 
Million Dollar Girl " ; " Don't Tempt 
Me ! " 1915 ; part-author of " The 
Whirl of the Town," 1914 ; and " She's 
a Daisy," 1915 ; " We're All in It," 
1916; " Seeing Life/' 1917 ; " Hanky- 
Panky," 1917 ; " Suzette," 1917 ; 
"Arlette," 1917; "Yes, Uncle," 
1917 ; " The Girl for the Boy," 1919 ; 
author of " Peri, the Slave of Love/' 
1921 ; " Many Happy Returns," 1922 ; 
part-author of " Archie," 1924 ; 
author of the following sketches : 
" An Amateur Anarchist " ; " The 
Key of the Situation " ; " The White 
Knight," " Building the Chicken 
House," " The Public Library," "An 
Arabian Night," etc. ; part-author and 
composer of the following, among other 
songs : " You've got to sing in rag- 
time," " The Wriggley Rag," " Chrys- 
anthemums," " I want to sing in 
Opera/' all sung by Wilkie Bard ; 
" Joshua " (Clarice Mayne), " A little 
of what you fancy does you good " 
(Marie Lloyd), " A different girl again " 
(Whit Cunliffe), " The Caddie," and 
" The Ne'er~dae-weel " (Neil Kenyon), 
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Address : " Fairhurst," Surrey Road, 
Harrow, Middlesex. Telephone Xo. : 
Harrow 1069. 

ABUKDALE, Uraee (Kelly), actress ; 
appeared first In " Sweet Nancy " on 
tour, followed by an engagement at 
the Haymarket under Beerbohm 
Tree ; she next played with Hermann 
Vezin in Shakespearean parts ; later 
was engaged to tour in musical comedy ; 
appeared in the original production 
of " My Lady Molly/' with her sister ; 
also in the reoue at the Empire, 
" Rogues and Vagabonds," playing 
Columbine, and understudied her 
sister as Venus ; at the Lyceum, 
Christmas, 1907, played Sally Hopkins 
in " Robinson Crusoe " ; at the Theatre 
Royal, Manchester, Christmas, 1916, 
Elsie in " Old King Cole." 

ARUNDALE, Sybil (Kelly), actress ; 
b. 20 June, 1879 ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at the 
Assembly Rooms, Worthing, 28 
Sept., 1891, in "Claimants/' with 
Hermann Vezin ; next appeared at 
Brury Lane Theatre, Christmas, 
1891., in the pantomime, " Humpty 
Dumpty " ; the following Christinas, 
appeared at the Olympic, in " Dick 
Whittington " ; in 1893 appeared 
at various music halls with her 
sister Grace, as the Sisters Arundale ; 
made her reappearance on the 
regular stage, at the Gaxrick Theatre, 
15 Sept., 1896, as Marion Forsyth in 
" Lord Tom Noddy " ; appeared at 
the Alhambra, 1898, as Naomi in 
" Jack Ashore " ; and the same year 
appeared at Edinburgh and Glasgow, 
as Oberon in " A Midsummer Night's 
Dream " ; at Christmas, 1899, ap- 
peared at the Court, Liverpool, in 
" The Babes in the Wood " ; at the 
Alhambra, 1900, in " Soldiers of the 
Queen " ; subsequently toured as 
Rosa in " The Messenger Boy " ; 
appeared at the Gaiety, 1902, in " The 
Toreador " ; at the Theatre Royal, 
Brighton, 11 Aug., 1902, played Lady 
Molly Martingale in ' ' My Lady Molly, ' ' 
and at Terry's, 14 Max., 1903, appeared 
in the same part ; at Daly's, 5 Mar., 
1904, played Nanoya in " The Cinga- 
? ~ " appeared in 1905, at the Em- 



lee ' 



pure as La Commere in the revue 
" Rogues and Vagabonds," and later 
in " Venus, 1906 '* ; at the Waldorf 
Theatre, Mar., 1907, appeared in " The 
Gipsy Girl/' written and composed 
by her brother ; subsequently returned 
to the variety stage ; at the Lyceum, 
Christmas, 1907, played Polly Hopkins 
in " Robinson Crusoe " ; appeared 
at the Empire, 1908, as Fluffy Ruffles 
in " Oh, Indeed ! " ; at Christmas, 
1908, appeared at the Theatre Royal, 
Birmingham, as Dick Whittington ; 
at the Strand Theatre, 23 Oct., 1909, 
played Annamiri in " The Merry 
Peasant"; during 1910-11 appeared 
in a music-hall sketch, " A Ward 
in Chancery *' ; appeared in Aus- 
tralia, 1912-13, playing among other 
parts, Juliette in " The Count of 
Luxembourg ; on her return to 
England appeared at the New Theatre, 
Feb., 1914, as Prisca von Erdody in 
" The Joy-Ride Lady" ; during 1916 
toured as the Cub in " Tiger's Cub " ; 
at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, 
Christmas, 1916, played Prince Ardent 
in " Old King Cole " ; at Kennington, 
Christmas, 1917, Dick in "Dick 
Whittington " ; fulfilled several music- 
hall engagements in *' The Clock " ; 
at the Gaiety, Manchester, Nov., 1918, 
appeared as Diana Quest in " The 
Farringdon Case " ; at the Empress, 
Brixton, Feb., 1919, as Barbara in 
" Ladies and Gentlemen " ; at the 
Winter Gardens, Blackpool, June, 
1920, played in " Sparks and Flashes" ; 
subsequently toured as Lady Boost in 
" As You Were " ; at Coliseum, Glas- 
gow, Dec., 1920, played Maid Marian in 
" The Babes in the Wood " ; during 
1921 toured as Lady Lytharn in " The 
Heart of a Child " ; at the Kingsway, 
Aug., 1922, played Mrs. Devson in 
" The Limpet " ; at the Lyceum., 
Sept., 1923, Sal Ricketts in " What 
Money Can Buy " ; Dec., 1923, Jack 
in " Jack and the Beanstalk " ; Mar., 
1924, Floss Knight in " Under His 
Protection " ; at the Everyman, Apr., 
1924, appeared as Mrs. Hercules P. 
Shooter in " In and Out " ; at the 
Grand, Fulham, Oct., 1924, as Mrs. 
Woodroffe in " All's Fair in Love " ; 
at the Garrick, Dec., 1924, as Mrs. 
Burton in " Six Cylinder Love." Ad- 
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N.W.3. Telephone Xu. : Hampstead 
7503. 

ASCHEj Oscar, actor; b. Geelong, 
Australia. 26 June, 1872 ; e. at 
Melbourne Grammar School; m. Lily 
Brayton ; is of Norwegian descent, 
and studied for the stage at Chris- 
tiania ; made Ms first appearance on 
the stage at the Opera Comique 
Theatre, 25 Mar., 1893, as Roberts 
in " Man and Woman/* with the 
late Arthur Dacre and Amy Roselle ; 
subsequently joined F. R. Benson, 
with whom he remained eight years, 
playing numerous parts in the varied 
Shakespearean and Old Comedy re- 
pertory presented by that manager ; 
appeared with Benson during his 
season at the Lyceum, opening on 
15 Feb., 1900, as Pistol in " Henry 
V " ; also appeared with him, during 
his season at the Comedy, 1901 ; 
made a pronounced success at the 
Garrick Theatre, 21 Sept., 1901, when 
he appeared as Frederick Maldonado 
in " Iris," and appeared at the 
Criterion Theatre, New York, the 
following year in the same part ; 
joined Sir Herbert Tree, 1 Feb., 1902, 
and appeared as Antinous in " Ulys- 
ses," and 10 June, Ford in " The 
Merry Wives of Windsor " ; 21 June, 
1910, played Talbot Wynne in 
"Trilby"; 17 Feb., 1903, played 
Vladimir Simoiison in " Resurrec- 
tion " ; at the Imperial, Apr., 1903, 
with Ellen Terry, played Sigurd 
in " The Vikings," and in May 
Benedick in " Much Ado About 
Nothing " ; also appeared at His 
Majesty's in " Flodden Field," and 
as BoHngbroke in " King Richard 
II " ; in 1904 toured with Sir Herbert 
Tree's company, playing Marcus 
Brutus in "Julius Caesar," Falstaff 
in " The Merry Wives of Windsor," 
Antonio in " Twelfth Night," etc. ; 
in conjunction with Otho Stuart 
assumed the management of the 
Adelphi Theatre, opening 19 Sept., 
1904, as Braccio Scoria in " The 
Prayer of the Sword " ; subsequently 
appeared there as Christoper Sly and 
Petruchio in " The Taming of the 
Shrew," Claudius in " Hamlet," Col. 
Eversdale in " Under Which King ? " ; 
Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's 



Dream," Angelo in " Measure for 
Measure," Thomas Frankland in " The 
Lonely Millionaire," Mark in " Tris- 
tram and Iseult," Hsephestion in 
" The Virgin Goddess," entered into 
the management of His Majesty's 
Theatre, Sept., 1907, producing 
Laurence Binyon's " Attila," and ap- 
pearing in the Htle-rdle ; in Oct. 
produced " As You Like It," and 
appeared as Jaques ; during his ten- 
ancy also produced " Othello " and 
revived " The Taming of the Shrew " ; 
produced " The Two Pins " at the 
Aldwych, 1908 ; at Bristol, Mar., 
1909, played Count Hannibal in the 
play of that name; subsequently 
proceeded to Australia, opening at 
the T.R., Melbourne, 17 July, 1909, 
in " The Taming of the Shrew " ; 
during the tour appeared for the first 
time as Shylock, and as the Duke 
Aranza in "The Honeymoon"; 
reappeared in London at the New 
Theatre, 20 Oct., 1910, in " Count 
Hannibal " ; at the Garrick, 25 Feb., 
1911, appeared as Falstafi, and 19 
Apr., 1911, as Haaj in "Kismet"; 
in 1912-13 again visited Australia, sub- 
sequently proceeding to South Africa ; 
during his South African tour, played 
Antony in " Antony and Cleopatra " 
for the first time ; reappeared in 
London, at the Globe Theatre, Mar., 

1914, as Haaj in a revival of " Kismet"; 
same theatre, Sept., 1914, played 
Saduka in " Mameena," of which he 
was also the adaptor ; made his first 
appearance on the variety stage, at 
the Hippodrome, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
8 Feb., 1915, as Haaj in a short play 
of that name, appearing in the same 
part at the Palace, London, 22 Feb., 
1915 ; at Stratford-on-Avon, Apr., 

1915, played Shylock in "The Mer- 
chant of Venice"; at Wimbledon 
Theatre, 6 Sept., 1915, played Captain 
Patrick O'Gorman in " The Spanish 
Main," subsequently appearing in the 
same part at the Apollo Theatre, 21 
Dec,, 1915 ; in Jan., 1916, revived 
" The Taming of the Shrew " ; at 
Drury Lane, 2 May, 1916, on 
the occasion of the Shakespearean 
Tercentenary celebration, appeared as 
Casca in "Julius Caesar 1 '; on 31" 
Aug., 1916, entered on a season at His 
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" Chu-Chin-Chow," in which he ap- 
peared as Abu Hasan ; the success of 
the play was remarkable ; on 17 Oct., 

1919, it "broke the record for the greatest 
number of consecutive performances 
of any play (" Charley's Aunt," 1,466 
performances), on that night reaching 
its 1,467th representation ; on 1 Dec., 

1920, it broke the record for the longest 
continuous run (" Our Boys," 4 Years 
and 3 months) ; on 29 "Dec., 1920, 
it reached its 2,000th performance ; 
the play ran until 22 July, 1921, when 
it was played for the 2,238th time ; at 
the same theatre, Oct., 1921, appeared 
as AH Shar in his own play " Cairo " ; 
went on another Australasian tour in 
July, 1922, playing " Chu-Chin-Chow," 
" Cairo," " The Taming of the Shrew," 
" A Midsummer Night's Dream," 
"Othello," "Iris," "The Spanish 
Main," and "The Skin Game," in 
which he appeared as Hornblower; 
reappeared in London at His Majesty's 
Theatre, Sept., 1924, as Boudier in 
" The Royal Visitor " ; is part- 
author, with F. Norreys Connell, of 
the play " Count Hannibal," 1910 ; 
author of " The Spanish Main," under 
the noni de plume of Vasco Marenas, 
1915 ; " Chu-Chin-Chow," 1916 ; 
" Eastward Ho ! " (with Dornford 
Yates), 1919; "Mecca," 1920, pro- 
duced at His Majesty's, 1921, as 
" Cairo " ; he also produced " The 
Maid of the Mountains," at Daly's 
Theatre, Feb., 1917, which ran 1,352 
times ; and " A Southern Maid," at 
Daly's, June, 1920. Recreations : 
Swimming, boating, golf, and cricket. 
Clubs : Savage and Green Room. 
Address : Savage Club, Adelphi 
Terrace, W.C.2. 

ASH, Gordon, actor ; m. Eva Leon- 
ard. Boyne ; made his first appearance 
in London, at Wyndham's Theatre, 
22 June, 1909, as the First Officer in 
" Brewster's Millions " ; first came into 
prominence as a member of Miss 
Horniman's Company at the Gaiety 
Theatre, Manchester, where he was 
engaged from 1912 to 1916 ; with this 
company he appeared at the Duke of 
York's Theatre, 10 Jan,, 1916, as 
Humphrey Dix in " The Parish Pump/' 
and in Feb., 1916, as Hartley Warren 
in '* The Joan Danvers " ; at the 



Garrick, June, 1916, played Cecil Dane 
in " Bluff," and July, 1916, Charles 
Berry in " The Rotters " ; at the 
Haymarket, Nov., 1916, appeared as 
Teddy Maynford in " The Widow's 
Might " ; Feb., 1917, as Felix Delany 
in " Felix Gets a Month " ; at the 
New Theatre, Apr., 1917, as Captain 
Rattray, R.N., in " Seven Women " ; 
at the Oxford, June, 1919, appeared 
as Lieut. Walter Hope in "A Tem- 
porary Gentleman " ; subsequently 
went to the United States, and at the 
Playhouse, New York, 17 Feb., 1920, 
played Donald Mannerby in " The 
Wonderful Thing " ; at the Vanderbilt 
Theatre, May, 1922, played Alan 
Jeffcote in * " Fanny Hawthorn " 



(" Kindle Wakes ") 
Theatre, Nov., 1923 
" Spring Cleaning " 



'at the Eltingc 
Archie Wells in 
in 1924, toured 



as Bob Talmadge in " Little Miss 
Bluebeard." 

ASHWELL, Lena, actress; b. 28 
Sept., 1872 ; d. of Captain Pocock, 
R.N., who subsequently was a clergy- 
man in the Church of England in 
Canada ; sister of Captain Roger 
Pocock, the well-known traveller and 
author ; e. Toronto, Switzerland, and 
Royal Academy of Music ; abandoned 
music for the stage on the advice of 
Ellen Terry; m. Sir Henry J. F, 
Simson, 1908 ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage, 30 Mar., 1891, as 
Martin in " The Pharisee/* with 
Miss Wallis ; after appearing at 
Cambridge, in June, 1891, in "That 
Dreadful Doctor," she appeared in the 
same piece at the old Opera Comique 
in July, and was then seen at the Globe 
Theatre in Nov., 1891, as Jessie Chad- 
wick in " Gloriana," and subsequently 
as Mrs. Chilcot in " The Reckoning " ; 
the following year toured in " Lady 
Windermere's Fan " ; at the Opera 
Comique, Mar., 1893, played Dora 
Prescot in " Man and Woman " ; 
subsequently understudied Winifred 
Emery at the Comedy Theatre, as 
Rosamund in " Sowing the Wind " ; 
and went on tour playing the same 
part; at the Comedy, she played in 
" The Piper of Hamelin," " Dick 
Sheridan " and " Frou-Frou " ; in 
May, 1894, played at the Court Theatre 
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at the Lyceum, Jan., 1895, played 
Elaine in " King Arthur " ; at the 
Comedy, May, 1895, played Nellie 
Morris in " The Prude's Progress " ; 
at the Duke of York's, Sept., 1895, 
made a " hit " as Blanche Ferraby 
in " Her Advocate " ; subsequent!}' 
appearing at the Shaftesbury, May, 
1896, as Margaretta in " The Match- 
maker/' at the Gaiety, June, 1896, as 
Dolores in ' ' Carmen " ; at the Lyceum, 
Dec., 1896, as the Prince of Wales in 
" Richard III " ; during 1897 played 
at the Criterion in " The Sleeping 
Partner," and at the Metropole, in 
" The Vagabond King " ; in 1898 
played at the Comedy in " The Sea 
Flower," at Terry's in " The Broad 
Road," and at the Princess's in " The 
Crystal Globe " ; appeared at the Hay- 
market, 1899, in " Grierson's Way," at 
the Court, in " Wheels Within Wheels/' 
and at Lyceum in " Man and His 
Makers " ;" at the Adelphi, Mar., 1900, 
appeared in " Bonnie Dundee," and 
in May, in " Quo Vadis ? " ; at Her 
Majesty's, in Sept., played Portia in 
"Julius Caesar " ; appeared at Wynd- 
ham's, Oct., 1900, in "Mrs. Dane's 
Defence/* in which she made a great 
impression ; also appeared at Wynd- 
ham's, Oct., 1901, in "The Mummy 
and the Humming Bird," and Sept., 

1902, in " Chance the Idol " ; at the 
Lyric, Dec., 1902, played Emilia in 
" Othello " ; at His Majesty's, Feb., 

1903, played in " Resurrection " ; 
at Drury Lane, with Sir Henry Irving, 
Apr., 1903, appeared in " Dante " ; 
returned to His Majesty's, Dec., 1903, 
to play in " The Darling of the Gods " ; 
at the Coronet, Sept., 1904, played in 
" Marguerite " ; at the New Theatre, 
May, 1905, appeared as Leah Kleschna 
in the play of that name ; entered 
on the management of the Savoy 
Theatre, 19 Apr., 1906, opening as 
Ninon de L'Enclos in " The Bond of 
Ninon"; on 12 May, 1906, played 
Deborah in " The Shulamite," 
achieving a remarkable success in the 
latter ; in the autumn of the same 
year went to America, playing in 
" The Shulamite " and " Mrs. Dane's 
Defence," repeating her London 
success in the latter ; at Chicago, Jan., 
1907, appeared as Alga Mitruny in 
" The Undercurrent " ; on her return 



to England secured a lease of the Great 
Queen Street Theatre, which she 
successfully reopened on 9 Oct., 
as the Kingsway Theatre, with a new 
play, entitled " Irene Wycherley," 
with great success ; in Feb., 1908, 
produced " Diana of Dobson's," also 
with success ; in Oct., produced " The 
Sway Boat," and in Nov., " Grit " ; 
in Feb. 1909, produced " The Truants," 
and in Apr., " The Earth " ; appeared 
at the Globe Theatre, Sept., 1909, as 
Jacqueline in " Madame X," and 
Nov., 1909, in "The Great Mrs. 
Alloway " ; at the Duke of York's 
Theatre, 1910, played in " Misalli- 
ance," " Old Friends/' and " The 
Twelve Pound Look " ; at the end of 
the year again went to America, 
appearing in Jan., 1911, at the Astor 
Theatre, New York, in " Judith 
Zaraine " ; on her return appeared 
at the Royalty Theatre, 26 Apr., 1911, 
playing Annys in " The Master of 
Mrs. Chilvers " ; at Stratford-on-Avon, 
2 May, played Rosalind in "As You 
Like It " ; at the Kingsway, 8 May, 
played in " The First Actress " ; at 
His Majesty's, on the occasion of the 
Gala performance, 27 June, appeared 
as Phantasy in " The Vision of 
Delight " ; at the Palace, 2 Oct., 1911, 
appeared in " The Man in the Stalls " ; 
at the New Theatre, May, 1912, 
appeared as Mrs. Dane in a revival of 
" Mrs. Dane's Defence " ; at the 
Coronet Theatre, 8 Dec., 1913, played 
Ther&se in " Woman on Her Own " ; 
at the Kingsway, 15 Feb., 1915, 
Margaret Knox in " Fanny's First 
Play " ; at the Coliseum, 19 Apr., 
1915, Sarah Mann in "The Debt"; 
at the Kingsway Theatre, 16 Oct., 
1915, played Iris Olga Iranovna in 
" Iris Intervenes " ; at the same 
theatre, 29 Dec., 1915, produced 
" The Starlight Express " ; subse- 
quently relinquished the management 
of the Kingsway ; in 1916 organised 
several companies for the purpose of 
entertaining the troops in France ; 
for her services during the war, received 
the Order of the British Empire ; since 
the war has organised theatrical 
companies, playing at various halls and 
institutions, under the title of the 
" Lena Ashwell Players," which have 
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acquired the old Bijou Theatre, 
Bayswater, which she re-named the 
Century Theatre, and where she has 
produced several new plays ; appeared 
at the Century, Apr., 1924, in " A 
Mirror for Souls." Address : 44 South 
Molton Street, W.I. Telephone No, : 
Mayfair, 1002. 

ASTAIRE, Adele, actress and dancer; 
6. Omaha, Nebraska, 1896 ; d. Fred- 
erick E. Astaire and his wife Ann 
(Giles) ; made her first appearance in 
New York, in vaudeville, in 1912 ; 
was not seen again until 1916 when 
she toured in vaudeviEe in the United 
States and Canada ; in 1917 appeared 
at the Riverside Theatre, New York ; 
appeared at the Forty-fourth Street 
Roof Garden Theatre, New York, 1 
Dec., 1917, in " Over the Top " ; at 
the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 
July, 1918, appeared in " The Passing 
Show of 1918," in which she continued 
1918-19; at the Globe, New York, 
Oct., 1919, played Molly in " Apple 
Blossoms," and continued in this, in 
New York and on tour, until 1921 ; 
at the Globe, New York, Oct., 1921, 
played Aline Moray in " The Love 
Letter " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Feb., 1922, Suzanne Hayden in " For 
Goodness Sake " ; at the Globe, New 
York, Nov., 1922, Judy Jordan in 
" The Bunch and Judy " ; made her 
first appearance in London, at the 
Shaftesbury Theatre, 30 May, 1923, as 
Suzanne Hayden in " Stop Flirting " 
(" For Goodness Sake ") ; with her 
brother Fred, their dancing became 
the great feature of the production, 
and they continued to play in this 
piece in London and the provinces 
until 1924 ; on returning to New York, 
appeared at the Liberty Theatre, 
Dec., 1924, as Susie Trevor in " Lady, 
Be Good ! " 

ASTAIRE, Fred, actor and dancer ; 
b. Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., 10 May 
1900 ; s. of Frederick E. Astaire and 
his wife Ann (Giles) ; e. privately ; 
made his first appearance in New York, 
in vaudeville, in 1912, but was forced 
to abandon performance, being under 
age ; was not seen again until 1916, 
when he toured with his sister, in 



vaudeville, in the United States and 
Canada ; reappeared in New York, 
1917, at the Riverside Theatre ; at 
the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, New 
York, I "Dec., 1917, played in "Over 
the Top " ; at the Winter Garden 
Theatre, New York, July, 1918, 
played in " The Passing Show of 1918," 
m which he continued 1918-19 ; at 
the Globe, New York, Oct., 1919, 
played Johnnie in " Apple Blossoms " ; 
and continued in this in New York 
and on tour until 1921 ; at the Globe, 
New York, Oct., 1921, played Richard 
Kolnar in " The Love Letter " ; at 
the Lyric, New York, Feb., 1922, 
Teddy " Lawrence in " For Goodness 
Sake " ; at the Globe, Nov., 1922, 
Gerald Lane in " The Bunch and 
Judy " ; made his first appearance 
in London, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 
30 May, 1923, as Teddy Lawrence in 
" Stop Flirting " (" For Goodness 
Sake ") ; continued to play in this, 
with his sister, in London and the 
provinces until 1924 ; on returning to 
New York, appeared at the Liberty 
Theatre, Dec., 1924, as Dick Trevor 
in " Lady, Be Good ! " 

ASTLEY, John, actor; b. near 
Preston, Lanes ; made his first 
appearance on the stage at Boston, 
Mass., U.S.A., in Ben Greet's Shake- 
spearean company, 1910 ; on returning 
to England, was engaged with the 
Liverpool Repertory Company ; sub- 
sequently appeared in " The Blue 
Bird," at the Haymarket Theatre ; 
appeared at the Prince of Wales's 
Theatre, Mar., 1913, as Lord Brandon 
in " The Handful " ; at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1913, as John Shawn in " The 
Great Adventure," and Nov., 1914, as 
Lieut. Dandignon and An Officer in 
" The Dynasts " ; at the Criterion, 
June, 1915, played Sir Cecil Rae in 
" The Road to Raebury " ; at Wynd- 
ham/s, Dec., 1916, appeared as Menzies 
in " London Pride " ; at the Ambassa- 
dors', Aug., 1917, as Victor Hewlett 
in " Green Pastures and Piccadilly " ; 
at the Royalty, Jan., 1920, as the 
Hon. Edward Woolley in " The Admir- 
able Crichton " ; at the Aldwych, 
Nov., 1920, as Harry Handley in 
" The Dragon " ; subsequently went 
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Cohan Theatre, New York, Oct., 1921, 
played Kit Pumphrey in "A Bill of 
Divorcement," subsequently touring 
in the same part, 1922-3 ; returning 
to England, appeared at the Comedy, 
Aug., 1923, as Max Giverney in " The 
Elopement." Address : 12 James 
Street, Oxford Street, W.I. 

ATKIN, Nancy? actress ; b. London, 
4 *Jan., 1904 ; * d. of Rt. Hon. Sir 
James Richard Atkin, Lord Justice of 
Appeal, and his -wife Lucy Elizabeth 
(Hemmant) ; e. privately ; m. John 
Douglas Trustram Eve ; " was a pupil 
of Lady Benson's School of Dramatic 
Art, before making her first appearance 
on the stage at the Repertory Theatre, 
Liverpool, Sept., 1921 ; made her first 
appearance in London, at the Hay- 
market, 2 June, 1922, as Anne in 
" The Dover Road " ; at His Majesty's, 
Apr., 1923, played Muriel Eden in 
" The Gay Lord Quex " ; at the 
Comedy, Oct., 1923, Barbara in " The 
Last Warning " ; at the Haymarket, 
Nov., 1923, Cecily Cardew in " The 
Importance of Being Earnest " ; at 
the Little Theatre, Mar., 1924, played 
in " Second Little Revue Starts at 
Nine o'Clock." Recreations : Golf and 
tennis. Address : 65 Palace Gardens 
Terrace, \V.8. Telephone No. : Park 
5657. 

ATKINS, Robert, actor and stage 
director; b. Dulwich, 10 Aug., 1886; 
s. of Robert Atkins and his wife Annie 
(Evans) ; e. privately ; m, (1) Mary 
Sumner (mar. dis.) ; (2) Ethel Davey ; 
was a pupil at the Academy of 
Dramatic Art, 1905-6, and walked 
on at His Majesty's Theatre, Jan., 
1906, in the production of " Nero " ; 
at a public performance of the pupils 
of the Academy at His Majesty's 
Theatre, Apr., 1906, made quite a hit 
as Shylock in the trial scene from 
" The Merchant of Venice," and as 
M. Pierrot in " L'Enfant Prodigue " ; 
on the strength of this performance- 
was engaged by the late Sir Herbert 
Tree for His Majesty's, and remained 
under his management for three years ; 
he made Ms first appearance in a 
speaking part there, 24 Apr., 1906, as 
Henry Percy in " King Henry IV " 

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(Part I), and subsequently he played 
Marcellus in " Hamlet/' BowMns in 
" Colonel Newcome," Bishop of Car- 
lisle in " Richard II," Ventidus in 
" Antony and Cleopatra," the Old 
Shepherd in " The Winter's Tale," the 
Sea Captain in "Twelfth Night," 
Metellus Cimber in " Julius Caesar," 
the Dean of Cloisterham in " The 
Mystery of Edwin Drood," M. Dubois 
in"" The Beloved Vagabond," Duke of 
Venice in " The Merchant of Venice," 
Master Page in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor," First Actor in " Hamlet," 
the Burgomaster in " Faust " ; played 
for one season at the Repertory Theatre, 
Glasgow : subsequently toured with 
Martin Harvey, and appeared with 
him at the Lyceum Theatre, May, 
1911, as the Public Prosecutor in 
" The Only Way " ; he then joined 
Forbes Robertson, and after touring, 
appeared with him at Drury Lane 
Theatre, Mar.-May, 1913, as Marcellus 
and the First Player in " Hamlet," 
Phil Raynor in "The Light that 
Failed," Centurion in " Caesar and 
Cleopatra," Balthazar in " The Mer- 
chant of Venice," and Ludovico in 
" Othello " ; he then accompanied 
Forbes Robertson to the United States; 
also toured for some time with Sir 
Frank Benson's Shakespearean com- 
panies ; in Oct., 1915, he joined the 
company of the " Old Vic," and 
appeared as Jaques in " As You Like 
It," Prince of Verona in " Romeo and 
Juliet," Antonio in " The Merchant 
of Venice," lagoin " Othello," Richard 
in " Richard III," Macbeth, Sir Toby 
Belch in " Twelfth Night," Prospero 
in " The Tempest," Cassius in " Julius 
Caesar," etc. ; he also appeared with 
the company at the Memorial Theatre, 
Stratford-on-Avon ; after being demo- 
bilised from the Army, 1919, he toured 
with Ben Greet's company ; he re- 
turned to the " Old Vic." in Sept., 
1920, as stage-director, and also 
appeared there as King Lear, Caliban 
in " The Tempest," Richard III, Sir 
Toby Belch in " Twelfth Night," etc. ; 
went with the company to the Pare 
Theatre, Brussels, June, 1921, at the 
invitation of the Belgian Government ; 
at the " Old Vic," Nov., 1922, played 
Sir Giles Overreach in a revival of 
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at the same theatre, he also revived 
Shakespeare's " King Henry VI " 
(parts I, II, and III), " Titus Androni- 
cus/' and " Troilus and Cressida," 
plays but rarely revived during the 
past century, besides several original 
plays ; in addition he staged " Peer 
Gynt," for the first time in England ; 
at the New Oxford Theatre, June, 1924, 
with the " Old Vic " company, pro- 
duced " The Taming of the Shrew," 
" Hamlet/' " As You Like It," and 
" Twelfth Night/' Recreation : Golf. 
Address : 51 Cornwall Gardens, S.W.7. 
Telephone No, : Western 6649. 

ATTEEIDGE, Harold JL, dramatic 
author; b. Lake Forest, 111., U.S.A., 
9 July, 1886; 5. of Richard H. 
Atteridge and his wife Anna (O'Neill) ; 
e. Chicago University ; m. Mary Teresa, 
Corless ; has written the libretti of 
the following musical plays : "A 
Winning Miss," 1905 ; " The Girl in 
the Kimona," 1907 ; " Vera Violetta " 
(with Leonard Liebling), 1911 ; " The 
Whirl of Society/' (lyrics), 1912 ; " Two 
Little Brides " (with A. Anderson and 
J. T. Powers, 1912) ; " From Broad- 
way to Paris " (with G. Bronson- 
Howard), 1912; "The Passing Show 
of 1912" (with G. Bronson-Howard), 
1912 ; " The Passing Show of 1913 " ; 
" The Honeymoon Express " (with 
Joseph Herbert), 1913; "The Whirl 
of the World/' 1914 ; " The Passing 
Show/' of 1914-1924 ; " Dancing 
Around, 1914 ; " Made in America " 
(lyrics), 1915; "The Peasant Girl 13 
(lyrics), 1915 ; " A World of Pleasure/' 
1915 ; " Robinson Crusoe, Jun." (with 
Edgar Smith), 1916; "The Show of 
Wonders," 1916 ; " Doing Our Bit/' 
1917; "Sinbad," 1918; "Monte 
Cristo, Jun./' 1919; "The Little Blue 
Devil" (from "The Blue Mouse"), 
1919; "The Mimic World" (with 
James Hussey and Owen Murphy), 
1921 ; " Bombo/' 1921 ; " The Rose 
of Stamboul/' 1922 ; " Make It 
Snappy/' 1922 ; " Topics of 1923 " ; 
" The Dancing Girl/' 1923 ; " Inno- 
cent Eyes," 1924 ; " Marjorie " (with 
Fred Thompson and Clifford Grey), 
1924 ; " The Dream Girl " (with Rida 
Johnson Young), 1924. Address : 
440 Riverside Drive, New York City, 
U.S.A, 



AT WILL, Lionel, actor ; 6. Croydon, 
1 Mar., 1885 ; s. of Alfred Atwill ; 
e. Mercer's School, Holborn ; m. 
(1) Phyllis Relph; (2) Elsie Mackay ; 
was originally intended for an archi- 
tect and surveyor ; studied elocution 
under S. L. Hasluck, and early in 1905 
took part in several Shakespearean 
costume recitals in and round London ; 
made his first appearance on the stage 
at the Garrick, Sept., 1905, as a Foot- 
man in " The Walls of Jericho," being 
also engaged as understudy ; subse- 
quently toured with H. V. Neilson as 
Dr. Horster in " An Enemy of the 
People," and Johann Tonnesen in 
" The Pillars of Society " and with 
Courtenay Thorpe, as Dr. Rank in 
" A Doll's House," and as Philip Selwyn 
in " A Fool's Paradise " ; subsequently 
in autumn of 1907, toured as Michael 
Sunlocks in " The Bondman," for 
eighteen months ; during 1 908-9 toured 
as Dicky Lascelles in " The Flag 
Lieutenant " ; subsequently toured in 
" The Prisoner of the Bastille " ; at 
the Strand, Feb., 1910, played De 
Mauprat in " Richelieu " ; in the 
spring of the same year sailed for 
Australia, under engagement with 
J. C. Williamson, Ltd., playing The 
Earl of Brancaster in " The Whip," 
Henry in " Henry of Navarre," Lieuten- 
ant Sommers in " Via Wireless," etc. ; 
at the Royalty, Mar., 1912, played 
Arthur Preece in " Milestones," a part 
he played throughout the run of over 
600 performances ; at the St. James's, 
May, 1912, played James Kynaston in 
" Kynaston 's Wife " ; at the Globe, 
Sept., 1913, he played the part of 
Michael Doyle in " Years of Discre- 
tion " ; New, Dec., 1913, Father in 
" The Poor Little Rich Girl " ; Prince's, 
Apr., 1914, Paul Romaine in " The 
Story of the Rosary " ; Queen's, 
July, 1914, Prinzevalle in " Monna 
Vanna " ; Duke of York's, Sept., 1914, 
Captain Halliwell in " The Little 
Minister " ; Lyric, Oct., 1914, Leonard 
Scribner in " The New Shylock " ; 
joined Miss Horniman's company at 
Gaiety, Manchester, Jan., 1915, and 
played Young Mario w in " She Stoops 
to Conquer/' Clitandre in " The Blue 
Stockings," Hylton Leverson in " The 
One Thing Needful," Rupert Lijffayne 
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" The Wails of Jericho/* etc. ; at the 
Playhouse, June, 1915, appeared as 
Arthur CuLLem in " Mater " ; at 
Eastbourne, July, 1915, played Dick 
Marsden in " Mrs. Thompson/' with 
Mrs. Langtry ; subsequently rejoined 
Miss Horniman's company at the 
Gaiety, Manchester, Aug., 1915 ; in 
Oct., "1915, accompanied Mrs. Langtry 
to the United States and toured as 
Dick Marsden in " Mrs. Thompson " ; 
at the Colonial, New York, Nov., 
1915, appeared in " Ashes " ; at the 
Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York, 
Jan., 1917, under his own management, 
appeared in the title-role of " The 
Lodger " (" Who is He ? "), subse- 
quently touring in the same part ; 
at the Playhouse, New York, Aug., 
1917, appeared as the Hon. Courtenay 
Urquhart in " Eve's Daughter " ; Nov. 

1917, as Louis de Genois in " L'Eleva- 
tion " ; at the Hudson, Jan., 1918, 
as James Ordway in " The Indes- 
tructible Wife " ; at the Plymouth 
Theatre, New York, Mar., 1918, 
played Hjalmar Ekdal in " The Wild 
Duck," and Apr., 1918, George Tesman 
in " Hedda Gabler," and Torvald 
Helmer in " A Doll's House " ; at 
the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Sept., 

1918, Dick in " Another Man's Shoes "; 
at the Belasco Theatre, Nov., 1918, 
appeared as Clive Couper, M.P., in 
" Tiger ! Tiger !! " ; and toured in 
this part during 1919-20 ; at the 
Belasco Theatre, Dec., 1920, appeared 
as Jeari-Gaspard Dcburau in " De- 
l)urau " ; at the Lyceum, New York, 
Nov., 1921, played the Grand Duke 
Feodor in " The Grand Duke " ; same 
theatre, Mar., 1923, The Comedian in 
the play of that name ; at the Forty- 
ninth 'Street Theatre, Mar., 1924, 
Anton Rogatsky in " The Outsider." 
Recreations : Motoring, golf, and out- 
door sports. Club : Green Room. Ad- 
dress : Belasco Theatre, West 44th 
Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

AUGrARBE, Amy, actress ; aunt of 

late Adrienne Augarde ; 6. London, 
7 July, 1868 ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage in 1884, in the chorus 
of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; 
in 1885, went, with this company to 
New York, and on returning from 
America, to Berlin ; she was then 



engaged at the Savoy, understudying 
Jessie Bond, and, on occasions, playing 
her part in " The Mikado," and, in 
1888, Mad Margaret in " Ruddigore " ; 
appeared at the Lyric Theatre, as 
Lydia in " Dorothy/' 1888, and 
Lady Anne in " Doris/' Lyric, 1889 ; 
Mdlle. Lange in "La Fille de Madame 
Angot," Criterion, 1893 ; in 1893, 
toured as Marguerite in " Faust 
Up-to-Date " ; toured in a number 
of leading parts in opera and musical 
comedy in provinces ; at the Gaiety 
Theatre, Aug., 1894, played Thames 
Darrell in " Little Jack Sheppard " ; 
in 1895, toured as Ethel Joy in " The 
New Barmaid" ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Sept., 1897, played Simoona in " The 
Wizard of the Nile " ; at Criterion, 
Aug., 1898, Duchess of Adstock in 
" Bilberry of Tilbury " ; at the 
Adelphi, Dec., 1898, played Dick in 
" Dick Whittington " ; reappeared in 
town in " The Little Michus/* Daly's, 
1905-6 ; in Dec., 1908, toured as 
Friedrike in "A Waltz Dream"; 
appeared at the Chelsea Palace, Apr., 
1910, as Malfia in "The Sicilians"; 
at the Lyric 10 Sept., 1910, played 
the part of Aurelia in " The Chocolate 
Soldier " ; at the Lyric, Sept., 1912, 
appeared as the Baroness Delphine 
Dauvray in " The Girl in the Taxi " ; 
at the same theatre, Sept., 1913, the 
Queen of Magoria in " Love and 
Laughter " ; Dec., 1913, Lucinda in 
" The Girl Who Didn't " ; Apr., 1914, 
Madame Richard in " Mam'selle Tra- 
lala " ; at the Empire, Nov., 1914, 
Lady Eftmgton in " By Jingo if we 
Do " ; at the Adelphi, Apr., 1915, 
the Comtesse de Champ Azur in 
" Veronique " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 
1915, appeared in the revue " Shell 
Out"; at the Palace, Oct., 1917, 
played Lady Upright in " Cash on 
Delivery " ; at the Lyric Theatre, 
May, 1918, Princess Fruzelda in 
" Violette " ; at the Garrick, July, 
1919, Mrs. Bunting in " Nobody's 
Boy " ; at the Empire, Dec., 1919, 
Bertha in " The Red Mill " ; at the 
Adelphi, Oct., 1920, Countess Kittisch 
in " The Naughty Princess " ; at the 
Gaiety, Dec., 1921, Madame St. 
Martin in " The Little Girl in Red " ; 
at the Empire, Apr., 1922, Veronika 
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Gaiety, Oct., 1922, the Countess 
Alexandrowna in " The Last Waltz " ; 
Sept., 1923, Sonya in " Catherine " ; 
Apr., 1924, Prudence Mardyke in 
" Our Nell " ; at the Lyceum, Edin- 
burgh, Dec., 1924, Luisa in " Fras- 
quita." Address : 55 Treguntur 
Road, S.W.10. Telephone No. : 
Kingston 8034. 

AULT, Marie, actress ; 6. Wigan, 
Lanes, 2 Sept., 1870 ; d. of Thomas 
Cragg and his wife Jane Anne (Aultl ; 
e. Wigan and Southport ; m. James 
Alexander Paterson ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at the Theatre 
Royal, Lincoln, Dec., 1891, in " The 
Babes in the Wood " ; spent twenty 
years touring the provinces, playing in 
farce, musical comedy, drama and 
pantomime ; scored several successes, 
notably as Sophonisba Bousies in 
" The Little Widow," Mary Mopps 
in " Cissy," etc. ; made her first appear- 
ance in London at the Little Theatre, 
18 Mar., 1912, as Mrs. Henderson in 
" Rutherford and Son " ; went to 
America with the same play, making 
her first appearance in New York, at 
the Little Theatre, 23 Dec., 1912; 
on her return to London, appeared at 
the Comedy, May, 1913, as Mrs. Rous 
in " Strife " ; she then toured in 
England and South Africa, as Fifi in 
" The Chinese Honeymoon," and a 
repertory of musical comedies ; during 
and after the war, played with the 
Lena Ashwell Players in France and 
occupied Germany ; made a great 
success when she appeared at His 
Majesty's Theatre, Sept., 1922, as the 
Amah "in " East of Suez " ; at the 
Garrick Theatre, Feb., 1923, played 
Tillie Friedman in " Partners Again " ; 
at the Comedy, Aug., 1923, Elsa in 
" The Elopement " ; at the Queen's, 
Nov., 1923, Nanny Webster in " The 
Little Minister " ; during 1924, toured 
as Christina in " The Lonely House." 
Favourite parts : The Amah in " East 
of Suez," Nanny in " The Little 
Minister." Address : 24 Gledstanes 
Road, Baron's Court, W.14. Tele- 
phone No, : Western 6136. 

AYER, Nat. D., composer ; first 
came into prominence by his associa- 



tion with J. W. Bratton in the score 
of " The Newly Weds and their Baby/' 
1909 ; first became known in England 
by his composition of several popular 
songs, among which may be noted 
" You're my Baby," " Oh ! You 
Beautiful Doll," etc. ; contributed 
numbers to the scores of several revues 
from 1914 onwards, among which were 
" Did You Ever ? " " Charlie Chaplin 
Mad," " So Long, Lucy ! " 1915 ; 
composer of " The Bing Boys are 
Here," " Pell Mell," " Look Who's 
Here ! " " Houp-La ! " (with Howard 
Talbot), " Oh ! Caesar " (with Arthur 
Wood), 1916; "Yes, Uncle," 1917; "The 
Bing Boys on Broadway/' 1918 ; 
' ' Baby Bunting, "1919; " Dover Street 
to Dixie/' 1923 ; " Cartoons/' 1924 ; 
appeared at the Prince of Wales's 
Theatre, Mar., 1915, as Washington 
Demming in " He Didn't Want to 
Do It " ; at the Ambassadors', June, 
1916, played in " Pell-Mell " ; at the 
St. Martin's, Nov., 1916, as Peter 
Carey in " Houp La ! " 

AYLIFF, Henry Kiell, actor and pro- 
ducer ; b. Grahamstown, South Africa ; 
5. of the Hon. John Ayliff and his wife 
Susannah (Wood) ; e. in South Africa, 
London, and Paris ; m. Gertrude 
Homewood ; was formerly an artist, 
but studied for the stage under the 
late Hermann Vezin and Mrs. Emil 
Behnke ; made his first appearance 
on the stage at the Theatre Royal, 
Lincoln, as Silva Tosh in " The Little 
Minister " ; made his first appearance 
in London, at the Lyceum Theatre, 
29 Aug., 1908, as Postman Kelly in 
" Pete " ; he was also seen at the 
Criterion, where he succeeded to the 
part of Sir Brian Ballymote in " When 
Knights Were Bold " ; at the Court, 
Apr., 1909, played Walter Foster in 
" Chains " ; Feb., 1910, George Sala- 
mandro in " The Marriage of Colum- 
bine "; at the Little, Apr., 1911, 
Juggins in " Fanny's First Play " ; 
at the Comedy, May, 1914, Purvis in 
" Plaster Saints " ; at the Strand, 
Oct., 1917, Sir James Stuart Boyd in 
" Wild. Heather " ; at the Kingsway, 
Feb., 1921, Mr. Durrows in " At Mrs. 
Beams " ; he is best known in his 
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Company, with, which he has been 
connected since Jan., 1922, and where 
his productions have included Shaw's 
" Heartbreak House " and " Back to 
Methuselah " (at Birmingham and the 
Court, London), and "Candida"; 
"A Woman Killed by Kindness," 
11 The New Morality," ""The Marriage 
of Columbine," " The Romantic Age/' 
" Mary Stuart," " Gas," " The Lan- 
guage* of the Birds," " The King," 
" Yetta Polowski," " Twelfth Night," 
" Cymbeline " (in modern dress), 
" Romeo and Juliet " (at the Regent), 
"Love's Labour's Lost" (O.U.D.S.), 
"The Farmer's Wife" (Court), etc. 
Recreation : Gardening. Address : 24 
Rose Street, Long Acre, W.C.2. 
Telephone No. : Gerrard 6012. 

AYLMER, Felix, actor ; b. Corsham, 
Wilts, 21 Feb., 1889 ; 5. of Lieut.-Col. 
Thos. Edward Ay liner- Jones, R.E., and 
his wife Lilian (Cookworthy) ; e. 
Magdalen College School, and Exeter 
College, Oxford; m. Cecily Byrne; 
studied for the stage under Rosina 
Filippi ; made his first appearance on 
the stage with Seymour Hicks, at the 
Coliseum, Mar., 1911, as the Italian 
in " Cook's Man " ; subsequently 
played small parts with Fred Terry's 
company, and with Sir Herbert Tree ; 
appeared at the Savoy, 1912, in " The 
Winter's Tale " and " Twelfth Night " ; 
then in 1913, he joined the Bir- 
mingham Repertory Company, play- 
ing, among numerous other parts, 
Dick Gurville in " The Tragedy of 
Nan," Kira in " The Faithful," Subtle 
in " The Alchemist," Orsino, Malvolio, 
Prospero, Bassanio, Jaques, Morell in 
" Candida," Valentine and Bohun in 
" You Never Can Tell," Sergius in 
" Arms and the Man," Inca in " The 
Inca of Perusalem," Lord Illingworth 
in " A Woman of No Importance/' 
Joseph Surface, Henry in " The Return 
of the Prodigal," etc. ; at the Kings- 
way, Apr., 1919, played The Messenger 
in " Judith " ; June, 1919, Sir Moran 
Tremayne in " St. George and the 
Dragons " ; at the Duke of York's, 
June, 1920, he appeared as Paul de 
Musset in " Madame Sand," subse- 
quently touring as Dalman in " The 
Choice " ; at the Everyman Theatre, 
in 1921, played a round of parts in 



several revivals of Shaw's plays, and 
was then seen at the Lyceum, July, 

1921, as William Seward in " Abraham 
Lincoln " ; at the Strand, Jan., 1922, 
played Captain Jonathan Tallboys in 
" Old Jig " ; at the Royalty, June, 

1922, Sir Mortimer Isleworth in " The 
Green Cord " ; then went to New York, 
and at the Gaiety Theatre, Sept., 1922, 
played General Canynge in " Loyal- 
ties " ; on returning to London, ap- 
peared at the Regent Theatre, June, 

1923, in the title-Ko^ of " Robert E. 
Lee " ; at the St. Martin's Theatre, 
Oct., 1923, succeeded Allan Jeayes 
as Devizes in " The Will," and George 
Miles in " The Likes of Her " ; Jan., 

1924, played Conan in " Gruach " ; 
Mar., 1924, Paul Revers and Samehda 
in " The Forest " ; at the Haymarket, 
June, 1924, Lord Leonard Alcar in 
" The Great Adventure " ; at the 
Everyman, Oct., 1924, Lord Summer- 
hays "in "Misalliance"; Dec., 1924, 
Dr. Paramore in " The Philanderer." 
Favourite- fcarts ; Malvolio, Joseph 
Surface, Robert E. Lee. Recreations : 
Tennis and golf. Club : Green Room. 
Address : S The Mount, Heath Street, 
N.W.3. Telephone No. : Hampstead 
11, 

AYLWIN, Jean, actress ; b. Hawick, 
10 Oct., 1885 ; e. George Watson's 
College, Edinburgh ; m. Colonel Alfred 
Rawlinson (mar. dis.) ; made her first 
.appearance on the stage at the Gaiety 
Theatre, Apr., 1904, in the chorus of 
" The Orchid " ; in 1905, she appeared 
in " The Spring Chicken," and also 
understudied Gertie Millar ; in 1906, 
she played Cissi in " The Spring 
Chicken " ; at the same theatre, Sept., 

1906, she appeared as Fossettein " The 
New Aladdin " ; same theatre, May, 

1907, appeared as Minna in " The Girls 
of Gottenburg " ; at Christmas, 1907, 
at the Prince's, Manchester, played 
Clementine in the same piece ; subse- 
quently appeared at the Palace Theatre ; 
at the Gaiety, Apr., 1908, appeared as 
Anita in " Havana " ; at the New 
Theatre, Oct., 1908, played Nell in 
" Nell Gwynne the Player " ; at the 
Gaiety, 23 Jan., 1909, played Jeanne 
in " Our Miss Gibbs/' and crossing to 
America in Aug., 1910, appeared in 
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Theatre, New York ; on her return to 
England, appeared at the Palace 
Theatre, Sept., 1911 ; at the Hippo- 
drome, Apr., 1912, played Margaret 
McCurdie in " Arms and the Girl " ; 
at the Comedy, Sept., 1912, appeared 
as Jean Lowther in f< A Scrape o' the 
Pen ** ; subsequently toured in the 
same part ; in May, 1913, appeared in a 
music-hall sketch entitled " A Careless 
Lassie/ 1 and subsequently toured with 
this ; at the Garrick Theatre, Nov., 
1913, made a great success as Gobette 
in " Who's the Lady ? " ; during 1914 
again toured in " A Careless Lassie " ; 
in 1915, toured in the revue " All 
Scotch," subsequently appearing in 
the same piece, at the Apollo Theatre, 
July, 1915 ; at the Euston Theatre of 
Varieties, May, 1918, played Helena 
Day in " Something to His Advan- 
tage " ; at the Metropolitan, May, 
1919, Maggie in " Maggie Lauder," 
in which she subsequently toured ; 
at Kennington, Mar., 1920, Stella de 
Gex in " The Love Flower " ; in 
June, 1920, toured in variety theatres 
in " Just Like a Woman " ; was absent 
from the stage from 1920 to 1923 ; 
reappeared, at the Chelsea Palace, 
Mar , 1923, as Damaris in " Polly." 
Address : Gourock, N.B. 

AYNESWORTH, AUan (E. Abbot- 
Anderson), actor ; b. at Royal Military 
College, Sandhurst, '14 Apr., 1865; 
s. of General E. Abbot- Anderson ; 
brother of General Abbot-Anderson, 
Commanding Legation Guard at Pekin, 
Sir Maurice Abbot- Anderson, physician 
to H.R.H. the Princess Royal ; e. at 
Chatham House, in France and Ger- 
many ; m. Edith Margaret Le Gros ; 
made his first appearance on the 
stage at the Comedy Theatre, 20 Apr., 
1887, walking on in " The Red Lamp "; 
he next played at Margate, with Miss 
Sarah Thome's " stock " company ; at 
the St James's, Nov , 1887, appeared 
in " The Witch " ; in 1888, joined 
Messrs. Hare and Kendal at St. 
James's Theatre, appearing there, 
Apr., 1888, as General de Pontac 
in " The Ironmaster " ; appeared at 
the same theatre with Rutland 
Barrington, Oct., 1888, in " The 
Dean's Daughter " ; appeared at the 
Court, 1889, in " The Weaker Sex " and 



" Aunt Jack " ; in 1890, n " The 
Cabinet Minister/' and 1891 in "The 
Volcano," and "The Late Lamented" ; 
at the Avenue, 1892, played in " The 
Crusaders/' and at the Criterion, 
Jan., 1893, appeared in " The Bauble 
Shop " ; appeared with Augustin 
Daly's company, at Daly's Theatre, 
Oct", 1893, in " The Orient Express/' 
and Jan., 1894, in " The Country 
Girl " ; at the Garrick, May, 1894, 
played Sir Frederick Blount in 
" Money " ; Jan., 1S95, Percy Gold- 
finch in "A Pair of Spectacles " ; at 
the St. James's, Feb., 1895, appeared 
as Algernon Moncrieff in " The Import- 
ance of Being Earnest " ; in the autumn 
toured with the St. James's company, 
and in Sept., 1895, appeared at 
Balmoral Castle, in " Liberty Hall " ; 
at the St. James's, Nov., 189~5, played 
Jack Humeden in " The Divided Way/ ' 
and Charlie Denison in " The Misogy- 
nist " ; Jan., 1896, Bertram Bertrand 
in " The Prisoner of Zenda " ; at the 
Vaudeville, Oct., 1897, Vignon in 
"Never Again " ; at the Metropole, 
Camberwell, May, 1898, Claude in 
" Teresa " ; at the Court, June, 1898, 
Sir Montague Martin in " His Excel- 
lency the Governor " ; at the Garrick, 
Oct., 1898, Lieut. Pleydell in " Brother 
Officers " ; at the Court, Jan., 1899, 
the Chevalier de Matignon in "A 
Court Scandal " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Oct. 1899, Lord Robert Ure 
in " The Christian " ; Dec., 1899, 
Percival Kingsearl in " Miss Hobbs " ; 
Apr., 1900, Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton 
in " Madame Butterfly " ; Sept., 1900, 
Thomas Tarboy in " The Lackey's 
Carnival " ; at the Haymarket, Nov., 
1900, Lieut.-Col. Miles Anstruther in 
" The Second in Command " ; also 
appeared at the Haymarket in " Frocks 
and Frills/' " Caste," " The Clandes- 
tine Marriage," " The Unforeseen," 
etc. ; at the Criterion, Sept.,' 1903, 
played Jack Frere in " Billy's Little 
Love Affair " ; played leading parts 
with Marie Tempest, 1903-7, in 
" The Freedom of Suzanne," " All- 
of-a-Sudden Peggy," " The Truth," 
" Angela," and " The Barrier," at 
the Comedy Theatre ; at Hay- 
market, Apr., 1908, played in "A 
Fearful Joy " ; at the Garrick, Sept., 
1908, appeared in " Idols " ; at the 



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Criterion, 1909, played in " The Real 
Woman " ; at the Kingsway, 1909, 
appeared as Denzil Trevena in " The 
Earth " ; at the Playhouse, Mar., 

1911, appeared in " One of the Dukes " ; 
in May, 1911, appeared at Glasgow in 
" Sally Bishop/' subsequently tour- 
ing in the same part ; in the autumn 
of the same year went to America ; 
returned to London, and appeared at 
the Palace Theatre, Dec., 1911, in " A 
Man in the Case " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Feb., 1912, appeared as 
Captain Nicholas Jeyes in " The 
Mind-the-Paint ' Girl " ; he then 
entered on the management of the 
New Theatre, opening on 12 Aug., 

1912, as Jackson Ives in " Ready 
Money/* which ran over 200 perform- 
ances ; in Mar., 1913, produced 
11 Bought and Paid For/' in which he 
appeared as Robert Stafford ; was then 
in management at the Garrick Theatre, 
Aug., 1913, as Charles Herio in " The 
Real Thing/' which he also produced ; 
entered on the management of the 
Criterion Theatre, with Irving Albery, 
Feb., 1914, and appeared as Major 
Bagnal in " A Pair of Silk Stockings " ; 
they also produced at the Prince of 
Wales's Theatre, June, 1914, "An 
Indian Summer/' in which he played 
Nigel Parry, K.C., and at Wynd- 
hani's, July, 1914, " From 9 to 11," in 
which he played Lawson ; appeared 
at the Haymarket, Nov., 1914, as 
Major William Thesiger in " The Flag 
Lieutenant " ; Mar., 1915, as Leonard, 
Lord Perth in " Five Birds in a Cage " ; 
at the New Theatre, July, 1915, again 
appeared as Jackson Ives in " Ready 
Money " ; at the St. James's, Sept., 
1915, played Sir Randle Filson in 
" The Big Drum " ; May, 1916, the 
Earl of Bradstock in " Pen " ; at 
the Haymarket, May, 1916, played 
Sir Geoffrey Pomfret in " Fishpingle" ; 
at the New Theatre, Sept., 1916, Stuart 
Randolph in " Her Husband's Wife " ; 
at the Queen's, Feb., 1917, John 
Dennison in " The Double Event " ; 
at the New, June, 1917, Sir Montague 
Martin in " His Excellency the 
Governor " ; at the Playhouse, Sept., 
1917, Baron Stepan Andreyeff in 
" The Yellow Ticket " ; at the Globe, 
May, 1918, appeared as Maynard in 
" Press the Button " ; at the Comedy, 



Jan., 1919, appeared in " Tails Up " ; 
at the Apollo, July, 1919, played 
Lucien Welwyn in " Tilly of Blooms- 
bury " ; at the Globe/ Oct., 1920, 
Jean de Siriex in the revival of 
" Fedora " ; at the Haymarket, Mar., 
1921, Lord Porteous in "The Circle" ; 
at the Strand, Jan., 1922, played Sir 
Anthony Cranford in " Old Jig " ; at 
the Haymarket, June, 1922, Dominic 
in " The Dover Road " ; Mar., 1923, 
the Hon. Edward Carew in " Isabel, 
Edward and Anne " ; Aug., 1923, 
Colonel Sapt in " The Prisoner of 
Zenda " ; at the Ambassadors', Apr., 
1924, Mr. Archer in " Collusion," which 
he also produced ; at the Queen's, Dec., 
1924, M. de Mericourt in " Orange 
Blossom." Favourite part : Charles 
Surface. Hobbies and recreations : 
Shooting, riding, motoring, gardening, 
golfing, fishing. Address : " Charn- 
wood," Epsom. Telephone : Epsom, 
486. Clubs : Garrick, Beefsteak ; and 
Union, Brighton. 

AYRTON, Bandle, actor ; &. Chester, 
9 Aug., 1869; 5. of William Francis 
Ayrton ; e. King's School, Chester, and 
Geneva University ; studied for the 
stage under Miss Kate Phillips ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at the 
old Avenue Theatre, under the man- 
agement of George Alexander, 25 Sept., 
1890, in " The Struggle for Life " ; 
subsequently spent many years touring 
in the provinces and fulfilled engage- 
ments with the late Osmond Tearle 
and the late Hermann Vezin in Shake- 
sperean repertory and with Minnie 
Palmer in " My Sweetheart " ; also 
played in "A Man's Shadow," " A 
Royal Divorce," F. R. Benson's 
Company, etc., and a tour under his 
own management, with " Bachelors " ; 
in 1913, returned to the Benson 
Company as stage-director, and in 
that capacity toured with the com- 
pany in the United States and Canada, 
also playing prominent parts ; in 
conjunction with Miss Irene Rooke, 
entered on the management of the 
Criterion Theatre for a short season, 
June, 1915, when he played in " Fol- 
lowers," " The Hillarys," " The Road 
to Raebury " ; appeared at the 
Apollo, Dec., 1915, as Ah-Wi in " The 
Spanish Main/' and Jan., 1916, as 



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Grumio in " The Taming of the 
Shrew*'; at the Haymarket, 1916, 
played William Toogood in " The 
Mayor of Troy/' Burglar Bill in 
" Elegant Edward," Bonsor in " Fish- 
pingle," and Van der Foot and Ah Lim 
in " Mr. Jubilee Drax " ; at Lyceum, 
Edinburgh, Dec., 1916, played in 
" Oh S Caesar " ; at the Gaiety, 
Manchester, Feb., 1917, appeared in 
" Peter's Mother," " Alice-Sit-by-the- 
Fire" ; at the Kingsway, Aug., 1917, 
under his own management, appeared 
as John Parable in " Cook" ; at the 
St. James's, Nov., 1917, played Mild- 
may in " Loyalty " ; at the Criterion, 
Dec., 1917, the Inca of Perusalem in 
the play of that name ; at the Hay- 
market, May, 1918, Richard Farndon 
in " Uncle 'Anyhow " ; June, 1918, 
Christopher Deacon in " Marmaduke," 
and Aug., 1918, Harry Jackson in 
" The Freedom of the Seas " ; in 
Dec., 1919, appeared in Holland and 
Belgium with Miss Rosa Lynd's 



company, in " Mid-Channel " and 
" Candida " ; at the Empire, Feb., 
1920, appeared as the Great Moghul in 
" The Sunshine of the World " ; at 
the St. James's, Mar., 1920, as Sir 
Robert Graham in " Uncle Ned " ; 
appeared at the Belasco Theatre, New 
York, Sept., 1920. as Di. Noah Petch 
in " One " ; on his return to London, 
appeared at the Apollo, Feb., 1922, 
as Tsering Lama in " The Wheel " ; 
May, 1922, as The Laird in " Trilby " ; 
at the Everyman, Sept., 1922, played 
Bothwell in"" Mary Stuart " ; at the 
Lyric, Hammersmith, Dec., 1923, 
Ford in " The Merry Wives of Wind- 
sor " ; at the R.A.D.A. Theatre, 
May, 1924, Lord Medway in " The 
Discovery " ; at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, New York, Sept., 1924, 
Hassan in the play of that name. 
Favourite part : Benedick in " Much 
Ado About Nothing." Recreation : 
Golf. Address : c/o W. H. Savery, 
27 Glasshouse Street, W.I. 



B 



BACH, Reginald, actor ; 6. Shepper- 
ton, 3 Sept., 1886 ; 5. of Frederick 
Watson Bach and his wife Elizabeth 
(Ley) ; e. Cheltenham ; m. Kathleen 
Blake ; had experience as an amateur 
before making his first appearance on 
the professional stage at the Opera 
House, Cheltenham, 23 Dec., 1905, as 
Major Rattan in *" Ici on Parle 
Francais " ; subsequently toured in 
" The Octoroon," " Nicholas Nic- 
kleby," " The Taming of the Shrew," 
etc. ; his first engagement in London 
was at the Garrick Theatre, Dec., 1912, 
when he understudied the part of the 
Geni of the Carpet in " Where the 
Rainbow Ends " ; appeared at the 
Apollo Theatre, Nov., 1913, played 
Captain Talpin in " The Wife Tamer " ; 
from 1914 to 1917 was engaged at the 
Haymarket as stage manager and 
also playing small parts in " Driven," 
" Five Birds in a Cage," " Who is 
He ? " " The Mayor of Troy," " Fish- 
pingle," " Mr. Jubilee Drax," " Felix 
Gets a Month " ; at the St. Martin's, 



Mar., 1917, played the Patient in 
" Damaged Goods " ; at the conclu- 
sion of his national service work, June, 
1919, was appointed stage director at 
the New Theatre, and also appeared 
there as Albert in " Time to Wake 
Up," and Ahab Meedy in " Jack o' 
Jingles," also at times appearing as 
Chi-Lung in "The Chinese Puzzle" ; 
at the Prince of Wales's, Feb., 1920, 
played the Park-keeper in " The 
Young Person in Pink " ; at the 
Court, Feb., 1920, Launcelot Gobbo in 
" The Merchant of Venice " ; at the 
Duke of York's, Apr., 1920, Spyokin 
in " The Government Inspector " ; at 
the Garrick, Sept., 1920, Professor 
Dancourt in " Her Dancing Man " ; 
at the Devonshire Park Theatre, 
Eastbourne, Dec., 1920, Edward Dray- 
ton in " Teddy Wants a Wife " ; at 
the Strand, Jan., 1921, played Aloy- 
sius Vereker in " A Safety Match " ; 
at the Comedy, Mar., 1921, Stuart 
Montague in " The Ninth Earl," and 
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Family Man " ; at the Ambassadors', 
Dec., "1921, Jim Bradley in "Clothes 
and the Woman " ; at the Comedy 
(Repertory Players), Mar., 1922, and 
at the Royalty, Apr., 1922, David 
Rysing in " If Four Walls Told " ; at 
the Strand, July, 1922, Constantin 
Leroux in "The 'Risk"; Dec., 1922, 
Blind Pew and Israel Hands in 
" Treasure Island " ; at the Every- 
man, Apr., 1923, Ridgeon in " The 
Doctor's Dilemma " and Ezra Marsden 
in " T'Marsdens " ; at the Haymarket 
June, 1923, John Reader in "Success " ; 
at the New, Aug., 1923, Norris Clay 
in " The Eye of Siva " ; at the Lyric, 
Hammersmith, Dec., 1923, Sir Hugh 
Evans in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; at the Gaiety, Apr., 1924, 
the Old Soldier in " Our Nell " ; at 
the Ambassadors', Sept., 1924, the 
Father in " Fata Morgana " ; at the 
Haymarket, Oct., 1924, Bob Pillin 
in " Old English " ; Dec., 1924, 
Danny in "A Kiss for Cinderella " ; 
has acted as producer of several 
well-known plays. Club : Green Room. 

BACON, Mai, actress ; made her 
first appearance in London at the Globe 
Theatre, 19 Dec., 1913, as Freda in 
" The Shepherdess Without a Heart " ; 
spent several years touring in musical 
comedy in the provinces ; at the 
Shaftesbury, June, 1920, played Mari- 
ette in " Oh ! Julie " ; appeared at 
the Gaiety, Dec., 1921, as Lili Touplin 
in " The Little Girl in Red " ; at the 
Lyric, May, 1922, made a success, 
when she played Delphine de Lavallie"re 
in " Whirled Into Happiness " ; at 
the Little Theatre, Oct., 1923, ap- 
peared in " The Little Revue Starts 
at Nine o'Clock " ; at the King's 
Theatre, Glasgow, Dec., 1924, played 
Olga in " The Dollar Princess." 

BADDELEY, Heraione, actress ; 6. 
Broseley, Shropshire, 13 Nov., 1906 ; 
e. privately ; at an early age joined 
Margaret Morris's School of Dancing ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Lyric, Hammersmith, 24 Dec., 
1918, as Paste in " Make Believe," 
at the Kingsway, Nov., 1920, played 
Michael in " The Knight of the Burning 
Pestle " ; at Christmas, 1922, played 
Balk in " Balk and the Bighead " ; 



she next travelled with the Arts League 
of Service ; at the Lyric, Hammersmith 
(for the Stage Society), Feb., 1923, 
played Lea in " The Mental Athletes " ; 
at the St. Martin's, Aug., 1923, made 
a remarkable success when she played 
Florrie Small in " The Likes of Her " ; 
Nov., 1923, played Jeanne in " The 
Fledglings " ; Mar., 1924, Amina in 
" The Forest " ; at the Duke of York's, 
May, 1924, appeared in " The Punch 
Bowl"; at the Palace, Sept., 1924, 
joined " The Co-Optimists." Recrea- 
tions : Reading, dancing and games. 
Address : 45 Bramham Gardens, 
Kensington, S.W. 

BAILEY, Gordon, actor; b. Birm- 
ingham, 26 July, 1875; s. of Dr. 
Thomas Bailey ; e. Bromsgrove College 
and Mason's College, Birmingham ; 
m. Lucy Wilson ; made his first ap- 
pearance on the stage at Birming- 
ham, 1894 ; for five years played 
numerous parts in the provinces ; 
made his first appearance on the London 
stage, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, 
1899, as Egeus in "A Midsummer 
Night's Dream " ; at the Lyceum, 
Oct., 1900, appeared in " For Auld 
Lang Syne " ; and Dec., 1900, in 
"Henry V"; in 1901, toured in 
Australia, with George Musgrove's 
company, playing in " Sweet Nell of 
Old Drury," " Moths," etc. ; in 1902-3, 
toured in the United States, with 
Charles Warner, in " Drink " ; at 
the Royalty, Aug., 1904, played 
George Devereux in " The Chetwynd 
Affair ' ' ; appeared at the Imperial, 
1905, with Lewis Waller ; during 
1905-6, toured with William Mollison 
in " Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush " ; 
at the Court, Mar., 1906, played Osman 
in " Captain Brassbound's Conver- 
sion " ; Apr., 1906, Callow in " Pru- 
nella "; in 1907, toured in "The 
Second Mrs. Tanqueray " ; at the 
Lyceum, Mar., 1908, Paris in " Romeo 
and Juliet," subsequently appearing 
as Mercutio and Romeo ; at the 
Haymarket, Sept.-Oct., 1909, appeared 
in " King Lear/' and " Don " ; at 
the Prince's, Mar., 1913, played 
Mercutio in " Romeo and Juliet " ; 
at the Vaudeville, Oct., 1913, in " The 
Green Cockatoo " ; during 1915, 
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Who Stayed at Home " ; for a time 
was a member of the Glasgow Reper- 
tory Company ; in 1916, toured as 
Professor Higgins in " Pygmalion " ; 
at the Globe, Dec., 1916, played St. 
George in " Where the Rainbow Ends"; 
at the Playhouse, 1917, appeared in 
"The Yellow Ticket'*; at the St. 
James's, 1918, played Jerry in " Peg 
o' My Heart"' ; subsequently toured 
as Svengali in " Trilby " ; at the 
Garxick, Mar., 1919, played in " Cyrano 
de Bergerac " ; at the Duke of York's, 
Dec., 1919, in " Arms and the Man " ; 
at the Aldwych, Nov., 1920, played 
Lennox in " Macbeth " ; at the 
Comedy, Sept., 1921, Fazio in " The 
Love Thief " ; at the Duke of York's, 
Nov., 1921, Giovanni and the Duke 
of Villa Acquse in " The Pilgrim of 
Eternity"; at the Everyman, Feb., 

1922, Count O'Dowd in " Fanny's 
First Play " ; at the London Pavilion, 
May, 1923, in " Dover Street to 
Dixie " ; at the Haymarket, Aug., 

1923, Jeffreys and Marshal Strakenz 
in " The Prisoner of Zenda." Club : 
Green Room. Address : 6 Suffolk 
House, Dartmouth Park HiU, N.W.5. 
Telephone No. : Hornsey, 2680. 

BAINTEB, Fay, actress; b. Los 
Angeles, California, 1892 ; m. Com- 
mander Reginald Venables ; made her 
first appearance on the stage in 1909, 
with the Belasco " Stock " Company, 
Los Angeles ; made her first appear- 
ance on the New York stage, at Daly's, 
22 Jan., 1912, as Celine Marinter in 
" The Rose of Panama"; appeared 
at Thirty-Ninth Street Theatre, Feb., 
1913, as Alice Weston in " The Bridal 
Path " ; in 1914, toured with Mrs. 
Fiske in *' Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh " ; 
in May, 1914, joined the " stock " 
company at Albany, where she ap- 
peared very successfully in " Stop 
Thief/' " The Temperamental Jour- 
ney/* " The Seven Sisters/' " Baby 
Mine," " Fine Feathers," " The Ghost- 
Breaker," " The Girl in the Taxi," 
" Ready Money/' " Fifty Miles from 
Boston " ; in 1915-16 appeared in 
" stock " companies at Des Moines, 
Toledo, etc., playing lead in such 
plays as " Within the Law," " Seven 
Keys to Baldpate/' " Madame Sherry," 
etc. ; made a success when she appeared 



at the Fulton Theatre, New York, 
Sept., 1916, as Ruth Sherwood in 
" Arms and the Girl," and further 
enhanced her reputation when she 
appeared at the Cohan and Harris 
Theatre, Mar., 1917, as The Image and 
Mary Temple in " The Willow Tree " ; 
at the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre, May, 
1918, played Aline in " The Kiss 
Burglar," "and at the Astor Theatre, 
Dec., 1918, made another great success 
as Ming Toy in " East is West ; " 
at the Broadhurst Theatre, Dec., 1922, 
played the title-role in " The Lady 
Cristilinda " ; at the Morosco, Dec., 

1923, Rose Coe in " The Other Rose " ; 
at the Ambassador, New York, Aug., 

1924, Elspeth in " The Dream Girl." 

BAIEB, Dorothea, actress; b. at 
Teddington, 20 May, 1875 ; d. of John 
Forster Baird, barrister-at-law ; m. 
H. B. Irving, 1896; her nrst appearance 
on the stage was with the Oxford 
University Dramatic Society, as Iris 
in " The Tempest," Feb., 1894 ; June, 
1894, joined Ben Greet's company, 
playing Hippolyta, Helena, Hermione, 
Rosalind, and" other Shakespearean 
roles ; her nrst London appearance 
was at the Metropole Theatre, Camber- 
well, 17 Feb., 1895, as Hippolyta in 
" A Midsummer Night's Dream " ; 
created something of a sensation when 
she appeared at the Haymarket, 
30 Oct., 1895, with Beerbohm Tree, in 
the title-rdle in " Trilby " ; at the 
St. James's, Dec., 1896, played 
Phoebe in "As You Like It *' ; ap- 
peared at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1897, 
in revival of " Trilby," and in " The 
Ballad Monger " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Dec., 1897, played Evelyn in 
" The Happy Life " ; appeared at the 
Lyceum with Henry Irving, 1898, 
in " The Medicine Man," " The 
Merchant of Venice," " The Lyons 
Mail," " The Bells/ 1 and " Louis 
XI " ; at the Court, 1899, played 
in "A Court Scandal " ; at Her 
Majesty's, Jan., 1900, appeared as 
Helena in "A Midsummer Night's 
Dream " ; at the Lyceum, June, 1900, 
played Sophia in " Olivia " ; at the 
Garrick, Sept., 1900, played Margaret 
in " The Wedding Guest " ; at the 
Grand, Islington, May, 1901, appeared 
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of York's, 1904-5, played Mrs. Darling 
in " Peter Pan " ; at His Majesty's, 
Jan., 1906, appeared as Acte in 
; ' Nero " ; played the title-role in 
" Mauricette," Lyric, in the same 
year ; then went on tour with her 
husband, playing Francesca in " Paolo 
and Francesca/' Henrietta Maria 
in " Charles I," etc. ; went to 
America in the autumn with her 
husband, appearing with him in reper- 
toire ; on her return to England, 
again toured the provinces ; in Nov., 
1907, she appeared with great success 
as Lavinella Orsini in " Caesar Bor- 
gia " ; at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 
Oct., 1908, appeared as Jeannette in 
" The Lyons Mail/* and in Dec. 
as lothanthe in " King Rene's 
Daughter " ; at the Shaftesbury, 1909, 
played Ophelia, Queen Henrietta in 
" Charles I," and Marie in " Louis 
XI " ; at the Queen's, 1909-10, played 
in " A Maid of Honour/' " Dr. Jekyll 
and Mr. Hyde," and " The Princess 
Clementina " ; appeared at His Ma- 
jesty's, Apr., 1910, as Portia in 
" The Merchant of Venice " ; accom- 
panied her husband to Austrah" a, 1911 ; 
in 1913, was elected a member of the 
Poor Law Guardians of St. Pancras ; 
has since retired from the stage, and 
devoted herself to infant welfare work. 
Address : 18 Cumberland Terrace, 
N.W.I. Telephone No. : Museum, 4845. 

BAIRD, Ethel, actress ; b. London ; 
e. Belgium ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Shubert Theatre, 
New York City, 24 Dec., 1914, in the 
chorus of " To-night's the Night," 
with George Grossmith ; subsequently 
succeeded Iris Hoey as Beatrice 
Carraway in the same play ; made her 
first appearance in London, at the 
Apollo Theatre, 25 Sept., 1915, as 
Jane McMurray in " The Only Girl/' 
in which she made an instantaneous 
success ; during 1916-17, toured as 
Lolotte in " Mr. Manhattan " ; at 
the Alhambra, July, 1917, played in 
" Round the Map " ; at the Vaude- 
ville, May, 1918, in " Tabs " ; at 
the Criterion, Mar., 1919, appeared as 
Nancy in " Oh 1 Don't, Dolly " ; at 
the Royalty, Oct., 1919, as Daisy 
Tapping in " Summertime " ; at the 
Garrick, Sept., 1920, as Susan in 




" Her Dancing Man "^afSie Winter 
Garden, Apr., 1924fplaye<^6eatrice 
Carraway in " To-Night's tn^Ni^t " ; 
in Sept., 1924, toured witll Miss Jose 
Collins, as Mary in " Our Nell/' and 
Dolly in "Frasquita." 

BAKER, Elizabeth, dramatic author ; 
b. London ; d. of John Alexander 
Baker and his wife Elizabeth T. 
(Reavell) ; m. James E. Allaway ; 
first attracted attention by the 
production of her play " Chains/' 
under the auspices of the Play Actors 
at the Court Theatre, Apr., 1909, 
and subsequently revived by Charles 
Frohman at the Duke of York's 
Theatre, 1910 ; is also the author of 
" Miss Tassey " and " Cupid in 
Clapham," 1910; "Edith," 1912; 
"The Price of Thomas Scott/' 1913; 
" Beastly Pride/' 1914 ; " Over a 
Garden Wall/' 1915 ; " Edith " ; 
41 Partnership/' 1917 ; " Miss Robin- 
son," 1918 ; is also a contributor to 
several magazines and journals. Rec- 
reations : Books and country walks. 
Clubs : Writers, and Dramatists. 
Address : 16 Flanders Road, Bedford 
Park, W.4. 

BAKER. Lee, actor ; for some years 
was a member of " stock " company 
at Milwaukee ; was a member of the 
company of the New Theatre, New 
York, when it opened for the first 
time on 8 Nov., 1909, on which occa- 
sion he appeared as Menas in " Antony 
and Cleopatra," and he also appeared 
at that theatre, 1909-11, as George 
Rous in " Strife," Senator Long in 
" The Nigger," Moses in " The School 
for Scandal," Antonio in " Twelfth 
Night," Antigonous in " The Winter's 
Tale," H.M. King George IV in 
" Vanity Fair," Master Page in " The 
Merry Wives of Windsor," Jacobus in 
" The Piper," Daddy Tyl in " The 
Blue Bird," etc. ; at the Lyceum, 
New York, Feb., 1912, played Richard 
Benham, K.C., in " Lydia Gilmore " ; 
at the Century, Mar., 1912, succeeded 
Lewis Waller as Boris AndrOvsky in 
" The Garden of Allah " ; at the 
Century Theatre, Oct., 1912, Prince 
Fidelity in " The Daughter of Heaven"; 
at the Lyric, New York, Jan., 1914, 
Hasan Ben Sabbah in " Omar the 
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York, Sept., 1914, Harry Hamilsohn in 
" A Modem Girl " ; " subsequently 
toured as Strickland in " On Trial " 
and Pbineas K. Bennett in " The Song 
of Songs " ; at the Hudson Theatre, 
Dec., 1916, appeared as John Rawson 
in " Shirley Kaye " ; at the Cohan 
Theatre, Apr , 1918, as Colonel Eulin 
in "Service"; at the Forty-Eighth 
Street Theatre, Aug , 1918, as Police- 
Captain Zenlon and Robert Alden in 
" The Woman on the Index " ; at the 
Harris Theatre, Nov., 1918, as Lars 
OWk in " The Riddle Woman " ; 
at the Bijou, Sept., 1919, as Archibald 
Hay in " An Exchange of Wives " ; 
at the Republic, Dec., 1919, appeared 
as " Lafe " Regan in " The Sign on the 
Door " ; at the Plymouth Theatre, 
Aug., 1921, played Walter Greenough 
in " Daddy's Gone-a-Hunting " ; made 
his first appearance on the London 
stage, at the Savoy Theatre, Aug., 
1922, as Judge Perry in " Lawful 
Larceny " ; at the Cohan Theatre, 
New York, Nov., 1922, played Paul 
Brander in " The Love Child " ; at 
the Gaiety, New York, Apr., 1924, 
Philip Flagg in " Garden of Weeds/' 
Address : The Lambs' Club, 130 West 
44th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

BANCROFT, Sir Squke Bancroft, 

cr. 1897 ; actor-manager (retired) ; 
is now the doyen of the English stage ; 
b. 14 May, 1841 ; e. privately in England 
and France ; m. Marie Erne Wilton, the 
famous actress, 1867 ; made his first 
appearance on the stage at the Theatre 
Royal, Birmingham, Jan., 1861, as 
Lieutenant Manley in "St. Mary's 
Eve " ; remained in the provinces 
four years, appearing at Cork, Devon- 
port, Dublin, Liverpool, etc. ; during 
that period played no fewer than three 
hundred and forty-six parts ; made 
his first appearance on the London 
stage at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, 
15 Apr., 1865, as Jack Crawley in 
** A Winning Hazard/' under the 
management of his future wife, Marie 
Wilton and H. J. Byron; on the 
secession of Byron in 1867, joined his 
wife in management and with her, 
raised the theatre to the eminence 
it subsequently attained ; played 
many leading parts in the various 
productions, notably Sidney Daryl in 



" Society/' 1865 ; Angus Macalister 
in " Ours," 1866 ; Captain Hawtree 
in " Caste/' 1867 ; Chevalier Brown 
in " Play/' 1868 ; Jack Poyntz in 
" School/"' 1869 ; Talbot Piers in 
" M.P.," 1870 ; Hugh Chalcot in 
" Ours/' 1870 ; Sir Frederick Blount 
in " Money," 1872 ; Speedwell in 
"Man and Wife," 1873; Joseph 
Surface, 1874 ; The Prince of Morocco 
in " The Merchant of Venice/* 1875 
Triplet in " Masks and Faces/* 1875 
Sir George Ormond in " Peril/* 1876 
Dazzle in " London Assurance," 1877 
Blenkinsop in " The Unequal Match/ 
1877 ; Count Orloff in " Diplomacy/' 
1878 ; at the Haymarket, 1880-5, 
appeared as Sir Frederick Blount in 
" Money," Lord Henry Trevene in 
" Odette/' Fouche in " Plot and 
Passion," Tom Dexter in " The 
Overland Route," Jean de Siriex and 
Loris Ipanoff in " Fedora," Tom 
Jervoise in " Lords and Commons," 
Dr. Thornton in " Peril," Faulkland 
in " The Rivals," Henry Beauclerc 
in " Diplomacy " ; retired from man- 
agement 1885 ; reappeared on the 
stage at the Lyceum, 28 Sept., 1889, 
as the Abbe Latour in " The Dead 
Heart," with Sir Henry Irving ; 
also appeared at the Garrick, 1893, 
as Count Orlofi in " Diplomacy " ; 
appeared by Command of the late 
Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle, 
26 Oct., 1893, in this part ; has since 
raised over .20,000 for distribution to 
hospitals by his readings of Dickens's 
" Christmas Carol " ; gave his final 
reading on 11 Mar., 1913, at the St. 
James's Theatre ; at His Majesty's 
Theatre, 17 Dec., 1918, in aid of King 
George's Pension Fund for Actors, 
he appeared as Triplet in ** Masks and 
Faces " ; President of the Royal 
Academy of Dramatic Art ; is a 
member of the Advisory Board for 
the licensing of plays ; received the 
Hon. Degree of LL.D. at St. Andrew's 
University, May, 1922 ; part-author 
of " Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft, On and 
Off the Stage " ; author of " The 
Bancrofts : Recollections of Sixty 
Years " ; " Empty Chairs." Clubs : 
Green Room, of which he is President, 
Athenaeum, Garrick. Address : Al 
The Albany, W.L Telephone No. : 
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BANCROFT, George Pleydell, dra- 
matic author and novelist ; b. London, 1 
Nov., 1868 ; s. of Sir Squire and Lady 
Bancroft ; e. at Eton and Brasenose 
College, Oxford, taking B.A. degree 
with honours in law in 1892, and after- 
wards M.A. ; called to the Bar in 
1893 ; m. Erne, elder daughter of Sir 
John Hare, 1893 ; appeared on the 
stage at the St. James's under George 
Alexander, in 1896, as Lord Topham 
in " The Prisoner of Zenda " ; after- 
wards in Pinero's " The Princess and 
the Butterfly/' as Adrian My Us ; 
author of the following plays : ' ' The 
Birthday/' 1894 ; " Teresa/' 1898 ; 
" What Will the World Say ? " 1899 ; 
" The Little Countess," 1903 ; " Lady 
Ben/' 1905; "The Princess Clemen- 
tina" (with A. E. W. Mason), 1910; 
" One of the Dukes/ 1 1911, and of the 
novel, "The Ware Case/' 1913; 
appointed in 1906 Administrator of 
the Academy of Dramatic Art by 
its Council ; resigned 1910 ; was 
appointed Clerk of Assize for the 
Midland Circuit, 1913 ; writes under 
the name of George Pleydell. Club : 
Garrick. Address : White Lodge, 
Westgate-on-Sea, and 3 Harcourt 
Buildings, Temple, E.C.4. 

BANKS, Leslie, J., actor; b. West 
Derby, near Liverpool, 9 June, 1890 ; $. 
of George Banks and his wife Emily 
(Dalby) ; e. Trinity College, Glen- 
almond, and Keble College, Oxford ; 
m. Gwendoline Haldane Unwin ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at the 
Town Hall, Brechin, Oct., 1911, with 
F. R. Benson's Company, as Old 
Gobbo in " The Merchant of Venice " ; 
during 1911-12 was with the Benson 
(South) company ; during 1912-13, 
toured with George Dance's company 
in " The Hope " ; toured with H. V. 
Esmond and Eva Moore, 1913-14, in 
United States and Canada ; made his 
first appearance on the London stage, 
at the Vaudeville, 5 May, 1914, as 
Lord Murdon in " The Dangerous Age"; 
during the war, from 1914-18, served 
with the Essex Regiment ; after de- 
mobilisation, joined the Birmingham 
Repertory Company, May- June, 1919 ; 
during 1919-20, played leads with 
Lena Ashwell's Repertory Company ; 
from Feb., 1921, appeared at the 



Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, in 
" Candida/* " The Doctor's Dilemma," 
" Major Barbara/' etc. ; at the Ambas- 
sadors', May, 1921, played Archie Beal 
in " If " ; at the Everyman Theatre, 
Oct., 1921, Benny" Rogers in 
" DifFrent "; at the Ambassadors', Nov. , 
1921, Laurent in " Deburau " ; Dec., 

1921, Claude Goring in " Clothes and 
the Woman " ; at the Everyman, Feb., 

1922, Duvallet in " Fanny's First 
Play " ; at the Savoy, Feb., 1922, 
Fred Gurran in " Sarah of Soho " ; 
at the Court, Mar., 1922, Jones in 
"The Silver Box"; Apr., 1922, 
Blunter in " Windows " ; at the 
Apollo, Sept., 1922, George Winkelreid 
in " The Torch " ; at the Savoy, Feb., 

1923, Rodney Masters in "The" Young 
Idea " ; at the St. Martin's Theatre, 
Apr., 1923, Radius in " R.U.R. " ; 
Aug., 1923, Alfred Cope in " The Likes 
of Her " ; Jan., 1924, Jim Anscombe 
in "A Magdalen's Husband/' and 
Amyntor in " Phoenix " ; at the 
Ambassadors', Feb., 1924, Bennett 
Lomax in " The Way Things Happen" ; 
at the St. Martin's, Mar., 1924, John 
Strood in " The Forest " ; at the 
Criterion, May, 1924, Franco Spina in 
" The Mask and the Face " ; he then 
went to America, and made his first 
appearance in New York, at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, Nov., 1924, 
as Captain Hook in " Peter Pan." 
Recreations : Painting and golf. Club : 
Green Room. Address : 31 Lancelot 
Place, Knightsbridge, S.W.7. 

BANKHEAD, Tallulah, actress ; b. 
Duntsville, Alabama, U.S.A., 31 Jan., 
1902 ; d. of William Brockman Bank- 
head and his wife Adeline Eugenia 
(Sledge) ; e. Virginia, Washington, 
D.C., and New York City ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Bijou Theatre, New York, 15 Mar., 
1918, as Gladys Sinclair in " Squab 
Farm. " ; at the Greenwich Village 
Theatre, May, 1919, played Rose de 
Brissac in " Footloose " ; at the 
Maxine Elliott Theatre, Aug., 1919, 
succeeded Constance Biiiney as Pen- 
elope Penn in " 39 East " ; at the 
Klaw Theatre, Mar., 1921, played 
Hallie Livingston in " Nice People " ; 
at the Bijou, Nov., 1921, Phyllis 
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Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Jan., 
1922," played Mary Hubbard in " Dan- 
ger,'* and subsequently at the Frazee 
Theatre , succeeded to the part of 
Blanche Ingram in " Her Temporary 
Husband " ; at the Times Square, 
Sept., 1922, " Rufus " Rand in " The 
Exciters " ; she then came to England 
and made her first appearance on the 
London stage at Wyndham's Theatre, 
15 Feb., 1923, as Maxine in ''The 
Dancers " at the Queen's, Mar., 1924, 
played Conchita in a play of that 
name ; at the Comedy, May, 1924, 
Yvonne Taylor in " This Marriage " ; 
July, 1924, Anita Latter in "The 
Creaking Chair." Recreations : Danc- 
ing, painting and swimming. Address : 
78 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 
W.I. Telephone No. : Mayf air 5305. 

BANIfEBMAN, Margaret, actress; 

b. Toronto, Canada, 15 Dec., 1896; 
d. of Charles Le Grand and his wife 
Margaret (Hurst) ; e. Convent of 
Mount St. Vincent, Halifax, N.S. ; 
m. Pat Somerset (mar. dis.) ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at 
the Adelphi Theatre, 2 Nov., 1915, as 
Julia in " Tina," subsequently suc- 
ceeding to the part of Pomona ; 
appeared at the Apollo, Dec., 1916, 
when she succeeded Doris Lytton as 
Lady Clara Twist in " Poached Eggs 
and Pearls " ; next appeared at the 
Strand Theatre, Jan., 1917, as Nora 
Ruttledge in " Under Cover " ; at 
the Prince of Wales's, Dec., 1917, 
played Joan Stark in " Yes, Uncle " ; 
at the Apollo, Apr., 1918, Blanche 
Hawkins in "Be Careful, Baby " ; 
at the Playhouse, Aug., 1918, Eloise 
Farringdon in " The Naughty Wife " ; 
at the Vaudeville, Dec., 1918, appeared 
with success in the revue " Buzz-Buzz" ; 
was next seen at the Comedy, July, 
1919, when she played Miss Fairchild 
in " Three Wise Fools " ; at the 
Vaudeville, Mar., 1920, appeared in 
"Just Fancy!"; at the Winter 
Garden, Oct., 1920, played Marcelle in 
" A Night Out " ; at the Strand 
Theatre, Aug., 1921, Angela Bassett 
in " The Trump Card " ; at the Lyric, 
Oct., 1921, Mary in "Welcome 
Stranger " ; at the Gaiety, Dec., 1921, 
Suzette Borel in " The Little Girl in 
Red " ; at the Vaudeville, Mar., 1922, 



appeared in " Pot Luck " ; at Drury 
Lane, June, 1922, succeeded Wilette 
Kershaw as Alatiel in " Decameron 
Nights"; at the Haymarket, Mar., 
1923, played Anne in "Isabel, Edward 
and Anne " ; at the Criterion, July, 
1923, Sybil Mainwarmg in " Send for 
Doctor O'Grady " ; at the Globe, 
Sept., 1923, scored a striking success, 
when she played Lady George Grayston 
in " Our Betters." Hobbies : Furni- 
ture and antiques. Recreation : Music. 

BARBEE, Richard, actor ; b. Lafay- 
ette, Indiana, U.S.A., 1887 ; has been 
prominent on the New York stage 
during the past few years, having 
appeared at the Hudson Theatre, July, 
1918, as William Pfeiffer in " Friendly 
Enemies " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
Dec., 1918, as Jarvis Russell in " When 
a Feller Needs a Friend " ; at tho 
Manhattan Opera House, Dec., 1919, 
as Lieut. John Booth Lawrence in 
" Forbidden " ; at the Cort Theatre, 
Jan., 1921, played Jean Bernard in 
" Transplanting Jean " ; at the Broad- 
hurst, Sept., 1922, The Up-and-down 
Kid in " Wild Oats Lane " ; at the 
Comedy, New York, Dec., 1922, 
Leonard Light in " Gringo " ; at the 
Ritz, Nov., 1923, Ray Warrenton in 
" Robert E. Lee " ; at the Broadhurst, 
Feb., 1924, Dr. Albert Rice in " Beggar 
on Horseback." 

BARBOUR, Joyce, actress ; b. Bir- 
mingham, 27 Mar., 1901 ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Gaiety Theatre, 28 Apr., 19i5, in the 
chorus of " To-Night's the Night " ; 
at the same theatre, Sept., 1916, 
played Ethel Emily in " Theodore and 
Co." ; at the Prince of Wales's, Dec.. 
1917, played in " Yes, Uncle " ; at 
the Shaftesbury, Sept., 1919, played 
Phyllis Vesey in " Baby Bunting " ; 
the following year she went to the 
Empire, to understudy Edith Day in 
" Irene," and played the part for eight 
weeks ; was then engaged for the 
Vaudeville, where she appeared from 
1920-21, in " Jumble Sale," " Puss- 
Puss," and " Now and Then " ; at 
the New Oxford Theatre, Dec., 1921, 
played Maid Marian in " The Babes 
in the Wood," and also appeared there, 
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Montmartre ; she next toured as Sally 
in the musical play of that name, and 
on her return to London appeared at 
the Duke of York's, Dec., 1923, in 
" London Calling " ; went to America 
Aug., 1924, and appeared at the Maxine 
Elliott Theatre, 1 Sept., 1924, as Violet 
Dering in " Havoc." Recreations : 
Tennis and reading. Address : 6 King 
Edward's Mansions, Fulham Road, 
S.W.6. Telephone No. : Putney 749. 

BARING, Hon. Maurice, dramatic 
author ; b. 1874 ; 5. of Lord Revel- 
stoke; e. Eton, and Trinity College, 
Cambridge ; was originally in the 
Diplomatic Service, where he remained 
with various appointments, 1898-1904 ; 
was war-correspondent in Manchuria 
to the Morning Post, 1904 ; special 
correspondent to the Morning Post, in 
Russia, 1905 ; has written the follow- 
ing plays : " The Grey Stocking," 
1908 ; "A Tea Party at the House of 
Calphurnia," 1910 ; "The Green Ele- 
phant," 1911; " Katherine Parr," 
1912; "The Double Game," 1912; 
has written the following among other 
books : " Hildesheim," " Ouatre Pas- 
tiches/* " The Black Prince," " Gaston 
de Foix," " With the Russians in 
Manchuria," " Mahasena Desiderio," 
"A Year in Russia," sonnets and 
poems. Address: 3 Gray's Inn Square, 
W.C.I. Telephone No. : Chancery 
7862. 

BARKER, H. Granville, actor, dra- 
matic author, and manager ; 5. 
London, 1877 ; s. of Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert Barker, the latter a well-known 
reciter ; m. (1) Lilian McCarthy (mar. 
dis.) ; (2) Helen Huntington (Gates) ; 
first appeared in Harrogate in 1891 ; 
joined Miss Sarah Thome's Company 
at Margate for six months, making his 
first appearance in Wilks's old drama, 
" Ben the Bo'sun " ; made his first 
appearance on the London stage at the 
Comedy Theatre, 19 May, 1892, as the 
Third Young Man in " The Poet and 
the Puppets " ; at the same theatre, 
he appeared on 5 Dec., 1892, as 
Claudie in " To-Day " ; played with 
A. B. Tapping in stock seasons at 
Hastings ; in 1894, toured with Lewis 
Waller in " A Sorceress of Love " ; 
toured with Ben Greet in Shake- 



spearean repertoire, 1895 ; appeared 
at the Haymarket in " Under the 
Red Robe,' 1 1896 ; played for the 
Elizabethan Stage Society in " Richard 
II," 1899, and in " Edward II," 1903 ; 
was with Mrs. Patrick Campbell on 
tour, and in " The Canary " at the 
Prince of Wales's, 1899 ; at Royalty, 
in " Magda," 1900 ; appeared in 
" English Nell " at the Prince of 
Wales's, 1900, and in " Becky Sharp " 
at the same theatre, 1901 ; was associ- 
ated with the work of the Stage Society 
for several years, appearing in " The 
League of Youth," 1900 ; " Candida," 
1900 ; " Captain Brassbound's Con- 
version/' 1900; "The Man of Des- 
tiny," 1901; "Mrs. Warren's Pro- 
fession," 1902 ; " The Marrying of 
Ann Leete," 1902 ; "A Man of 
Honour," 1903; "The Good Hope," 
1903 ; " Man and Superman," 1905 ; 
" Waste," 1907 ; also acted as pro- 
ducer for several of the performances ; 
at the Court, Apr., 1904, played Speed 
in " The Two Gentlemen of Verona " ; 
in 1904 joined J. E. Vedrenne in the 
management of the Court Theatre, 
producing there many plays, notably 
the " Hippolytus " of Euripides, "Agla- 
vaine and Selysette/' " John Bull's 
Other Island," " Prunella," " You 
Never Can Tell," " The Trojan 
Women" of Euripides, "The Thieves' 
Comedy," " Man and Superman/' 
The " Electra " of Euripides, " The 
Return of the Prodigal/' " Major 
Barbara," " The Voysey Inheritance," 
" The Silver Box/ ' The Charity that 
Began at Home," " The Doctor's 
Dilemma," " The Campden Wonder/ 1 
" Votes for Women," and revivals 
of " Candida," " Captain Brassbound's 
Conversion," " The Wild Duck," " The 
Philanderer " and " Hedda Gabler " ; 
the " Vedrenne-Barker " management 
of this theatre was one of the most 
notable theatrical enterprises of the 
modern stage ; in Sept., 1907, with 
J. E. Vedrenne, undertook the manage- 
ment of the Savoy Theatre, and in 
Oct. appeared there as General 
Burgoyne in " The Devil's Dis- 
ciple " ; on the transference of the 
play to the Queen's Theatre, in 
Nov., appeared as Dick Dudgeon ; 
at the Savoy Theatre, Dec., 1907, 
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and the Man " ; during 1908 toured 
with a repertory of the plays connected 
with the Vedrenne-Barker regime ; 
during 1910, was prominently associ- 
ated with Charles Frohman's repertory 
scheme at the Duke of York's ; be- 
tween 1911-14, was responsible (with 
Miss Lilian McCarthy) for the pro- 
duction of the "Anatol" duologues, 
Palace and Little Theatres, 1911 ; a 
revival of " The Master Builder," 
Little, 1911 ; "Fanny's First Play/' 
Little, 1911; "The Winter's Tale," 
Savoy, 1912 ; " Twelfth Night/' Savoy, 
1912 ; " The Great Adventure/' Kings- 
way, 1913 ; " Androcles and the Lion," 
St. James's, 1913; "The Harle- 
quinade," St. James's, 1913 ; revivals 
of " The Wild Duck," " Nan," " The 
Witch/' "The Doctor's Dilemma," 
" Le Mariage Force," St. James's, 
1913-14 ; " A Midsummer Night's 
Dream/' Savoy, 1914 ; " The Dynasts," 
Kingsway, 1914 ; subsequently pro- 
ceeded to America, and at Wallack's 
Theatre, New York, Jan., 1915, pro- 
duced " Androcles and the Lion/' " A 
Midsummer Night's Dream/' etc. ; at 
the Royalty, Sept., 1920, was respon- 
sible with his wife for the production of 
" The Romantic Young Lady," for 
the translation of which play, from 
the Spanish, they were also jointly 
responsible ; is the author of " The 
Marrying of Ann Leete," " The Voysey 
Inheritance," " The Madras House," 
" Rococo," " Waste," " The Weather 
Hen " (with Berte Thomas) ; " The 
Harlequinade " (with Dion Clayton 
Calthrop) ; " The Morris Dance " 
(from Robert Louis Stevenson and 
Lloyd Osbourne's " Wrong Box ") ; 
" Vote by Ballot " ; " The Secret 
Life " ; " Prunella " (with Laurence 
Housnian) ; " Deburau " (from the 
French of Sacha Guitry) ; the stage 
version of Hardy's play " The Dyn- 
asts " ; adapted Schnitzler's play 
" Das Marschen," with C. E. Wheeler ; 
was responsible for the English version 
of Schnitzler's " Anatol " ; four plays 
from the Spanish of G. Martinez-Sieria 
(with Helen Granville-Barker) ; is 
co-author, with William Archer, of 
the work " Scheme and Estimates 
for a National Theatre " ; author of 
" The Exemplary Theatre/' " Souls 
on Fifth," " The Red Cross in France/' 



also the prefaces to " The Players' 
Shakespeare." Club : Garrick. Ad- 
dress : Garrick Club, Garrick Street, 
W.C.2. 

BARLOW, Billie, actress and 
vocalist; b. London, 18 July, 1862; 
e. West Kensington ; m. E. M. 
Stuart ; made her first appearance 
on the stage, under her own name of 
Minnie Barlow, at the Opera Comique 
Theatre, 25 May, 1878, in "H.M.S. 
Pinafore " ; the name of " Billee " 
was bestowed upon her by the late 
Sir W. S. Gilbert; when the late 
D'Oyly Carte sent his company to 
New York, in 1879, with " The Pirates 
of Penzance," she went out to play 
the part of Isabel, and appeared in that 
part at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, 
New York, on 31 Dec., 1879; she 
returned to England in 1881, and in 
Oct., 1881, appeared at the opening of 
the Savoy Theatre, in " Patience " ; 
she again returned to the United 
States in 1882, under D'Oyly Carte, 
opening at the Standard, New York, 
26 Sept., 1882, as Gomez in "Les 
Manteaux Noirs," followed by the 
part of Tom Tit in " Rip Van Winkle "; 
next toured with E. E. Rice in " Orphee 
aux Enfers " ; joined the J. A. 
McCaull opera company, and played 
Konrad in " Falka," Rochester in 
" Nell G wynne," Bernard in " The 
Little Duke," Gaston in " Nanon," 
Peppina in " Amorita," Ottokar in 
"The Gypsy Baron," etc.; returned 
to London with H. E. Dixey, and 
appeared at the Gaiety, 31 May, 1886, 
as Lady Mattie in " Adonis " ; same 
theatre, Dec., 1886, played Carconte 
in "Monte Cristo, Jun.," subsequently 
playing the late Nellie Farren's part 
of Edmond Dantes in the same piece ; 
in 1887, appeared at the Grand, 
Islington, and on tour, as Jack in 
"Little Jack Sheppard " ; made her 
first appearance on the variety stage 
at the Metropolitan, 2 Apr., 1888, 
when she sang among other songs, " See 
me dance the polka " ; her earliest 
successes in the halls were gained 
with such songs as " It's English, quite 
English, you know," " Bubbles," etc., 
and she fulfilled several successful 
engagements at the Alhambra, London 
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etc. ; at Christmas, 1891, she went to 
Australia, where she played Dick in 
"Dick Whittington," Jack in "Little 
Jack Sheppard," and Randolph in 
" Randolph the Reckless," for ten 
months ; her first pantomime en- 
gagement was at the Theatre Royal, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne ; in 1900, she 
toured in Australian music halls, also 
playing in " Puss in Boots," subse- 
quently proceeding to South Africa ; 
in 1917, toured in South Africa, in 
" Theodore and Co.," "So Long, 
Letty," and " A Country Girl " ; in 
1919, toured South Africa in variety ; 
in 1920, toured the English provinces, 
as Mrs. Welwyn in " Tilly of Blooms- 
bury " ; in 1924 toured as Baronne 
de Boeuff in " Gabrielle." Among her 
more successful songs may be men- 
tioned " Do buy me that, Mamma 
dear " ; "I want to look as well as 
you " ; " Mashing the Band " ; " Save 
a nice one for me," etc. 

BARNES, J. H., actor ; d. 26 Feb., 
1850 ; first appeared on the stage 
at the Lyceum, 25 Nov., 1871, as 
Irving's double in " The Bells " ; 
played Captain Lewis in " The Lady 
of the Lake," Drury Lane, 1872 ; 
Gordon Lockhart in " Old Soldiers," 
Strand, 1873 ; appeared at the opening 
of the Criterion in 1874, as Gordon 
Lockhart in " An American Lady " ; 
and next toured as leading man 
with Miss Neilson in America in 
1874, and took his own company to 
Canada the following year ; returning 
to England, he appeared at the 
Princess's in " The Corsican Brothers " 
and " Abel Drake," 1876 ; in 1877 
he was at the Globe in " Jo " ; toured 
the following year in " Diplomacy " ; 
in 1879 was at the Lyceum with Miss 
Genevieve Ward, remaining at that 
theatre to appear with Irving in " The 
Iron Chest " and as Bassanio in " The 
Merchant of Venice " ; and the follow- 
ing year in " lolanthe " ; the same 
year he joined the Kendals and John 
Hare at the St. James's ; in 1882 he 
supported Madame Ristori as leading 
man at Drury Lane, playing in 
" Macbeth " and " Elizabeth " ; ap- 
peared at the Lyceum with Mary 
Anderson in " Ingomar," " The Lady 
of Lyons," " Pygmalion and Galatea," 



1883 ; subsequently touring with her 
in America ; again appeared with 
the Kendals at the St. James's, 1886, 
playing Rigaud in " Antoinette 
Rigaud " ; was Phedaspes in Miss 
Clo Graves's " Nitocris," at Drury 
Lane, 1887 ; the same year joined 
Miss Grace Hawthorne at the Prin- 
cess's, playing in " The Shadows of 
a Great City " and " Siberia " ; he 
appeared in " The Mystery of a 
Hansom Cab," 1888 ; " Master and 
Man," 1889 ; " Proof," and in "A 
Convict's Wife," 1890 ; he then went 
to America, where he remained for 
some years ; returning, he appeared 
at the Duke of York's in " Her Advo- 
cate," 1895 ; supported Willard at 
the Garrick in " The Rise of Dick 
Halward," 1895; in 1896 appeared 
with Wyndham at Criterion as Jog- 
ram in " Rosemary " ; rejoined Irving 
at Lyceum, 1901, playing in " Corio- 
lanus," " Madame Sans Ge*ne," 
" Charles I," etc. ; at Drury Lane, 
1903, appeared in " The Flood Tide " ; 
has played leading parts in productions 
at the Court under Vedrenne and 
Barker ; returned to America under 
Charles Frohman, 1905 ; at the Hud- 
son Theatre, New York, 30 Aug., 1906, 
appeared as Mr. Willmore in " The 
Hypocrites," and returned to London 
to play his original part in the same 
play at the Hicks Theatre, 27 Aug., 
1907 ; at the Comedy, Feb., 1908, 
appeared in " Lady Barbarity " ; 
subsequently appeared at the Hippo- 
drome in " The Sands o' Dee " ; at 
the Globe, Sept., 1909, appeared in 
" Madame X " ; at the Adelphi, in 
Oct., 1909, in " The Servant in the 
House " ; at the Garrick, May, 1910, 
in " The Dawn of a To-morrow " ; 
at the St. James's, Sept., 1910, played 
in " D'Arcy of the Guards/' and 
subsequently in " Eccentric Lord 
Comberdene " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Apr., 1911, played M. Joulin 
in " Better Not Enquire " ; at the 
Command performance at Drury Lane, 
17 May, 1911, played Tabouret in 
" Money " ; at the Gala performance 
at His Majesty's, 27 June, 1911, 
appeared as the Beefeater in " The 
Critic " ; at His Majesty's, 5 Sept., 
1911, played Banquo in " Macbeth " ; 
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in i4 The War God " ; at the Aldwydi, 
Max., 1912, played the Earl of Pitcour 
in " Proud Maisie " ; at the St. 
James's, Jan., 1913, played the Em- 
peror of China in " Turandot, Princess 
of China "* ; supported Forbes-Robert- 
son during his farewell season at 
Drury Lane, Mar.- June, 1913, playing 
Polonius in " Hamlet " and lago in 
" Othello " ; in the autumn of 1913, 
again visited the United States, playing 
the Marquis of Beverley in " The 
Whip/' appearing in this part at the 
Manhattan Opera House, Nov., 1913 ; 
after his return to England, appeared 
at the Comedy Theatre, Oct., 1914, as 
Montgommery Hawkes in " Peg o 1 My 
Heart " ; appeared at the Empire, 
Nov., 1914, in " The Woman Inter- 
venes " ; at Drury Lane, Apr., 1915, 
played Fritz Scowcroft in " Happi- 
ness " ; at the Queen's Theatre, Sept., 

1917, Sir George Rainsford in "The 
Off-Chance " ; at the Strand, Feb., 

1918, Edward Palmer in " Cheating 
Cheaters"; Apr., 1918, Sir Charles 
Fellowes in " Betty at Bay " ; at 
the Scala, May, 1919, Sir George 
Caxton in " The Black Feather " ; 
Aug., 1919, Colonel Damas in " The 
Lady of Lyons " ; at the Savoy, Apr., 
1920, General Adair in " Paddy the 
Next Best Thing " ; has written a 
quantity of serious verse, and magazine 
articles for the Nineteenth Century, etc.', 
contributed his reminiscences, "Forty 
Years on the Stage," to The Stage, 
from Oct., 1913, subsequently pub- 
lished in book form ; was the recipient 
of a complimentary benefit matinee at 
the Palace Theatre, 17 Mar., 1922, 
to celebrate his Jubilee on the stage ; 
at the Strand, Oct., 1922, played the 
Judge in " The Balance " ; at the 
Empire, Dec., 1922, the Doge in 
" Arlequin " ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Apr., 1923, Lester Montague in " Mer- 
ton of the Movies " ; was an original 
member of the Green Room Club. 
Address : 53 Fordhook Avenue, Ealing 
W.5. 

BARNES, Ralph Kenneth, adminis- 
trator, Royal Academy of Dramatic 
Art; b. Heavitree, Exeter, 11 Sept., 
1878; s. of Prebendary Reginald 
Barnes and his wife, Frances M. E. 
(Nation) ; brother of Irene and Violet 



Vanbrugh ; e. Westminster School and 
Christ Church, Oxford, where he 
obtained his M.A. degree ; formerly 
engaged in Civil Service and journal- 
ism ; appointed Administrator of the 
Academy of Dramatic Art, 1909; 
served in the War from Oct., 1914, to 
Dec., 1919 ; Captain 1/9 Hampshire 
Regt. in India, Mesopotamia, and 
Siberia, and was mentioned in des- 
patches ; author of " Glass Houses " 
(from the French), 1909; "War 
Pageant," Simla, 1918 ; " The Sisters," 
Simla, 1918; "Undercurrents," pro- 
duced by the Academy ex-students, 
1921 ; " The Letter of the Law," 
1924. Favourite play : " Hamlet." 
Recreations : Tennis and golf. Club : 
Garrick. Address : 9 Campden House 
Chambers, Kensington, W.8. Telephone 
No. : Museum 1328. 

BARNES, Winifred, actress and 
vocalist; b. 18 Dec., 1894 ; e. Con- 
vent of Notre Dame; m. Roy 
Faulkner ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage at the Gaiety 
Theatre, 1909, in a minor part in " Our 
Miss Gibbs " ; subsequently toured 
in George Edwardes's companies ; 
during 1913 understudied Miss Sari 
Petrass in " The Marriage Market," at 
Daly's Theatre ; at the Prince's, 
Manchester, 24 Dec., 1913, played 
Mariposa Gilroy in " The Marriage 
Market " ; at Daly's, 28 Oct., 1914, 
appeared as Marjory Joy in the revival 
of "A Country Girl " ; at Prince's, 
Manchester, 24 Dec., 1914, appeared 
as Betty in the play of that name, 
subsequently appearing in the same 
part at Daly's Theatre, 24 Apr., 1915 ; 
at Daly's, May, 1916, played Mary, 
Princess of Valaria in " The Happy 
Day " ; at the Prince of Wales's, 
Feb., 1917, Aloiiey in " Anthony in 
Wonderland"; at the Shaftesbury, 
Sept., 1917,thetitle-rtJtein" Arlette " ; 
at the Apollo, June, 1918, appeared 
as Marlene de Launay in " Soldier 
Boy"; at the Oxford, Oct., 1919, 
as Maggie Maynell and Nellie Hay in 
"Maggie"; at the Aeolian Hall, 
Dec., 1920, gave a Vocal Recital ; 
at the Strand, Oct., 1922, played 
Betty in " Angel Face " ; at the 
Empire, Jan., 1924, Helene in "The 
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BARRATT, Augustus, hrist and 

composer ; b. England ; studied at 
the Royal College of Music, where he 
gained a Scholarship ; composed the 
music of " Kitty Grey/' 1902 ; " The 
Girl Behind the Counter," 1906 ; 
" Fancy Free," 1918 ; " Miss I-don't- 
know," 1918 ; " The League of No- 
tions," 1921 ; " The Fun of the Fayre/' 
1921 ; " The Fun Worshippers/' 1924. 

BARRETT, tteorge, actor ; (Charles 
Frederick Barrett) ; b. Leeds, 1869 ; 
s. of the late George Barrett, and his 
wife, Bessie (Brooke), and nephew of 
the late Wilson Barrett ; e. King's 
College, London, and Naval College, 
Portsmouth ; m. Betty Rutherford 
(mar. dis.) ; for some time followed 
the vocation of a sailor ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at 
the Lyceum, Edinburgh, 1890, in 
" Claudian," with the late Wilson 
Barrett, and he remained with this 
company for three years ; he then 
toured in " A Sailor r s Knot," 1892 ; 
in 1893-4 he was a member of Charles 
Hawtre3 T 's comedy company which 
visited South Africa ; on his return 
to England, in 1894, was touring with 
the Milton-Rays, playing Donna 
Betsiana in " Don Quixote " ; made 
his first appearance in London, at the 
Parkhurst Theatre, Christmas, 1896, 
as Mrs. Sinbad in " Sinbad the Sailor " ; 
was again, for some years, a member of 
his uncle's company, playing comedy 
parts ; made his first appearance in 
the West End of London at the Lyceum, 
1899, playing Corkett in ' " The 
Silver King," Monty Missit in 
" The Manxman " ; at the Adelphi, 
Dec., 1902, played Gurth in " The 
Christian King," and took part 
in Wilson Barrett's production of 
" In the Middle of June " (1904), 
and "Lucky Durham"' (1904); 
during 1905, toured as Crookie 
Scrubbs in " Sergeant Brue " ; 
made a substantial hit when he 
appeared at Wyndham's Thea.tre, 
Apr., 1906, as A Waiter in " The Girl 
Behind the Counter " ; at the Prince 
of Wales's Theatre, Jan., 1907, played 
Simon Slinks in " Miss Hook of Hol- 
land/' and Sept., 1908, Bran in " King 
of Cadonia " ; appeared at Drury Lane, 
Sept., 1909, as Tom Lambert in " The 



Whip"; Dec., 1910, as Rupert in 
" Jack and the Beanstalk " ; Mar., 
1911, as James Hogg in "The Sins 
of Society " ; subsequently appeared 
in a music-hall sketch, " Two Flats " ; 
at the Globe, Oct., 1911, played the 
Constable in " The Love Mills " ; 
appeared at the Gaiety, Feb., 1912, 
as Commodore Parker in " The Sun- 
shine Girl," and Apr., 1913, as Corne- 
lius Clutterbuck in " The Girl on the 
Film " ; at the Marlborough Theatre, 
Christmas, 1914, played King Solumn 
in " Humpty Dumpty " ; at the 
Adelphi, Apr., 1915, appeared as 
Loustot in " Veronique " ; subse- 
quently again toured in " Two Flats " ; 
at Olympia, Liverpool, Aug., 1915, 
appeared in " The Sports Girl " ; at 
the Apollo Theatre, Oct., 1915, suc- 
ceeded to the part of Andrew McMur- 
ray in " The Only Girl " ; at the 
Prince of Wales's, Mar., 1916, played 
Odkin in " Mr. Manhattan " ; at the 
Kingsway, Oct., 1916, played in 
" Extra Special " ; at the Middlesex, 
Oct., 1917, played William Binks in 
" All the Fun of the Fair" ; at the 
Lyric, May, 1918, Baron Pepsicorn in 
"Violette""; at the Winter Garden, 
May, 1919, Brichoux in " Kissing 
Time " ; at the Gaiety, Apr., 1921, 
Seltzer in " Faust on Toast " ; at the 
Shaftesbury, Apr., 1922, Sprules in 
" Tons of Money," which lie played for 
nearly two years ; at the Garrick, 
June, 1924, played James in " The 
Other Mr. Gibbs." Address : c/o 
Akerman May Agency, 7/8 Leicester 
Place, W.C.2. 

BARRETT, Oscar, Jim., manager ; 
b. London, 19 Mar., 1875 ; s. of Oscar 
Barrett, the well-known composer 
and manager ; assisted in the front of 
the house at the Olympic Theatre, 
Dec., 1892, when his father produced 
" Dick Whittington " ; was at the 
Lyceum, 1893, during the " run " of 
" Cinderella," and also piloted the 
U.S.A. tour, 1894 ; was then engaged 
with Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum, 
and on tour ; he was also assistant 
business manager at the St. James's, 
under Sir George Alexander, 1895, and 
the following Christmas went to Drury 
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was business manager at the Garrick, 
with " Cinderella " ; was engaged at 
the Shaftesbury, 1898-1900, during the 
runs of " The" Belle of Xew York," 
" An American Beauty," " Are You a 
Mason ? " etc., business manager for 
Frank Curzon, at the Comedy, Avenue, 
and Prince of Wales's ; was business 
manager for Charles Frohman at the 
Aldwych and Globe (formerly Hicks) 
Theatres for several years up to 1911 ; 
in 1913, appointed business manager 
of the Empire Theatre, Leicester 
Square ; in addition, is general man- 
ager for Sir Alfred Butt at the Queen's 
Theatre. Club : Eccentric. Address : 
122 Coleherne Court, S.W.5. Tele- 
phone Xo. : Kensington 4187. 

BARRIE, Sir James, Matthew, Bart. 
(cr. 1913), OJL, M.A., LL.D., Edin., 

dramatic author and novelist ; b. Kirrie- 
rnuir, N.B., 9 May, 1860 ; e. at 
Dumfries and Edinburgh University ; 
was for a time leader-writer of a 
Nottingham newspaper, and on coming 
to London contributed to the St. 
James's Gazette, The Speaker, and 
The National Observer; author of 
the plays, " Becky Sharp," Terry's, 
1891 ; " Ibsen's Ghost/ 1 Toole's, 1891 ; 
"Richard Savage/' Criterion, 1891; 
"Walker, London," 1892; "Jane 
Annie/ 1 Savoy, 1893; "The Pro- 
fessor's Love Story," Comedy, 1894 ; 
" The Little Minister/' Haymarket, 
1897 ; " The Wedding Guest/' 
Garrick, 1900 ; " Quality Street," at 
Vaudeville, 1902; "The Admirable 
Crichton," Duke of York's, 1902 ; 
and " Little Mary," Wyndhain's, 
1903; "Peter Pan," Duke of York's, 
1904 ; " Pantaloon " and " Alice Sit- 
by-the-Fire," at the same theatre, 
1905; "Josephine," a revue, and 
" Punch," a toy tragedy, comedy, 
1906 ; " What Every Woman Knows," 
Duke of York's, 1908 ; " Old Friends/' 
41 The Twelve Pound Look," " A 
Slice of Life," Duke of York's, 1910 ; 
" Rosalind," Duke of York's, 1912 ; 
" The Will," Duke of York's, 1913 ; 
" The Adored One," Duke of York's, 
1913 ; " Half-an-Hour," Hippodrome, 
1913; "Der Tag," Coliseum, 1914; 
"The New Word," Duke of York's, 
1915 ; " Rosy Rapture, the Pride of 
Ifae Beauty Chorus " (revue), Duke of 



York's, 1915 ; "A Kiss for Cinderella/' 
Wyndham's, 1916 ; " The Old Lady 
Shows her Medals," New, 1917~; 
" Dear Brutus," Wyndham's, 1917 ; 
" A Well-Remembered Voice/' Wynd- 
ham's, 1918 ; " The Truth About the 
Russian Dancers," Coliseum, 1920 ; 
" Mary Rose/' Haymarket, 1920 ; 
among his books may be noted 
" Auld Licht Idylls/' " When a 
Man's Single," " A Window in 
Thrums/' " My Lady Nicotine," " The 
Little Minister," "The Little White 
Bird/' " Peter and Wendy," etc. ; was 
created a Baronet on the occasion of the 
King's Birthday, June, 1913, and 
received the Order of Merit on the 
occasion of the bestowal of the New 
Year's Honours, 1922 ; Rector of St. 
Andrews University, 1922. Address : 
1/3 Robert Street, Adelphi, W.C.2. 
Club : Athenaeum. 



BARRY, Joan, actress ; b. 5 Nov., 
1902 ; made her first appearance on 
the stage at the St. James's, Aug., 1920, 
when she played the part of Eva Johns 
in " His Lady Friends " ; at the Duke 
of York's, June, 1921, played Dorothy 
Fessenden in " The Wrong Number " ; 
at the Lyric, Mar., 1922, succeeded 
Mary Glynne as Mary in " Welcome 
Stranger " ; at the Globe, July, 1922, 
succeeded Helen Spencer as Delia 
in " Belinda " ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Dec., 1923, played Vane Harpenden in 
" The Rising Generation " ; at the St. 
James's, Dec., 1924, Pollyanna in the 
play of that name. Address : 24 
Corringham Road, Golder's Green, N.W. 

BARRYMORE, Ethel, actress ; d. of 
the late Maurice Barrymore and 
Georgie Drew-Barrymore, and niece of 
John Drew ; b. Philadelphia, 15 Aug., 
1879 ; m. Russell Griswold Colt (mar. 
dis.) ; made her first appearance on the 
stage on 25 Jan., 1894, at the Empire 
Theatre, New York, as Julia in " The 
Rivals " ; at the Empire Theatre, 
New York, during the autumn of 
1894, she played the part of Kate 
Fennell in " The Bauble Shop/' in 
which her uncle, John Drew, was 
playing the leading part ; at the same 
theatre, 25 Sept., 1895, she appeared 
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Young Couple," and at Palmer's 
Theatre in Jan., 1896, she played Zoe 
in " The Squire of Dames " ; at the 
Empire, 31 Aug., 1896, she appeared 
as Piiscilla in " Rosemary/' and in 
1897 proceeded to England. At the 
Adelphi, London, 15 May, 1897, she 
made her English debut as Miss Kitt- 
ridge in " Secret Service/' with 
W. H. Gillette ; she was then engaged 
by the late Sir Henry Irving for the 
Lyceum Company, and went on tour, 
playing Annette in " The Bells " ; 
on her return to London she appeared 
at the Lyceum, on 1 Jan., 1898, as 
Euphrosine in " Peter the Great " ; 
she then returned to America, and 
was next seen at the Garrick, New 
York, on 24 Oct., 1898, as Madeleine 
in " Catherine," with Annie Russell ; 
at the same theatre, 16 Feb., 1900, she 
figured as Stella de Gex in " His 
Excellency the Governor " ; she was 
next promoted to the rank of " star " 
by Charles Frohman, her first play 
being " Captain Jinks of the Horse 
Marines," in which she appeared as 
Madame Trentoni, at the Garrick 
Theatre, on 4 Feb., 1901 ; since that 
date she has appeared as Carrots 
in the one-act play of that name, 
Angela Muir in "A Country Mouse/' 
Kate Curtis in " Cousin Kate," 
Sunday in the play of that name, 
Gwendolyn Cobb in " The Painful 
Predicament of Sherlock Holmes," 
Nora Helmer in "A Boll's House," 
Mrs. Grey in " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 
and in " Miss Civilization " ; at 
Wyndham's Theatre, London, 16 May, 
1904, she appeared as Cynthia in H. H. 
Davies' play of that name ; in 1905-6 
she again toured in " Alice-Si t-by-the- 
Fire " ; in Dec., 1906, she again 
appeared in " Captain Jinks of the 
Horse Marines " ; at the Empire, New 
York, 18 Mar., 1907, she played the 
part of Mrs. Jones in " The Silver 
Box " ; subsequently appearing at 
the same theatre in sundry revivals ; 
in Sept., 1907, she started on a tour 
with a new play entitled " Her Sister," 
written by Clyde Fitch and Cosmo 
Gordon-Lennox ; appeared in this 
play in New York at the Hudson 
Theatre, 25 Dec., 1907 ; same theatre, 
Nov., 1908, appeared as Lady Frede- 
rick in the play of that name; at 



the Empire, New York, 31 Jan., 1910, 
appeared as Zoe Blundell in " Mid- 
Channel," subsequently touring in 
the same play ; at the Empire, New 
York, 1 Jan., 1911, played the part of 
Rose Trelawney in " Trelawney of 
the Wells"; "and 13 Feb., 1911, 
played Kate in " The Twelve Pound 
Look " ; at Trenton, NJ., 19 Sept., 
1911, played Stella Ballantyne in 
"The Witness for the Defence," 
appearing in the same part at the 
Empire, New York, 4 Dec., 1911; 
same theatre, 29 Jan., 1912, played 
Kate Spencer in " Cousin Kate " ; 
Feb., 1912, appeared in "A Slice of 
Life " ; at the Palace, New York, 
Apr., 1913, played in " Miss Civiliza- 
tion " ; at the Empire, New York, 
28 Oct., 1913, played Madame Okraska 
(Xante) in " Tante " ; 11 May, 1914, 
Suzanne de Ruseville in "A Scrap 
of Paper " ; subsequently toured in 
"vaudeville," in "Drifted Apart"; 
at the Empire, New York, 25 Jan., 
1915, played Berthe Tregnier in " The 
Shadow"; at the Lyceum, New 
York, Oct., 1915, Emma McChesney 
in " Our Mrs. McChesney," and 
toured in this during .1916-17 ; 
at the Empire, New York, Dec., 1917, 
appeared as Marguerite Gautier in 
" The Lady of the Camelias " ; Feb., 

1918, as Lady Cardonnell in " The 
Off-Chance"; May, 1918, as Belinda 
Harrington in " Belinda " ; Oct., 

1919, as Lady Helen Haden in 
" Declasee " ; toured in this part, 
1920-1 ; at the Empire, New York, 
Apr., 1921, played The Queen in 
" Clair de Lune " ; at the Longacre 
Theatre, Sept., 1922, Rose Bernd in 
the play of that name ; Dec., 1922, 
Juliet in " Romeo and Juliet " ; Feb., 
1923, Lady Marjorie Colladine in 
" The Laughing Lady " ; at the 
Lyceum, New York, June, 1923, Lady 
Teazle in " The School for Scandal " ; 
at the Plymouth Theatre, New York, 
Nov., 1923, Princess Amelia in " A 
Royal Fandango " ; at the Cort 
Theatre, Oct., 1924, Paula in " The 
Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Recreations : 
Riding and driving. 

BARRYMORE, John, actor; b. 15 
Feb., 1882 ; s. of the late Maurice Barry- 
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m. (I) Katherine Corri Harris 
(mar. dis.) ; (2) Airs. Leonard M. 
Thomas (Blanche Oelrichs) ; made 
his first appearance on the stage 
at Cleveland's Theatre, Chicago, 31 
Oct., 1903, as Max in " Magda " ; 
made his first appearance in New York 
at the Savoy Theatre, 28 Dec., 1903, 
as Corley in " Glad of It " ; sub- 
sequently played the part of Polk 
in the same play ; at the Criterion, 
4 Apr., 1904, appeared as Charley 
Hine in " The Dictator/* and at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, in May, 1904, 
played Signor Valreali in " Yvette " ; 
made his first appearance in London, 
at the Comedy Theatre, 3 May, 1905, 
in his original part in " The Dictator " ; 
on his return to America, toured as 
Jacky in " Sunday " ; at the Criterion 
25 Dec., 1905, appeared as Stephen 
Rollo in " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire " and 
the Clown in " Pantaloon " ; at the 
Broadway, Jan., 1906, appeared in 
" Miss Civilization," subsequently 
visited Australia, in the company 
of William Collier ; at the Lyceum, 
New York, May, 1907, succeeded 
Arnold Daly as Tony Allen in " The 
Boys of Company B," subsequently 
touring in the same play ; at the 
Savoy Theatre, New York, 16 Mar., 
1908, played Lord Meadows in 
" Toddles " ; at Chicago, May, 1908, 
appeared as Mac in "A Stubborn 
Cinderella/' appearing at the Broad- 
way, New York, 25 Jan., 1909, in the 
-same part ; at the Gaiety, New York, 
4 Sept., 1909, played Nathaniel 
Duncan in " The Fortune Hunter/' 
subsequently touring in the same part 
throughout 1910-11 ; at Reading, Pa., 
28 Aug., 1911, appeared as Robert 
Hudson in " Uncle Sam," and played 
the same part at the Liberty Theatre, 
New York, Oct., 1911 ; subsequently 
toured as Pete in " Princess Zim- 
Zim " ; at the Empire, New York, 
Feb.,^ 1912, played in "A Slice of 
Life " ; subsequently toured in " Half 
a Husband " ; at the Little Theatre, 
New York, Oct., 1912, played Anatol 
in " The Affairs of Anatol " ; at 
Chicago, Mar., 1913, played in "A 
Thief for a Night ; at the Thirty-ninth 
Street Theatre, New York, Aug., 1913, 
appeared as George Macfarland in 
"Believe Me, Xantippe " ; at ihe 



Eltinge Theatre, Jan., 1914, as Julian 
Rolfe in " The Yellow Ticket " ; at 
the Longacre Theatre, Oct., 1914, as 
Chick Hewes in " Kick In " ; at the 
Candler Theatre, Apr., 1916, as William 
Falder in " Justice " ; at the Republic 
Theatre, Apr., 1917, Peter Ibbetson 
in the play of that name ; at the 
Plymouth Theatre, New York, Oct., 

1918, appeared as Fedor Vasilyevich 
Protosov in " Redemption " ; Apr., 

1919, as Giannetto Malespini in " The 
Jest " ; Mar., 1920, as the Duke of 
Glo'ster in " Richard III " ; at the 
Empire, New York, Apr., 1921, as 
Gwymplane in " Clair de Lune " ; 
at the Sam H. Harris Theatre, Nov., 
1922, appeared as Hamlet ; during 
1923-4, toured in the same part. 
Address : Lambs' Club, 130 West 44th 
Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

BARBYMOKE, Lionel, actor ; b. 28 
Apr., 1878 ; s. of the late Georgie 
(Drew) and Maurice Barrymore ; m. 
(1) Doris Rankin, (2) Irene Fen wick ; 
made his first appearance on the 
stage in 1893, in " The Rivals," 
in which his grandmother, the late 
Mrs. John Drew, was appearing as 
Mrs. Malaprop ; he also appeared 
with her in " The Road to Ruin/* 
and was then absent from the stage 
for a couple of years ; reappeared in 
1896, playing in " Squire Kate " ; 
in 1897, played in " Cumberland 
'61 ," and also appeared in a number 
of plays with Nance O'Neil's company ; 
during 1898-9, played in " Uncle 
Dick," " The Hon. John Grigsby/' 
and " Arizona " ; the following year 
toured with the late J. A. Herne in 
" Sag Harbor," subsequently playing 
in " Arizona " and " The Brixton 
Burglary " ; he then played two 
seasons with John Drew in " The 
Second in Command," and " The 
Mummy and the Humming Bird " ; 
in 1903, he played in " The Best of 
Friends," and in 1904 in " The Other 
Girl " ; in 1905, played the title-rdle 
in J. M. Barrie's play, " Pantaloon " ; 
he was then again absent from the 
stage, through ill-health, for three 
years ; in Dec., 1909, reappeared, at 
Chicago, playing in " Fires of Fate " ; 
in 1912, toured in "vaudeville/* in 
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was at the Republic Theatre, 
New York, Apr., 1917, when he played 
Colonel Ibbetson in " Peter Ibbetson" 
at the Shubert Theatre, Feb., 1918 
Milt Shanks in "The Copperhead" 
at the Plymouth Theatre, New York, 
Apr., 1919, appeared as Neri in " The 
Jest " ; at the Criterion, New York, 
Feb., 1920, as Mouzon in " The Letter 
of the Law " ; at the Apollo, New 
York, Feb., 1921, appeared in the 
title-* die of " Macbeth " ; at the 
Broadhurst, Oct., 1921, played Achille 
Cortelon in " The Claw " ; at the 
Belasco, New York, Nov., 1923, Tito 
Beppi and Flik in " Laugh, Clown, 
Laugh ! " Address : Lambs' Club, 130 
West 44th Street.New York City, U.S. A. 

BARTH> Cecil, general manager 
5. of W. H. Walenn, C.E., F.C.S. 
F.I.C. ; b. of Chas. R. Walenn, actor 
e. City of London School ; made first 
professional appearance at Gaiety 
Theatre, 11 Mar., 1881, as the Marquis 
in " Les Cloches de Corneville " 
(children's company) and continued 
playing light comedy and juvenile 
parts for five years at the Criterion, 
and on tour ; was appointed manager 
of musical section for Sir Augustus 
Harris, at Olympia, 1896 ; general 
manager Alexandra Palace, 1897-8 ; 
general manager Promenade Concert 
season at Covent Garden Opera House, 
1900 ; toured H.M. Guards' Bands, 
1899-1900 ; general manager Palace 
Pier, Brighton, 1901-2 ; general mana- 
ger at I 3 rincess's Theatre for " The 
Fatal Wedding " and " An Actor's 
Romance " and for provincial tours, 
1903-5 ; toured own companies, au- 
tumn, 1905 ; business manager, " Peter 
Pan, 1 ' spring tour ; general manager, 
" The Four Just Men/' autumn, 1906. 
Since that date has managed the 
tours and annual revival of " Charley's 
Aunt " at various London theatres ; 
also acquired the rights of " The 
Private Secretary/' and toured same, 
with revivals at West End theatres ; 
produced " Betty at Bay " at the 
Strand, 1918, " Ned Kean of Old 
Drury " at Kennington, 1920 ; 
" Bachelor Husbands," at Royalty, 
1924. Hobbies : Music, swimming, 
tennis, chess, bridge. Address : 37 
King Street, W.C.2. 



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BARTHOLOHAE, Phillip H., dra- 
matic author, librettist, and manager ; 
is the author of the following plays and 
musical comedies, several of which 
he produced under his own manage- 
ment : " Over Night," 1911 ; "Little 
Miss Brown," 1912 ; " And They Lived 
Happy Ever After " (from the Ger- 
man)/ 1912 ; " When Dreams Come 
True," 1913 ; " Kiss Me Quick," 1913 ; 
(t Glorianna," 1913 ; " The Model 
Maid," 1914 ; " Miss Daisy/' 1914 ; 
" At the Ball," 1914 ; " One of the 
Boys," 1915 ; " AU Night Long " 
(with Paul Sipe), 1915 ; " Very Good 
Eddie/' 1915 ; " Girl o' Mine," 1918 ; 
" Over the Top " (with Harold Atter- 
idge), 1918 ; " The Greenwich Village 
Follies " (with J. Murray Anderson), 
1919; ''Tangerine" (with Guy Boi- 
ton), 1921; "Personality" (with J. 
Ewing Brady), 1921 ; " Barnurn Was 
Right" (with John Meehan), 1923. 

BARTON, Dora (Dora Brockbank), 
actress ; b. London ; d. of John B, 
Brockbank ; m. 1908, Anthony Caton 
Woodville ; e. Bedford Park High 
School ; made her first appearance on 
the stage at Court, Liverpool, 2 Sept., 
1892, as Suzanne in "A Man's 
Shadow " ; in London she has appeared 
in ** The Black Cat," Opera Comique, 
1893 ; in " Eclitha's Burglar," at the 
Haymarket, 1894; "Cherry Hall," 
Avenue, 1894 ; " The Puritan," Tra- 
falgar Square, 1894 ; " The Girl I Left 
Behind Me," Adelphi, 1895 ; " For the 
Crown," Lyceum, 1896 ; " My Inno- 
cent Boy," Royalty, 1898 ; " Brother 
Officers," Garrick, 1898; Dora in 
" Hearts are Trumps," Drury Lane, 
1899 ; " The Wilderness/' St. James's, 
1901 ; Joan in " Sweet and Twenty"; 
Vaudeville, 1901 ; Bonitain "Arizona," 
Adelphi, 1902 ; toured in the United 
States with Mrs. Langtry, 1902 ; 
appeared in " Glittering Gloria/' 
Wyiidham's, 1903 ; " The Rich Mrs. 
Repton," 1904 ; " Winnie Brooke, 
Widow," Criterion, 1904; "Master 
of Kingsgift," Avenue, 1904 ; " The 
Mountain Climber," Comedy, 1905-6 ; 
" Monsieur Beaucaire/' and " Clan- 
carty," Lyric, 1907 ; autumn tour, 
1907, with Lewis Waller in " Robin 
Hood " and " Monsieur Beaucaire " ; 
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Barbarity " ; " Mr. Preedy and the 
Countess,' 1 Criterion, 1909 ; " The 
House Opposite " and " Louis XI," 
Queen's, 1909-10; "Just to Get 
Married," and " The Saloon," Little 
Theatre, 1910-11; "Fanny's First 
Play," Kingsway, 1912 ; " at the 
Criterion, Sept., 1912, played Cora in 
" A Young Man's Fancy " ; Oct., 
1912, Rose in "Tantrums"; Nov., 
1912, Hilda Burchell in " \Vhere 

There's a Will " ; at the Prince's, 

Feb., 1913, Ghuz-nah in " The Indian 
Mutiny " ; at the Comedy, May, 1913, 
Annie Roberts in " Strife " ; at the 
Globe, Sept., 1914, Princess Nandi in 
" Mameena " ; during 1915-16, mainly 
devoted herself to the cinema stage ; 
during 1917-18, was with the N.A.C.B., 
and acted all round the various camps 
in England ; at the St. Martin's 
Theatre, Apr., 1919, played Marion 
Greene in " The Very Idea " ; during 

1920, toured as Claire in " The Heart 
of a Child " ; at the Kingsway, Mar., 

1921, appeared in the same part; 
at the St. James's, Aug., 1921, played 
Parsons in " Threads " ; at the Court, 
Jan., 1923, Josephine Vincent in 
" Three's a Crowd " ; at the Everyman 
Apr., 1923, Ann Marsden in " T'Mars- 
dens " ; Jan., 1924, Violet Borradaile 
in " The Painted Lady " ; subsequently 
toured as Eh" nor Shale in " The Lie." 
Address : 35 Digby Mansions, 
Hammersmith, W.6. Telephone No. : 
Riverside 2926. 

BARTON, Mary, actress; b. War- 
wickshire ; e. Royal College, Birming- 
ham ; m. Tristan Rawson ; was a 
pupil at the Academy of Dramatic 
Art ; made her first appearance on the 
London stage at the Court Theatre, 
under Vedrenne and Barker, Feb., 
1907, as Julia Craven in " The Phi- 
landerer," subsequently playing Gloria 
Clandon in " You Never Can Tell," 
and Mrs. Pratt in " The Return of the 
Prodigal " ; next appeared at the 
Savoy, Sept., 1907, as Letty in " Joy "; 
at the Imperial, Nov., 1907, played 
Simson in " Waste " ; in Feb., 1908, 
went to the Kingsway, to understudy 
Lena Ashwell in " Diana of Dobson's "; 
at the same theatre, Oct., 1908, played 
Mrs. Van Buskirk in " The Treasure " ; 
she then became a member of Charles 



Frohman's Company at the Duke of 
York's Theatre, and appeared there, 
Mar., 1909, as Annie Roberts in 
" Strife " ; Aug., 1909, as the Concierge 
in " Arsene Lupin " ; was a member 
of the Frohman Repertory Company, 
Mar.-June, 1910, playing Lady Sims 
in " The Twelve-Pound Look " ; Mrs. 
Brigstock in " The Madras House " ; 
Quaint in " Prunella," and Miss 
Gilletson in " Helena's Path " ; at the 
same theatre, Oct., 1910, played Miss 
Hall in " Grace " ; Feb., 1911, Louise 
Railing in " Loaves and Fishes " ; 
at the Queen's, Dec., 1911, appeared 
as Light in " The Blue Bird " ; she 
then went to America, making her 
first appearance in New York, at the 
Comedy Theatre, 16 Sept., 1912, as 
Mrs. Knox in " Fanny's First Play " ; 
at the Hudson Theatre, Jan., 1913, 
played Jenny Pargetter in " Nan " ; 
paid a second visit to America at the 
end of the following year, and appeared 
at Wallaces Theatre, Feb., 1915, as 
Hippolyta in " A Midsummer Night's 
Dream," also playing in " Fanny's 
First Play," and " Androcles and the 
Lion " ; on returning to England, 
joined Lena Ashwell' s Company, and 
visited France during the war ; ap- 
peared at the Kingsway Theatre, Dec., 
1915, as Miss Waghorn in " The Star- 
light Express " ; was absent from the 
stage for some time ; at the " Old Vic," 
Sept., 1920, played Hermione in " The 
Winter's Tale " ; at the Comedy, Sept., 
1920, Maria Grimshaw in " The Cross- 
ing " ; at the Kingsway, Nov., 1920, 
Mistress Merrythought in " The Knight 
of the Burning Pestle " ; at the 
Comedy, June, 1921, Julia in " A 
Family Man " ; at the Haymarket, 
Aug., 1921, Miss Willoughby in 
" Quality Street " ; at the Lyric, 
Hammersmith (for the Phoenix 
Society), Nov., 1921, Cinthia in " The 
Maid's Tragedy " ; at the Everyman, 
Dec., 1922, Viola in " Twelfth Night " ; 
July, 1923, Mrs. Knox in " Fanny's 
First Play " ; at the Regent (for the 
Fellowship Players), Dec., 1923, Queen 
Eizabeth in " Richard III " ; April, 
1924 (for the same society), Mariana 
in " Measure for Measure " ; at the 
Apollo, Aug., 1924, Mrs Stanton in 
" The Fake " ; at the Prince's, Oct., 
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Favourite pwt : Hermione. A ddrez>s : 
70 Church Street, Chelsea, S.W.3. 
Telephone No. : Kensington 8489. 

BASKCOMB, A. YT., character come- 
dian ; b. London, 5 July, 1880 ; s. of 
William Alfred Baskcomb, former!}* 
chief clerk to King Edward, when 
Prince of Wales ; e. at Christ's Hos- 
pital ; m. Ninon Dudley ; prepared for 
the stage at Miss Sarah Thome's 
dramatic schools at Chatham and 
Margate theatres ; first appeared at 
Margate, 1896, as dumb negro in " The 
Octoroon " ; his subsequent engage- 
ments include a season with Edward 
Terry at Terry's Theatre, 1898 ; two 
tours in " The Tyranny of Tears/' 
1899 ; tour with Henry Neville in 
"Mrs. Dane's Defence," 1901; tour 
with " The Adventures of Lady 
Ursula " and " The Swashbuckler/' 
1901 ; two tours in " The Little 
Minister/' 1902 ; South African tour 
for six months with Edward Terry, 
and English tour with " Quality 
Street," 1903 ; Peter in "Merely 
Mary Ann," 1903 ; Peter Boll in 
" The Jail Bird," Wyndham's ; tour 
with " Little Mary"; played Slightly 
over 1,100 timesin " Peter Pan," (1904, 
and each subsequent revival at Duke 
of York's, to 1911) ; Clown in " Pan- 
taloon," Duke of York's ; Johann in 
"Leah Kleschna," New; toured as 
Cosmo in " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 
1906 ; Edmund Siddons in " The 
Gay Gordons," at the Aldwych, Sept , 
1907 ; at Wyndham's Sept., 1908, ap- 
peared as the Cabin Boy in " The 
Early "Worm " ; toured as Hamilton 
Preedy in " Mr. Preedy and the 
Countess/' 1910 ; appeared at the 
Prince of Wales's, July, 1911, as Mr. 
Arthur in " Sally Bishop " ; at the 
Globe, Oct., 1911, played Hans in 
" The Love Mills " ; at the Lyric, 
Dec., 1911, appeared as Mattoni in 
" Nightbirds " ; played the same part 
at the Casino Theatre, New York, 
Aug., 1912, when the piece was re- 
named " The Merry Countess " ; ap- 
peared at the Tivoli, 1912, in "The 
Staff Dinner " ; at the Lyric, Sept., 
1913, played Alfred Harris in "Love 
and Laughter " ; at the Vaudeville, 
Aug., 1914, Aubrey Braxton in "My 
Aunt " ; reappeared at the Puke of 



York's, Dec., 1914 ; as Slightly in 
" Peter Pan " ; at the Kennington 
Theatre, Apr., 1915, played in " Hot 
and Cold," in which he toured for 
two and-a-half years, without a break ; 
after eighteen months' war service, 
again toured the music-halls, in "A 
Week-End " and " Hustle " ; at the 
Oxford, Jan., 1921, appeared in " The 
League of Notions " ; Dec., 1921, the 
Governess in " The Babes in the 
Wood " ; Mar., 1922, appeared in 
" Mayfair and Montmartre " ; at the 
Vaudeville, Aug., 1922, in " Snap " ; 
at the Lyric, Feb., 1923, succeeded 
Edmund Gwenn as Christian Veit 
in " Lilac Time " ; at the Vaudeville, 
Sept., 1923, appeared in "Yes"; 
at the Strand, Jan., 1924, played 
Bertram Bright in ' ' The Dare-devil J ' ; 
at the Duke of York's, Feb., 1924, 
appeared in " London Calling " ; at 
the Lyric, June, 1924, appeared as 
Fran9ois in " The Street Singer." 
Recreation : Golf. Address : Green 
Room Club, 46 Leicester Square, 
W.C.2. 

BATEMAN, Jessie, actress; b. 2 
Aug., 1877; m. (1) Captain G. A. 
Ashfordby Trenchard, died 1902 ; 
(2) Wilfred G. Chancellor ; made her 
first appearance on the stage as a 
small child of ten, appearing as a 
dancer in several ballets at the Alham- 
bra, 1887-9 ; she then appeared 
at the old Globe Theatre, 12 Dec., 

1889, as Cobweb in F. R. Benson's 
revival of "A Midsummer Night' s 
Dream " ; subsequently appeared at 
the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Dec., 

1890, in " The Rose and the Ring " ; 
next appeared at the Royal English 
Opera House (now the Palace Theatre) , 
Jan., 1891, as a child in " Ivanhoe " ; 
subsequently toured with F. R. 
Benson for some five years, playing 
such parts as the Prince of Wales in 
" Richard III/' Puck in " A Mid- 
summer Night's Dream," Robin in 
" The Merry Wives of Windsor/' 
Lucius in " Julius Caesar/* etc., and 
later, Titania in "A Midsummer 
Night's Dream," Celia in " As You 
Like It," Lucy in " The Rivals," etc. ; 
made her reappearance in London, 
at the Comedy Theatre, 8 Apr., 1896, 
in " The Guinea Stamp " ; at the 



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same theatre, in 1897, played Mona 
Carew in " Mr. Martin " ; subse- 
quently toured in South Africa, as a 
member of George Edwardes's Com- 
pany, playing the leading parts in 
" The Little Minister," " A Marriage of 
Convenience/* " Secret Service/' 
" "Under the Red Robe/' etc. ; on her 
return to England was engaged by 
H. Reeves-Smith for an American tour 
in "A Brace of Partridges/' and 
made her first appearance in New York, 
at Hoyt's Theatre, 7 Sept., 1898, 
as Peggy Stubbs in that play ; reap- 
peared in England at the Royalty 
Theatre, 31 Dec., 1898, as Connie 
Markham in "A Little Ray of Sun- 
shine " ; at the Avenue, 22 Nov., 
1899, played Minnie Templar in "A 
Message from Mars " ; accompanied 
Charles Hawtrey to America to play 
in the same piece ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, 25 Apr., 1901, played Miss 
Seaton in " The Man from Blank- 
ley's " ; at the Garrick, 7 June, 

1902, Barbara Arreton in "The 
Bishop's Move " ; at the Haymarket, 
Max., 1903, Fanny in " The Clandes- 
tine Marriage " ; at the Garrick, Sept., 

1903, played Olivia Mills in "The 
Golden Silence " ; Dec., 1903, Dot 
in "The Cricket on the Hearth"; 
May, 1904, the Fairy Rosebud in 
" The Fairy's Dilemma " ; at the 
New Theatre, Aug., 1904, played 
Ethel Smedley in " Beauty and the 
Barge " ; subsequently played the 
same part at the Haymarket Theatre ; 
at the last mentioned theatre, Mar., 
1905, played Nell in " Everybody's 
Secret " ; in May, 1905, played 
Hortense in " The Creole " ; in 
June, 1905, Imogen in " The Cabinet 
Minister " ; in Sept., 1905, appeared 
as Norah Concannon in " On the 
Love Path " ; in Nov., 1905, as 
Acacia Dean in " Lucky Miss Dean " ; 
at the Shaftesbury, Feb., 1906, played 
Nell Ruthven in " A Gilded Fool " ; 
at the Comedy, May, 1906, appeared 
as Gwendoline Conran in " Raf9.es." 
Shortly after the termination of the 
run of that play in 1907, she sailed 
for Brazil to be married ; reappeared 
on the London stage at the Playhouse, 
3 June, 1909, as Madame Dei Tassinari 
in " The Merry Devil " ; at Drury 
Lane, 9 Sept., 1909, played Lady 



Diana Sartoris in " The Whip " ; at 
the Prince of Wales's, Dec., 1911, 
played her old part of Minnie in " A 
Message from Mars " ; at the Lyceum, 
Edinburgh, Apr., 1915, appeared as 
Lady Mjlverdale in " Forked Light- 
ning " ; at Wyndham's Theatre, Oct., 
1917, played Mrs. Purdie in " Dear 
Brutus" ; at the Oxford, Dec., 1918, 
Alice Perlet in " In the Night Watch " ; 
at the Savoy, Feb., 1920, Mrs. Deane 
in " Peter Ibbetson " ; at the St. 
James's, Aug., 1920, Catherine Smith 
in " His Lady Friends " ; at the 
Adelphi, July, 1923, Lady Sara 
Aldine in " The Young Person in 
Pink"; at the Criterion, Nov., 1923, 
Mrs. Forbes in " Dulcy " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Feb., 1924, Mrs. Temple in 
" Not in Our Stars." Address : 20 
Warwick Road, Earl's Court, S.W.5. 

BATEMAN, Leah, actress; 6. 
London, 15 Apr., 1892 ; d. of Sidney 
(Crowe) and Harrison Hunter ; g.-d, 
of Miss Bateman (Mrs. Crowe) ; e. 
London ; m. James Ernest Richey 
(mar. dis.) ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the St. James's Theatre, 
July, 1899, impersonating Lady Teazle 
in the quarrel scene from " The School 
for Scandal " ; at the Court Theatre, 
July, 1907, played Glaucea in " Medea 
in Corinth " ; at the Kingsway, Mar. 
1908, appeared as Ann in " Off the 
Cornish Coast," and at the same 
theatre appeared as Juliet in " Rorneo 
and Juliet," being the youngest actress 
to play that part ; in 1909, she went 
to America and joined the company 
of the New Theatre, New York, 
appearing there on the opening night 
of the theatre, 8 Nov., 1909, as Iras in 
" Antony and Cleopatra," and re- 
mained a member of the company 
during the two seasons of its existence, 
playing, among other parts, Ann 
Sinclair in " Don," Olivia in " Twelfth 
Night," Perdita in " The Winter's 
Tale," Anne Page in " The Merry 
Wives of Windsor," Bright Water in 
"The Arrow Maker," etc.; in 1912, 
toured in the English provinces as 
Dora Delaney in " Fanny's First 
Play " ; subsequently played the 
same part at the Kingsway Theatre ; 
at the Savoy, Nov., 1912, played 
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1914-16, served as a V.A.D. ; in 
1917, toured as Regina in " Ghosts " ; 
at the Court, Oct., 1918, appeared as 
Viola in " Twelfth Night " ; Mar., 
1919, as Lady Sneerwell in " The 
School for Scandal " ; during the 
autumn of 1919, appeared at Manches- 
ter and Edinburgh, as Lady Teazle 
in " The School for Scandal/' and 
Viola in " Twelfth Night " ; at the 
Playhouse, Liverpool, 1920, as Mistress 
Ford in "The Merry Wives of Wind- 
sor"; at the Court, Dec., 1920, as 
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's 
Dream"; Feb., 1921, as Doll Tear- 
sheet in " King Henry IV " (part II). 
from Oct., 1921, to Dec., 1923, toured 
as leading lady in the Bernard Shaw 
Repertory Co., playing Anne White- 
field in " Man and Superman," Jennifer 
in " The Doctor's Dilemma," Margaret 
Knox in " Fanny's First Play," 
Aurora Bompas in " How He Lied" to 
Her Husband," Proserpine Garnett in 
" Candida," Gloria Clandon in " You 
Never Can Tell," Jenny Hill and Lady 
Britomart in " Major Barbara " and 
Mrs. Pearce in " Pygmalion " ; at 
the Everyman, Oct., 1924, played 
Hypatia Tarleton in " Misalliance." 
Address : 50o Leinster Gardens, 
Hyde Park, W.2. Telephone No. : 
Paddington 155 ; and " Waterside," 
Crawley Down, Sussex. 

BATEMAN, Virginia Francis (see 
COMPTON, MRS. EDWARD). 

BATES, Blanche, actress; b. in 
Portland, Ore., 25 Aug., 1873 ; d. ot 
F. M. Bates ; m. George Creel, former 
Police Commissioner of Denver, Col. ; 
made her first appearance on the stage in 
San Francisco, 17 Sept., 1894, playing 
Mrs. Willoughby in " The Picture " ; 
subsequently appeared in a stock com- 
pany in the same city, under the direc- 
tion of T. D. Frawley ; she made her 
first appearance on the New York stage 
at Daly's Theatre, under the man- 
agement of the late Augustin Daly, 
autumn of 1897, as Bianca in " The 
Taming of the Shrew " ; with the 
Daly Company she also appeared as 
Celia in "As You Like It," Lady 
Sneerwell in " The School for Scan- 
dal," Countess Charkoff in " The 
Great Ruby," etc. ; at the Broadway 



Theatre, 13 Mar., 1899, she appeared 
as Miladi in " The Musketeers " ; 
and at the Herald Square Theatre, 
16 Oct., 1899, she made a great hit 
as Hannah Jacobs in *' The Children 
of the Ghetto " ; at the same theatre, 
9 Jan., 1900, she played Cora in 
'* Naughty Anthony/* under David 
Belasco ; she was next seen at the 
Herald Square Theatre, 5 Mar., 1900, 
as Cho-Cho-San, in " Madame Butter- 
fly," in which she scored another big 
success ; at the Garden Theatre, 5 
Feb., 1901, she played Cigarette 
in " Under Two Flags," and at the 
Belasco Theatre, 3 Dec., 1902, she 
was the original Yo-San in " The 
Darling of the Gods " ; she played 
this part for two years ; during the 
spring of 1904, at Chicago, she played 
Hedda Tesman in " Hedda Gabler," 
Katherine in " The Taming of the 
Shrew," etc. ; at the Belasco Theatre, 
14 Nov., 1905, she appeared as the 
Girl in " The Girl of the Golden West," 
a part in which she subsequently 
toured with the greatest success ; 
at the Stuyvesant Theatre, 22 Sept., 
1908, played Anna in " The Fighting 
Hope " ; " at the Hudson Theatre, 
New York, 15 Nov., 1910, appeared 
as Roxanna Clayton in " Nobody's 
Widow " ; subsequently toured in the 
same part ; in 1913, toured as Stella 
Ballantyne in " The Witness for the 
Defence " ; appeared at the Palace, 
New York, Feb., 1914, as Lilian 
Garson in " Half-an-Hour " ; at the 
Empire, New York, Oct., 1914, played 
the Comtesse Zicka in " Diplomacy " ; 
at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, Apr., 
1917, played Lady Isabel in " East 
Lynne " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Mar., 1918, Mrs. Palmer in " Getting 
Together " ; at the Palace, New York, 
Dec., 1918, played in " The World 
Mother"; at the Liberty Theatre, 
Mar., 1919, the Marquis de Montespan 
in " Moliere " ; at the Broadhurst, 
Mar., 1919, Medea in the tragedy of 
that name ; at Henry Miller's Theatre, 
Dec., 1919, appeared as Nancy Fair 
in " The Famous Mrs. Fair " ; Sept., 
1923, as Karen Aldcroft in "The 
Changelings." Address : 105 East 
39th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

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b. London, 11 Feb., 1883 ; 5. of Fred- 
erick Bates and his wife Elizabeth 
(Lewis) ; studied music at the Guildhall 
School of Music and afterwards at the 
Royal Academy of Music ; originally 
intended for the legal profession but 
relinquished the idea for concert work, 
and for several years was well known 
on the concert platform and at various 
musical festivals ; made his first 
appearance on the stage proper, at 
Daly's Theatre, 13 May, 1916, when 
he played the Earl of Anglemere in 
" The Happy Day " ; at the Prince's 
Theatre, Manchester, Dec., 1916, ap- 
peared as Beppo in " The Maid of the 
Mountains/' and played the same part 
when the piece was presented at Daly's, 
10 Feb., 1917 ; he continued to play in 
this piece until 1920, when just before 
the end of the run he went to the 
Gaiety Theatre, and in Mar., 1920, 
appeared there as the Hon. Bobbie 
Blake, R.N., in the revised version 
of " The Shop Girl " ; at the Empire, 
Mar., 1921, played Derek Lanscoinbe 
in " The Rebel Maid " ; at the Adelphi, 
Oct., 1921, Captain Paul D'Artois in 
" The Golden Moth " ; he then went 
to America, and appeared at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 
Oct., 1922, as Prince Radjami of 
Lahore in " The Yankee Princess " ; 
at the Empire, London, Jan., 1924, 
played Charles, Duke of Nancy, in 
" The Three Graces." Recreation : 
Golf. Address : " Westerley," Salmon 
Street, Kingsbury Hill, N.W.9. 

BATH, Hubert, composer ; b. Barn- 
staple, Devon, 6 Nov., 1883 ; 5. of 
C. J. Bath ; e. Barnstaple ; studied 
music privately and at the Royal 
Academy of Music, where he gained 
a scholarship for composition com- 
posed the incidental music for " Han- 
nele," produced at His Majesty's 
Theatre, Dec., 1908 ; conductor for 
the Thomas Quinlan Opera Co. from 
1912-13, and at the Shaftesbury, 1915 ; 
part-composer (with G. H. Clutsam) 
of " Young England," Daly's Theatre, 
23 Dec., 1916, and subsequently 
transferred to Drury Lane ; composer 
of "The Girl in the Bath," King's, 
Hammersmith, Apr., 1918 ; " Bub- 
bole," grand opera, produced by the 
Carl Rosa Opera Company, 1923, 



at Belfast ; arranged the score of 
" Polly," produced at Chelsea Palace, 
Mar., ~ 1923; was Conductor at the 
Gaiety Theatre, 1922-23 ; Conductor 
of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, 
1923-4 ; has composed many orches- 
tral works, and nearly 300 songs and 
choral works. Address : 19 Church 
Crescent, Muswell Hill, X.10. 

BATLEY, Dorothy, actress; b. 
London, 18 Jan., 1902 ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
age of six, at Folkestone, as Little 
Willie in " East Lynne " ; in the 
provinces on tour she has played 
leading juvenile parts in " Nobody's 
Daughter," " Within the Law," " The 
House of Peril," " White Heather," 
" Wanted, a Husband," and *' The 
Chinese Puzzle " ; she has also played 
the leading parts in " Bull-Dog -Drum- 
mond," " Out to Win," " The Naughty 
Wife," " The Cat and the Canary/' 
and " The Romantic Young Lady " ; 
in 1924 toured as Odile in " The Rat," 
and when the play was produced at 
the Prince of Wales's, June, 1924, 
appeared in the same part. Recrea- 
tions : Golf, tennis, mah-jongg and 
bridge ; is a member of The Stage 
Guild. Address : 24 Rodney Court, 
Maida Vale, W.9. Telephone No. : 
Paddington 6420. 

BAUGHAN, Edward Algernon, dra- 
matic critic of The Daily News ; b. 
London, 2 Dec., 1865 ; s. of W. F. 
Baughan, C.B., late Assistant Director 
of Transports, Admiralty ; e, at North 
London Collegiate School, and after- 
wards privately ; m. Mary Eleanor 
Saunderson ; began journalistic career 
as free lance, contributing to a variety 
of newspapers ; appointed editor of 
The Musical Standard in Oct., 1892, 
and musical critic of The Morning 
Leader in 1898, and held those posts 
until Nov. , 1 902, when he was appointed 
musical critic of The Daily News ; 
at the beginning of 1904 undertook 
dramatic as well as musical criticism ; 
resigned musical criticism on The 
Daily News, 1911 ; was London 
musical and dramatic critic of the 
Glasgow Herald, 1908-18; criticises 
films as well as plays for The Daily 
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Association (1892) and Incorporated 
Society of Musicians (1905) and 
Manchester Playgoers' Club (1920) ; 
President of The Critics' Circle, 
1925 ; has contributed to Monthly 
Musical Record, Musical Opinion, 
The Outlook, Monthly Review, Fort- 
nightly Review, Nineteenth Century 
Review, Albany Review, English Re- 
view, Nation, The Sunday Chronicle, 
Saturday Review, etc. ; author of 
"Music and Musicians" (1906); a 
biography of Paderewski (1907), pub- 
lished by John Lane. Address : Daily 
News Office, Bouverie Street, E.C., 
and 9 Woodstock Road, Golder's 
Green, N.W.4. Telephone No. : Speed- 
well, 1863. 

BAX, Clifford, dramatic author ; b. 
London, 1886 ; has written the follow- 
ing, among other plays: " The 
Poetasters of Ispahan," 1912 ; " The 
Marriage of the Soul," 1913 ; " The 
Sneezing Charm/' 1918; "Polly" 
(adapted from Gay), 1922 ; " The 
Insect Play " (adapted with Nigel 
Playfair, from the Hungarian), 1923 ; 
" Midsummer Madness," 1924. Ad- 
dress : 24 St. Petersburgh Place, 
W.2. Telephone No. : Park 87. 

BAYES, Nora, actress and vocalist ; 
b, Milwaukee, 1880 ; m. (1) Otto 
Gressing ; (2) Jack Norworth (mar. 
dis.) ; (3) Harry Clarke (mar. dis.) ; 
(4) Arthur Gordoni ; (5) Benjamin 
Lester Friedland ; made her first 
appearance on the stage as a " vaude- 
ville " artiste in New York, where she 
gained great popularity ; first appeared 
in London, at the Palace Theatre, 27 
Nov., 1905 ; after her return to America 
she appeared at the Jardin de Paris, 
New York, June, - 1908, in " The 
Follies of 1908," and the following 
June, in " The Follies of 1909 " ; at 
the Broadway, New York, Jan., 1910, 
played Astarita Vandergould in " The 
Jolly Bachelors " ; at the Globe, New 
York, Apr., 1911, Delia Wendell in 
" Little Miss Fixit " ; at Weber and 
Fields, Nov., 1912, La Frolique in 
" Roly-Poly " ; reappeared in London, 
at the Victoria Palace, 1 June, 1914, 
and appeared at the Empire, 10 June, 
1914, in " The Merry- Go- Round " ; 
at the Winter Garden, New York, 



Feb., 1915, played Nettie in " Made in 
America " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
Dec., 1917, appeared in " The Cohan 
Revue of 1918 "; at the Broadhurst 
Theatre, Oct., 1918, played Betty Burt 
in " Ladies First " ; this was trans- 
ferred to the Nora Bayes Theatre, 
then opened for the first time, in Jan., 
1919 ; toured in " Ladies First." 1919- 
20 ; at the Lyric, New York, Dec., 
1920, played Nevada Nell in " Her 
Family Tree " ; appeared at the 
Lyric Theatre, London, 1921, in 
" After Dinner " ; at the Selwyn 
Theatre, June, 1921, played in " Snap- 
shots of 1921 "; at" the Cohan 
Theatre, Oct., 1922, played Elizabeth 
Bennett in " Queen o' Hearts " ; 
appeared at the Palladium, London, 
1923, for thirteen weeks; in 1924, 
appeared at the New Oxford ; is 
recognised as one of the leading 
Vaudeville " stars," on either side of 
the Atlantic. Address : 624 W T est End 
Avenue, New York City, U.S.A. 

BAYLEY, Caroline, actress ; b. Dub- 
lin, 1890 ;, d, of Clara (Donovan) and 
Thomas Bayley ; e. Hendon ; m. 
Ewan Brook ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage in 1909, at the King's 
Theatre, Hammersmith, walking on in 
Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton's com- 
pany in "As You Like It " ; went to 
Australia, June, 1909, with the same 
company, playing Jessica in " The 
Merchant of Venice," Audrey in "As 
You Like It," and understudying Lily 
Brayton ; on her return, in 1911, 
understudied Miss Brayton as Marsinah 
in " Kismet," at the Garrick, Apr., 
1911, and played the part for five 
weeks ; again went to Australia at 
the end of 1911, with the Haymarket 
Company, playing Light in " The 
Blue Bird " ; also appeared there as 
Mrs. Clandon in " You Never Can 
Tell " ; on her return, appeared at the 
Haymarket, Nov., 1912, as Grace 
Kennion in " The Younger Genera- 
tion " ; at the Aldwych, Mar., 1913, 
played Leocadie in " The Green 
Cockatoo " ; at the Globe, Apr., 1913, 
appeared as Hope in " Vanity " ; at 
the Ambassadors' Theatre, June, 1913, 
played Cynthia in " Panthea " ; in 
the autumn of 1913, toured as Dora in 
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New York, Oct., 1914, played Molly 
Thornhill in " A Pair of Silk Stock- 
ings " ; at the Empire, Finsbury Park, 
July, 1916, Lady Algernon Chetland 
in " Lord and Lady Algy." Favourite 
part : Grace in " The Younger Genera- 
tion." Recreations : Golf and reading. 
Club : Three Arts. Address : Three 
Arts Club, IBa Marylebone Road, 
X.W.I. 

BAYLEY, Hilda, actress; b. Lon- 
don ; made her first appearance on the 
stage at the Duke of York's Theatre, 
27*Mar., 1913, as Chow Wan in " The 
Yellow Jacket ; at the Strand 
Theatre, Nov., 1913, played Nang 
Ping in " Mr. Wu " ; since then has 
appeared at the Haymarket, May, 19 14, 
as Elsa in " The Great Gamble " ; at 
the New Theatre, June, 1914, as 
Virginia Bullivant in " Grumpy " ; 
at the Haymarket, Sept., 1914, as 
Karen Woodruff in " The Impossible 
Woman " ; Prince of Wales's, Mar,, 
1915, as Susan Clarke in "He Didn't 
Want to Do It " ; and May, 1915, as 
Mabel Greig in "The Laughter of 
Fools"; at the Comedy Theatre, 
Aug., 1915, appeared in the revue 
" Shell Out " ; at the Savoy Theatre, 
Mar., 1916, played Phyllis Grey in 
" The Barton Mystery " ; at the 
Strand, Jan., 1917, Amy Cartwright 
in " Under Cover " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Oct., 1917, Helen O'Neill 
in " The Thirteenth Chair " ; during 
1919, toured as Simonetta in " Car- 
nival," and Desdemonain " Othello," 
with Matheson Lang ; at the New 
Theatre, Feb., 1920, appeared in 
the same parts ; at the Shaftesbury, 
May, 1921, played Auriol Craven in 
" Out to Win " f at the Gaiety Theatre, 
Apr., 1922, Susan Buckett in " His 
Girl '* ; at the Kingsway (for the 
Play Actors), Nov., 1922, played the 
title-fd/e in " Yetta Polowski " ; dur- 
ing 1923, toured as Lalage Sturdee in 
" The Outsider " ; at the Ambassadors' 
Feb., 1924, played Shirley Pryde in 
" The Way Things Happen " ; at the 
Savoy, May, 1924, Lady Jean Waring 
in " The Lure." Club : New Century. 
Address : 10K Portraan Mansions, 
W.I. Telephone No. : Mayfair 3633. 

BAYLIS, Lilian, M.A, Oxon. (Hon.) ; 



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manager of the " Old Vic " ; b. 
London, 9 May, 1874 ; d. of Newton 
Baylis and his wife Liebe (Konss) ; 
her father was a baritone, and her 
mother a contralto vocalist and 
pianist ; educated for a musical career, 
and was a pupil of J . Tiplady Carrodus 
for the violin ; was for many years 
engaged in the concert world as violin- 
ist ; toured throughout England, Ca- 
nada, Australia, and South Africa ; 
was one of the first teachers of music 
on the Rand, and managed a ladies' 
orchestra there for five years ; was 
assistant-manager of the Royal Vic- 
toria Hall (" The Old Vic ") under her 
aunt, the late Emma Cons, for some 
years, and on the death of that lady 
in 1898 succeeded her in the manage- 
ment of the house ; under her direction 
the theatre has become world-famous 
for the production of Shakespearean 
and standard plays, opera in English, 
and the notable lectures which have 
been delivered there ; in 1914 she 
made the boldest experiment in 
theatrical historj?" ; against the advice 
of every London manager consulted, 
she essayed what was regarded as the 
impossible task, in the conditions and 
at the low prices charged, of producing 
Shakespeare permanently throughout 
the long annual season; since then 
there have been performed at the Old 
Vic, under her direction all the works 
in the First Folio of Shakespeare, 
with the addition of " Pericles," a 
feat which has never been equalled in 
the history of the stage, and this within 
a period of nine seasons ; in June, 1921, 
the " Old Vic " Company received the 
honour of an invitation from the 
Belgian Government to appear at the 
Pare Theatre, Brussels, when six 
Shakespearean plays were presented 
with the greatest success ; received 
the hon. degree of M.A., at Oxford 
University, May, 1924, in recognition 
of her work at " The Old Vic," being 
the first woman outside the University 
to be given an Honorary M.A. of 
Oxford. Address : The " Old Vic," 
Waterloo Road, S.E.I. Telephone No. : 
Hop 6837. 

BAYNTON, Henry, actor and mana- 
ger ; 5. Warwick, 23 Sept., 1892 ; s. of 
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Eleanor (Rowton) ; e. Hurstpierpoint 
College, Sussex ; was a pupil at the 
Academy of Dramatic Art ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Garrick Theatre, 20 Jan., 1910, as an 
artist in " Dame Nature " ; at the 
Haymarket, Dec., 1910, appeared in 
" The Blue Bird " ; in 1911, appeared 
in Oscar Asche's Company, and subse- 
quently he joined F. R. Benson's No. 
3 Company, with which he remained 
some time, playing a variety of parts, 
including Hamlet ; in 1915, appeared 
at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 
playing in a round of Shaw plays, and 
rejoining F. R. Benson, appeared at 
the Court, Dec., 1915, as Demetrius in 
" A Midsummer Night's Dream " ; 
at the Haymarket, May, 1916, played 
Sergeant Beckett in ~" Elegant Ed- 
ward/' and the same year appeared at 
Stratford-on-Avon, with Mary Ander- 
son ; in 1917, was engaged by H. B. 
Irving, and appeared at the Savoy, 
26 Apr., 1917, as Laertes in " Hamlet "; 
in May, 1917, played Christian in " The 
Bells " ; later in the same year organ- 
ised his own company, and toured in 
" Merely Mary Ann," " David Gar- 
rick/' " The Melting Pot," " John 
Glayde's Honour," " The Walls of 
Jericho"; during 1919-20 toured as 
Hamlet, Orlando in " As You Like It," 
Romeo, Henry V, Pygmalion, Bardelys 
in " Bardelys the Magnificent," Shy- 
lock, Brutus, King Lear, Othello, 
Falstaff, Petruchio, and Mathias in 
" The Bells " ; appeared at the Savoy, 
during Christmas week, 1920, as David 
Quixano in " The Melting Pot," and 
also as Hamlet ; at the Savoy, Sept., 
1924, appeared as Matthias in " The 
Bells." Recreations : Golf, tennis, 
and swimming. Club : Reunion. Ad- 
dress : Westmoor, Moor Green, Mose- 
ley, near Birmingham. 

BEALBY. George, actor; 5. Wolla- 
ton, near Nottingham, 20 Jan., 1877 ; 
s. of William Wright and his wife Mary- 
Jane (Saunders) ; e. Bilton Grange, 
near Rugby, and at Eton College ; m. 
Mabel Beardsley, sister of Aubrey 
Beardsley ; was formerly an engineer ; 
made his first appearance on the stage 
at the Kennington Theatre, 29 May, 
1899, as a Footman in " Jim the 
Penman " ; he was then engaged with 



A. B. Tapping and Charles Cart- 
wright's Company, with which he 
remained two years ; made his first 
appearance in the West End, at 
Terry's, Apr., 1901, as De Saint- 
Reault in " Lion Hunters " ; appeared 
at the Vaudeville, June, 1904, with 
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, in " Warp and 
Woof " ; at the Criterion, May, 1906, 
played the Earl of Ellingham in " The 
Whirlwind " ; at the Queen's, Nov., 
1907, the Rev. Matthew Pennington in 
" The New York Idea " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Jan., 1909, Reggie Brown in 
" An Englishman's Home " ; at the 
Garrick, Jan., 1910, RousseUin " Dame 
Nature " ; at the Globe, Feb., 1910, 
appeared in " The Tenth Man " ; 
May, 1910, in " Parasites " ; June, 
1910, in " Glass Houses " ; at the 
Globe, Nov., 1911, played Ferdinand 
Floquet in " The Glad Eye " ; at the 
Garrick, Aug., 1913, Leo Vannaire in 
" The Real Thing " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Mar., 1916, Ben Hnmore in 
" Jerry" ; at the Garrick, Sept., 1916, 
Monsieur Lamerte in " The Girl from 
Giro's " ; at the Criterion, June, 1918, 
M. Toumel in " You Never Know, 
Y'Know " ; at the opening of the 
Little Theatre, as the Grand" Guignol, 
Sept., 1920, was engaged to play 
Professor Charrier in " The Hand of 
Death " ; subsequently appeared there 
in several other plays ; at the Strand, 
Oct., 1922, played Theodore Cornell in 
" The Balance " ; at the Comedy, 
June, 1924, Henry Vannard in " Peter 
Weston." Recreations : Literature, 
Roman history, and Elizabethan 
drama. Club : Savage. Address : 8 
Pembroke Studios, Pembroke Gardens, 
Kensington, W.8. 

BEATTY, Hareourt, actor; s. of 
John Harcourt Beatty, actor ; made 
his first appearance on the London 
stage with the Compton Comedy Com- 
pany, at the Strand Theatre, 25 Oct., 
1886, as Snake in " The School for 
Scandal " ; subsequently toured for 
some years ; appeared at Trafalgar 
Square Theatre (now Duke of York's),- 
Feb., 1893, as Jack Wilding in " The 
County Councillor " ; at Terry's 
during 1895, played Jack Summer- 
ville in " An Innocent Abroad," 
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Strawthwaite in " The Blue Boar," 
etc. ; he then went to Australia, 
where he remained some years ; in 
1899-1900 toured in the United States 
with Mrs. Langtry in " The Degen- 
erates " ; in 190 1," toured in Australia 
as King Charles the Second in 
" Sweet Nell of Old Drury " ; he 
again appeared in London, at the 
King's, Hammersmith, Apr., 1904, as 
Walter Everest and the Electric Man 
in " The Electric Man," after which 
he again went abroad ; reappeared in 
London, at the Strand, 17 July, 1913, 
when he played Dan Stark in " The 
Barrier " ; Nov., 1913, played Holman 
in " Mr. Wu " ; at the Globe, Sept., 
1914, Allan Quatermaine in " Ma- 
meena " ; he then joined the Army 
and served five and a half years ; made 
his reappearance in 1920, when he 
toured as Frederick in " Home and 
Beauty." Address: 7 Guildford Lawn, 
Ramsgate. 

BEATTY, May. actress and vocalist ; 
b. Christchurch, New Zealand ; m. 
Edward Lauri ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage, in her native town 
at the Theatre Royal, in the chorus 
of a comic-opera company ; subse- 
quently played Bettina in " La 
Mascotte," Nell in " Nell Gwynne," 
Violet Gray in " The Belle of New 
York," Yum- Yum in ' 4 The Mikado," 
etc. ; made her first appearance 
in England, when she appeared at 
the County Theatre, Kingston, Apr., 
1908, as Lady Diana Grosvenor 
in " The Lady Bandits " ; appeared 
at the Broadway, New Cross, Dec., 
1911, and King's, Hammersmith, 
Dec., 1912, as Dick in " Dick Whitting- 
ton " ; at the Prince's, Manchester, 
Dec., 1915, and London Opera House, 
May, 1916, played Lady St. Mallory 
in " The Miller's Daughters " ; at the 
Prince of Wales's, Aug., 1917, played 
Frasquita in " Carminetta " ; subse- 
quently toured as Vittoria in " The 
Maid of the Mountains " ; at the 
Prince's, Nov., 1918, played Mrs, Fleet 
in " Jolly Jack Tar " ; in 1919, toured 
in " Hotch-Potch " ; at the Comedy, 
Feb., 1920, appeared as Dame Agatha 
Boot in " Wild Geese " ; at the Gaiety, 
Mar., 1920, as Ada Smith in " The 
Shop Girl " ; at Daly's, Feb., 1921, as 



Margot in " Sybil " ; returned to 
Australia, 1923, when she appeared 
in " Little Nellie Kelly." Address : c/o 
Akerman May Agency, 7-8 Leicester 
Place, W.C.2. 

, BEAUMONT, Muriel, actress ; b. 14 
Apr., 1881 ; m. Sir Gerald du Maurier ; 
first appeared on the stage, at the Hay- 
market Theatre, Apr., 1898, in a non- 
speaking part in " The Little Minister," 
subsequently touring as Felice in the 
same play ; returning to Haymarket, 
appeared in " The Manoeuvres of 
Jane " and " The Black Tulip " ; 
appeared at the Criterion Theatre, 
1900, as Lucy Pillenger in " Lady 
Huntworth's Experiment," after 
which she again returned to the Hay- 
market, playing in " The Second 
in Command " and " Frocks and 
Frills " ; in 1903 she was engaged 
at the Duke of York's, and played the 
part of Lady Agatha Lazenby in 
" The Admirable Crichton " ; in 1904 
she appeared at the Garrick Theatre as 
Lady Lucy Derenham, in " The Walls 
of Jericho " ; Nerissa in " The Mer- 
chant of Venice," 1905 ; Apr., 1906, 
appeared as Aggie Coles in " The 
Fascinating Mr. Vanderveldt," and at 
the Comedy, Oct., 1907, played Lady 
Dumaray in " The Barrier " ; at 
the Playhouse, in Nov., appeared as 
Lady Cynthia Corfe in "A Lesson in 
Shakespeare " ; at Vaudeville, Jan., 

1908, played Agnes in " Dear Old 
Charlie " ; at the Duke of York's, 
Mar., 1908, reappeared in " The 
Admirable Crichton " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Sept., 1908, appeared as Sybil 
Annesley in " The Early Worm " ; 
at the Garrick, Sept., 1909, played 
the Hon. Mrs. Trenning in " Making 
a Gentleman " ; at the Queen's, Nov., 

1909, appeared as Mrs. Calthorpe in 
" The House Opposite " ; at the Globe, 
June, 1910, played Mrs. Goring in 
" Glass Houses " ; has not appeared 
since that date. Address : Cannon Hall, 
Cannon Place, Hampstead, N.W.3. 

BECKLEY, Beatrice Mary, actress ; 
b. Roedean, 1885 ; e. Roedean ; m, 
J. K. Hackett ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage at the St. James's 
Theatre, 11 Apr., 1901, when she 
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subsequently she appeared there as 
Ethel Glyndon in the same play ; 
she also" appeared there, 14 Mar., 
1902, as Maddalena in " Paolo and 
Francesca " ; appeared at the same 
theatre, 30 Aug., 1902, playing 
Denise in "If I were King '' ; sub- 
sequently played Cecily Cardew in 
" The Importance of Being Earnest " ; 
at the Duke of York's, 27 Feb., 1906, 
played the Hon. Millicent Keppell in 
" AU-of-a-Sudden Peggy " ; at Daly's, 
New York, 23 Dec., 1907, appeared as 
Mrs. Rennick in " John Glayde's 
Honour," with J. K. Hackett, and 
subsequently she toured for some time 
as the Princess Flavia in " The Pri- 
soner of Zenda," Anne Marie in 
" Samson," Lad}- Mary Carlisle in 
" Monsieur Beaucaire " and in " The 
Pride of Jennico " ; at the Comedy, 
London, Sept., 1911, played Lucienne 
de Jussy in " The Marionettes " ; she 
returned to America and again joined 
J. K. Hackett, playing in " A Grain 
of Dust " ; and she also toured as 
Desdemoiiain " Othello," Lady Alithea 
in " The Walls of Jericho," etc., at the 
Criterion Theatre, New York, Mar., 
1916, appeared as Anne Page in " The 
Merry Wives of Windsor " ; at the 
New Bijou Theatre, Apr., 1917, played 
Dr. Louise Meredith in " The Knife " ; 
at the Criterion, New York, Apr., 1917, 
Vivie in " Mrs. Warren's Profession " ; 
at the Astor, Dec., 1917, Luc}. T in 
" Why Marry ? " ; at the Comedy, 
New York, Sept., 1918, Lady Chiltern 
in " An Ideal Husband " ; at the 
Empire, New York, Oct., 1919, 
Charlotte Ashley in " Declassee." Ad- 
dress : 58 West 71st Street, New 
York City, U.S.A. 

BEDELLS, Phyllis, dancer ; b. Bris- 
tol, 9 Aug., 1893 ; studied dancing 
under Mdrne. Cavalazzi and Alexander 
Genee ; m. Ian Gordon Macbean ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Nov., 
1906, as the First Oyster in " Alice in 
Wonderland " ; was associated with 
the productions at the Empire Theatre 
1907-15, and appeared there in " The 
Debutante," " The Belle of the Ball," 
" A Day in Paris," " Round the 
World " ; " Ship Ahoy ! " " Sylvia," 
" New York," " Titania," " The Danc- 

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ing Master," " Europe," " Watch 
Your Step." Suceeded Adeline Genee 
and Lydia Kyasht as premiere dansettse 
at the Empire, Jan., 1914, and ap- 
peared in " The Merry-Go-Round," 
" Nuts and Wine," " All the Winners "; 
at Drury Lane, June, 1916, appeared in 
" Razzle-Dazzle " ; at the Hippo- 
drome, May, 1917, in " Zig-Zag " ; 
at the Garrick, June, 1917, in " Smile "; 
at Duke of York's, May, 1918, in 
" Hotch Potch " ; " Hippodrome, 
1918, in " Box o' Tricks " ; Mar., 1919, 
in " Joy-Bells " ; at the Duke of 
York's, 1920, in a season of Russian 
dances ; at the Alhambra, June, 1920, 
appeared in " Johnny Jones and his 
Sister Sue " ; at the Empire, Sept., 
1922, played the Spirit of the Past in 
" The Smith Family." 

BEECHEE, Janet, actress ; b. Jeffer- 
son City, Mo., U.S.A., 21 Oct., 1884 ; 
d. of the late Herr Meysenburg, for- 
merly German Vice-Consul in Chicago ; 
sister of Olive Wyndham ; e. Chicago 
and New York ; m. (1) Harry R. 
Guggenheimer ; (2) Dr. Richard H. 
Hoffmann ; student at the Art Stu- 
dents' League, New York ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 
8 Nov., 1904, walking on in a revival of 
" The Two Orphans " ; made her first 
appearance in a speaking part at the 
Majestic, Utica, 11 Feb., 1905, as Ida 
Pipp in " The Education of Mr. Pipp," 
which part she played two seasons ; 
appeared at Wallack's, New York, 
Sept., 1908, as Ollie Parsons in " The 
Regeneration," and Oct., 1908, as 
Trixie Knox in " His Wife's Family " ; 
subsequently toured with Nat Goodwin 
as Annie in " Cameo Kirby " ; at 
Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Mar., 1909, 
played Hilda Flint in " The Bachelor " ; 
at the Bijou, Sept., 1909, Dorothy 
Chase in " The Intruder," and Dec., 

1909, Helen Heyer in " The Lottery 
Man " ; at the Belasco Theatre, Oet, 

1910, was the original Helen Arany in 
" The Concert," and continued playing 
this part until 1912 ; in Sept., 1912, 
toured as Eleanor Sawyer in " The 
Man Higher Up " ; at the Thirty- 
Ninth Street Theatre, Jan., 1913, 
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Apr., 1913, as Empress Josephine in 
" The Purple Road " ; at the Booth 
Theatre, Oct., 1913, as Janet Cannot 
in " The Great Adventure " ; at Wash- 
ington, May, 1914, as Jennie Brown 
in " Believe Me, Xantippe " ; at Long 
Branch, July, 1914, as Letty von 
Berndorff: in " The Vanishing Bride " ; 
at Majestic, Boston, Sept., 1914, Janet 
Carson in " The Trap " ; at the 
Comedy, New York, Jan., 1915, played 
Christine Valdencini in " The Fallen 
Idol " ; Q,t the Eltinge Theatre, Nov., 
1915, Laura Bartlett in " Fair and 
Warmer " ; at the Harris Theatre, 
Oct., 1916, appeared as Katherine in 
" Under Sentence," and at Baltimore, 
Dec., 1916, played in " A Woman of 
To-day " ; at the Hudson Theatre, 
New York, Nov., 1917, appeared as 
Valentine Ferris in " The Pipes of 
Pan " ; at the Longacre Theatre, Mar., 
1918, as Minnie in " Yes or No " ; 
at the Bijou, Aug., 1918, as Sybil 
Norton in " Double Exposure " ; at the 
New Amsterdam, Dec., 1918, as 
Katherine Knowles in " When a 
Feller Needs a Friend " ; at the Booth, 
Jan,, 1919, Laura Bruce in " The 
Woman in Room 13 " ; at Maxine 
Elliott's, Feb., 1920, Mrs. Fay Crosby 
in " The Cat-Bird " ; at the Empire, 
New York, Aug., 1920, Joan Deering 
in " Call the Doctor " ; at the George 
M. Cohan Theatre, Oct., 1921, Margaret 
Fan-field in " A Bill of Divorcement " ; 
Nov., 1922, Laura Thome in " The 
Love Child " ; at the Princess, New 
York, Nov., 1924, Amelia in "The 
Steam Roller." 

BEERBOHM, Max, author, artist 
and critic ; b. London, 24 Aug., 
1872 ; y. son of the late Julius Beer- 
bohm and his wife, Eliza Draper ; 
half-brother to Sir H. Beerbohm 
Tree ; e. at Charterhouse and Merton 
College, Oxford ; m. Florence Kahn ; 
succeeded Bernard Shaw as dramatic 
critic of the Saturday Review ; author 
of sundry works ; is a well-known 
caricaturist, and has drawn cartoons 
for Vanity Fair, etc. ; author of 
" The Happy Hypocrite," produced 
by Mrs. Patrick Campbell at Royalty, 
1900; "The Fly on the Wheel" 
(with Murray Carson), Coronet, 1902 ; 
" A Social Success," 1913 ; also " The 



Works of Max Beerbohm," " More," 
" Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentle- 
men," " The Poet's Corner," " Zuleika 
Dobson." Club : Savile. 

BEET, Alice, actress ; b. Hull ; e. 
at Bayswater ; m. Fredk. Volpe ; 
made her first appearance, in the 
provinces, as Ermyn trade in " The 
Schoolmistress," at Bideford, Sept., 
1888 ; toured the provinces for some 
time as Barbara in "In the Ranks," 
Lina Nelson in " The Harbour Lights/* 
etc. ; made her first appearance in 
London as Susan in " The New Boy/' 
at the Vaudeville Theatre, 1894 ; sub- 
sequently played in " The Ladies' 
Idol " and " Poor Mr. Potton," 1895, 
at Vaudeville ; has since played under 
the management of Sir George Alex- 
ander, Charles Frohman, Charles 
Hawtrey, Weedon Grossmith, W. S. 
Penley, Brandon Thomas, the Gattis, 
Frederick Harrison, Otho Stuart, at 
various West-End Theatres ; at the 
Royalty, Dec., 1898, played Polly in 
" A Little Ray of Sunshine " ; toured 
in America 1900-2 with E. S. Willard, 
playing in " The Professor's Love 
Story/' " Tom Pinch/' " David Gar- 
rick," etc. ; appeared at Shaftesbury, 
1902, in " All on Account of Eliza " ; 
appeared at the St. James's, Apr., 1904, 
as Miss Skeat in " Saturday to Mon- 
day " ; at the Criterion, Nov., 1904, 
Miss Fanny Minching in " The Free- 
dom of Suzanne " ; Wyndham's, Sept., 
1906, Georgina Crewys in " Peter's 
Mother"; Vaudeville, Apr., 1907, 
Miss Judith in " Mr. George " ; Cri- 
terion, July, 1907, Angelique in "A 
Night Out " ; Apollo, Oct., 1907, Mrs. 
Shipley in " The Education of Eliza- 
beth " ; Duke of York's, Oct., 1907, 
Miss Linker in " Miquette " ; Court, 
Dec., 1907, Mrs. Creek in " The House"; 
at the St. James's, May, 1908, appeared 
as Louisa in " The Thunderbolt," and 
Nov., 1909, played Miss Prism in " The 
Importance of Being Earnest " ; at 
the Adelphi, July, 1910, played Mrs. 
Staunton in " The Speckled Band"; 
at the Criterion, Jan., 1913, appeared 
as Mrs. Thomsett in " Billy's Fortune"; 
at the Royalty, Apr., 1913, as Miss 
Latimer in " Thompson " ; at the 
Haymarket, May, 1914, as the Frau 
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at the St. James's, Oct., 1914, as Lady 
Ridgeley in " His House in Order ""; 
at the Queen's, Feb., 1917, played 
Mrs. Bennington in " The Double 
Event " ; at the Ambassadors', June, 
1917, Madame Mairaut in " The 
Three Daughters of M. Dupont " ; 
at the Playhouse, Dec., 1923, Miss 
Ashford in " The Private Secretary " ; 
at the St. James's, Dec., 1924, Mrs. 
Carmody in " Pollyanna." Address : 
" Beverley," 100 Mortlake Road, Kew 
Gardens. 

BELASCO, David, dramatic author 
and manager ; b. in San Francisco, 25 
July, 1859 ; 5. of Abraham Belasco, 
and his wife Reina (Martin) ; e. at 
Lincoln College, Cal. ; m. Cecilia 
Loverich ; was call-boy at the Metro- 
politan Theatre, San Francisco, 1873 ; 
he was subsequently stage manager at 
the Baldwin Theatre, 1876, and later 
at the Grand Opera House and Metro- 
politan Theatre, San Francisco ; in 
1882 went to New York, where he was 
placed in charge of the Madison Square 
Theatre, and where he remained until 
1884 ; in 1886 he went to the Lyceum, 
New York, under Daniel Frohman ; 
in 1890, he became a producing 
manager on his own account, his first 
production being " The Ugly Duckling 31 
with Mrs. Leslie Carter in the leading 
rdle t 1890 ; he is one of the most popu- 
lar and successful dramatists in the 
United States, and has written the 
following plays produced in New York 
" Hearts of Oak " (1880) ; " La Belle 
Russe" (Wallack's, 1882), "The 
Stranglers of Paris " (1883), " May 
Blossom " (Madison Square, 1884), 
" The Highest Bidder " (Lyceum, 1887) , 
" The Wife " (with the late H. C. de 
Mille, Lyceum, 1887)," Lord Chumley " 
(with de Mille, Lyceum, 1888), "The 
Charity Ball " (with de Mille, Ly- 
ceum, 1889), " Men and Women " 
(with de Mille, Proctor's, 23rd 
Street, 1890), "The Senator's Wife" 
(1892), "The Girl I Left Behind 
Me " (with Frankly n Fyles, Empire, 
1893), " The Younger Son " (Empire, 
1893), " The Heart of Maryland " 
(Herald Square, 1895), " Zaza " 
(from the French, Garrick, 1899), 
" Naughty Anthony " (Herald Square, 
1900), "Madame Butterfly" (Herald 



Square, 1900), " Du Barry " (Cri- 
terion, 190!}, " The Darling of the 
Gods " (with J. Luther Long, Belasco, 
1902), "Sweet Kitty Bellairs " 
(1903), " The Music Master," with 
Charles Klein (Belasco, 1904), " Adrea " 
(with J. Luther Long, Belasco, 1905), 
" The Girl of the Golden West " 
(Belasco, 1905) ; " The Rose of the 
Rancho " (with Richard Walton 
Tully (Belasco, 1906) ; " A Grand 
Army Man," with Pauline Phelps 
and Marion Short (Stuyvesant, 1907) ; 
" The Lily/' adapted from the French 
(Stuyvesant, 1909) ; " The Return 
of Peter Grimm" (Belasco, 1911); 
The Governor's Lady," with Alice 
Bradley (Belasco, 1912) ; " Van 
der Decken," 1915 ; " The Son- 
Daughter," with George Scarborough 
(Belasco, 1919) ; " Kiki," adapted 
from the French (Belasco, 1921) ; 
" Timothy," with W. J. Hurlbut 
(Shaftesbury, London, 1921) ; " The 
Comedian," adapted from the French 
(Lyceum, New York, 1923) ; " Laugh, 
Clown, Laugh ! " (with Tom Cushing, 
Belasco, 1923) ; in addition, he has 
made many other notable productions 
in New York, among which may be 
mentioned " The First Born " and 
" A Night Session," 1897 ; " The 
Auctioneer," 1901 ; " Under Two 
Flags," 1901 ; " The Warrens of Vir- 
ginia" at the Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907 ; 
" The Fighting Hope " (Belasco, 
Washington, 1908) ; " The Easiest 
Way" (Stuyvesant, New York, 1909) ; 
" The Concert " (Belasco, 1910) ; 
" Nobody's Widow " (Hudson, 1910) ; 
" Just a Wife " (Belasco, 1910) ; " The 
Woman" (Republic, 1911); "The 
Caseof Becky" (Belasco, 1912) ; " Years 
of Discretion" (Belasco, 1912); "A 
Good Little Devil " (Republic, 1913) ; 
" The Temperamental Journey" (Bel- 
asco, 1913);" The Phantom Rival" 
(Belasco, 1914); " Marie-Odile " (Bel- 
asco, 1915) ; " The Boomerang" (Bel- 
asco, 1915) ; "Little Lady in Blue" 
(Belasco, 1916) ; " Polly with a Past" 
(Belasco, 1917) ;" Tiger Rose" (Lyceum 
1917); "Daddies"' (Belasco, 1918); 
Tiger ! Tiger ! " (Belasco, 1918) ; 
"Dark Rosaleen" (Belasco, 1919); 
" The Gold Diggers " (Lyceum, 1919) ; 
" One " (Belasco, 1920) ; " Deburau " 
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Jew " (with A. L. Erlanger), Knicker- 
bocker, 1921 ; " The Grand Duke," 
Lyceum, New York, 1921 ; " Shore- 
Leave," Lyceum, New York, 1922 ; 
" The Merchant of Venice/' Lyceum, 
New York, 1922 ; " Mary, Mary, 
Quite Contrary/' Belasco, 1923 ; " The 
Other Rose" (with Win. Harris, Jr.), 
Morosco, 1923 ; " Tiger-Cats," Bel- 
asco, 1924 ; " The Harem/' Belasco, 
1924 ; " Ladies of the Evening," 
Lyceum, New York, 1924. He is the 
owner and manager of the Belasco 
Theatre, which he opened in Sept., 
1902, and also controls many theatres 
in other cities of the United States ; 
for many years he was the manager 
of Mrs. Leslie Carter's attractions, and 
that lady only severed her connection 
with him after an association of six- 
teen years ; he built the Stuyvesant 
Theatre, New York City, which he 
opened on 16 Oct., 1907, with the pro- 
duction of " A Grand Army Man" ; in 
addition, has adapted something like 
200 plays for the " stock " companies 
he was connected with in his earlier 
days. Address : Belasco Theatre, 
44th Street, near Broadway, New York 
City, U.S.A. 

BELLAMY, Franklyis, actor; b. 
Kwala Lumpur, F.M.S., 7 Mar., 1886 ; 
s. of Henry Franklin Bellamy and his 
wife Laura Constance (Wade) ; e. 
Plymouth College, Devon ; m. Dorothy 
Tetley ; was formerly engaged as a 
civil engineer ; studied for the stage 
under the late Edmund Tearle ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at 
the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 5 Sept., 
1908, as Simple in " The Merry Wives 
of Windsor"; subsequently toured 
with the Benson company ; during the 
next four years gained experience in 
various touring companies, playing in 
Shakespeare, drama, farce and revue ; 
made his first appearance in London, 
at the London Opera House, 19 Apr., 
1913, in the revue " Come Over Here" ; 
appeared at the Lyceum, Sept., 1914, 
.in " Tommy Atkins " ; and at the 
Kingsway, Nov., 1914, in " The 
Dynasts " ; served in the Army 
1914-18 ; reappeared on the stage in 
1918, at the Victoria Palace, in a 
sketch, " Switch No. 7 " ; at the 
Gaiety, May, 1918, played James 



Brooker in " Going-Up " ; at the 
Royalty, Jan., 1920, played the Rev. 
Mr." Treherne in a revival of " The 
Admirable Crichton " ; later in 1920 
joined Arthur Bourchier at the Strand 
Theatre, where he played in " The 
Crimson Alibi," " At the Villa Rose," 
and " The Safety Match " ; at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 
Dec., 1921, played Peter Darrell in 
11 Bull-Dog Drummond " ; during 
1923, toured as Leonard in " The Dover 
Road " ; at the Comedy, July, 1923, 
played Mr. Simpson in " Peace and 
Quiet " ; Aug., 1923, Captain Fuselier 
in " The Elopement " ; Oct., 1923, 
Ouaile in " The Last Warning " ; at 
the Apollo, Mar., 1924, made a sub- 
stantial success when he played the 
Hon. Gerrard Pillick in " The Fake " ; 
Sept., 1924, played Jerry Goodkincl 
in " The Fool." Favourite parts : 
Leonard in " The Dover Road " and 
Gerrard. Pillick in " The Fake." 
Recreation : Motoring. Address : I 
Palace Gate, W.8. Telephone No. ; 
Kensington 5437. 

BELDON, Eileen, actress ; b. Brad- 
ford, 12 Sept., 1901 ; d. of Albert 
Beldon and his wife Bertha (Nichol- 
son) ; e. Bradford Grammar School, 
and Hendoii County School ; made her 
first appearance on the stage, at 
Drury Lane Theatre, 26 Dec., 1917, 
in the chorus of " Aladdin " ; gained 
early experience at the " Old Vic," 
where she appeared in a variety of 
parts, including Maria in " Twelfth 
Night," Audrey in " As You Like It," 
Mopsa in " The "Winter's Talc," etc., 
from 1917-19 ; at Drury Lane, Sept., 
1919, played Lucy and Spring Onions 
in " The Great Day " ; next toured 
as Jocelyn in " Sacred and Profane 
Love," followed by a tour as Kitty 
Cranford in " The Great Day," 1920"; 
at the Garrick Theatre, Dec., 1920, 
succeeded Edna Best as Lady Sloane 
in " Brown Sugar " ; at the " Comedy 
Theatre, Oct., 1921, played Ararninta 
Perry in " Araminta Arrives " ; at 
the Court, Dec., 1921, Constance 
Neville in " She Stoops to Conquer " ; 
then joined the Birmingham Repertory 
Company, in Mar., 1923, where she 
played Ellie Dunn in " Heartbreak 
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Zoo in " Back to Methuselah," Donna 
Louisa in " The Duenna/' Comtesse 
Zicka in " Diplomacy," Petronel in 
" The Farmer's Wife," etc. ; appeared 
at the Court Theatre, London, with 
the same company, Feb., 1924, as 
Savvy Barnabas and Zoo in " Back 
to Methuselah," and Mar., 1924, as 
Petronel Sweetland in " The Farmer's 
Wife " ; at the New Theatre (for the 
Stage Society), Dec., 1924, played The 
Maid in " The Man with a Load of 
Mischief." Recreations : Reading, 
hockey, and outdoor sports. Address : 
21 Rotherwick Road, Hampstead 
Garden Suburb, N.W.ll. Telephone 
No. : Speedwell, 2708. 

BELL, Enid, actress ; b. London, 
30 July, 1888 ; d. of Arthur Barrows ; 
e. at convent in London and in 
Belgium; m. (1) David Wellesley 
Bell (mar. dis.) ; (2) D'Arcy Baker ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
in 1904, in George Dance's company, 
as Zoie in " Veronique," under 
the name of Enid Leonhardt ; the 
following year visited the United 
States in the same piece, making 
her first appearance on the New 
York stage, at the Broadway 
Theatre ; on returning to England, 
appeared at the Gaiety, Mar., 1906, 
as La Feuillette in " The New 
Spring Chicken"; Sept., 1906, as 
Di Tollemache in " The New 
Aladdin " ; May, 1907, as Barbara 
Brief mark in " The Girls of Gotten- 
burg"; Apr., 1908, as Teresa in 
" Havana " ; at Christmas, 1907, 
appeared at the Prince's, Manchester, 
as Elsa in " The Girls of Gottenburg " ; 
after her marriage, retired from the 
stage for three years ; made her re- 
appearance, at Wyndham's, Sept., 
1911, as Kalleia in "The Perplexed 
Husband" ; same theatre, Feb., 1912, 
played Princess Amenset in " The 
Dust of Egypt " ; Sept., 1912, Ella 
Grant in " A Young Man's Fancy " ; 
at the Savoy, May, 1913, appeared as 
Katinka in " The Seven Sisters " ; and 
June, 1913, as Beatrice Castelli in " A 
Cardinal's Romance " ; at the New 
Theatre, July, 1913, played Helen 
Burton in " Officer 666 " ; at the 
Prince of Wales's, Sept., 1913, Pamela 
Gordon in " Girls " ; at the Court, 



Dec., 1913, Mary Morier in " The 
Fixed Idea " ; at the Criterion, Feb., 

1914, Molly Thornhill in "A Pair of 
Silk Stockings " ; in July, 1915, 
toured with Sir Herbert Tree in 
Variety Theatres, as Trilby ; at 
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, Nov., 

1915, played Violet in " Whose Wife ? "; 
at the Marlborough, Holloway, Dec., 

1916, appeared as the Prince in 
" Cinderella " ; at the Aldwych, Feb., 

1917, as JosettedeValmoudoisin " The 
Spring Song." Address : Three Arts 
Club, 19a Marylebone Road, N.W.L 

BELL, Stanley, stage director ; b. 
Nottingham, 8 Oct., 1881 ; s. of the 
Rev. Frederick Bell and his wife Annie 
(Gatenby) ; e. Leeds School of Science ; 
was formerly an analytical chemist ; 
his connection with the theatre com- 
menced in 1897, when he was engaged 
as a scenic artist ; commenced acting 
in 1900, when he appeared at Deal in 
" A Message from Mars " ; in 1906, he 
joined Sir Herbert Tree at His Ma- 
jesty's, to assist with his various 
productions, and designed a number of 
scenes for the theatre ; was subse- 
quently appointed associate stage- 
manager ; and later, stage-manager, 
supervising several notable produc- 
tions ; joined the Flying branch of 
the Navy early in the war, subse- 
quently transferring to the R.A.F., 
awarded Air Force Cross (A.F.C.), 
was twice mentioned in despatches, 
and retired with the rank of Lieut.- 
Colonel ; joined Gilbert Miller as 
general stage-director and producer at 
the St. James's, 1919 ; produced 
" Reparation/' " Julius Caesar," 
" Uncle Ned," and " Daniel," 1919-21; 
at the Globe, Apr., 1921, produced 
" The Knave of Diamonds," for Miss 
Violet Vanbrugh ; succeeded Henry 
Dana as general manager for Marie 
Lohr and Anthony Prinsep at the 
Globe Theatre, Sept., 1921 ; produced 
" The Way of an Eagle," Adelpbi, 
1922 ; " Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," 
Queen's, 1922 ; " The Great Well," 
New, 1922 ; " The Inevitable," St. 
James's, 1923 ; " Aren't We All," 
Globe, 1923 ; " Reckless Reggie/' 
Globe, 1923 ; " Our Betters," Globe, 
1923 ; " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 
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Comedy, 1924 ; " Orange Blossom," 
Queen's, 1924. Chtbs : Green Room, 

and Royal Air Force. Address : 
Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, 
W.I. 

BELLEW, Kyrie, actress ; 6. Hamp- 
stead, 23 Mar., 1890; e. London, 
Normandy and Germany ; m. Arthur 
Bourchier; prior to making her first 
appearance on the regular stage had 
had considerable experience in cinema 
acting, both in comedy and drama ; 
made her first appearance on the 
regular stage, at Wyndham's Theatre, 
23 Dec., 1914, as Lady Gwendolen in 
a revival of " Raffles " ; appeared at 
the Vaudeville, June, 1915, as Lady 
Brandreth in " The Green Flag " ; at 
His Majesty's, July, 1915, as Lady 
Diane Vivash in " Peter Ibbetson " ; 
in 1915 toured with Arthur Bourchier 
as Mrs. Howard Jeffries, sen., in " Find 
the Woman," Mrs. Clavering in " The 
Exchange Hotel," and Helen Pretty 
in " The Division Bell " ("Mrs. Pretty 
and the Premier" ) ; appeared at the 
Coliseum, Jan., 1916, in "A Pair of 
Knickerbockers"; at His Majesty's, 
Jan., 1916, played Helen Pretty in 
"Mrs. Pretty and the Premier"; 
Feb., 1916, Yanetta in " The Arm of 
the Law " ; Mar., 1916, Berinthia 
Opie in " Stand and Deliver " ; during 
1917 toured in Variety Theatres with 
Arthur Bourchier in " Between 12 
and 3," and " Pistols for Two " ; 
appeared at the Strand Theatre, Feb., 
1918, as Grace Palmer in " Cheating 
Cheaters " ; at the Comedy, Apr., 1918, 
as Kate Tarleton in " The Knife " ; at 
the Strand, Dec., 1918, as Hon. 
Beatrix Hinchcliffe in *' Scandal " ; 
when "her husband entered on the 
management of the Strand Theatre she 
appeared there on 27 Nov., 1919, as 
Mary Garrison in " The Crimson 
Alibi " ; June 1920, as Sally in " Tiger ! 
Tiger ! " ; July, 1920, as Celia Harland 
in " At the Villa Rose " ; Nov., 1920, 
as Manetta in " The Storm " ; Jan., 

1921, as Daphne Vereker in " A Safety 
Match " ; Aug., 1921, The Great 
Carmen in " The Trump Card " ; 
Dec., 1921, Mrs. Mowbray in " The 
Thing That Matters " ; Mar., 1922, 
Nina in " The Love Match " ; May, 

1922, Tilly in " TiUy of Bloomsbury " ; 



July, 1922, Jessie Watson in " The 
Risk " ; was absent from the stage 
for two years, owing to serious illness ; 
reappeared, July, 1924, when she 
went on tour, playing Marise Clifford 
in " The Thief." Favourite pa*t ; 
Beatrix in " Scandal." Recreations : 
Politics and reading. Address: Strand 
Theatre, Aldwych, W.C.2, or 10 Hove 
Seaside Villas, Western Esplanade, 
Hove, Sussex. 

BEN-AMI, Jacob, actor; b. Minsk, 
Russia, 1890 ; made a great impression 
when he appeared in New York, 1920, 
at the Jewish Art Theatre ; was then 
engaged by Arthur Hopkins, who 
caused him to study English ; made 
his first appearance on the English 
speaking stage, at the Greenwich 
Village Theatre, New York, Nov., 
1920, as Peter Krumback in " Samson 
and Delilah " ; at the Plymouth 
Theatre, New York, Dec., 1921, played 
Eisik in " The Idle Inn " ; at the 
Apollo, New York, Dec., 1922, Johannes 
Kreisler in the play of that name ; at 
the Garrick, New York, Nov., 1923, 
He in " The Failures " ; at the Thirty- 
ninth Street Theatre, Mar., 1924, 
Michael Cape in " Welded " ; at the 
Garrick, New York, Apr., 1924, The 
Nameless One in " Man and the 
Masses." 

BENNETT, Arnold, dramatic author, 
journalist and novelist ; b. Shelton, 
Staffordshire, 27 May, 1867; 5. of 
Sarah Anne (Longson) and Enoch 
Bennett ; e. Newcastle-under-Lyme ; 
m. Mdme. Solie ; in his early days 
studied law, but abandoned the pro- 
fession in 1893, to take up the post of 
sub-editor of Woman ; Editor 1896, 
1900 ; author of the following plays : 
" Cupid and Commonsense," 1908 ; 
" What the Public Wants," 1909 ; 
" The Great Adventure," 1911 ; " The 
Honeymoon," 1911; "Milestones" 
(with Edward Knoblock), 1912; 
" Rivals for Rosamund," 1914 ; " The 
Title," 1918 ; " Judith," 1919 ; 
" Sacred and Profane Love," 1919 ; 
" The Love Match," 1922 ; " Body 
and Soul," 1922; "London Life" 
(with Edward Knoblock), 1924; has 
written over twenty novels, including 
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Lessways/ 1 "Anna of the Five Towns/' 
" Sacred and Profane Love," " Whom 
God Hath Joined," " Pretty Lady," 
"The Roll-Call," "Mr. Prohack," 
" Riceyman Steps " ; is Chairman of 
Directors of the Lyric Theatre, 
Hammersmith. Address: 75 Cadogan 
Square, S.W.I. Clubs: Reform, 
Royal Thames Yacht, Garrick. 

BENNETT, Richard, actor; b. 
Deacon's Mills, Indiana, 21 May, 
1873 ; 5. of Eliza Leonora and George 
Washington Bennett ; &. at Logans- 
port and Kokomo, Ind. ; m. Mabel 
Morrison ; made his first appearance 
on the stage, at the Standard Theatre, 
Chicago, 10 May, 1891, as Tombstone 
Jake in " The Limited Mail " ; made 
his first appearance in New York, 
at Niblo's Garden, 16 Nov., 1891, 
in the same part ; subsequently toured 
in " The Waifs of New York," " The 
Railroad Ticket," " The Fatal Card," 
" Jane/* " Charley's Aunt," " Edge- 
wood Folks," " The Post Master," 
" Miss Frances of Yale," etc. ; also 
played two stock seasons of sixteen 
and twenty weeks respectively, with 
a change of bill each week ; at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, May, 1897, 
appeared as Spaulding in "A Round 
of Pleasure," subsequently appeared 
atHoyt's, Oct., 1897, in " The Proper 
Caper/' and at the Academy of Music, 
Nov., 1897, as Dick Beach in " The 
White Heather " ; during 1899 
appeared at the Academy of Music in 
" Her Atonement," and at Wallack's 
in "At the White Horse Tavern " ; in 
1900, appeared in " Twelve Months 
Later " (Hoyt's) ; at the Lyceum, 
Sept., 1900, played Father Anselm in 
" A Royal Family," and " His Excel- 
lency the Governor " ; at Madison 
Square, Jan., 1902, Eustace Lloyd in 
" Sweet and Twenty " ; at Chicago, 
in Mar., played in ' v Jim Bludso/' and 
at the Empire, in Oct., appeared as 
Jimmy Greaves in " Imprudence " ; 
next played with Robert Edeson in 
" The Rector's Garden " ; at the 
Academy of Music, 20 Oct., 1903, 
played Paul de Lahne in " The Best 
of Friends," and at the Criterion, 
New York, 29 Dec., 1903, Mr. Taylor 
in " The Other Girl " ; at the Hudson 
Theatre, 5 Sept., 1905, appeared as 



Hector Malone in tc Man and Super- 
man," and at the Lyceum, 20 Nov., 

1905, as Jefferson Ryder in " The 
Lion and the Mouse " ; made his 
first appearance in London, 22 May, 

1906, at the Duke of York's Theatre, 
in the same part ; at the Hudson 
Theatre, 30 Aug., 1906, played Leonard 
Willmore in " The Hypocrites " ; 
re-appeared in London, at the Aldwych 
Theatre, 8 May, 1907, as Dick Living- 
ston in " Strongheart " ; next ap- 
peared at the Duke of York's, 1 1 June, 

1907, as Adhemar in " Divorgons " ; 
returning to America, proceeded on 
tour, playing the Rev. Mr. Lindon 
in " The Hypocrites " ; during 1908 
appeared in New York, in " Twenty 
Days in the Shade," " Diana of 
Dobson's," and " Going Some " ; 1909- 
10, in " What Every Woman Knows " ; 
at the Lyceum, New York, 11 Aug., 
1910, played Horace Ventimore in ' ' The 
Brass Bottle " ; at the Lyric, New 
York, 9 Jan., 1911, appeared as 
William Lake in " The Deep Purple " ; 
played a " stock " season at Los 
Angeles, May to July, 1911; at the 
Criterion, New York, 14 Sept., 1911, 
he played Peter Waverton in " Passers- 
By " ; played a " stock " season at 
San Francisco, May, 1912 ; subse- 
quently toured in " The Stronger 
Claim " ; at the Gaiety, New York, 
25 Dec., 1912, played Jack Doogan in 
" Stop Thief ! " ; at the Fulton 
Theatre, 14 Mar., 1913, George Dupont 
in " Damaged Goods " ; at the Prin- 
cess Theatre, 7 Jan., 1914, Julien 
Brignac in " Maternity " ; at Boston, 
Feb., 1915, Harry Lindsay in " Nearly 
Married " ; in the autumn of 1915, 
toured as Chick Hewes in " Kick-In," 
and appeared in that part at the 
Standard, New York, Nov., 1915 ; 
at the Empire, New York, Apr., 1916, 
played Colonel Bannard in " Rio 
Grande" ; at the Little, New York, 
Feb., 1917, Michael Finsbury in " The 
Morris Dance"; at the Liberty 
Theatre, Apr., 1917, Henry Mather in 
" Bosom Friends " ; at the Astor, 
Aug., 1917, Alan Camp in " The Very 
Idea " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Sept., 1918, appeared as Peter March- 
mont in " The Unknown Purple " ; 
at the Playhouse, New York, Dec., 
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" For the Defense " ; at the Morosco 
Feb., 1920, as Robert Mayo in 
" Beyond the Horizon " ; at Baltimore, 
Feb., 1921, played in " The Ghost 
Between " ; at the Belmont, New York, 
Sept., 1921, played Andrew Lane in 
" The Hero " ; at the Ganick, New 
York, Jan., 1922, He in " He Who Gets 
Slapped " ; at the Broadhurst, Oct., 
1923, Tony and Lord Anthony 
Chieveley in " The Dancers " ; at the 
Garrick, New York, Nov., 1924, 
Tony in " They Knew What They 
Wanted." Recreations : Polo, golf, 
yachting, motoring, and all outdoor 
games. Clubs : Lambs' and Players', 
New York. Address : Lambs' Club, 
130 West 44th Street, New York City. 

BENNETT, Wilda, actress ; 6. Asbury 
Park, New Jersey, 19 Dec., 1894 ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at 
Lew Fields' Herald Square Theatre, 
New York, 27 Feb., 1911, as Conscience 
in " Everyman/' and was so success- 
ful that she appeared in the same 
part at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 
12 Sept., 1912 ; on her return to New 
York she appeared at the Republic 
Theatre, 8 Jan., 1913, as Queen Mab 
in " A Good Little Devil/' and ap- 
peared in this part for two seasons ; 
at the Thirty-Ninth Street Theatre, 
2 Nov., 1914, she appeared as Ruth 
Wilson in " The Only Girl/' and toured 
in the same part during 1915-16 ; in 
1917 she succeeded Julia Sanderson 
as Sybil in the operetta of that name, 
on tour ; at the New Amsterdam, 24 
Sept., 1917, played the part of Sylva 
Vareska in " The Riviera Girl " ; 16 
Sept., 1918, Lucienne Lambrissac in 
" The Girl Behind the Gun " (" Kissing 
Time ") ; at the Globe, New York, 
6 Oct., 1919, Nancy in " Apple Blos- 
soms," and toured in this part through- 
out 1920 ; at the Music Box, Sept., 
1921, appeared in " The Music Box 
Review " ; at the Ambassador, New 
York, Oct., 1922, played Mariana in 
" The Lady in Ermine " (" The Lady 
of the Rose ") ; at the Martin Beck 
Theatre, Nov., 1924, Madame Pom- 
padour in the musical play of that 
name. Address : 124 West 55th 
Street, New York, U.S.A. 



BENEIMO, J. Harry, dramatic 



author and stage-director ; . b. San 
Francisco, 21 June, 1874 ; m. Katherine 
Kaelred ; was formerly an actor, and 
made his first appearance on the stage 
at San Francisco in 1892, and played 
a number of parts in that city, remain- 
ing there until 1897 ; made his first 
appearance on the New York stage, 
at the Manhattan Theatre, 5 Oct., 
1897, as Hop Kee in " The First Born"; 
made his first appearance on the 
London stage, at the Globe Theatre, 
1 Nov., 1897, in the same part ; at the 
Empire, New York, Jan., 1898, played 
Major Von Wolfshagen in " The 
Conquerors " ; Feb., 1899, Crosby 
Jethro in " Lord and Lady Algy " ; 
Dec., 1899, Ludovico in " My Lady's 
Lord " ; in 1900, he appeared with 
Viola Allen as Captain de Mendoza in 
" In the Palace of the King " ; ap- 
peared at the Belasco Theatre, Nov., 
1905, as Jackrabbit in " The Girl of 
the Golden West " ; at the Belasco, 
Nov., 1906, appeared as Sunol in 
" The Rose of the Rancho " ; at the 
Criterion, New York, Mar., 1909, 
played Prince Yoland in " An English- 
man's Home," and in the same year 
was seen as O'Day in " The Rene- 
gade " ; he appeared at the Adelphi, 
London, Sept., 1909, as Lon in " The 
Great Divide," with Henry Miller ; at 
the Savoy, New York, Jan., 1910, 
played Pietro Pacello in " The 
Heights " ; at Red Bank, N.J., Mar., 
1910, appeared in " The Detective " ; 
at the New Theatre, New York, Apr., 
1910, appeared as Anton Schindler in 
" Beethoven " ; at the Comedy, New 
York, Oct., 1910, as Frederick Lowell 
in " Keeping Up Appearances " ; at 
the Harris Theatre, Aug., 1911, as 
James Durkin in " Maggie Pepper " ; 
is co-author of " The Yellow Jacket " 
(with Geo. C. Hazelton, jun.), 1912 ; 
" Taking Chances " (with Agnes 
Morgan), 1916 ; and " The Willow 
Tree " (with Harrison Rhodes), 1917 ; 
at the Kingsway Theatre, London, 
Mar., 1922, revived " The Yellow 
Jacket," and appeared in it as The 
Property Man ; in June, 1922, pro- 
duced " The Spanish Lovers " ; at 
the Ambassadors', London, Sept., 
1922, revived Wills's " Charles I," and 
in Nov., 1922, producexl Joseph 
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at the Comedy, London, July, 1923, 
produced " Peace and Quiet " ; at the 
New Theatre, London, Aug., 1923, 
produced " The Eye of Siva." 

BENSON, Sir Frank R. (cr. 1916) ; 
Croix de Guerre, LL.D., actor and 
manager ; 5. Alresford, Hants, 4 Nov., 
1858 ; s. of the late William Benson ; 
e. Winchester and New College, Oxford; 
m. Constance Featherstonhaugh (nee 
Gertrude Constance Sanrwell) ; while 
at Oxford was a prominent member of 
the O.U.D.C., and with them appeared 
in a number of parts including the 
female role of Clytemnestra in " Aga- 
memnon " of Aeschylus, produced bv 
him in the original tongue ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at 
Lyceum Theatre, 2 Sept., 1882, as 
Paris in " Romeo and Juliet/ 1 under 
Henry Irving' s management ; next 
toured with Miss Alleyne and Walter 
Bentley ; in 1883 took over the latter's 
company and started touring his own 
company, which he has maintained 
ever since ; his repertory for his first 
tour comprised " Romeo and Juliet/' 
" Hamlet," " The Lady of Lyons," 
" The Corsican Brothers/' "" Still 
Waters Run Deep/' " Black-Eye'd 
Susan/' and " The Merchant of Ven- 
ice "; since 1883, he has produced all 
of Shakespeare's plays excepting only 
" Titus Andronicus " and " Troilus 
and Cressida " ; his first London 
season was at the Globe Theatre, 
where he opened 19 Dec., 1889, 
with " A Midsummer Night's Dream," 
subsequently producing * c Hamlet," 
" The Taming of the Shrew," etc. ; 
he has also played seasons at the 
Lyceum and Comedy Theatres, 1900-1, 
and Adelphi, 1905 ; has played many 
seasons at Stratf ord-on-Avon Memorial 
Theatre, since 1886 ; was presented 
with the freedom of that city in 1910, 
in recognition of his services ; appeared 
at His Majesty's Theatre, 1909, and 
subsequently, at Sir Herbert Tree's 
Shakespearean Festivals, in " King 
Richard III," " Coriolanus," and " The 
Taming of the Shrew " ; appeared 
at the St. James's Theatre, Dec., 1910, 
in "The Piper"; in Sept., 1913, 
sailed with his company for Canada 
and the United States, opening at His 
Majesty's, Montreal, 6 Oct., 1913, in 



"Much Ado About Nothing"; at 
the Shaftesbury, 26 Dec., 1914, re\ived 
" King Henry V," and played the 
title-role ; at the Court Theatre, 20 
Dec., 1915, appeared as Theseus in 
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"; 
at Drury Lane Theatre, 2 May, 1916, 
on the occasion of the Shakespeare 
Tercentenary Performance, played the 
title-rdle in " Julius Caesar," and at 
the conclusion of the performance, 
was Knighted by H.M. the King ; 
he did not act again until 1920, when 
he appeared at the St. Martin's 
Theatre, 21 Jan., 1920, as Cneius 
Pompeius Magnus in " Pompey the 
Great," and in Feb., 1920, as Hamlet ; 
subsequently he again toured in the 
provinces ; appeared at the Kenning- 
ton Theatre, Sept., 1920, in " The 
Merchant of Venice," etc; in 1921, 
went to South Africa ; has toured 
provinces regularly since 1922, with 
occasional seasons at Hammersmith, 
Wimbledon, etc. ; his companies were 
recognised as nurseries of acting, and 
many prominent London actors and 
actresses gained early experience under 
his management ; is a Governor of 
the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 
and a trustee of Shakespeare's Birth- 
place. Clubs : Garrick, Green Room. 

BENSON, Lady, ne Gertrude Con- 
stance Sainwell ; d. of the late Captain 
Morshead Samwell ; under the stage 
name of Constance Featherstonhaugh 
first appeared with the " Lyceum 
Company" in "Romeo and Juliet," 
with Kyrle Bellew, 1883 ; after several 
other important engagements joined 
F. R. Benson's company, playing lead, 
and marrying her manager in 1886 ; has 
since played lead with him all over 
England, including London, and at 
the special performances in honour 
of Shakespeare at Stratford-on-Avon ; 
has appeared with her husband during 
London seasons, at Globe, 1889 ; 
Lyceum, 1900 ; Comedy, 1901 ; Adel- 
phi, 1905 ; appeared at His Majesty's 
Theatre, during the Shakespearean 
Festival of 1909, as Lady Anne in 
"King Richard III," and 1910, as 
Virgilia in " Coriolanus," and Kath- 
erine in " The Taming of the Shrew " ; 
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of the World " ; at the King's Hall, 
Nov., 1912, played Rachel in " The 
Dreamer ' ' - made her first appear- 
ance on the Variety stage, at the 
Chelsea Palace, June, 1913, as Veronica 
in " Women's One Weakness " ; 
resumed touring with her husband's 
company in 1915 ; is author (with 
H. O. Nicholson) of the play " A 
Midnight Bridal," produced at the 
Coronet Theatre, 1909 ; has opened a 
School of Instruction at Pembroke 
Hall, Kensington, S.W. Address : 

1 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, W.8. 

Telephone No. : Western 6048. 

BENSON, Ruth, actress; b. 26 
June, 1873 ; daughter of Henry 
McKinley Benson, Major in the 
United States Army ; b. Fort Logan, 
Montana ; e. in Honolulu and in 
California ; m. Holbrook Blinn ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at 
Alaska, playing in " Love on Crutches " 
and in " The Yellow Curtain " ; first 
appeared in New York in " The Cat 
and the Cherub " at Hammerstein's 
Olympia (1897), "afterwards going to 
England ; made^her first appearance 
in London, at the Lyric Theatre, 30 
Oct., 1897, as Ah Yoi in " The Cat 
and the Cherub " ; subsequently sup- 
ported Martin Harvey in " The Only 
Way" (1899), "Don Juan's Last 
Wager," 1900, and understudied lead- 
ing parts ; next played at the Coronet 
Theatre in " The Great Silence " 
(1900) ; in " The Little French 
Milliner/' at the Avenue, 1902, and 
in " Captain Kettle," at the Adelphi, 
1902 ; re-appeared in New York, 1905, 
in " The Duchess of Dantzic " ; 
appeared with Miss Grace George 
in America in "Abigail" (1905), 
in " Clothes " (1906), and " Divor- 
ons " (1907), going to London with 
the company in June, 1907, appeared 
at the Duke of York's Theatre in 
the last mentioned play ; at the 
Astor Theatre, New York, Jan., 1911, 
played Mrs. Cuyler in " The Boss " ; 
at Baltimore, Feb., 1913, appeared 
with Robert Loraine in " Not for 
Sale " ; at the Playhouse, New York, 
Aug., 1913, played Mrs. Clement 
Harding in " The Family Cupboard " ; 
at Cleveland, May, 1915, appeared in 
" Moloch " ; at the Selwyn Theatre, 



Aug., 1919, appeared as the Nurse in 
" The Challenge/' Recreations : Golf, 
riding, and swimming. Residence : 
Journeys' End, Croton-on-Hudson, 
New York, U.S.A. 

BENT, Buena ? actress ; b. London, 
7 Apr., 1890 ; d. of Walter James Bent 
and his wife Clara (Gray) ; e. London, 
made her first appearance on the 
London stage at the Playhouse, 31 
Aug., 1909, as Margaret Ellerton in 
" The Mobswonian," and Stanner in 
" A Sense of Humour " ; appeared in 
most of the leading variety theatres 
with Alfred Lester in " The Amateur 
Hairdresser," " The Village Fire Bri- 
gade," " Longshoreman Bill," and 
" Simpson's Stores," appearing in the 
latter at the Royal Command per- 
formance at the Palace, 1912 ; during 
1913 toured as Fanny Blaine in 
" Bought and Paid For " ; during 1914 
toured as Aggie Lynch in " Within the 
Law " ; appeared at the Alhambra, 
Apr., 1916, in " The Bing Boys are 
Here"; July, 1917, in "Round the 
Map " ; at the Lyceum, Sept., 1919, 
appeared as Maggie Brooklyn in " The 
Wild Widow " ; at the Prince of 
Wal'es's, 1920, appeared in "Bran 
Pie"; at the Devonshire Park The- 
atre, Eastbourne, Nov., 1920, played 
Blanche Roselle in " Teddy Wants a 
Wife " ; at the Strand, July, 1923, 
played Fernande Revard in " The 
Risk " ; at the Lyceum, Apr., 1924, 
Kitty Maynard in " Her Market 
Price " ; subsequently appeared at 
the " Q " Theatre, Kew. Favourite 
part : Aggie Lynch in " Within the 
Law." Recreations : Motoring and 
walking. Address : 87 Marchmont 
Street, W.C.I. Telephone No. : Museum 
314, 

BENTLEY, Irene, actress and 
vocalist; b. Baltimore; m. (1) J. T. 
Sothoron, (2) Henry B. Smith, the 
famous librettist ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at Palmer's 
Theatre, New York, Apr., 1895, in 
" Little Christopher " ; next appeared 
at the Casino, in June, 1895, in " The 
Merry World," and she speedily be- 
came a popular attraction ; made her 
first appearance in London, at the 
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as Gladys Glee in " The Belle of New 
York " ; at the Casino, 25 June, 
1900, appeared in " The Rounders " ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, 24 
June, 1901, she appeared as Bertha 
in " The Strollers " ; in 1902, she 
" starred " in " The Wild Rose " ; 
at Madison Square, Dec., 1903, she 
played Kitty Calvert in "The Girl 
from Dixie " ; during 1905-6 toured 
in " It Happened in Nordland," and 
at Daly's Theatre, N.Y., 3 Dec., 1906, 
she appeared as H.S.H. Princess Carl, 
of Ehrenbreitstein, in " The Belle of 
Mayfair " ; at the Casino, July, 1908, 
appeared as Sonia in " The Mimic 
World." Address : 319 West 107th 
Street New York City, U.S.A. 

BERESFORD, Harry, actor; 6. 
London, 4 Nov., 1867 ; s. of Harry M. 
Beresford and his wife Sara (Christie) ; 
m. Edith Wylie ; made his first 
appearance on the stage in 1885, at 
the Gaiety Theatre, in the chorus of 
" Little Jack Sheppard " ; went to 
America, 1886, with H. E. Dixey, and 
for thirty years played all over the 
United States in " stock " and touring 
companies ; made a notable hit at 
the Belmont Theatre, New York, 
Oct., 1919, when he played Peep o' 
Day in " Boys will be Boys " ; at the 
Knickerbocker, Feb., 1920, played J. 
Edward Winslow (Shavings) in a play 
entitled " Shavings " ; at the Ply- 
mouth Theatre, New York, Aug., 1922, 
made a great success when he appeared 
as Clem Hawley in " The Old Soak," 
which he continued to play for two 
years ; at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore, 
Oct., 1924, played Eggleston Stern in 
" Out of Luck." Clubs : Lambs' and 
Players'. Address : 375 Riverside 
Drive, New York City, U.S.A. 

BERINGER, Esine; 6. London, 5 
Sept., 1875 ; d. of Oscar Beringer, 
composer and musical professor, and 
Mrs. Oscar Beringer, dramatic author 
and novelist ; sister of Vera Beringer ; 
first appeared at Terry's as Dick 
Tipton in " The Real Little Lord 
Fauntleroy/' 14 May, 1888 ; appeared 
at Gaiety in " The Prince and the 
Pauper," 1891 ; " Hypatia," Hay- 
market, 1893 ; " Foreign Policy/' 
" Bud and Blossom/' and " The Three 



Wayfarers," Terry's, 1893 ; " The New 
Boy," Terry's, 1894 ; " The Ladies' 
Idol " and " The Strange Adventures 
of Miss Brown," Vaudeville, 1895 ; at 
the Comedy under Comvns Carr in 
" The Benefit of the Doubt," " The 
Late Mr. Castello," " A Mother of 
Three " ; created some sensation by 
her impersonation of Romeo at a 
matinee at the Prince of Waies's, 
1896, to the Juliet of her sister Vera ; 
at the Olympic, played in " The 
Pilgrim's Progress," 1896 ; at Terry's, 
played Guiletta in * ' The White Knight/ ' 
1898 ; subsequently played Miladi 
in " The Three Musketeers " ; ap- 
peared at the St. James's, 1899, as 
Lady Agatha in "In Days of Old," 
Antoinette in "The Prisoner of Zenda," 
Claire in " The Man of Forty " ; at 
the Court, 1901, appeared as Lady 
Lashbrooke in "A Woman in the 
Case " ; in 1902 with Murray Carson at 
Adelphi in "Captain Kettle," and under 
the same management in " The Wheat 
King," 1904, subsequently visiting 
America ; played at Palace Theatre 
in sketch " At the Point of the 
Sword," in which she made a big 
success ; at Drury Lane, May, 1907, 
played Lashota in " The Last of his 
Race," and in the autumn toured in 
" Among the Brigands " ; at the 
Apollo, Dec., 1907, played Gipsy 
Vandelier in " The Night of the 
Party " with Weedon Grossmith ; 
at the Aldwych, 1908, appeared in 
" Fanny and the Servant Problem," 
and at the Court, 1908, as Evadne in 
a revival of " The Maid's Tragedy " ; 
during 1909-10, played in various 
music-hall sketches ; at His Majesty's, 
Apr., 1910, appeared as the Queen in 
"Hamlet"; at the Queen's, 1910, 
played Marie in " Robert Macaire " 
and Jeannette in " The Lyons Mail " ; 
at the Royalty, Apr., 1911, appeared 
as Rose Merton in " The Master of 
Mrs. Chilvers " ; in Nov., 1911, toured 
with Laurence Irving as the Queen in 
" Hamlet " ; at the Savoy, Sept., 1912, 
played Paulina in " The Winter's 
Tale"; at the Court, Mar., 1913, 
played Sarah Steere in " The Cradle " ; 
at the Comedy, May, 1913, Madge 
Thomas in " Strife " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Sept., 1913, played Lucille in 
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1913, Armande in "The Blue Stock- 
ings " ; at the St. James's, Dec., 1913, 
Mrs. Barthwick in " The Silver Box " ; 
at the Kingsway, Nov., 1914, Strophe 
in " The Dynasts " ; at the Chelsea 
Palace, May, 1915, the Crown Princess 
Sonia in "Set a Thief " ; at the 
St. James's, Oct., 1916, Mrs. Tidman 
in " Lucky Jim " ; at the Pavilion, 
Glasgow, Oct, 1917, appeared in the 
title-role of "Darling"; at the 
Empress, Brixton, June, 1918, played 
Gertrude in " The Hon. Gertrude " ; 
at the Strand, Dec., 1918, Mrs. Lee 
Reeves in " Scandal " ; at the St. 
James's, Jan., 1920, Calpurnia in 
" Julius Caesar " ; in 1921 toured with 
Henry Baynton's Shakespearean com- 
pany ; at the Shaftesbury, Oct., 
1922, played " Mammy " Pleasant in 
" The Cat and the Canary " ; at the 
Aldwych, Mar., 1923, produced her 
sister's play, " Beltane Night," and 
appeared in it as Janet Hargrove ; 
at the Regent (for the Fellowship of 
Players), Dec., 1923, played Queen 
Margaret in " Richard III " ; at the 
St. Martin's, Jan., 1924, Morag in 
" Gruach " ; subsequently again 
toured with Henry Baynton ; at the 
Strand (for the Fellowship of Players), 
Nov., 1924, played Constance in 
" King John." Address : 6 Lawrence 
Mansions, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W.3. 

BERINGER, Mrs. Oscar (nee Aimee 
Daniell) , dramatist and authoress ; 
b. Philadelphia, Mass., U.S.A., 1856 ; 
d. of the late Edward Lynch Daniell, 
of the 44th Regiment (King's Own) ; 
m. Oscar Beringer, musician and 
composer ; mother of Esme and Vera 
Beringer ; e. privately ; author of 
" Tares," 1888, " Katherine Kava- 
nagh," 1892, " Holly Tree Inn," 
1891, " The Prince and the Pauper/' 
1890, "That Girl," 1890, "Salve/' 
1895, "Bess," 1891, "A Bit of Old 
Chelsea," 1897, "The Plot of his 
Story/' 1899, " The Agitator," 1907 ; 
the novels " Beloved of the Gods," 
"A Left- Handed Marriage," " The New 
Virtue " ; has also written several 
short stories and essays. Recreations : 
Driving, skating, and fencing. Ad- 
dress : Ladies' Army and Navy Club, 
Burlington Gardens, W., and Headley, 
ilants. Clubs : Lyceum, Ladies* 



Army and Navy Club, Society of 
Women Journalists. 

BERINGER, Yera, actress ; b. Lon- 
don, 2 Mar., 1879 ; d. of Oscar Beringer, 
composer and musical professor, and 
Mrs. Oscar Beringer, author and 
dramatist ; sister of Esme Beringer ; 
made her appearance as Jack, the 
child, in her mother's play, "Tares/' 
31 Jan., 1888 ; she was the original 
LittleLord Fauntleroy in Mrs. Burnett's 
dramatisation of her own story, 1888, 
and afterwards created the parts of 
the Prince and Tom Canty in " The 
Prince and the Pauper," Gaiety, 
1890 ; Harry in " The Holly Tree 
Inn," 1891 ; Florimonde in " The 
Pilgrim's Progress," 1896; Olaf in 
Ibsen's " Pillars of Society," 1899 ; 
Juliet at Prince of Wales's matinee, 
1896 ; played for a season with Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell, Mr. Edward Terry, 
Mr. Paul Arthur, Mr. George Edwardes, 
etc. ; has also had several important 
provincial engagements ; appeared at 
the Princess's, Jan., 1902, as Miss 
Gerard in " The Broken Melody " ; 
appeared at the Aldwych, 1908, in 
" Fanny and the Servant Problem " ; 
during 1910, toured as Mrs. D'Aquilla 
in " The Whip " ; appeared at Shep- 
herd's Bush Empire, 1912, in "The 
Odd Woman " ; at the Gaiety, Man- 
chester, Feb., 1914, played Philamente 
in " The Blue Stockings " ; at the 
Chelsea Palace, May, 1915, the Coun- 
tess Olga Rozoff in "Set a Thief " ; 
at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, July, 
1915, the Countess of Wytham in 
" Lucky Jim " ; at the Duke of York's, 
Dec., 1915, Philamente in " The Blue 
Stockings " ; is the author of a 
farcical comedy entitled " The Boys," 
written under the pseudonym of Henry 
Seton, and of a play entitled " False 
Dawn," written in collaboration with 
Morley Roberts, 1910 ; also " Pierrot's 
Little Joke," 1912; "A Penny 
Bunch," 1912 ; " The Absent Minded 
Husband," 1913; "The Morning 
Post," 1913; "The Blue Stockings" 
(adaptation), 1913; "Set a Thief," 
1915 ; " Lucky Jim," 1915 ; " Pair " 
(with Randal Roberts), 1917 ; " Dar- 
ing/' 1917 ; " The Hon. Gertrude," 
1918; "Biffy" (with William Ray), 
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Painted Lady," 1924. Address : 6 
Lawrence Mansions, Cheyne Walk, 
Chelsea, SAV.3. 

BERKELEY,, Reginald Cheyne, dra- 
matic author ; b. London, 18 Aug., 
1890 ; s. of Humphry George Berke- 
ley and his wife Agnes Mary (Cheyne) ; 
B. privately, Bediord Modern School 
and Auckland College, N.Z. ; m. Gwen- 
doline Louise Judith Cock ; barrister- 
at-law oi Middle Temple, and Auck- 
land, N.Z. ; his first play " French 
Leave," produced at the Globe, July, 
1920, met with immediate success ; 
also author of " Eight o' Clock," Little 
Theatre, 1920. Recreations : Golf, 
cricket, and tennis. Clubs : Savage, 
Sunningdale, Maidenhead Golf Club, and 
R.A.C. Address : 4 Carlisle Mansions, 
S.W.I. Telephone Xo. : Victoria 9098. 

BERLIN, Irving, composer ; b. 
Russia, 11 May, 1888; s. of Moses 
Baline and his wife Lena (Lipkin) ; 
e. New York ; m. Dorothy Goetz (dec.) ; 
first wont to the United States in 1893 ; 
commenced his career at the age of 
sixteen, singing and playing in res- 
taurants in New York ; his first pub- 
lished song was " Marie from Sunny 
Italy/' and he scored his first notable 
success when he published " Alexan- 
der's Rag-Time Band," 1905 ; other 
popular songs have been " My Wife's 
Gone to the Country," " I want to go 
back to Michigan," " Everybody's 
doin' it," " Ragtime Violin," " I want 
to be in Dixie," " When the Midnight 
Choo-Choo leaves for Alabam," 
" Snooky-Ookums," " Down in Chat- 
tanooga," " The International Rag," 
" When I Lost You," " When 
I Leave the World Behind " ; at 
the Casino, New York, July, 1910, 
appeared in " Up and Down Broad- 
way " ; composer of the following 
revues and musical plays : " Watch 
Your Step," 1914 ; " Stop ! Look ! 
Listen ! " 1915, produced in London, 
at the Empire, 1916, as " Follow the 
Crowd " ; " The Century Girl " (with 
Victor Herbert), 1916 ; " The Cohan 
'Revue, 1918 " (with George M. Cohan), 

1917 ; " The Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 " ; 
" The Canary " (with Ivan Caryll), 

1918 ; " The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 " ; 
author and composer of " The Music 



Box Revue," each season 1921 to 
1924, produced at The Music Box 
Theatre, New York ; is the President 
of the music-publishing firm, Irving 
Berlin Inc. Address : 1607 Broadway, 
New York City, U.S.A. 

BERLIN, Alfred, journalist and 
dramatist ; b. London, 1860 ; e. 
King's College School ; author of 
" The Violin Makers/' play, produced 
by E. S. Willard, at Shaftesbury, 
1891, and also by Professor von 
Herkomer at his Art Theatre, Bushey ; 
was dramatic critic to the National 
Observer, 1894-5 ; has also contributed 
articles and dramatic and other 
criticisms to the Morning Leader, 
Sunday Sim, The World, The Outlook, 
To~Dav, The Stage, etc. Address : 
c/o The Stage, 16 York Street, 
Covent Garden, W.C.2. 

BERNARD, Sam, actor ; 6. Birming- 
ham, 3 June, 1863 ; m. Florence 
Deutsh ; made his first appearance 
at Henderson's Music Hall, Coney 
Island ; for some years has success- 
fully played German character parts 
in musical comedy in New York ; 
in 1885, appeared in various English 
music halls ; returned to U.S.A., 
1886, and appeared in " The Corner 
Grocery," and subsequently, for two 
years, toured in " Lost in London " ; 
from 1888 to 1891 toured with " The 
Night Owls " ; then toured with the 
Russell Brothers ; in New York, one 
of his earliest successes was gained 
at the Bijou Theatre, where on 21 
Sept., 1898, he appeared as Hermann 
Engel in " The Marquis of Michigan " ; 
since then he has played the fol- 
lowing parts : Schmaltz in "A 
Dangerous Maid," Conan Boyle in 
" The Man in the Moon," the Khe- 
dive of Egypt in " The Casino Girl/* 
Adolph Klotz in "The Belle of 
Bohemia," Twanks in " The Silver 
Slipper," Max Hoggenheimer in " The 
Girl from Kay's," Schmaltz m " The 
Rollicking Girl," Mr. Hoggenheimer 
in " The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer," 
and Ludwig Knoedler in " Nearly a 
Hero " ; at the Casino, New York, 
27 Sept., 1909, played Herman 
Scholz in " The Girl and the Wizard " ; 
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von Schellenvien in " He Came from 
Milwaukee' 1 ; during 1911-2, toured 
in the same part ; at the Lyric, New 
York, 30 Dec., 1912, appeared as 
Leo von Laubenheim in " All for 
the Ladies " ; appeared at the Forty- 
fourth Street Music Hall, Oct., 1913, in 
" The Modiste Shop " ; at the Shubert 
Theatre, 30 Mar., 1914, played Max 
Hoggenheimer in " The Belle of Bond 
Street " ; made his first appearance 
on the London stage, at the Adelphi, 
8 June, 1914, in the same part, when 
he scored a great personal success ; 
at the Century Theatre, New York, 
Nov., 1916, played in " The Century 
Girl " ; at the Hudson Theatre, July, 
1918, played Henry Block in " Friendly 
Enemies " : at the Central Theatre, 
Jan., 1920, appeared in " As You 
Were " ; at the Music Box, Sept., 
1921, played in " The Music Box 
Revue " ; at the Fulton Theatre, 
Sept., 1923, in " Nifties of 1923," 
of which he was also part-author. 

BERRY, William Henry, actor and 

comedian ; b. London, 23 Mar., 1872 ; 
e. London ; m. Kitty Hanson ; was 
originally engaged in commercial life 
in the City, and for twelve years was 
well known as a concert singer and 
entertainer in the winter months, and 
at seaside piers, etc., in the summer; 
with his wife, he appeared at the 
London Pavilion, 16 Jan., 1905 ; while 
at Broadstairs, in 1905, was seen by Mr. 
George Edwardes, who gave him and 
his wife a three years' contract, and 
was seen at the Empire, Leicester 
Square, Oct., 1905, when he appeared 
in " Rogues and Vagabonds " revue, 
and also in the excerpt from " Madame 
Sherry " ; was next seen at the Prince 
of Wales's, 1906, as Shingle in " The 
Little Cherub/' also appearing at the 
same time at the Empire in the 
revue, " Venus " ; has since played 
Cheoo in " See-See " at the Prince of 
Wales's, St. Amour in " Les Merveil- 
leuses," at Daly's, 1906, subsequently 
playing Tournesol in the same piece ; 
at Daly's, June, 1907, played Nisch 
in "The Merry Widow"; at the 
Gaiety, Apr., 1908, appeared as 
Reggie in " Havana " ; at Daly's, 
Sept., 1909, played Mr. Bulger in 
"The Dollar Princess"; Jan., 1911, 



Count Lothair in " A Waltz Dream " ; 
May, 1911, Brissard in " The Count of 
Luxembourg " ; June, 1912, Dragotin 
in " Gipsy Love " ; May, 1913, 
Blinker in " The Marriage Market " ; 
Oct., 1914, Barry in "A Country 
Girl " ; Apr., 1915, Achille Jotte in 
" Betty " ; at the Adelphi, Nov., 
1915, appeared as William Van Dam 
in " Tina " ; Aug., 1916, as Dr. Wilkie 
Thorne in " High Jinks " ; Sept., 
1917, as Mr. Meebles in " The Boy " ; 
Sept., 1919, as Valentine Hooper in 
" Who's Hooper ? " ; Oct., 1920, as 
Michael the First in " The Naughty 
Princess " ; Oct., 1921, as Dipper Tigg 
(The Marquis) in " The Golden Moth "; 
Oct., 1922, as Chief Petty-officer 
Hopkins in " The Island King " ; 
Sept., 1923, as Alfred Wigg in " Head 
Over Heels " ; he then left the Adelphi, 
after having played there for nine 
years ; was next seen at the Empire 
Theatre, Feb., 1924, when he took up 
the part of Bouquet in " The Three 
Graces " ; at the Gaiety, Sept., 1924, 
played Professor Eustace McGargle in 
" Poppy." Favourite parts : Reggie 
the Yacht's Boy in " Havana," Valen- 
tine Hooper in " Who's Hooper," and 
" Hoppy " in " The Island King." 
Recreations : Golf, walking, and fish- 
ing. Club : Green Room. Address : 
Elm Croft, Palmer's Green, N.I 3. 

BERTRAM, Arthur, business man- 
ager ; b. Blackheath, 24 Mar., 1860 ; 
e. at Blackheath ; business manager 
with Forbes-Robertson, and Kate 
Rorke, 1893, Corny ns Carr, 1894 ; 
Arthur Bourchier, 1895-1896 ; lessee 
Strand Theatre, 1897 ; business man- 
ager for Forbes- Robertson, 1898 ; 
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, 1899-1902 
(London and America) ; for Marie 
Tempest, 1903-1904 ; for Sir John 
Hare, 1904; Weedon Grossmith, 
1905 ; Olga Nethersole (America), 
1905-6; Mrs. Brown Potter, 1906; 
Frank Curzon, 1911; H. B. Irving, 
1915 ; represented the H. B. Irving 
Estate at the Savoy Theatre until 1923. 
Hobby : Golf. Address ; " The Two 
Brewers " Inn, Whitstable, Kent. 
Telephone No. : Whitstable 150. 

BERTRAM, Eugene, business mana- 
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Maria ; e. Blackheath ; m. Marie 
Alexander ; formerly an actor, and 
made his first appearance on the stage 
at Colchester, 1895, as Dixon in 
" Caste " ; was the original secretary 
and manager of the Moody-Manners 
Grand Opera Co. ; subsequently man- 
ager for Lewis Waller, Martin Harvey, 
and Viola Tree. Recreations : Photo- 
graphy, golf, and gardening. A ddress : 
c/o Arthur Bertram, " The Two 
Brewers " Inn, Whitstable, Kent. 

BESIER, Rudolf, dramatic author ; 
b. Java, 2 July, 1878 ; 5. of Margaret 
(Collinson) and Rudolf Besier ; e. at 
Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and at 
Heidelberg ; m. Charlotte Woodward ; 
has written the following plays, " The 
Virgin Goddess, "Adelphi, 1906 ; " Olive 
Latimer's Husband," Vaudeville, 1909 ; 
" Don/' Haymarket, 1909 ; " The 
Crisis " (from the French), New, 1910 ; 
" Lady Patricia," Haymarket, 1911 ; 
" Kipps " (with H. G. Wells), Vaude- 
ville, 1912 ; " Kings and Queens," 
St. James's, 1915 ; " Buxell," Strand, 
1916 ; " Kultur at Home " (with 
Sybil Spotiswoode), Court, 1916 ; 
" Robin's Father " (with Hugh Wai- 
pole), Liverpool, 1918 ; " The Prude's 
Fall " (with May Edgiiiton), Wynd- 
ham's, 1920 ; " The Ninth Earl " 
(with May Edginton), Comedy, 1920; 
" Secrets " (with May Edginton), 
Comedy, 1922. Address : Plumpton, 
Sussex. 

BEST, Edna, actress ; b. Hove, 
Sussex, 3 Mar., 1901 ; d. of Leonard 
William Best and his wife Claire 
(Romaire) ; e. Brighton ; m. Seymour 
Beard ; was prepared for the stage by 
Miss Kate Rorke ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at the Grand 
Theatre, Southampton, 30 Sept., 1917, 
as Amy Spettigue in " Charley's 
Aunt " ; made her first appearance on 
the London stage, at the St. James's 
Theatre, 15 Dec., 1917, as Ela Delahay 
in " Charley's Aunt " ; during 1918-19 
tom-ed as Blanny Wheeler in " Fair 
and Warmer," and in Mar., 1919, 
appeared at the Prince of Wales's 
Theatre, in the same part, succeeding 
Fay Compton, and later in the same 
year, at the Royalty Theatre, appeared 
as Violet Little in " Caesar's Wife " ; 



at the New Theatre, Dec., 1919, played 
Nibs in " Peter Pan " ; appeared at 
the Little Theatre, Feb., 1920, as 
Paulette in " Mumsee " ; at the 
St. James's, Mar., 1920, as Gypsy 
Graham in " Uncle Ned " ; at the 
Little Theatre, May, 1920, as Coral 
Edison in " Husbands for All " ; at the 
Duke of York's, July, 1920, as Lady 
Sloane in " Brown Sugar " ; at the 
St. James's, Dec., 1920, as Peter in 
"Peter Pan"; Mar., 1921, Polly 
Shannon in " Polly with a Past " ; 
at Wyndham's, Apr., 1922, played 
Sylvia Strood in " Running Water" " ; 
at the Comedy, June, 1922, Dinah 
Partlett in " Quarantine " ; at the 
St. James's, Dec., 1922, Peter Pan ; 
at the Duke of York's, May, 1923, 
Blanche Ingram in " Her Temporary 
Husband " ; at the Ambassadors', 
June, 1923, Catherine in " The Lilies 
of the Field " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 

1923, Simone Martin in " The Elope- 
ment " ; at the Criterion, Oct., 1923, 
Parks in " Trust Emily " ; at the 
Little, Sept., 1924, Jean Trowbridge in 
" Morals " ; at the Garrick, Dec., 

1924, Marylin Stirling in " Six-Cylinder 
Love." Recreations : Dancing and 
tennis. 

BETTELHEIM, Edwin Simmer, 

dramatic critic, editor and journalist ; 
b. Albany, N.Y., 28 Sept., 1865 ; s. 
of Anna (Tausik) and Charles Alexan- 
der Bettelheim ; e. Albany and 
Cornell College ; m. Emma Hutcheson ; 
was formerly Clerk in the Senate 
Chambers, 1885-7 ; Secretary of the 
Railroad Committee, 1888 ; became 
editor of the Albany Mirror, 1890 ; 
publisher of The Dramatic Times, 
New York, 1891 ; secured the New 
York Dramatic News, 1894, and 
combined both publications ; has 
acted as editor and publisher ever 
since ; is also editor of the Chicago 
Dramatic News. Recreations : Boat- 
ing and golf. Chibs and Associations : 
Liberal, and West Side, New York, 
and D.K.E. Society, New York. Ad- 
dress : 75 West 44th Street, New 
York City, U.S.A. Telegraphic 

Address: " Dramnews," New York. 

BEITS, Edward William, dramatic 
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Elizabeth Annie West ; lias been 
engaged in journalism since 1902, and 
held various appointments on pro- 
vincial newspapers, commencing 011 
the Kent and Sussex Courier ; was 
acting-editor of the Malt on Gazette. 
1904-12 ; assist ant- edit or and dra- 
matic critic Birmingham Gazette, 1912- 
19 ; assistant London editor of Bir- 
mingham Gazette and associated papers, 
1919-21 ; dramatic critic of West- 
minster Gazette, 1923 ; contributor of 
theatrical notes to Weekly Westminster 
and other journals. Address : c/o 
Westminster Gazette, 104 Shoe Lane, 
E.C.4 ; or 8 Cambridge Park, St. 
Margaret's, Twickenham. Telephone 
No. : Central 7600. 

BEV AN, Faith, actress and vocalist ; 
6. North Wales, 4 Apr., 1896 ; d. of 
John Bevan and his wife Hannah 
Marie ; e. privately ; made her first 
appearance on the stage in 1913, when 
she played Toinette in " The Quaker 
Girl/' subsequently playing the part 
of the Princess Mathilde ; she next 
toured as Franzi in " A Waltz Dream " ; 
made her first appearance on the Lon- 
don stage at Daly's Theatre, Sept., 
1916, when she succeeded Miss Wini- 
fred Barnes as the Princess Valeria in 
" The Happy Day " ; at the Prince's, 
Manchester, 23 Dec., 1916, appeared as 
Angela in " The Maid of the Moun- 
tains," and appeared in the same part 
when the piece was produced at 
Daly's, 10 Feb., 1917, and continued 
playing the part for over three years ; 
appeared in the same part at Daly's, 
Dec., 1921 ; at the Gaiety, Sept., 1923, 
played Varinka in " Catherine " ; 
Apr., 1924, Mary in " Our Nell " ; 
in Dec., 1924, went on tour playing the 
title-vole in "Poppy." Favourite part 
Franzi in " The Waltz Dream." 
Recreations : All outdoor sports. Ad- 
dress : 7 Kent Terrace, .Regent's 
Park, N.W.I. 

BEVERIBGE, J. D., actor ; b. Dublin, 
28 Oct., 1844; 5. of J. Beveridge ; 
e. Dublin ; made his first appearance 
on the stage at the T.R., Oldham, 31 
Aug., 1861, as a soldier in " Pizarro " ; 
for eight years played in various 
provincial theatres, at Newcastle-on- 
Tyne, Glasgow, Plymouth, etc. ; made 
his first appearance in London, at 



Adelphi, 2 Oct., 1869, as Lord Alfred 
Colebrooke in " Lost at Sea " ; at 
the Princess's, 29 Nov., 1869, played 
Laertes to Fechter's Hamlet ; sub- 
sequently appeared there in " After 
Dark " \ at the Adelphi, 1870, played 
in " Blow for Blow/' " The Prompter's 
Box," " The Green Bushes," etc. ; 
toured for three years in Robertson's 
comedies with Richard Younge's com- 
pany ; at Charing Cross, May, 1873, 
played in " Time's Triumph " ; at 
the Lyceum, Oct. 1874, played the 
First Player in " Hamlet " with Henry 
Irving, and he also toured \vith 
Irving as Cromwell in " Charles I," 
and Baradas in " Richelieu " ; at the 
Globe, 1876, appeared in " Jo," 
" Hunted Down," " Cora " ; at Opera 
Comique, 1877, pla} r ed in " Liz " ; 
toured as Henry Beauclerc in " Diplo- 
macy," 1878-9 ; during 1879-80, at 
the Gaiety, played in " The Poor 
Gentleman," " The Castle Spectre," 
etc. ; supported Madame Modjeska at 
the Court, 1880-1 ; joined the Adelphi 
company, Dec., 1881, and remained 
there until 1892 ; appearing in 
" Taken from Life " (in which he also 
toured in America), " In the Ranks," 
" The Harbour Lights/' " The Bells 
of Haslemere," " The Union Jack/' 
" The Silver Falls," " The Shaugh- 
raun," " London Day by Day," " The 
English Rose," " The Trumpet Call," 
" The White Rose " ; at Terry's, 
1894, played Felix Roach in " The 
New Boy " ; returned to Adciphi, 
1896, playing in " Boys Together," 
" Black Eyed Susan," "All that 
Gutters is not Gold," "In the Days 
of the Duke," " Secret Service " ; 
at the St. James's, 1898, played 
Antonio in " Much Ado About 
Nothing " ; Wolfshagen in " The 
Conquerors " ; appeared at the Garrick, 
1898* in "Teresa," and "Brother 
Officers " ; at Her Majesty's, 1899, 
in " Carnac Sahib " ; at the Hay- 
market, 1900, played Sir Lucius in 
" The Rivals " ; at Her Majesty's, 
Casca in "Julius Caesar " ; at the 
Vaudeville, 1901, Rev. James Floyd 
in " Sweet and Twenty " ; at the 
P.O.W., 1902, John Bowlby in "A 
Country Mouse " ; at the St. James's, 
Mar., 1903, played Dr. Jiittner in 
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Apr., 1904, played Tom Oxley in 
" Sunday/* subsequently touring in 
same part ; appeared at the Court, 
1905, in " John Bull's Other Island," 
" You Never Can Tell," " In the 
Hospital," and " Man and Superman" ; 
went to America under Charles Froh- 
rnan, 1905 ; toured the United States 
in " Man and Superman," 1906 ; 
reappeared in London at the Duke 
of York's in June, 1907, as 3M. Cravy- 
nac in " Divorcons " ; subsequently 
appeared at the Savoy, in Sept., as 
William in " You Never Can Tell " ; 
at the St. James's, May, 1908, played 
Mr. Elkin in " The Thunderbolt/' 
and at Wyndham's, Nov., 1908, 
appeared in "Sir Anthony " ; at the 
Lyric, Aug., 1909, played Rev. Samuel 
Roden in " The Fires of Fate " ; 
toured in " John Bull's Other Island " ; 
at the Garrick, 1910, played in " Dame 
Nature " and " The Bishop's Son " ; 
at the Playhouse, 1910, in " The Toy- 
maker of Nuremberg " ; at the 
Comedy, 1911, appeared in "Playing 
with Fire," and " The Crucible " ; at 
the Command performance at Drury 
Lane, 17 May, 1911, played Kite in 
" Money," and at the Gala performance 
at His Majesty's, 27 June, 1911, 
appeared as Lord Burleigh in " The 
Critic"; at the Court, 16 Sept., 1911, 
played George Winthrop, F.R.S., in 
" Married by Degrees " ; at the 
Playhouse, Nov., 1911, played 
Parson Grylls in '"Dad"; at the 
Royalty Theatre, May, 1912, appeared 
as Father Bentley in " Peter's Chance " ; 
at the St. James's, Oct., 1912, as 
Monseigneur Jussey in " The Turning 
Point " ; at the Kingsway, Dec,, 
1912, again played Father Dempsey 
in " John Bull's Other Island " ; at 
the Ambassadors' Theatre, June, 1913, 
appeared as Pablo Centeno in 
" Panthea " ; at the St. James's, 
27 June, 1913, appeared as James 
in the " all-star " revival of " London 
Assurance/* given in aid o[ King 
George's Actors' Pension Fund ; at 
the New Theatre, Aug., 1913, pla}red 
Dr. Doyle in "The Big Game"; at 
the St. James's, Oct., 1913, Absolon 
Pedersson Beyer in " The Witch " ; 
Dec., 1913, Sir Patrick Cullen in " The 
Doctor's Dilemma " ; at His Majesty's 
22 May, 1914, Daniel Jaikes in the 



" all-star " revival of 4< The Silver 
King," given in aid of King George's 
Actors' Pension Fund ; at the King's, 
Hammersmith, Mar., 1915, Antoine 
Jadot in " The Kommandatur " ; at 
the Finsbury Park Empire, Nov., 1915, 
played Mr. Sullivan in " A Quiet 
Rubber," with Sir John Hare ; at 
the Globe, July, 1917, appeared as 
Father Brady in " Julyann " ; is a 
member of the Committee of King 
George's Pension Fund for Actors and 
Actresses. Address : 5 Shaftesbury 
Road East, Ravenscourt Park, W.6. 

BIOGERS, Earl Derr, dramatic 
author ; b. Warren, Ohio, 24 Aug., 
18S4 ; 5. of Robert J. Biggers and his 
wife Emma (Derr) ; e. Harvard Univer- 
sity ; m. Eleanor Ladd ; formerly 
editor of The Lampoon ; engaged on 
the Boston Traveller, 1908-11 ; is the 
author of the following plays : "If 
You're only Human," 1913 ; "Thieves " 
(with Grover Harrison), 1913 ; " Inside 
the Lines/' 1915 ; "A Cure for Cur- 
ables " (with W. T. Hodge), 1917 ; 
" See-Saw," 1919 ; also author of the 
story " Seven Keys to Baldpate." 
Address : 411 Wynnewood Road, 
Pelham Manor, N.Y., U.S.A. 

BILBBOOKE, Lydia, actress; b. 6 
May, 1888 ; m. Reginald Owen (mar. 
dis.) ; was a pupil of the Academy of 
Dramatic Art ; made her first appear- 
ance on the London stage, at the Duke 
of York's Theatre, 4 May, 1907, as 
the Countess Carini in "A Royal 
Family " ; at the Comedy, Dec., 
1907, played Tiny Montague in 
" Angela," and Apr., 1908, Nellie 
Sellenger in " Mrs. Dot " ; was then 
engaged by George Alexander for the 
St. James's, where, in Feb., 1909, 
she played the Countess of Rassendyl 
in " The Prisoner of Zenda," and Apr., 
1909, Madge Rockingham in " Colonel 
Smith " ; at the Globe, Sept., 1909, 
played Helene in " Madame X," and 
at the Comedy, in the same month, 
Mrs. Otto Rosenberg in " Smith " ; 
at the Adelphi, 1910, played Ethel 
Morley in " The House of Teinperley " ; 
at the Duke of York's, Sept., 1910, 
appeared as Adele in "A Bolt from 
the Blue " ; at the Prince of Wales's, 
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in " Inconstant George " ; Sept., 1911, 
appeared as Stephanie Julius in " The 
Great Name " ; at the Savoy, Dec., 

1911, appeared as Mrs. Carey in 
" Where the Rainbow Ends " ; at 
the Queen's Theatre, Mar., 1912, 
played Kathleen Stuart in "The 
Chalk Line " ; at the Garrick, Apr., 

1912, Helen Mitchener in " Improper 
Peter"; June, 1912, Mrs. Howard 
Jefferies senior in " Find the Woman "; 
at the Kingsway, Mar., 1913, Honoria 
Looe in " The Great Adventure " ; at 
the Prince of Wales's, Mar., 1915, 
Paula Wainwright in " He Didn't 
Want to Do It " ; at the Comedy, 
June, 1915, Mrs. Chesterton in " Mr. 
and Mrs. Ponsonby " ; at the Apollo, 
June, 1916, appeared as Alice Hobson 
in " Hobson's Choice " ; at the Prince 
of Wales's, Feb., 1917, as Sybil 
Clatterby in " Anthony in Wonder- 
land " ; at the Royalty, June, 1917, 
as Lady William Dromondy in " The 
Foundations " ; at Wyndham's, Oct., 
1917, Lady Caroline Laney in " Dear 
Brutus" ; at the St. Martin's, Mar., 
1919, played She in " Sleeping Part- 
ners " ; at the Criterion, Nov., 1919, 
Sylvia Gayford, in " Lord Richard in 
the Pantry " ; accompanied Mr. Cyril 
Maude to America, 1923, and at the 
Gaiety, New York, Apr., 1923, played 
Lady Tybar in "If Winter Comes " ; 
at the Prince's Theatre, Nov., 1923, 
succeeded Miss Molly Kerr as Lady 
Frances Carfax in " The Return of 
Sherlock Holmes/' 

BILLING, H. Chiswell, business 
manager ; b. Penarth, Wales, Nov., 
1881 ; was formerly a law student ; has 
had extensive experience in theatrical 
management, first as advance agent, 
and subsequently as business manager ; 
has fulfilled engagements as business 
manager for Mr. Cyril Maude, 1906- 
10 ; at Olympia with " The Miracle," 
1912 ; Miss Horniman, at Coronet and 
The Playhouse, 1912 ; Robert Loraine, 
United States, 1912 ; C. B. Cochran at 
Olympia, 1912-13; Oscar Asche and Lily 
Brayton, on tour and at Apollo 
Theatre, 1914 ; Moody-Manners Opera 
Co.; 1914 ; Sir Charles Wyndham and 
Miss Mary Moore, at the New and 
Criterion, 1915-18 ; Duke of York's, 
1918-21 ; was manager for Robert 



Loraine at Drury Lane, with " Cyrano 
de Bergerac," 1920 ; appointed general 
manager to the Carl Rosa Opera 
Company, 1922 ; was general manager 
for the Palace of Dancing, Grand 
Dance Pavilion and Island Dance 
Floor at the British Empire Exhibition, 
1924 ; toured in Canada, 1922-24. 
Favourite play : " The Blue Bird." 
Recreations : Sculling, gardening, and 
fishing. Club : Royal Automobile, 
A ddress : 7 Bracken Gardens, Barnes, 
S.W.13. Telephone No. : Putney 2710. 

BINGE AM, Amelia, actress; b. 
Hicksville, Ohio, U.S.A., 20 Mar., 
1869 ; e. Ohio Wesleyan University ; 
m. Lloyd Bingham ; first appeared 
on the stage on the Pacific Coast, 
California, with McKee Rankin's com- 
pany ; made her first appearance in 
New York, at the People's Theatre, 
18 Dec., 1893, in " The Struggle for 
Life " ; at Niblo's Garden, Mar., 1894, 
played in " The Power of Gold " ; 
at the American Theatre, Mar., 1896, 
she played Claire Ffolliott in " The 
Shaughraun," and Anne Chute in 
" The Colleen Bawn," and in Apr., 
1896, appeared at the Fourteenth Street 
Theatre as Mary in " The Village 
Postmaster " ; at the Garden Theatre, 
2 Nov., 1896, she played in " The 
Mummy/' and at the American Theatre, 
Jan., 1897, in " Captain Impudence " ; 
at the Academy of Music, 1897, she 
appeared in " Nature/* and subse- 
quently played the part of Marion 
in " The White Heather " ; during 
1898 played Lady Maggie in " The 
Pink Dominos," at Herald Square 
Theatre, and Madeline in " On and 
Off," at Hoyt's; during 1899 she 
appeared at Wallack's Theatre as 
Josepha in "At the White Horse 
Tavern/' and at the Empire, as 
Stella, in " His Excellency the 
Governor ", ; at the Garden Theatre, 
Feb., 1900, she was the Winifred 
Crosby in " Hearts are Trumps " ; 
she entered into the management 
of the Bijou Theatre, New York, 17 
Dec., 1900, when she produced Clyde 
Fitch's play " The Climbers," in which 
she played the part of Mrs. Sterling. 
This play had a most successful 
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ten," and in 1903 " The Frisky 
Mrs. Johnson," which latter play 
was also highly successful ; at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, 18 Jan., 
1904, she appeared as Olympe de 
Cleve in " Olympe," and later, at 
Wallack's, 6 Mar., 1905, she played 
the part of Fabienne Marni in " Mdlle. 
Marni " ; in Sept., 1905, she joined 
the stock company at Proctor's Fifth 
Avenue Theatre, and appeared in an 
extensive round of leading parts ; 
she was subsequently seen as Emily 
Painter in " The Lilac Room/' under 
Charles Frohman, and appeared in 
that play in New York, at Weber's 
Theatre, 3 Apr., 1907. In May and 
June she played a " stock " season 
at St. Louis, Mo., appearing in " One 
of Our Girls," " A Contented Woman," 
" The Eternal City," and " A Modern 
Lady Godiva." In September, 1907, 
commenced a tour with the last-men- 
tioned play ; at St. Louis, May, 1909, 
played a " stock " engagement in 
" My Wife's Husbands," " Her Other 
Self," etc. ; made her first appearance 
in England, at the Palace Theatre, 19 
July, 1909, in an entertainment entitled 
" Big Moments from Great Plays " ; 
played " stock " engagements at 
St. Louis in 1910 and 1911 ; at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 
Dec., 1913, played Mrs. Cornelia 
Opdyke in " The New Henrietta " ; at 
the Academy of Music, May, 1914, 
reappeared as Mrs. Sterling in " The 
Climbers " ; during 1915-16, toured in 
" The New Henrietta " ; at the Gar- 
rick, Washington, Jan., 1920, played 
Mrs. Bundy in " Mamma's Affairs," 
subsequently appearing in the same 
part at the Little Theatre, New York. 
Address : 103 Riverside Drive, New 
York City, U.S.A. 

BINNEY, Constance, actress ; b. 
Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., 1900; e. 
Brearly, Westover, Conn., and in 
France ; made her first appearance on 
the stage at the Bijou Theatre, New 
York, 1 Oct., 1917, as Lucy Delaney 
in " Saturday to Monday " (" Over- 
Sunday ") ; at the Princess Theatre, 
New York, Jan., 1918, played Parker 
in " Oh ! Lady, Lady ! " ; at the 
Broadhurst Theatre, Mar., 1919, played 
Penelope Penn in "39 East " ; she 



next appeared on the cinema stage with 
great success, in such pictures as 
" Sporting Life/' '* Erstwhile Susan/' 
" Something Different/ 3 " Such a 
Little Queen," " The Case of Becky," 
" A Bill of Divorcement/ 1 etc. ; "re- 
appeared on the stage at the Astor 
Theatre, Jan., 1924, when she played 
Virginia Araminta Culpepper in " Sweet 
Little Devil." 

B I N Y N 9 Laurence, dramatic 
author ; b. Lancaster, 10 Aug., 1869 ; 
s. of Mary (Dockray) and the Rev. 
F. Binyon ; m., 1904, Cicely Margaret 
Powell ; e. St. Paul's School and 
Trinity College, Oxford, where he 
gained the Newdigate Prize, 1890 ; 
entered the British Museum Depart- 
ment of Printed Books, 1893, and is 
now Deputy Keeper in the Depart- 
ment of Prints and Drawings ; is the 
author of five plays, " Paris and 
Oenone," produced by Miss Gertrude 
Kingston at the Savoy Theatre, 8 Mar., 
1906, and " Attila," produced by 
Oscar Asche at His Majesty's, 4 
Sept., 1907 ; also of the English 
version of Kalidasa's " Sakuntala," 
produced at the Winter Garden, 
Nov., 1919; "Arthur" (in collabora- 
tion with Sir J. Martin Harvey), Old 
Vic, Mar., 1923 ; " Ayuli," published 
by the British Drama League, 1923 ; 
" The Young King," produced by 
John Masefield, at Boar's Hill, Oxford, 
Nov., 1924 ; has also published 
several books of poems and prose 
since 1894. Address : British Museum, 
W.C.I. Telephone No.-: Museum, 
4317. 

BIRD, Richard, actor; b. 1895; 
made his first appearance on the stage 
as a member of the Liverpool Repertory 
Company, 1917, and remained there 
for three years ; coming to London, he 
joined the company of the Everyman 
Theatre, where he played a number 
of parts ; at the Queen's, Oct., 1921, 
played Bill Tankerville in " The Hotel 
Mouse " ; at the Comedy, Mar., 1922 
(for the Repertory Players), played 
Bengy Sturgis in "If Four Walls 
Told " ; at the Everyman, Sept., 
1922, Dr. Harry Trench in " Widowers' 
Houses," and John Hunter in " Mary 
Stuart " ; at the New (for the Reper- 
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socks in " The Smitlis of Surbiton " ; 
at the St. Martin's, Mar., 1923, Ronny 
Derwent in " The Great Broxopp " ; 
at the Strand (for the Repertory 
Players), Mar., 1923, William Rock in 
*' The Lure " ; at the Everyman, 
Aug., 1923, Morris Carleon in " Magic " ; 
at the Regent (for the Repertory' 
Players), Nov., 1923, The Babe in 
" Havoc/' in which he made a great 
success ; at the Criterion, Nov., 1923, 
William Parker in " Dulcy " ; at the 
Haymarket, Jan., 1924, repeated his 
success as The Babe in " Havoc " ; 
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic 
Art, May, 1924, played Sir Harry 
Flutter in " The Discovery " ; at the 
Comedy, June, 1924, James Weston 
in " Peter Weston " ; then went to 
America, and at the Maxine Elliott 
Theatre, New York, Sept., 1924, 
again played The Babe in " Havoc " ; 
at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre, 
Dec., 1924, Eugene Marchbanks in 
" Candida " ; at the Princess Theatre, 
Dec., 1924, Commander Ridgewell in 
" Tame Cats " (" Collusion "). Favour- 
ite part : The Babe in " Havoc." 
Address ; 31 Grove End Road, N.W.8. 
Telephone No. : Paddington 3849. 

BIEKETT, Viva, actress ; b. Exeter, 
14 Feb., 1887 ; e. Exeter and London ; 
m. Philip Merivale ; studied for the 
stage under Miss Kate Bateman (Mrs. 
Crowe) ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Lyric Theatre, 
28 June, 1906, as a guest in the revival 
of " Monsieur Beaucaire " ; made her 
first appearance on the American stage 
at the Hudson Theatre, New York, 
30 Aug., 1906, as Helen Plugenet 
in " The Hypocrites " playing the same 
part at the Hicks (now Globe) Theatre, 
27 Aug., 1907 ; she next appeared at 
Terry's Theatre, Dec., 1907, as 
Beatrix Worthing in " Is Marriage a 
Failure " ; after understudying the 
part of Hilda Bouverie in " Stingarre," 
at the Queen's, 1908, went on a ten 
months' tour, playing Lady Hermione 
Wynne in " The Flag Lieutenant," 
1908-9; at the Vaudeville, Sept., 
1909, appeared as Sylvia Futvoye 
in " The Brass Bottle " ; at the 
Coronet Theatre, Aug.-Nov., 1910, 
appeared as Ada Ingot in " David 
Garrick/' Bella in "School/' Muriel 



Peyton in " Sister Anne," Margaret 
Courtenay in " Behind the Veil " ; 
was then engaged at the Duke of 
York's, Dec., 1910, playing Mrs. 
Darling in " Peter Pan," and Feb., 

1911, Gwendolen Durant in "Loaves 
and Fishes " ; joined Sir Herbert 
Tree's company at His Majesty's, 
June, 1911, playing Viola in " Twelfth 
Night," and in July, Anne Page in 
" The Merry Wives of Windsor " ; 
Sept., 1911, appeared there as Lady 
Macduff in " Macbeth " ; returned 
to the Duke of York's, Dec., 1911, 
to again play Mrs. Darling in " Peter 
Pan " ; at the Whitney (now Strand) 
Theatre, May, 1912, appeared as the 
Countess Sophie Vyneck in " The 
Jew of Prague " ; at the Globe, Oct., 

1912, as Helen Burton in " Officer 
666 " ; at the Garrick, Feb., 1913, 
as Lady Violet Ainslie in " Trust the 
People " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
28 Sept., 1914, played Lady Una in 
" Evidence " ; at the Opera House, 
Boston, Mass., Feb.-Mar., 1915, played 
with Henry Jowett's company in 
" The Merry Wives of Windsor," 
" Twelfth Night," " Julius Caesar," 
" The Merchant of Venice," " A Mid- 
summer Night's Dream " ; at the 
Plymouth Theatre, Boston, played in 
"The Sin of David," "The Younger 
Generation," etc. ; at the Empire, 
New York, Sept., 1916, played Isabella 
Trench in " Caroline " ; at the Repub- 
lic, Apr., 1917, Madame Pasquier DC 
La Marie" re in " Peter Ibbctson " ; 
during 1919, toured in the United 
States, as Mrs. Baxter in " The 
Mollusc," with George Arliss ; re- 
appeared in London, at the Aldwych 
Theatre, Feb., 1921, as Ceres in " The 
Tempest " ; in Dec., 1923, went to 
U.S.A. to play Ruth Rolt in " Sweet 
Lavender," at the Selwyn Theatre, 
Boston ; in 1924, toured in Canada, 
in the same part. Address : 19 
Seymour Road, Hampton Wick. Tele- 
phone : Kingston, 2635. 

BIRMINGHAM, George (Rev. J. 
O. Hannay, M.A.) ; dramatic author 
and novelist ; b. Belfast, 16 July, 
1865; s. of Emily (Wynne) and 
Robert Hannay ; e. Haileybury and 
Trinity College, Dublin ; m. Adelaide 
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Patrick's Cathedral ; had written 
some successful novels prior to writing 
his first play, entitled " Eleanor's 
Enterprise," produced at the Gaiety 
Theatre, Dublin, Dec., 1911 ; his 
play, " General John Regan/' pro- 
duced by Charles Hawtrey at Apollo 
Theatre, Jan., 1913, was an immediate 
success ; also the author of " Send for 
Dr. O'Grady," Criterion, 1923 ; author 
of " My America," Coliseum, 1917. 
Recreation : Yachting. Clubs : Uni- 
versity, Dublin, and Authors' Society. 

BISHOP, Alfred, actor ; b. Liverpool, 
7 Feb., 1848; s. of Charles Bishop and 
his wife Charlotte (Woulds) ; m. Rose 
Egan ; his grandfather, James Woulds, 
shared the management of Bath 
Theatre with Macready ; first appeared 
on the stage at Theatre Royal, Bristol, 
Jan., 1855, in the pantomime 
" Gulliver's Travels " ; after several 
years' provincial experience made his 
first appearance in London at Sadler's 
Wells Theatre, 2 Apr., 1866, as the 
Marquis de Courgemont in " Belphe- 
gor," also appearing as Bacchus in the 
burlesque " Ixion," and as Jasper in 
" Miss in Her Teens/' on the same 
evening ; was for a time a popular 
actor in burlesque ; appeared at the 
Royalty, 7 Sept., 1870, as Augustus 
Coddleson in " Our Nelly " ; then 
played Muley in " Whittington Junior," 
in " Dora's Device," and " Little Robin 
Hood " ; he also appeared at the Court, 
1872, and appeared in burlesque at the 
Gaiety, 1873 ; was a member of the 
German Reed Company at St. George's 
Hall for over five years ; appeared 
at the Gaiety, 1876-7, in " William 
Tell," " Our Babes in the Wood/' 
etc. ; at the Court, 1877, played 
in " The House of Darnley " ; at 
the Opera Comique, 1881, played 
in " Princess To to," and " Mother- 
in-Law " ; Hayinarket, 1882, under 
the Bancrofts, playing Solomon Fraser 
in " The Overland Route," Beau 
Farintosh in " School," Sir Woodbine 
Graf ton in " Peril," and Sir Lucius 
O'Trigger in "The Rivals/' Smee 
in " Lords and Commons," etc. ; 
appeared at Olympic, 1886, in " The 
Churchwarden " ; at Toole's, 1887, 
in " Dandy Dick " ; at Terry's, 1888, 
in " Sweet Lavender " ; at Shaftes- 



bury, 1890, with Willard, in " Dick 
Yenables/* " The Middleman," etc. ; 
joined Henry Irving at Lyceum, Sept., 
1890, and played there in " Ravens- 
wood," " Much Ado About Nothing," 
" King Henry VIII," " King Lear," 
" Becket," "" The Lyons Mail," 
" Charles I " ; also accompanied Irving 
on his American tour ; at Haymarket, 
1895, in " An Ideal Husband " ; at 
Criterion, 1895, played with Charles 
Wyndham in " The Home Secretary," 
and " The Squire of Dames " ; also 
appeared there in " Rosemary," " Bet- 
sy," " The Physician," " The Liars," 
" The Tyranny of Tears," " My Daugh- 
ter-in-Law " ; at Wyndham's, 1900, in 
" Dandy Dick," " Mrs. Dane's De- 
fence " ; 1902 in " The End of a 
Story " ; 1903, in " Mrs. Gorringe's 
Necklace " ; at the New Theatre, 
1904, in "My Lady of Rosedale," 
" David Garrick " ; at the Duke of 
York's, 1906, in " All-of-a-Sudden 
Peggy," and " Toddles " ; at the Play- 
house, 1907, in " Toddles " ; at the 
Hicks Theatre, in Aug.. in " The 
Hypocrites " ; and at the Playhouse, 
in Nov., in "A Lesson in Shake- 
speare " ; appeared at the Playhouse, 
in 1908, in "The O'Grindles " and 
" Marjory Strode," and at Wynd- 
ham's in " The Early Worm " ; at 
the Comedy, 1909, in " Penelope " ; 
at the Vaudeville, Sept., 1909, played 
Professor Futvoge in " The Brass 
Bottle " ; during 1910, at the Criterion, 
played in revivals of " The Case of 
Rebellious Susan " and " The Liars " ; 
at the St. James's, Feb., 1911, played 
in " The Witness for the Defence " ; 
at Wyndham's, Apr., 1912, played Sir 
Jonathan Dunne in " Jelfs " ; Oct., 
1912, Uncle Rufus in " Doormats " ; 
at the Comedy, Feb., 1914, Colonel 
Armitage in " The Tyranny of Tears " ; 
at the St. James's, May, 1914, the Earl 
of Caversham in " An Ideal Husband "; 
subsequently went to America, and at 
the Harris Theatre, New York, 24 Dec., 
1914, played Sir Robert Shale in " The 
Lie " ; on his return to London, ap- 
peared at the St. James's, Apr., 1915, 
as Colonel Glad win in " The Panorama 
of Youth " ; at the Prince of Wales's, 
May, 1915, played John Bassett Grieg 
in " The Laughter of Fools " ; at the 
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Captain Joseph Truelove, R.N., in 
" A Court of Enquiry " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Dec., 1916, as Alfred Tunks in 
" London Pride " ; at the Haymarket, 
July, 1917, played Joyce in " A Pair 
of Spectacles " ; at the St. James's, 
Sept., 1917, again played Archibald 
Coke in " The Liars " ; at the Queen's, 
Apr., 1918, Andrew McTavish in 
"Lot 79"; Aug., 1918, Admiral 
May bridge in " The Luck of the Navy"; 
at the Royalty, Jan., 1920, the Earl 
of Loam in " The Admirable Crichton. " ; 
at the Shaftesbury, Mar., 1922, played 
Admiral Lord Barham in " In Nelson's 
Days " ; at the Globe, Sept., 1922, 
Jean in " The Return " ; he was then 
compelled to relinquish his profession, 
owing to loss of sight. Clubs : Garrick 
and Green Room. Address : 15 
Addison Road, Chiswick, W.4. 

BISHOP, Will, stage dancer, ballet 

master and producer ; b. London, 
6 Mar., 1867 ; s. of W. Bishop ; 
fulfilled various music-hall engage- 
ments before appearing at the Empire 
in 1893, in the ballet " The Girl 
I Left Behind Me " ; appeared at 
the Empire for several years in 
the ballet produced there ; also 
arranged dances for a number of 
George Edwardes's productions at 
Daly's and Gaiety ; on leaving Empire 
became ballet master at Coliseum ; 
afterwards in " The Beauty of Bath/' 
at Aldwych and Hicks Theatres, and 
1907 in " My Darling," at the Hicks, 
and in " The Gay Gordons," at the 
AWUwych ; produced " Alice in Won- 
derland/' at Apollo Theatre, for Mr. 
Seymour Hicks, Dec., 1907 ; was pro- 
ducer at the Metropol, Berlin, 1909-13. 
Club : Eccentric. 

BLACKMAN, Fred J., producer ; b. 
Arundel, Sussex, 29 Aug., 1879 ; m. 
Dolly Dombey ; formerly an actor, 
and made his first appearance in 
London at Daly's, 15 Jan., 1902, in 
" A Country Girl " ; at first played 
small parts and understudied in the 
various productions at Daly's Theatre, 
subsequently became stage-manager, 
then stage-director, and finally pro- 
ducer ; was in charge of the produc- 
tions for all tours of Daly's productions 
since 1907 ; at Daly's Theatre, pro- 
duced " The Lady of the Rose/' 1922 ; 



" The Merry Widow/' 1923 ; " Mad- 
ame Pompadour," 1923 ; produced 
''Whirled Into Happiness," Lyric, 
1922. Recreations: Golf and gardening. 
Club : Stage Golfing Society. Address: 
Hill Cottage, Ewell, Surrey. Telephone 
No. : Gerrard 3130. 

BIAKIST0N, Clarence, actor; b. 
Giggleswick, 23 Apr., 1864 ; 5. of 
J. R. Blakiston, e. at Rugby ; joined 
H.M.S. Conway and trained for the 
sea ; made his first appearance on the 
stage at Rotherham, 1883 ; toured 
for several years with Edward Comp- 
ton ; made his first appearance on 
the London Stage at the Strand 
Theatre, 6 Sept., 1886, in " The 
Rivals " ; appeared also at the Opera 
Comique, 1890 ; appeared at the 
Haymarket, 1896, in " Under the 
Red Robe " ; "A Marriage of 
Convenience" and "The Little 
Minister," 1897; "The 'Manoeuvres 
of Jane," 1898 ; " The Black Tulip/' 
1899 ; " The Second in Command," 
1900, " The Rivals," " She Stoops to 
Conquer/' "The School for Scandal," 
etc. ; has since appeared at Wyncl- 
ham's, Terry's and other theatres ; 
was seen in " The Blue Moon," 
Lyric, 1905 ; at the Playhouse, 1908, 
appeared in " The Flag Lieutenant " ; 
at the Queen's, 1909, played in " The 
Persian Princess " ; toured 1910, as 
Lord Strathpeffer in " The Man from 
Blankley's " ; at the Empire, Dec., 
1910, played in " Widow's Weeds," 
and in 1911, appeared there in the 
revue " By George 1 " ; at the Lyric, 
May, 1912, played Ernest in " The 
Five Frankforters " ; at the Vaude- 
ville, July, 1912, Andrea Campiani in 
" The Ideal Wife " ; at the Palladium, 
Feb., 1913, Arthur St. Lodger in 
"Westward Ho!"; in Sept., 1913, 
sailed for South Africa, playing lead 
in " Milestones," " Ready Money/' 
" Get-Rich-Quick Wai ling ford/' * A 
Butterfly on the Wheel " ; on return- 
ing to London, appeared at the Coronet, 
Dec., 1913, as Vincent in " Woman on 
Her Own " ; at the New Theatre, Dee., 

1913, played the Dancing Master in 
" The Poor Rich Little Girl " ; in 

1914, went to Australia, playing the 
lead with Nellie Stewart in " Ma- 
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Drury," etc. ; subsequently toured 
through New Zealand, India, Egypt, 
Malay States, etc., and did not return 
to England until 1920 ; reappeared 
in London at the Court Theatre, Feb., 
1920, when he played The Prince in 
" The Young Visitors " ; at the Kings- 
way, May, 1920, played Edward 
Gilder in " Within the Law " ; at 
the Aldwych, Aug., 1920, Dr. Mac- 
farlane in " The Unknown " ; at the 
Duke of York's, Jan., 1922, George 
Rains ford in " The Night Cap " ; at 
the Criterion, Apr., 1923, Count 
Adrian Von Bremer in " Jack Straw " ; 
July, 1923, Harding in " Send lor 
Dr. O'Grady," and on the death of 
Sir Charles Hawtrey, played Dr. 
O'Grady in the same piece ; in 1924, 
toured in " The Lie." Hobby : Yacht- 
ing. Address : 79 St. George's Square, 
S.W. 1. Club : Green Room. 

BLANCHE, Ada, actress ; 6. London; 
IB July, 1862; d. of late Cicely 
(Nott) and Sain Adams ; first ap- 
peared in Adclphi pantomime " Little 
Goody Two Shoes," 20 T)cc., 1876 ; 
played Polly Flamboroughin" Olivia," 
on tour, with the late Charles Calvert, 
1878 ; appeared at Drury Lane, 1878, 
as Dandini in " Cinderella " ; appeared 
at Imperial, 1879-80, with Miss Litton, 
in " The Vicar of Wakeliekl " and 
" As You Like It " ; at Drury Lane, 
Christmas, 1880, played the Princess 
in. " Mother Goose " ; subsequently 
toured, with the late Dion Boucicault, 
in " The Shaughraim," " Arrah-Na- 
Pogue," etc. ; next toured in 1886, in 
" Little Jack Shoppard " ; at the 
Gaiety, 1887, played in " Miss Esraer- 
alda " ; in 1890, toured as Ruy 
Bias in " Ruy Bias ; or the Blase 
Roue " ; same theatre, Oct., 1891, 
played Joan of Arc in the burlesque 
of that name ; Dec., 1892, at Drury 
Lane, played Boy Blue in " Little 
Bo-Peep " ; 1893, " Robinson Cru- 
soe " ; 1894, " Dick Whittington " ; 
1895, " Cinderella " ; 1896, " Alad- 
din " ; 1897, " Babes in the Wood " ; 
from 1897-1900, toured with "The 
Telephone Girl " ; appeared, Sept., 
1898, at the Prince of Walcs's in "A 
Royal Star " ; was in " The Medal 
and the Maid " at the Lyric, 1908 ; 
played pantomime engagements with 



Robert Courtneidge, 1903-5 ; toured with 
"What the Butler Saw," 1906-8; at 
the Shaftesbury, Apr., 1909, played 
Mrs. Smith in " The Arcadians/' 
all through the long run of that piece, 
extending to Aug., 1911 ; on 9 Sept., 
1911, appeared there as Mitsu in " The 
Mousme " ; at Harrogate, Feb., 1913, 
played Miss Carruthers in " Seven 
Days " ; at the Shaftesbury, Sept., 
1913, played Mrs. Baxter-Browne in 
" The Pearl Girl " ; at the Aldwych 
Theatre, Feb., 1917, appeared as 
Madame Morney in " The Spring 
Song"; at the Empire, Mar., 1921, 
as Lady Elizabeth Weston in " The 
Rebel Maid." Hobbies : Reading and 
needlework. Address : 63 Louisville 
Road, Tooting, S.W. 17. 

BLANCHE, Marie, actress and 
vocalist ; b. Scarborough, 5 Nov., 
1893 ; d. of William Peacock and his 
wife Addie (Blanche) ; niece of Ada 
Blanche, and Robert Courtneidge ; e. 
at home ; in. Edmund Lewis Waller ; 
made her first appearance on the 
stage at the Theatre Royal, Worth- 
ing, July, 1911, as Priscilla in " Pris- 
cilla Runs Away " ; subsequently 
toured as Mary Gibbs in " Our Miss 
Gibbs " ; made her first appearance on 
the London stage, at the Shaftesbury 
Theatre, 11 May, 1912, as Anna in 
" Princess Caprice " ; then toured as 
the Princess Helen in the same piece ; 
in 1914, appeared at the New Theatre, 
as Fifi in " The Joy-Ride Lady " ; at 
the Palladium, 20 July, 1914, played 
Doris Graham in " The Chorus Girl," 
subsequently touring in the principal 
variety theatres in the same part ; at 
the Apollo Theatre, July, 1915, played 
Maggie in " All Scotch " ; at the 
Playhouse, Nov., 1915, played in 
"Samples"; at the Adelphi, Aug., 
1916, appeared as Mrs. Thorne in 
" High Jinks " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Aug., 1917, as Lady Susan in 
" Carminctta" ; at the Gaiety, Man- 
chester, May, 1918, played Phyllis 
Chester in "" Phyl " ; at the Am- 
bassadors', Aug., 1918, Sidonie in 
" Telling the Tale " ; at Drury Lane, 
Christmas, 1918, Robin Hood in " The 
Babes in the Wood " ; at Wyndham's, 
[mie, 1919, appeared as Blanche 
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Drury Lane, Christmas, 1919, as 
Prince Charming in " Cinderella " ; 
in 1920, toured as Clara Borstwick in 
'* The Great Day " ; at the Apollo, 
July, 1920, played Cherry in the 
musical play of that name ; at Co vent 
Garden, Christmas, 1920, again played 
the Prince in " Cinderella " ; at the 
Royalty, Sept., 1921, played in " Ring 
Up " ; at the Little Theatre, Mar., 
1923, in " The Nine o'Clock Revue " ; 
at the Palace, Manchester, Dec., 1924, 
in " Leap Year/' Recreation : Motor- 
ing. Address : 26 Audley House, 
Margaret Street, W.I. 

BLANEY, Charles E., manager and 
playwright ; m. Cecil Spooner ; is 
manager of Blaney's Theatres in 
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, 
Brooklyn, New Orleans, New York 
Theatre, Pittsburg ; also author of 
many melodramas popular in the 
United States, among which are 
" The Boy Behind the Gun," " My 
Tom-Boy Girl," " The Millionaire 
Detective," " The King of the Wild 
West," " The Curse of Drink," " The 
Factory Girl," "The Child Slaves 
of New York/' " For His Brother's 
Crime," " Across the Pacific," " King 
of the Opium Ring," " More to be 
Pitied than Scorned," " Mr. Blarney 
from Ireland/' " A Run on the Bank," 
" A Bad Man from Mexico," " The 
Child of the Regiment," "The Girl 
Raffles," " Her First False Step," 
" Kidnapped for Revenge," " Big 
Hearted Jim," " A Woman's Scorn," 
" Old Isaacs from the Bowery," " The 
Great Jewel Mystery," " Parted on 
her Bridal Tour," "The Hired Girl's 
Millions," " Lottie the Poor Sales- 
lady," " From Sing-Sing to Liberty " 
(with Harry Blaney), " His Terrible 
Secret," " The Dancer and the King " 
(with J. Searl Dawley), "The Girl 
and the Detective," " Tess of Ten- 
nessee/' "The Sheriff of Angel 
Gulch," " My Wife's Gone to the 
Country " (with Cecil Spooner) , 

BLANEY, Norah, actress, pianist 
and composer; b. 'London, 16 July, 
1896 ; e. Royal Academy of Music, 
and Royal College of Music ; made her 
first appearance at the age of six ; at 
the R.A.C., and R.C.M., gained scholar- 
ships and gold medals ; as a child gave 



ci series of piano recitals ; made her 
first appearance on the London stage, 
at the Court Theatre, 26 Dec., 1910, 
as Bo-Peep in " Little Boy Bluebeard"; 
during the war, was a member of the 
Lena Ashwell Concert Party, in France 
and Belgium ; she then formed her 
partnership with Gwen Farrar, and 
together they appeared at the leading 
London and provincial variety theatres 
over a period of four years ; has 
appeared with Gwen Farrar, at the 
Vaudeville, Dec., 1921, in " Pot- 
Luck " ; Feb., 1923, in " Rats " ; 
Sept., 1923, in " Yes ! " ; at the Duke 
of York's, May, 1924, in " The Punch 
Bowl " ; is the composer of many 
songs. Hobby : Collection of antique 
furniture. Club : Giro's. Address : 
160 Earl's Court Road, S.W.5. 

BLAYNEY, May, actress ; /;. 6 
July, 1875 ; e. Dusseldorf, .Brussels, 
and Paris ; m. A. E. Matthews ; 
made her first appearance on the 
London stage at the Grand Theatre, 
Islington, 29 Aug., 1892, as Kate 
Cunliffe in " Lady Fortune/' under 
the management of Charles Haw- 
trey ; appeared at the Gomocly, 
Dec., 1892, as the American Tourist's 
Daughter in " To-Day " ; at the 
Criterion, Dec., 1893, playcci Lydia 
Marchmont in " The Headless Man " ; 
in 1895, toured as Lady Susan Harabiu 
in " The Case of Rebellious Susan " ; 
at the Court, Jan., 1896, played 
Bessie Bell in " All Abroad " ; spent 
many years under the managements of 
Charles Frohman, George Edwardes, 
Cyril Maude, Sir Charles Wyndham, 
Sir Herbert Tree, etc. ; in 1903-4, 
toured as Mrs. Ivor Crosbie in " Lotty " ; 
in 1905, went to the United States, 
and made her first appearance in 
New York, at the Savoy Theatre, 
25 Sept., 1905, playing Lacly Lucy 
in " The Walls of Jericho/' with 
J. K. Hackett ; after returning to 
England, appeared at the Playhouse, 
Jan., 1908, as Nan Brian in " The 
O'Grindles " ; at the Court, July, 

1908, played Mary O'Donoghue in 
" The Boys " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 

1909, appeared as the Maid in " The 
Pin and the Pudding " ; made a great- 
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part of Julie Alardy in "The Little 
Darnozel," in which she had the 
honour of appearing by Command 
of the late King Edward at Windsor 
Castle, 5 Dec., 1909 ; in 1910, she again 
returned to America, and at the Garrick 
Theatre, New York, Aug., 1910, 
played Mdlle. Leonie in " Love Among 
the Lions " ; at the Lyceum, New 
York, Nov., 1910, appeared as Cecily 
Cardew in " The Importance of Being 
Earnest " ; was next engaged by 
Charles Frohman to support Maude 
Adams, and at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, New York, Jan., 1911, 
appeared as the Hen Pheasant in 
" Chantecler " ; on her return to 
London, appeared at the Duke of 
York's Theatre, Aug., 1911, as Flora 
Dallas in " The Concert " ; at the 
Coronet, Sept., 1912, appeared with 
.Robert Loraine as Ann Whiteneld 
in " Man and Superman," and ac- 
companied him to America to play the 
same part ; on her return to England, 
appeared at the Strand Theatre, July, 
1913, as Nocia in " The Barrier " ; at 
the Vaudeville, Oct., 1913, played Liz 
Higgius in " Between Sunset and 
Dawn " ; Jan., 1914, Mary Shepperd in 
" Mary Girl " ; at the Garrick, Oct., 
1917, Ada Parsons in " The Saving 
Grace." Favourite part : The Little 
Daiiinzcl. ItC'Gvtuition : Gardening. 
Address : Prospect Cottage, Busliey 
Heath, Herts. Tekpliwe. : 265 
Bushcy Heath. 

BONN, Holbrook, actor; b. San 
Francisco, 23 Jan., 1872 ; s. of Nellie 
(Holbrook), actress, and Colonel 
Charles H, Blinn, surveyor, of San 

Francisco ; e. Stanford Universit)?" ; 
m. Ruth Benson ; first appeared 
on stage 1878, as a child in " The 
Streets of London " ; at the Broad- 
way Theatre, N.Y., 2 Jan., 1893, he 
played Corporal Ferry in " The New 
South," and at Hoyt's Theatre, Aug. 
of the same year appeared as 
Jefferson Gwyrme in the same play ; 
next pi ay (id Captain Crosby in " The 
Wrong 1 Mr, Wright " ; at Hammer- 
stein's Olympia, N.Y., Sept., 1897, he 
played the part of Wing Shee in 
" The Cat and the Cherub," and 
crossing to England, made his first 
appearance on the London stage, 



30 Oct., 1897, at the Lyric Theatre, 
in the same part ; at Lyceum, 1899, 
played in " The Only Way " ; at the 
Prince of Wales's Theatre, 27 Feb., 
1900, he played in " Don Juan's Last 
Wager/' and at the Coronet Theatre, 
23 July, 1900, appeared as Ib in " Ib 
and Little Christina," and Rain-in 
the- Face in " The Great Silence " ; 
at Hoyt's Theatre, N.Y., 8 Sept., 

1900, he played in " Ib and Little 
Christina " ; at Louisville, Kentucky, 
29 Nov., 1900, he played in " The 
Battle of the Strong," with the late 
Maurice Barry more ; at the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre, New York, 4 Mar., 

1901, he played Lord Carnalin "To 
Have and to Hold " ; returning to 
London he appeared at the Vaudeville 
Theatre, 24 Apr., 1901, as Eustace 
Floyd in " Sweet and Twenty," and 
10 Oct., 1901, played the Ghost of 
Jacob Marley in " Scrooge " ; at 
Adelphi, 1 May, 1902, he played 
Flamant in " Sapho " ; at the Lyric, 
17 Oct., 1903, he appeared as Napoleon 
in " The Duchess of Dantzic," and 
he appeared at Daly's, New York, 
16 Jan., 1905, in the same part ; 
at the Liberty Theatre, N.Y., 8 'Jan., 
1906, he played Austin Stoneman 
in " The Clansman," and at Phila- 
delphia, 30 Apr., 1906, he appeared 
in " The Plainsman " ; at the Lyceum, 
Rochester, N.Y., 31 Aug., 1906, he 
pla}^ed David Tryne in " Man and his 
Angel," and at Hackett's Theatre, 
New York, 18 Sept., 1906, he appeared 
in the same part ; at the Liberty 
Theatre, 19 Jan., 1907, he played 
Jack Marbury in " Salomy Jane," 
and 27 Feb., Peter in " Merely Mary 
Ann " ; at the Hudson Theatre, 
9 Apr., he appeared as "A Man " 
in "A Blaze of Glory " ; and at the 
Savoy Theatre, New York, 20 May, 
played the part of Alwyn Bennett 
in " The Man of the Hour." At the 
Berkeley Lyceum (Theatre Antoine), 
under the management of Arnold 
Daly, appeared in Oct., 1907, in " The 
Shirkers " and " How He Lied to Her 
Husband," and subsequently in " The 
Van Dyck," " After the Opera/' 
" The Hour Glass," and " Candida " ; 
next appeared with Arnold Daly in 
" The Regeneration " ; at Hackett's 
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played Jim Platt in " Salvation Nell " ; 
toured during 1909-10 in the same 
part ; at the Lyceum, New York, 
Mar., 1910, played in " The Pillars 
of Society," " Hannele," and " The 
Green Cockatoo"; toured, 1910, 
as the Marquis of Steyne in " Becky 
Sharp"; at Chicago, Nov., 1910, 
played in " Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh " 
and " The Shadow of the Glen " ; 
opened " starring " engagement under 
Harrison Grey Fiske, at Astor Theatre, 
30 Jan., 1911, as Michael R. Regan 
in " The Boss " ; at Lyric, New York, 
1 May, 1911, played Seth Preene in 
" all-star " revival of " The Lights 
o' London " ; in the autumn again 
toured in " The Boss " ; at Baltimore, 
Mar., 1912, played in " The Romance 
of the Underworld " ; at the Princess 
Theatre, New York, Mar., 1913, 
appeared as Beverley in " Fear," 
Ethebert in " Fancy Free," and as a 
Policeman in " Any Night " ; Oct., 

1913, played in four one-act plays, 
" A Pair of White Gloves," " En 
Deshabille," " The Black Mask," and 
" The Bride " ; in Dec., 1914, played 
Ib in " Ib and Little Christina " ; Jan., 

1914, in " The Hard Man," " The 
Fountain," and "It Can Be Done*'; 
in Oct., 1914, played in " Phipps," 
" The Cat and the Cherub," and " The 
Goal"; Nov., 1914, in "The Fog," 
" Nettie," and " Across the Border " ; 
at the Booth Theatre, Feb., 1915, 
played Edward Fallon in " The Trap "; 
at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Sept., 

1915, played Robert in " Moloch " ; 
at the Fulton, Apr., 1916, Lord 
Illingworth in "A Woman of No 
Importance " ; at the Playhouse, 
New York, Nov., 1917, Professor 
Andre Cartier in " L' Elevation "; 
at the Empire, New York, Dec., 1917, 
Georges Duval in " The Lady of the 
Camelias" ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Mar., 1918, appeared as Orrin Palmer 
in " Getting Together " ; at the 
Liberty, Mar., 1919, as Louis XIV in 
" Moli&re " ; at the Selwyn, Aug., 

1919, as Henry Winthrop "in " The 
Challenge '* ; at Miller's Theatre, Apr., 

1920, played Jeffrey Fair in " The 
Famous Mrs. Fair " ; at the Comedy, 
New York, Aug., 1920, Pancho Lopez 
in " The Bad Man " ; " starred " in 
the same play all over United States 



and Canada, 1921-3 ; subsequently, 
1923-4, engaged on the cinema stage. 
Recreations : Riding, tennis, painting, 
farming, and collecting Napoleana. 
Clubs : Green Room (London) and 
Lambs' (New York) ; is a Life Gover- 
nor of Charing Cross Hospital. Ad- 
dress : Journey's End, Croton-on- 
Hudson, New York, U.S.A. 

BL0RE, Eric, actor and author ; 
b. London, 23 Dec., 1887 ; 5. of Henry 
Blore, M.A., and his wife Mary 
(Newton) ; e. Mills School, Finchley ; 
m. Violet Winter (dec.) ; made bis 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Spa Theatre, Bridlington, 1908, in 
"The Girl from Kay's '; in the same 
year went to Australia, where he 
appeared with the Merrymakers ; dur- 
ing 1910 toured in " The Arcadians " ; 
during 1911 was with " The March 
Hares," and Dec., 1912, as the Owl in 
" Fifinella " at Liverpool ; made his 
first appearance in London at the 
Empire, 10 Apr., 1913, in the revue 
"All the Winners"; also appeared 
at the Empire, in " Nuts and Wine " ; 
was in the Army 1915-19 ; ran the 
38th Divisional Concert Party in 
France ("The Welsh Wails"), 
1917-19 ; made his reappearance on 
the stage, at Wynclham's Theatre, 
16 June, 1919, as Biff Hale in " His 
Little Widows " ; at the Gaiety, 1 
Jan., 1920, succeeded G. P. Huntlcy as 
Allsop Bibby in " The Kiss Call " ; at 
the Alhambra, June, 1920, appeared 
as the Hon. H. Buff-Orpington in 
" Johnny Jones " ; at the Vaudeville, 
Dec., 1920, appeared in " Jumble 
Sale"; at the Royalty, Sept., 1921, 
played in " Ring Up " ; at the Queen's, 
Nov., 1921, in " Fantasia " ; during 
1922, appeared in variety theatres in 
" My Friend Woodbine " ; at the 
Strand, Oct., 1922, played Tom 
Larkins in "Angel Face""; at the 
Winter Garden, Apr., 1923, appeared 
in " The Cabaret Girl " ; at the 
Lyceum, New York, Aug., 1923, 
played the Hon. Bertie Bird in " Little 
Miss Bluebeard " ; is the author of 
" Alice-up-to-Datc," 1912 ; " Violet 
and Pink," 1913 ; " A Burlington 
Arcadian," 1914 ; " The Admirable 
Fleming," 1917 ; " Yes, Papa," 1921 ; 
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(with Austin Melford) of " Ring Up," 
1921 ; author of " My Friend Wood- 
bine," 1922 ; and many lyrics for 
revues and musical comedies. Club : 
Green Room. Address : 2 Springfield 
Road, St. John's Wood, N.W.8. 
Telephone No. : Maida Vale 1880. 

BLOW, Sydney (Jellings-Blow), 
dramatic author ; b. London, 6 Mar., 
1878 ; brother of the late Mark 
Blow, theatrical manager and actor ; 
e. Westminster School ; m. Hilda 
Treyelyan ; formerly an actor, 
and made his first appearance on 
the stage at Stockport, Lanes, 1893, 
as Marshal Strakenz in " The " Pris- 
oner of Zcnda " ; subsequently 
toured with Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, 
and in " The Little Minister " ; ap- 
peared at Terry's Theatre in " The 
Passport," and has played at many 
other West End theatres ; is the 
author o the following, among other 
plays, revues, and sketches : " What 
Women, clo for Men," 1908 ; " Artful," 
1909 ; " The Queen of the Fairies," 

1909 ; " The Motor Chase," 1909 ; " The 
Penalty " (with G. E. Bellamy), 1909 ; 
" No. 9 " (adapted from " The Lady of 
Ostencl," with Lawrence Brough), 1909, 
"The Half-Caste" (with G. E. 
Bellamy), 1909; "Where Children 
Rule" (with Douglas Hoare), 1909; 
" The Arctic " (with Hoare), 1909 ; 
" The Cowboy Girl " (with Hoare), 

1910 ; " I'lya way's Derby " (with 
Hoare), 1910; "For the Cause" 
(withG. E. Bellamy), 1910 ; " Honour- 
ably Mentioned " (with Hoare), 1910 ; 
" Mr. Jollicoe and the Fairy " (with 

Hoare), 1910; "Spies of the " 

(with Hoare), 1910; "The Little 
Lieutenant" (with Hoare), 1911; 
" The Girl in Possession " (with 
Hoare), 1912; "The Persian Slave" 
(with Hoare), 1912; "Little Miss 
Llewellyn" (with Hoare, adapted 
from the Belgian), 1912; "Oh I 
Say I " (with Hoare), 1913 ; " Yours " 
(with Wilfred T. Coloby), 1913; with 
Douglas Iloarc be also wrote "This 
Way, Madame ! " (from the French), 
1913 ; " My Aunt " (adapted front 
the French), 1914; "Nurses" 1915; 
"Peaches," 1915; "Brides," 1915; 
" The Reel Heads," 1915 ; " Sugar and, 
Spice/ 1 1915 ; " Back to Blighty/' 



1916; "The Spring Song" (from the 
French), 1916 ; " The Double Event," 

1917 ; " The Live Wire," 1918 ; 
" Telling the Tale " (from the French), 

1918 ; " The Officers' Mess," 1918 ; 
" Lord Richard in the Pantry " (from 
the novel), 1919 ; " Old Jig," 1921 ; 
" Enter Kiki " (adapted from the 
French), 1923 ; " Boodle " (founded 
on " The New Clown "), 1924. Club : 
Authors' Society. Address : High- 
moor, Henley-on-Thames. 

BLITHE, Bobby, actor and vocalist ; 
b. Melbourne, Australia, 29 Apr., 1894 ; 
s. of Robert Ely the and his wife Lulla 
(Carpenter) ; e. Scarisbrick, Southport ; 
m. Dorothy Monkman ; made his first 
appearance on the stage at the Theatre 
Royal, Chatham, 1908, in a small part 
in " A Chinese Honeymoon" ; made 
his first appearance in London at the 
St. James's, 9 Dec., 1911, in "Bella 
Donna " ; spent some time touring 
in the provinces ; at the Garrick, 
June, 1915, played Georges Dieu- 
donne in " Oh ! Be Careful " ; after 
the war, appeared at the Oxford, Oct., 
1919, as Bob Brassey in " Maggie " ; 
at the Lyric, Oct., 1921, played Bije 
Warner in " Welcome, Stranger " ; at 
the Gaiety, Apr., 1922, Lord Algernon 
Meadows in " His Girl " ; at the Little 
Oct., 1922, played in " The Nine o'Clock 
Revue " ; at the Shaftesbury, May, 
1924, Hector in " Toni," and in Aug., 
1924, played Anthony Prince in the 
same piece ; at the Comedy, Dec., 
1924, played Percy Jones in " Just 
Married." Recreations : Riding and 
mo tor- boats. Club : Eccentric. Ad- 
dress : 6 Craven Road, W.2. Telephone 
No. : Packlington 768. 

BLITHE, Coralie, actress ; b. 1880 ; 
d. of W. Blythe, jun., and his wife 
Jennie, actress ; m. Lawrence Gros- 
smith ; first appeared on the stage at 
Lyceum Theatre, 26 Dec., 1894, in 
Oscar Barrett's pantomime " Santa 
Claus " ; subsequently appeared on 
the music-hall stage lor some time ; 
was then engaged by George Edwardes 
for the Gaiety, where she appeared in 
" The Circus Girl," " A Runaway 
Girl," " The Messenger Boy " ; was 
next at Daly's in " A Greek Slave," 
1898, " A Gaiety Girl," 1899, and 
"San Toy," 1899; at the Lyric, 



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played in " The Silver Slipper/' 
1901 ; went to Gaiety, 1901, as 
Maisie in "The Toreador " ; in 1902, 
toured as Suza in " The Gold Diggers "; 
in 1903, toured as Ada in " Three 
Little Maids"; appeared as Louise 
in " Mr. Popple," at the Apollo, 
1905, and as Gretchen in " Two 
Naughty Boys/' Gaiety, 1906 ; 
appeared as Susie in " The Girl 
Behind the Counter/' Wyndham's, 
1906 ; afterwards toured in America, 
opening at Lew Field's Theatre in 
" About Town " ; subsequently 
appeared in " The White Chrysanthe- 
mum " ; at the Apollo Theatre in 
Aug., 1907, appeared as Ethel Trevor 
in " The Three Kisses " ; and at the 
New Theatre, Dec., 1908, as Phyllis 
Tuppit in the revival of " Dorothy " ; 
at the Hicks Theatre, Feb., 1909, 
played Cesarine de Noce in " The 
Dashing Little Duke " ; in Sept. 
toured as Consuelo in " Plavana " ; 
in 1911, toured as Martje in "The 
Girl in the Train." 

BLYTHE, Violet, actress and vocal- 
ist ; m. Lupino Lane ; first attracted 
notice in London, when she appeared 
at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 25 Sept., 
1913, as Miss Fitzroy in " The Pearl 
Girl," followed by her appearance 
there, June, 1914, "as Miss Emden in 
" The Cinema Star " ; appeared at the 
Empire, Feb., 1916, as Gretna Greene 
in " Follow the Crowd " ; and in 
July, 1916, appeared in " We're all 
in It " ; at the Adelphi, Aug., 1916, 
as Madame Rabelais in " High Jinks " ; 
at Theatre Royal, Leeds, Christmas, 
1916, as Prince Charming in " Cinder- 
ella," subsequently returning to the 
Adelphi ; during 1918 toured in " Any 
Lady " ; at the Adelphi, Nov., 1919, 
played Mrs. Vincent Hichens in 
" Who's Hooper ? " ; went to New 
York, Sept., 1920, where she appeared 
in " Afgar " ; at the Comedy, New 
York, Oct., 1924, played Petronel 
Sweetland in " The Farmer's Wife/' 

BLYTH-PRATT, Violet, actress ; d. 
of C. Blyth-Pratt; made her first 
appearance at the Oxford, 19 Feb., 
1912, as Juliette in " N G " ; 
appeared at the Savoy, Apr., 1913, in 
" Brother Alfred " ; at the Oxford, 



June, 1913, as Cissie Neat in " Step 
this Way " ; Oct., 1913, as Chris 
Whittuck in " The Double Event " ; 
at the Globe, Apr., 1916, played Miss 
Donohue in " The Show Shop " ; at 
Drury Lane, Sept., 1916, Muriel 
Amersham in " The Best of Luck " ; 
appeared at the Empire, Mar., 1917, 
in "Hanky-Panky "; .subsequently 
toured as Luciemie Bocard in " The 
Glad Eye " and Gobette in " Who's 
the Lady ? " ; during 1919 toured as 
. Lulu in " Just a Wife or Two." 

BOBADILLA, Pepila, nle Nelly 

Burton, actress ; b. Ecuador ; m. 
(1) C. Haddon Chambers ; (2) Capt. 
Sidney G. Reilly ; made her first 
appearance on the London stage at 
the Empire Theatre, where she was in 
the chorus ; she was then engaged by 
C. B. Cochran for the opening of 
the St. Martin's Theatre, 23 Nov., 
1916, when she playccl the part of 
Gladys in " Houp La ! " ; appeared 
at the London Pavilion, Aug., 1918, in 
" As You Were " ; at the Haymarket, 
Sept., 1919, played Madame Leviguc in 
" Daddies " ; at Drury Lane, Juno, 
1920, appeared as Suzanne in " The 
Garden of Allah " ; at the Savoy, 
Apr., 1922, played Eileen Ashfield in 
" The Card Players." 

BODE, Milton, manager ; b. Birming- 
ham, 7 Jan., 1860 ; 5. of Elizabeth 
(Austin) and William Henry J Joclo ; 
e. Birmingham Grammar School ; 
his first production was at the Public 
Hall, Taunton, July, 1886 ; has since 
toured many popular London plays, 
including " Dr. Bill," " Liberty Hall," 
"Gentleman Joe," "The French 
Maid," " Orlando Dando " (in which the 
late Dan Leno appeared, at a salary of 
^225 per week), " The English .Daisy," 
" Tommy Atkins/' " Woman and 
Wine/' " A Chinese Honeymoon/' 
" The Belle of May fair/' " The* Best 
of Friends," " The Great Millionaire " ; 
he has produced over one hundred 
pantomimes and is now proprietor 
of theatres at Lecicstcr, Reading, 
Northampton, Chester ; is a director 
of Robert Courtneiclge, Ltd., and the 
Theatres Mutual Insurance Co., Lid. 
Hobbies : Pigeon and horse-racing, and 
poultry breeding. Clubs : Green Room, 



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Eccentric, Constitutional, and Welling- 
ton Clnb, Reading. Address : Cliff e 
House, Mapledurham, Oxon. Tele- 
phone No. : Reading, 390. 

BOLAND, Mary, actress ; b, Detroit, 
Michigan, 28 Jan., 1880 ; d. of W. A. 
Bolancl, of Detroit ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at Detroit, 
24 Jan., 1901, as Elinor Burnham in 
" A Social Highwayman " ; the follow- 
ing season she played a " stock " 
season at Cincinnati ; during 1902-3, 
played with the Boyle " stock " com- 
pany at Nashville, Tenn. ; during 
1903 toured successfully as Marigold 
Towers in " Sky Farm " ; during 1904 
played lengthy " stock " engagements 
at Los Angeles, Cal., and Providence, 
R.I. ; at the Savoy Theatre, New 
York, Sept., 1905, played the part of 
Dorothy Nelson in " Strongheart " 
with Robert Kdcson ; continued in 
this part for two seasons ; during June, 
1906^ played in " The Dictator," ""Lord 
Chum Icy/' etc., at Cleveland, Ohio ; 
made her first appearance in London 
at the AUlwych Theatre, 8 May, 
1907, as Doroihy Nelson in " Strong- 
heart " ; ou her return to America, 
engaged to support; Dustin Fariuim, 
and at the 1 Icrtxld Square Theatre, 
2 Sept., 1907, she appeared with him 
as Dorothy Osgood in " The .Ranger " ; 
subsequently toured with Francis 
Wilson as Lady Rowena Eggington in 
" Whoa Knights Were Bold " ; at the 
Kmpire, New York, Sept., 1908, 
appeared as Ethel in " Jack Straw/' 
as leading lady with John Drew, with 
whom she also played at the Empire, 
Sept., 1909, as Mieholine in " Incon- 
stant George " ; Sept, 1910, as Smith 
in the play of that name ; Sept., 191 1, 
as Miss Headline in " A Simple Man " ; 
accompanied Mr. Drew on tour 1909-1 1; 
played a " stock " season at Denver, 
May, 1912, when she played lead in 
" The Professor's Love Story," " The 
Gentleman, from Mississippi/' " Sam- 
HOU," " The*. Groat Name/' " The Great 
Divide " ; rojoin<jd John Drew at the 
Empire, New York, 2 Sept., 1912, 
when she played Kalleia in " The 
Perplexed Husband/' subsequently 
touring with him in the same -part; 
at the Kmpire, Now York, 1 Sept., 
1013, played Hero in "Much Ado 



About Nothing " ; 29 Sept., 1914, 
Mrs. Ross in " The Will/' and Hyacinth 
Woodward in " The Tyranny of 
Tears"; 11 May, 1914, Louise de la 
Glacier e in " A Scrap of Paper " ; at 
the Playhouse, 10 Oct., 1914, Anne, 
Nina, Annette, Antje, Annie and Anna 
in " My Lady's Dress " ; during 1915 
played some " stock " engagements ; 
at the Thirty- ninth Street Theatre, 
Oct., 1916, played Lydia Page in 
" Backfire " ; at the Lyceum, New 
York, Mar., 1917, Lady Camber in 
" The Case of Lady Camber " ; at 
the Gaiety, New York, Feb., 1918, 
appeared as Miss Durant in " Sick-a- 
Bed"; at the Hudson, Sept., 1919, 
as Mrs. Wheeler in " Clarence " ; at 
the Vanderbilt, Oct., 1919, as Blanche 
Langlais in " The Matinee Hero " ; 
at the Gaiety, New York, Dec., 1921, 
played Mrs. Webster in " Alias Jimmy 
Valentine " ; at the Ritz, May, 1922, 
Kate Blackwell in " The Advertising 
of Kate " ; at the Forty-Eighth Street 
Theatre, Aug., 1922, Paula Ritter in 
" The Torch Bearers " ; at the Klaw 
Theatre, Nov., 1923, Gertrude Lennox 
in "Meet the Wife." Address: 21 
West 58th Street, New York City, 
U.S.A. 

BOLTON, (*uy Reginald, dramatic 
author ; b. England ; m. Marguerite 
Namara ; was formerly an architect ; 
his first play was " The Drone," 
written in collaboration with Douglas 
J. Wood, and produced at the Thirty- 
ninth Street Theatre, New York, 17 
Nov., 1911 ; since that date has written 
" The Rule of Three/' 1914 ; " The 
Fallen Idol," 1914; "Ninety in the 
Shade/' 1915 ; " The Sea-Wolf" (with 
Joseph Noel), 1915 ; " Nobody Home " 
(with Paul Rubens), 1915 ; " Her 
Game/' 1915 ; " Hit-the-Trail Holli- 
day " ''with George Middleton), 1915; 
" Very Good, Eddie " (with Philip 
Baxtholomac), 1916 ; " Children " 
(with Tom Carl ton), 1916 ; " A Happy 
Thought " (with George Middleton), 
1916; " Miss Springti me, " 1916; 
" Have a Heart " (with P. G. Wode- 
housc), ' 1917 ; " Oh ! Boy " (" Oh ! 
Joy/' with Wodehouse), 1917 ; " Leave 
it to Jane " (with Wodehouse), 1917 ; 
" The Riviera Girl " (with Wodehouse), 
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Geo. Middleton), 1917 ; " Miss 1917 " 
(with Wodehouse), 1917 ; " Oh ! Lady, 
Lady " (with Wodehouse), 1918 ; " See 
You Later " (with Wodehouse), 1918 ; 
" The Girl Behind the Gun " (" Kissing 
Time," with Wodehouse), 1918 ; " Ask 
Dad " (" Oh ! My Dear," with Wode- 
house), 1918; "The Five Million" 
(with Frank Mandel), 1919 ; " Adam 
and Eva " (with Geo. Middleton), 1919; 
" The Rose of China," 1919 ; " The 
Light of the World " (with Middleton), 

1920 ; " The Cave Girl " (with Middle- 
ton), 1920 ; " Sally," 1920 ; " The 
Night Cap " (with Max Marcin), 1921 ; 
" Tangerine " (with P. Bartholomae), 

1921 ; " The Hotel Mouse " (from the 
French), 1922 ; " Daffy Dill " (with 
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd), 1922 ; 
" Polly Preferred," 1923 ; " Chicken 
Feed," 1923 ; " Nobody's Business " 
(with Frank Mandel), 1923 ; " Sitting 
Pretty" (with P. G. Wodehouse), 
1924 ; " Grounds for Divorce " (from 
the Hungarian), 1924 ; " Primrose " 
(with George Grossmith), 1924 ; " Lady 
Be Good " (with Fred Thompson), 
1924 ; is a member of the Society of 
British Authors ; Dramatists' Guild of 
America. Address : Lotos Club, 110 
West 57th Street, New York City, 
U.S.A. 

BOOR, Frank, manager ; b. of 
English parents at Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil ; e. at Wey mouth and Dulwich 
College ; m. Constance Drever ; com- 
menced life on the Stock Exchange, 
but soon relinquished his position and 
joined the theatrical profession ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at 
Vienna in " Faust Up-to-Date," 1890, 
with an English company, subse- 
quently touring through Austria, Hun- 
gary, Rumania, Belgium, and part of 
Germany ; made his first appearance 
on the London stage at the Prince of 
Wales's Theatre, 11 Apr., 1893, in 
" The Magic Ring " ; at the same 
theatre, June, 1893, appeared as Isidor 
Notador in " Poor Jonathan " ; sub- 
sequently joined the D'Oyly Carte 
Opera Co., touring in " Utopia," and 
appearing in this opera also in New 
York, Boston, etc. ; appeared at 
Daly's, in 1897, in " The Geisha," and 
June, 1898, in " A Greek Slave " ; in 
conjunction with Mervyn Dene ran 



" flying " concert matinees at a number 
of provincial and seaside towns ; sub- 
sequently became Director of Ashton's 
Royal Agency for five years ; was for 
some years business manager for Moss 
Empires, Ltd., in their purely theatri- 
cal ventures ; is now manager of the 
London Hippodrome. Favourite play : 
" General Post." Recreations : Golf 
and music. Address : 19 Garrick 
Street, W.C.2. Telephone No. : Gerrard 
2626. 

BOEDONI, Irene, actress and vocal- 
ist ; m. Edgar Becman ; had appeared 
with success in Paris for some years, 
prior to making her first appearance 
on the New York stage at the Winter 
Garden Theatre, 20 Nov., 1912, in the 
revue, " Broadway to Paris " ; subse- 
quently appeared in "vaudeville"; 
made her first appearance on the 
London stage, at the Palace Theatre, 
16 Feb., 1914, in " L' Impresario " ; 
on returning to New York, at George 
M. Cohan Theatre, Oct., 1915, played 
Elaine Foazane in " Miss Informa- 
tion " ; at the Cohan and Harris 
Theatre, June, 1917, appeared in 
" Hitchy-Koo," and at the Globe 
Theatre, New York, June, 1918, 
appeared in " Hitchy-Koo, 1918 " ; 
at the Bijou Theatre, Oct., 1918, 
played She in " Sleeping Partners *' ; 
during 1919 toured in " As You Were," 
and appeared in this revue at the 
Central Theatre, New York, Jan., 
1920 ; at the Lyceum, New York, 
Feb., 1922, played. Georginc Masculicr 
in "The French Doll" ; Aug., 1923, 
Colette in " Little Miss Bluebeard " ; 
toured in the latter part, 1924. 

BOTTOMLEY, Gordon, dramatic 
author and poet ; b. Keighley, Yorks, 
20 Feb., 1874 ; s. of Alfred Bottomlcy 
and his wife Maria (Gordon) ; ti. 
Keighley Grammar School ; nt. Knrily 
Burton ; has written the following 
plays : " King Lear's Wife," first 
produced at the Repertory Theatre, 
Birmingham, 1915, and at Mis 
Majesty's, London, 1916 ; " The Crier 
by Night," 1916 ; " Britain's Daugh- 
ter," 1922 ; " Gruach," first produced 
at Glasgow, 1923, and at the St. 
Martin's, London, 1924 ; this play 
was awarded the J f emina- Vic Heurcuse 
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Eve" 1924; is also the author of 
" The Gate ol Smaragdus " (poems), 
" Chambers of Imagery " (poems) , 
"The Riding to Lithend " (play), 
" Laodice and Danae " (play), ""A 
Vision of Giorgione," " Poems of 
Thirty Years." Hobby : The Theatre. 
Address : The Shelling, Silverdale, 
Carn forth, Lanes. Telephone No 
Silverdale 11. 

BOUCICAULT, Dion G., stage 
director and actor ; b. New York, 
23 May, 1859 ; s. of Dion Boucicault' 
dramatist and actor ; e. at Esher, 
Cuddington, and in Paris ; m. Irene 
Vanbrugh ; made his first appearance 
on the stage in New York, at Booth's 
Theatre, 11 Oct., 1879, as the Dauphin 
in " Louis VI "; made his first ap- 
pearance on the London stage, at the 
Gaiety Theatre, 25 Nov., 1880, as 
Andy in " Ancly Blake " ; next 
appeared at the Court Theatre, 24 
Sept,, 1881, as Bob Nettles in "To 
Parents and Guardians"; in Feb., 

1882, he appeared as Bertie Durnford 
in " My Little Girl " ; subsequently 
appeared at that theatre in " The 
Manager," " Comrades," " Devotion," 
etc. ; subsequently toured with Charles 
Hawtroy in " Stage-Land," " Vice- 
Versa," and in Nov., 1883, at Cam- 
bridge, was in the original cast of 
" The .Private Secretary," as Marry 
Marsland ; at the St. James's, Dec", 

1883, appeared as Archie Hamilton 
in "A Scrap oC Paper"; returning 
to America, he appeared at Wallack's, 
New York, in the leading character in 
" The Omadhaun " and other plays by 
his father ; in 1885 he sailed for 
Australia with his father, and at the 
end of their tour decided to remain ; 
and in Oct., 1886, entered into partner- 
ship with the late Robert Brough ; they 
took the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 
where they produced all the principal 
successes of Pinero, H. A. Jones, and 
other leading dramatists of the day ; 
the partnership terminated in 1896, 
and Mr. Boucicault then returned to 
London ; made his reappearance at 
the Court Theatre, 13 Oct., 1897, 
as the Minstrel in " The Children of 
the King " ; on 20 Jan., 1898, played 
Sir William Gower in " Trelawney pi 
the Wells " ; also appeared there in 



[SOU 



^ His Excellency the Governor," 
" When a Man's in Love/' " Cupboard 
Love," " Wheels Within Wheels/' 
" A Royal Family " ; at the Criterion, 
1899, played in " Lady Huntworth's 
Experiment"; at the Garrick, 1901, 
in " Iris " ; at the Duke of York's. 
1903, in " Letty " ; 1904, in " Captain 
Dieppe," " The Rich Mrs. Repton " ; 
at Wyndham's, 1904, in "A Wife 
Without a Smile " ; at the Comedy, 
1906-7, in " Josephine/' " Punch," 
" Raffles/' " Truth " ; at the Duke 
of York's, 1907, in " Miquette " ; 
1^910, in " Justice " and a revival of 
" Trelawney of the Wells " ; at the 
Comedy, 1911, in "Preserving Mr. 
Panmure " ; at Drury Lane, Command 
performance, 17 May, 1911, played 
Crimson in " Money " ; at the Royalty, 
6 Oct., 1911, appeared as Mr. Reach 
Haslam in " The Honeymoon " ; 
at the Duke of York's, Feb., 1912, 
played Lionel Roper in " The ' Mind- 
the-Paint' Girl" ; June, 1912, Andr 
in " The Amazons " ; at the Vaude- 
ville, Feb., 1913, played the Hon. 
Vere Queckett in /'The School- 
mistress " ; was responsible for the 
stage production of the " all-star " 
revival of his father's comedy, 
" London Assurance/' given at the 
St. James's, 27 June, 1913, in aid of 
King George's Actors' Pension Fund ; 
at the Coliseum, Nov., 1915, played 
Dr. Brodie in " Half-an-Hour " ; he 
then entered on the management of 
the New Theatre, opening on 29 Dec., 

1915, with a revival of " Peter Pan " ; 
he then appeared at this theatre, 
Feb., 1916, as Dr. Cornish in " Car- 
oline "; June, 1916, as James 
Stronach in " The Riddle " ; Sept., 

1916, as John Bcklen in " Her Hus- 
band's Wife " ; Apr,, 1917, as Denis 
Chiton in " Wurzel-Flmnmcry " ; June, 

1917, as Henry Baverstock' in " His 
Excellency the Governor " ; July, 
1917, as Sir William Gower in " Tre- 
lawney of the Wells " ; Apr., 1918, 
as Harold Baxter in "Belinda"; 
during his management of the New 
Theatre, in addition to the plays in 
which he appeared, he also produced 
"The Land of Promise" (revival), 
1917; "The Old Lady Shows her 
Medals," 1917; " The Freaks," 1918; 
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reviving " Peter Pan," each year ; 
during 1918-19, toured in repertory 
of plays ; at the Gaiety, Manchester, 
Nov., 1919, played the Duke of St. 
Olpherts in a revival of " The Notorious 
Mrs. Ebbsmith," and Dec., 1919, ap- 
peared as Carraway Pirn in " Mr, 
Pirn Passes By," and appeared in the 
same part at the New Theatre, Jan., 
1920 ; in Feb., 1921, in conjunction 
with Mr. A. B. Limpus, assumed the 
management of the Duke of York's 
Theatre, and produced " Mis' Nell o' 
New Orleans " ; in the autumn, 1921, 
he toured in this play, as Pere Clement, 
also in " Mr. Pirn Passes By " ; 
resumed management, at the Globe, 
Dec., 1921, when he appeared as 
William Blayds-Conway in " The 
Truth About Blayds " ; Apr., 1922, 
again revived " Mr. Pirn Passes By " ; 
May, 1922, played Montague Bax ia 
" Eileen " ; July, 1922, again appeared 
as Harold Baxter in " Belinda " ; 
he then brought his management to a 
close; at the Globe, Sept., 1922, 
appeared as Balthazar in " The 
Return " ; in Dec., 1922, he produced 
" Lilac Time " aib the Lyric ; in Feb., 
1923, sailed for South Africa, appear- 
ing in " His House in Order," " Mr. 
Pirn Passes By/' " Mis' Nell o' New 
Orleans," " Belinda " and " The Sec- 
ond Mrs. Tanqueray " ; he next went 
to Australia and New Zealand, where 
he played from 1923 to end of 1924, 
appearing in addition to the last- 
mentioned plays, in " Aren't We All ? " 
" The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith," and 
" The Truth About Blayds " ; from 
1901-15 was engaged as producer of 
plays for the late Charles Frohman ; 
author of the plays " My Little 
Girl " and " Devotion/' both adapted. 
Hobbies : Riding and driving. Clubs ; 
Garrick, Beefsteak. Address : 4 
Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, 
W.I. Telephone: Paddington 283. 

BOUCICAULT, Nina; b. London, 
1867 ; d. of the late Dion Boucicault ; 
sister of Dion and Aubrey Boucicault ; 
m. (1) G. D. Pitman ; (2) E. H. Kelly ; 
(3) Donald Innes Smith ; made 
her first appearance on the stage 
at Kentucky, 1885, as Eily O'Connor 
in " The Colleen Bawn," in her father's 
company ; then accompanied him to 



Australia on tour, and remained there 
for three years ; returning to America 
in 1888, appeared at Madison Square 
Theatre, in "A Legal Wreck " and 
" Beauty Abroad " ; subsequently 
played with William Gillette ; made 
her first appearance in London, at 
the Strand Theatre, 9 Jan., 1892, 
as Flossie Trivett in " The New Wing," 
with the late Willie Edouin ; at the 
Royalty, 21 Dec., 1892, played Kitty 
Verdun in " Charley's Aunt/' and 
continued to play this part nearly 
two years ; she was then seen at the 
Criterion, Oct., 1894, as Elaine Shrimp- 
ton in " The Case of Rebellious 
Susan " ; at the Shaftesbury, 189(5, 
played in " The Matchmaker " ; at 
the Comedy, 1896, was Tiny Merridew 
in " Mr. Martin " and Emily Rawston 
in "A White Elephant"; at the 
Royalty, 1897, in " A Court of Hon- 
our " ; at the Gaiety, 1897, in " Fro- 
licksome Fanny" ; at the Court, 1898, 
played in "Cupboard Love"; at 
Terry's, 1899, played titlc-n5/<? in 
revival of " Sweet Lavender " ; 
at Strand, 1900, in " The Myste- 
rious Mr. Bugle " ; made a great 
"hit" at the Strand, Feb., 1901, 
as Suzanne de Villiers in " Le 
Monde ou L'On S'JSnnuie/' and 
repeated her performance in an English 
adaptation of the work, at Terry's, 
Apr., 1901; at Garrick, Dec., 1901, 
played in " Shock Headed Peter " ; 
at Terry's, 1902, appeared in " The 
New Clown " ; at Comedy, 1902, in 
" The Lord of His House " ; made 
a striking success at Lyric, 1903, as 
Bessie Broke in " The Light that 
Failed " ; scored further success at 
Wyndham's, 1903, as Moira Loiney 
in " Little Mary " ; was the original 
Peter Pan in the play of that name, 
at Duke of York's, Dec,, 1904 ; at 
Haymarket,. 1905, played iu " The 
Indecision of Mr. Kingsbury " ; at 
the Apollo, 1907, appeared in " The 
Stronger Sex " ; at Terry's, 1908, in 
" The Lord of La timer Street " ; at 
Wyndham's, 1908, in " Sir Anthony " ; 
at the Queen's, 1910, played in 
" The Man from the Sea " ; at 
Wyndham's, Oct., 912, played Aunt 
Josephine in " Doormats " ; at tho 
Duke of York's, Nov., 1913, played 
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at the New Theatre, Dec., 1914, Rosie 
Platt in " The New Clown " ; at the 
St. James's, Apr., 1915, Mrs. Gordon- 
Trent in " The Panorama of Youth" ; 
at the Queen's, May, 1916, played 
Mrs. Creighton Wooclbridge in " The 
Boomerang " ; at VVyndham's, Sept., 
1916, Mrs. Fountain in " The Old 
Country " ; at the Victoria Palace, 
June, 19 J 7, Mrs. Lane in "When the 
Clock Strikes Nine " ; at Wyndham's, 
Sept., 1920, Mrs. Carey in "The 
Prude's Fall " ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Oct., 1921, Mary O'Flynn in " Tim- 
othy " ; at the Playhouse, Jan., 
1924, Mrs. Lefevre in " The Camel's 
Back." Address : c/o Daniel Mayer, 
Ltd., Graf ton House, Golden Square, 
W.I. Telephone No. : Western 1024. 

BOUGHTON, Rutland, composer ; b. 
Aylesbury, 1878 ; $. of William Rut- 
land Boughton and his wife Grace 
Martha (Bishop) ; e. Aylesbury and 
Royal College of Music ; has com- 
posed the following, among other, 
works : " The Birth of Arthur," 
" Snow White," " The Round Table," 
" The Moon Maiden," " The Queen 
of Cornwall," " The Immortal Hour," 
" Bethlehem," " Alkestis," and many 
songs and choral works ; after its 
initial production at Glastonbury, 
" The Immortal Hour " was produced 
for the first time in London, at the 
Old Vic, 31 May, 1920 ; was then 
produced at the Repertory Theatre, 
[Birmingham, 23 June, 1921, and at 
the Regent Theatre, London, 13 Oct., 
1922, where it was revived again in 
the following year ; " Bethlehem " 
was also first' produced in London, at 
the Old Vic ; founder of the Glaston- 
bury Festival School of Music-drama, 
1914 ; director of the Glastonbury 
Festival players. 'Recreation : Idling. 
Address: Festival School, Glastonbury. 



ji Arthur, actor-man- 

ager ; I), Spoon, Berks, 22 June, 1863 ; 
o.s. of Captain Charles Bourchier, 
late 8th Hussars ; in. (1) Violet Van- 
brugh (mar, dis.) ; (2) Kyrlo Bellow ; &. 
Eton and Christ- Church, Oxford; while 
at the University was instrumental in 
founding the O.U.D.S., and played a 
number of parts in various productions, 
notably Shy lock, Hotspur, Kalstaff, 



Brutus, etc. ; was also a member of the 
Windsor strollers and Old Stagers ; 
made his first appearance on the 
professional stage at the T.R., Wolver- 
hampton, 2 Sept., 1889, as Jaques 
in ''As You Like It," with Mrs. 
Langtry ; during the subsequent tour 
also played Olivier Deschamp in 
" Esther Sandraz," and also appeared 
in " 'Twixt Axe and Crown/' " The 
Honeymoon " and " Clancarty " ; 
made his first appearance in London, 
at the St. James's, 24 Feb., 1890, 
as Jaques in "As You Like It " ; 
became lessee of the St. James's for 
a short period, opening on 26 June, 
1890, as Jack Daryll in " Your Wife " ; 
subsequently toured with Miss Fortes- 
cue's company ; appeared with her 
at Grand, Islington, 20 Oct., 1890, 
as Romeo ; joined Charles Wyndham 
at the Criterion, 27 Nov., 1890, to 
play Charles Courtley in " London 
Assurance " ; also appeared at the 
Criterion, Apr., 1891, as Joseph Surface 
in " The School for Scandal " ; was 
then engaged by George Alexander for 
the St. James's, and appeared there 
in " Lord Anerley " and " Forgive- 
ness " ; at the Shaftesbury, Mar., 
1892, appeared in " Mr. Richards," 
of which he was part author with J. 
Blair ; next joined Augustm Daly's 
company, opening at Daly's, New 
York, 6 Oct., 1892, as Ned Candid 
in " Miss Million " ; also played 
during the season in " Dollars and 
Sense," " A Test Case," " The Hunch- 
back," " As You Like It," " The Belle's 
Stratagem," " The School for Scandal " 
and " The Foresters " ; reappeared 
in London, 11 July, 1893, at Daly's 
Theatre, when 'he appeared as Sir 
Thomas Clifford in " The Hunch- 
back " ; also played in " Love in 
Tandem," " The Foresters," " The 
Ring of Polycrates," " The School for 
Scandal " ; at the Garrick, 1894, 
played in " Money " ; at Drury Lane, 
Sept., 1894, played in "The Derby 
Winner " ; at the Garrick, Dec., 1894, 
in " Slaves of the Ring " ; in 1895, 
became lessee of the Royalty Theatre, 
opening on 7 Sept., as Sir Reginald 
Delamere in " The Chili Widow," 
subsequently producing " The New 
Baby," " The Queen's Proctor," " The 
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America ; at the Strand, 1897, played 
in " Dr. Johnson " and " All Alive, 
Oh ! " ; at the Garrick, 1898, played 
in " 22a Curzon Street " ; at the 
Metropole, 189S, produced " Teresa/' 
also appearing in the play at the 
Garrick ; also at the Garrick, 1898, 
appeared in " Brother Officers " ; 
at the Court, 1899, played Jim Blagden 
in " Wheels Within Wheels " ; at the 
opening of Wyndham's Theatre, Nov., 
1899, played Squire Chevy in " David 
Garrick " ; in Feb., 1900, entered 
into joint management of the Criterion, 
with Charles Wyndham, opened as 
Sir Montague Martin in " His Excel- 
lency the Governor " ; also appeared 
there in " Lady Huntworth's Experi- 
ment," " The Noble Lord/' " Mamma" 
and " The "Undercurrent " ; entered 
into the management of the Garrick 
Theatre, Sept., 1900 ; his productions at 
this theatre have included " Pilkerston's 
Peerage/' 1902 ; " The Bishop's 
Move," 1902 ; " My Lady Virtue/' 
1902 ; " Whitewashing Julia/' 1903 ; 
" The Soothing System," 1903 ; " The 
Golden Silence," 1903 ; " The Cricket 
on the Hearth," 1903 ; " The Arm of 
the Law," 1904 ; " The Fairy's 
Dilemma," 1904; "The Chevaleer," 
1904 ; " The Walls of Jericho," 1904 ; 
" The Merchant of Venice," 1905 ; 
" Down Our Alley," 1906 ; " Mac- 
beth/' 1906; "Mr. Sheridan," 1907 ; 
" The Duel/' 1907; " Simple Simon," 
1907 ; " Samson," 1909 ; " Making 
a Gentleman," 1909; at the Hay- 
market, Jan., 1908, played in " Her 
Father," and Apr., 1908, in " A Fearful 
Joy " ; during 1908 toured in " The 
Man on the Box," " An Outsider," 
and " John Glayde's Honour " ; 
after appearing at the Palace Theatre, 
Dec., 1909, in " The Knife," appeared 
at the Globe, 1910, in " The Tenth 
Man/' " Parasites," and " Glass 
Houses " ; joined Sir Herbert Tree at 
His Majesty's, 1 Sept., 1910, and made 
a notable success as King Henry VIII ; 
during 1911, appeared at the same 
theatre, as Bottom in " A Midsummer 
Night's Dream," Brutus in " Julius 
Caesar," Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth 
Night/' Master Ford in " The Merry 
Wives of Windsor/' Macduffin "Mac- 
beth," Count Tor grim in " The War 
God " ; at the Command performance 



at Drury Lane, 17 May, 1911, played 
Stout in " Money " ; at the Gala 
performance at His Majesty's, 27 June, 
1911, played Puff in "The Critic"; 
was the organising secretary of the 
Gala performance ; appeared at the 
Palace Theatre, Dec., 1911, as Harold 
in " A Man in the Case " ; returned 
to the Garrick, Feb., 1912, when he 
appeared as Horace Travers in " The 
Fire Screen " ; Apr., 1912, played 
Peter Everest in " Improper Peter " ; 
June, 1912, Richard Dexter in " Find 
the Woman " ; Nov., 1912, Phipps 
in a one-act play of that name ; Feb., 

1913, John Greenwood in " Trust the 
People " ; Mar., 1913, Father O'Leary 
in " The Greatest Wish " ; May, 1913, 
Comte Sorbier in " Croesus " ; at the 
St. James's, 27 June, 1913, appeared 
as Mark Meddle in the "all-star" 
revival of "London Assurance," 
given in aid of King George's Actors' 
Pension Fund ; at the Coliseum, Feb., 

1914, played Jim Haslett in " The 
Eleventh Hour " ; at the Garrick, 
Sept., 1914, King Henry VIII in 
" Bluff King Hal " ; Oct., 1914, Judge 
Hallers in " The Double Mystery " ; 
at the Coliseum, Feb., 1915, Thomas 
Challenger in " Divorce While You 
Wait"; at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, 
Apr., 1915, Sir Hugh Brandreth, K.C., 
in " Forked Lightning " ; at His 
Majesty's, May, 1915, Mehmecl Pasha 
in "The Right to Kill"; at the 
Vaudeville, June, 1915, Sir Hugh 
Brandreth, K.C., in " The Green Flag " 
(" Forked Lightning ") ; at His Ma- 
jesty's, 5 July, 1915, reappeared as 
King Henry in the " all-star " revival 
of " King Henry VIII," given in aid 
of King George's Actors' Pension 
Fund ; at the Pavilion, Glasgow, 
2 Aug., 1915, appeared in " A Pair of 
Knickerbockers, " and subsequently 
toured ; in Jan., 1916, entered on a 
season of management at His Majesty's 
Theatre, appearing there in Jan,, 1916, 
as William .Power in " Mrs. Pretty 
and the Premier " ; Mar., 1916, as 
Claude Duval in " Stand and Deliver" ; 
also revived " The Arm of the Law," 
Feb., 1916 ; at Drury Lane, 2 May, 
1916, on the occasion of the Shakespeare 
Tercentenary performance, played 
Brutus in the " all-star " east of 
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at the London Opera House, June, 
1916, at matinees in aid of the " Star 
and Garter " Fund, and King George's 
Pension Fund for Actors; played 
Crichton in " The Admirable Crichton/' 
during 1916-17, toured in variety 
theatres, playing in "A Pair of 
Knickerbockers/ 1 " The Fourth of 
August," " Between Twelve and 
Three," " Pistols for Two " ; at the 
Oxford, Aug., 1917, appeared as Old 
Bill in " The Better 'Ole/' which was 
performed over 800 times ; he then 
appeared at the Strand Theatre, Dec., 
1918, as Pel ham Franklin in " Scan- 
dal " ; at the Apollo, July, 1919, as 
Mr. Stillbottle in " Tilly of Blooms- 
bury J * ; in Nov., 1919, he assumed 
the management o C the Strand Theatre, 
opening with " The Crimson Alibi/' 
in which, however, he did not appear ; 
at the New Theatre, Feb., 1920, 
appeared as lago in " Othello," with 
Mathcson Lang ; at the Strand, July, 
1920, played Hanaucl in " At the Villa 
Rose"; Nov., 1920, Burr Wilton in 
"The Storm"; Jan., 1921, Sir John 
Carr in "A Safety Match " ; in 
addition, he produced " Tiger ! Tiger ! " 
June, 1920, and " The Trump Card/' 
Aug., 1921, without taking any part 
in them; at the Strand, Dec., 1921, 
played Sir Alfred Pelham in " The 
Thing that Matters " ; Mar., 1922, 
Hugh Ritss in " The Love Match," ; 
May, 1922, Stillbottle in a revival of 
"Tilly of Bloomsbury " ; July, 1922, 
Dr. Armaud Reva,rcl in " The "Risk " ; 
Dec,, 1922, Long John Silver in 
" Treasure Island " ; toured the prov- 
inces, 1923, in the same part, and again 
appeared in it at the Strand, Dec., 
1923 ; in July, 1924, toured as .Richard 
Cholforcl in '"The Thief"; at the 
Strand, Dec., 1924, reappeared in 
" Treasure Island " ; he also produced 
"Our Nell," at the Gaiety, Apr,, 
1924 ; appeared by Command be- 
fore King Edward at Santlrmgham, 
14 Nov., 1902, in " Or Johnson/' 
and at Windsor, 16 Nov., 1905, in 
"The Merchant of Venice " ; adapter 
of " Femmes qui Pleurent," " Jean 
Marie," " Dor Rabenvater," " Mon- 
sieur Ic Directetir " (" The Chili 
Widow"), with Alfred Sutro ; "Mr. 
Richards/' with J. Blair; " Crain- 
quebillo" (" Down Our Alley"), and 



" The Duel/' Recreations : Cricket, 
golf, cycling, tennis. Clubs : White's, 
Beefsteak, Garrick, Lord's, I Zingari. 
Address : 10 Hove Seaside Villas, 
Western Esplanade, Hove, Sussex. 

BOURNE Adeline, actress; b. in 
India ; e. private schools at Eastbourne 
and Blackheath ; was prepared for 
the stage by the late Sarah Thorne ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at Chatham, Apr., 1898, as Anne 
Chute in " The Colleen Bawn " ; 
remained with Miss Thome's company 
at Chatham and Margate until 1899 ; 
toured with several companies until 
in 1901, she made her first appearance 
on the London stage, at the Grand 
Theatre, Islington, 15 July, 1901, as 
Lucy Gleaning in " The Little Out- 
cast " ; she then joined Mrs. Patrick 
Campbell's company, and appeared 
at the Royalty Theatre, Nov., 1901, 
as Aajot in " Beyond Human Power " ; 
she remained with Mrs. Campbell 
until 1903, playing in " Lady Tetley's 
Divorce," " Mariana," " Magda," 
" The Joy of Living," etc. ; made her 
first appearance in New York, at the 
Republic Theatre, Jan., 1902, as Lady 
Sybil Cleve in " The Notorious Mrs. 
Ebbsmith " ; at the Carnden Theatre, 
Feb., 1904, played Florence Hastings 
in " An Actor's Romance " ; at the 
Lyric, May, 1904, played Aphrodite in 
" Hippolytus " ; at the Shaftesbury, 
Nov., 1904, appeared as Madame Von 
Rauser in " The Flute of Pan " ; at 
the New Theatre, Apr., 1906, appeared 
as Mary Stuart in " Dorothy o' the 
Hall," and subsequently she accom- 
panied Forbes-Robertson to America, 
playing Ftatateeta in " Caesar and 
Cleopatra," Nerissa in " The Merchant 
of Venice," the Queen in " Hamlet," 
etc. ; she then joined Olga Nethersole, 
and appeared with her in Paris, June, 
1907, as Ellean in " The Second Mrs. 
Tanqueray," Teresa in " Carmen/ 1 etc. , 
accompanied her on American tour, 
1907-8 ; at the PlajKhouse, June, 1909, 
played Semiramis in " A Merry Devil " ; 
at His Majesty's, Sept., 1909, played 
Tayii in " False Gods " ; at the Globe, 
Nov., 1909, appeared as Neska in 
" The Great Mrs. Alloway " ; at the 
Aklwych, Dec., 1910, played Antistia 
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Court, during 1911, played Salome, 
in Oscar Wilde's " Salome," and the 
title-rdle in " Monna Vanna/' in the 
first production of Sutro's translation 
of Maeterlinck's play ; at the Kings- 
way, Feb., 1912, produced and played 
Medea in the tragedy of that name ; 
at the London Pavilion, Apr., 1912, 
played Mary Trarne in " The Next 
Religion " ; supported Forbes-Robert- 
son in his farewell tour in the provinces 
and at Drury Lane, Mar.- June, 1913, 
playing the Queen in " Hamlet," the 
Red-Haired Girl in " The Light 
that Failed," Joanna in " Mice and 
Men," Ftatateeta in " Caesar and 
Cleopatra," and Emilia in " Othello " ; 
accompanied him on his American and 
Canadian tours, 1914-15 ; returned to 
England, June, 1915; in July, 1915, 
founded the British Women's Hospital 
which raised 150,000 for totally 
disabled men at the Star and Garter, 
Richmond ; served overseas as an 
officer in Queen Mary's A.A.C. ; is one 
of the founders and Hon. Sec. of the 
Actresses' Franchise League, and the 
founder of the New Players Society. 
Recreations : Dancing, skating, and 
painting. Address : 52 Lower Sloane 
Street, S.W.I, or c/o Messrs. Grindleay 
& Co., 54 Parliament Street, S.W.I. 
Clubs : Ladies' Army and Navy, 
Women's Club, and Ex-Service. 

BOWER, Marian, dramatic author ; 
has written the following plays : "A 
Chinese Puzzle " (with Leon M. Lion), 
1918; " The Altar of Liberty " (with 
Leon M. Lion), 1919 ; " Homespun," 
1919 ; " The Green Cord " (with 
Anthony Ellis), 1922. Club : Garden. 
Address : 77 Park Mansions, Knights- 
bridge, S.W.I. Telephone No. : 
Kensington 3795. 

BOWERS, Robert Hood, composer ; 
6. Chambersburg, Pa., U.S.A., 24 May, 
1877 ; s. of Oliver Cromwell Bowers 
and his wife Ellen Graham (Heyser) ; 
m. Virginia Belvin ; was the winner 
of the Gold Medal at the Chicago 
Conservatory of Music, 1902 ; has 
composed the scores of the following, 
among other, musical plays : " "Rubes 
and Roses," 1903; "The Paraders," 

1903 ; " The Maid and the Mummy," 

1904 ; " The Vanderbilt Cup," 1906 ; 



"The Hoyden," 1907; " A Grecian 
Garden," 1908; " The Silver Star/' 
1909; "The Wife Tamers/' 1910; 
"The Scarecrow," 1911; "The Red 
Rose," 1911; "California/' 1911; 
" A Certain Party," 1911. ; " The Little 
Parisienne," 1912 ; " The Red Heads," 
1913 ; " The Hasty Wedding/' 1914 ; 
" Model's Abroad," 1915 ; " A Daugh- 
ter of the Gods," 1916; " A Lonely 
Romeo," 1919 ; " Hail and Farewell," 
1923 ; " The Open Road," 1923. 
Clubs : Lambs, Friars, Baton. Ad- 
dress : 1819 Broadway, New York 
City, U.S.A. 

BOWES, Alice, actress ; 6. London ; 
e. London'; d. ol Walter John Bowes 
and his \vife Sarah Elizabeth. (Franks) ; 
m, D. A. Clarke- Si-pith ; made her first 
appearance on the stage as a small 
child at the Terriss Theatre, Rothcr- 
hithe, in 1904, as Willie Carlylc in 
" East Lynnc " ; she remained under 
the management of Frederick and 
Walter Melville for ten years, playing 
all sorts of children's parts, and was 
subsequently promoted to juvenile 
roles ; made her first appearance in the 
West End of London, at the Prince's 
Theatre, 17 Apr., 1912, when she 
played Winifred Crcsson in " The Apple 
of Eden " ; subsequently toured as 
Liane in " The Monk and the Woman," 
and as Sylvia Dresden in. " The Worst 
Girl of All " ; at the AldwycJi Theatre, 
Jan., 1914, played Maura in " The 
Queen's Champion/' and at the Little 
Theatre, Apr., 1914, appeared as the 
Child Bride in "Dusk"; during 
1915-16 toured as Virginia in 
" Grumpy " ; at the Gaiety, Hastings, 
June, 1916, was the original Sal in 
" My Old Dutch," with Albert Che- 
valier, with whom she toured for a 
long time ; during 1919 was a member 
of the Repertory Theatre Company at 
Birmingham, where she played Mrs, 
Baxter, in " The Mollusc," and also 
appeared in " Miss Prism," " Good 
Deeds," etc. ; at Brixton, CluistmaH, 
1919, appeared as Cinderella " ; ap- 
peared at the Lyceum, Mar., 1920, as 
Jane Ellen Brown in " Boy of My 
Heart," and in July, 1920, resumed her 
original part of Sal Gratton in "My 
Old Dutch"; in 1921, toured as 
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and Kate in " The Manxman " ; at 
the Apollo, July, 1921, played Skittles 
in the play of that name ; in Apr., 
1922, toured as Phoebe Throssel in 
" Quality Street " ; she played that 
part until Oct., 1923 ; Dec., 1923, 
toured as Dolly Lymken in " The Last 
Warning " ; has also played various 
sketches in music-halls. Recreation : 
Fishing. Address : 18 Streatham Place, 
S.W.2. Telephone No. : Streatham 
1133. 

BOYD, Frank M v dramatic critic 
and journalist ; b. Edinburgh, 1863 ; 
s. of the late Very Rev. A. K. H. 
Boyd (A.K.H.B.) ; e. St. Andrews and 
Germany ; m. Agnes Hewitt, 1898 ; 
commenced life as an artist ; subse- 
quently engaged in insurance business 
at Lloyd's ; engaged in journalism 
for some years ; in 1889 founded The 
Pelican, of which he was the editor 
Cor nearly thirty years. 

BOYNE, CHIlon, actor ; b. 1874 ; e. 
London and Paris ; m. Lallie Forsyth ; 
cousin of the late Leonard Boync ; 
was a pupil of the late Miss Sarah 
Thoruo ; made his first appearance on 
the stage at the Theatre Royal Mar- 
gate, 1892, as Captain Levison in 
" East Lymio " ; made his first ap- 
pearance in London, at the old 
Standard Theatre, 1893, in " Fun on 
the Bristol " ; has played many 
leading parts in. the provinces, includ- 
ing tho Duke of St. Olphcrts in " The 
Notorious Mrs. Kbbsmith," Sir Peter 
Lund in " A Fool's Paradise," Randal 
O'Mara in "The English Rose/' Sir 
John Hawker in " The House of 
Teuipcrley," Dr. Isaacson in " Bella 
Donna," Aubrey in " The Second Mrs. 
Tanqueray," Shylock, Julius Caesar ; 
lago, Holman in "Mr. Wu," Mrs. May 
in "A Sister to Assist 'er," etc. ; has 
toured in Australia, New Zealand, and 
South Africa, playing leads, for six 
years ; at the Lyceum, Feb., 1915, 
Roche fort in " The Three Musket- 
eers " ; during the war, served in the 
marine section of the R.A.F. ; at the 
St. James's, Jan., 1920, Julius Caesar 
in ' ? Julius Caesar " ; at the Oxford, 
Apr., 1920, Charles Reisling in " The 
Man Who Came Back " ; at the 
Gaiety, Manchester, Nov., 1920, played 



Jerome in " Daniel " ; at the Play- 
house, Sept., 1921, Ferguson in " The 
Sign on the Door " ; at the Adelphi, 
June, 1922, Lieut.-Col. Roscoe in 
" The Way of an Eagle "; at the 
Ambassadors', Nov., 1922, The Pro- 
fessor in " The Secret Agent " ; at 
the New, Dec., 1922, Milford in " The 
Great Well " ; at the Savoy, July, 
1924, Lord Wellington in " In the 
Snare." Recreations : Fly-fishing, 
shooting, sailing, riding, swimming, 
etc. Club : Royal Largs Yacht Club. 
Address : 140 Long Acre, W.C.2. 
Telephone No. : Regent 1761. 

BRADBURY, James H., actor; b. 
Old Town, Maine, U.S.A., 12 Oct., 
1857 ; made his first appearance on 
the stage at the Boston Museum, 1882 ; 
in his early years was a member of 
several notable companies, and sup- 
ported such well-known " stars " as 
William Warren, Edwin Booth, Dion 
Boucicault, Edwin Arden, etc. ; ap- 
peared Nov., 1898, in " The Village 
Postmaster," and toured in this play 
throughout the following year ; during 
1900 played in " Naughty Anthony," 
1901-2, as Tip Taylor in " Eben 
Holden " ; 1903-4, as Antrim Jack 
in "Robert Emmett " ; 1904-5, in 
"Captain Harrington"; 1905, as 
Burnett in " The Measure of a Man " ; 
at the Criterion, New York, Jan., 1907, 
played Rufus Vandewatcr in " The 
Aero Club " ; at the Garrick, New 
York, Feb., 1908, Nathan Westcott in 
" Fifty Miles from Boston " ; at the 
Belasco Theatre, Aug., 1909, Frank 
Bolt in " Is Matrimony a Failure ? " 
and toured in the same play, 1910-11 ; 
at the Folies BergeTes, New York, 
Sept., 1911, appeared as John Morris 
in " A la Broadway " ; at the Maxine 
Elliott Theatre, Aug., 1912, as the 
Hon. Jas. H. Tyler in " Ready 
Money " ; at the Lyceum, New York, 
Jan., 1913, as Howard Crocker in 
" Blackbirds " ; at the Fulton Theatre, 
Oct., 1913, played Bruno Schwartz in 
" After Five " ; at the Gaiety, New 
York, Feb., 1914, Israel Putnam 
Hubbard in " Along Came Ruth " ; at 
the Longacre Theatre, Feb., 1915, 
appeared as Henry J. Sherman in 
" Inside the Lines " ; at the La Salle 
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in " Molly and I " ; at the Liberty 
Theatre, Jan., 1917, appeared as 
Matthew Pyne in " Have a Heart" ; 
during 1917-18 toured in " Oh ! Boy " ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Feb., 
1920, played Captain Sam Hunniwell 
in "Shavings"; at the Bijou, New 
York, Aug., 1923, Henry Simmons in 
"The Whole Town's Talking"; at 
the Punch and Judy, Apr., 1924, John 
Gordon in " Two Strangers from 
Nowhere " ; at the Liberty, Dec., 
1924, Rufus Parke in " Lady, Be 
Good ! " Address : Lambs' Club, 128 
West 44th Street, New York. 

BRADY, Alice, actress and vocalist ; 
b. New York, 1892 ; d. of William A. 
Brady and his wife Rose Marie (Rene) ; 
e. Fort Lee, Madison, N.J., and Con- 
servatory of Music, Boston, where she 
studied for grand opera under Theo- 
dora Irvine ; m. James L. Crane ; made 
her first appearance on the stage, under 
the name of Mary Rose, at New Haven, 
Conn., Jan., 1911, as Olga in "The 
Balkan Princess," in which part she 
made her first appearance on the 
New York stage, under her own name, 
at the Herald Square Theatre, 9 Feb., 
1911 ; she then appeared at the 
Casino, New York, May, 1911, as Hebe 
in " H.M.S. Pinafore " ; the following 
year she appeared at the Lyric and 
Casino, New York, as the Lady Saphir 
in " Patience," Kate in " The Pirates 
of Penzance," and Pitti-Sing in " The 
Mikado " ; at the Playhouse, New 
York, Oct., 1912, appeared as Meg in 
" Little Women " ; same theatre, Aug., 
1913, played Alice Nelson in " The 
Family Cupboard " ; at Maxine El- 
liott's Theatre, Dec., 1913, Beulah 
Randolph in " The Things that Count" ; 
during 1914 toured with De Wolf 
Hopper in " The Mikado," " lolanthe," 
etc. ; at the Playhouse, New York, 
Aug., 1914, Sally Driscoll in " Sylvia 
Runs Away " ; at Maxine Elliott's, 
Sept., 1914, Lucy Gordon in " What is 
Love ? " ; at the Playhouse, New 
York, Jan., 1915, appeared as Mary 
Horton in " Sinners " ; at the Forty- 
Eighth Street Theatre, May-June, 
1915, appeared as Mabel in " The 
Pirates of Penzance," Josephine in 
" H.M.S. Pinafore," and lolanthe in 
the opera of that name ; she then 



appeared in various " picture plays " ; 
returned to the stage proper in 1918 
and appeared at the Central Theatre, 
New York, Sept., 1918, as Jennie in 
" Forever After " ; toured in the 
same play during 1919-20; at the 
Playhouse, New York, Sept., 1920, 
played Anna Ayyobb in " Anna 
Ascends"; at Brooklyn, May, 1921, 
Cassie Cook in " Drifting " ; at the 
Globe, New York, Oct., 1921, Marie 
in " The Love Letter " ; at the 
Playhouse, New York, Jan., 1922, 
Cassie in '^Drifting " ; at the Empire, 
New York, Apr., 1923, Mamie in 
" Zander the Great." Address : 137 
West 48th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

BRADY, Veronica, actress and vocal- 
ist ; 6. Dublin, 1890 ; d. of John 
Albert Brady and his wife Marion 
(Johnson) ; e. Convent of Notre 
Dame, Liverpool, and in London ; 
m. Hugh Nolan ; studied for the stage 
at Stedmaii's Academy, and also 
received tuition from her parents ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Lyceum Theatre, 22 Feb., 1900, 
as a fairy dancer in Benson's revival 
of " A Midsummer Night's Dream " ; 
she toured for some years in the 
provinces, playing such parts as Emma 
in " Gentleman Joe," Mrs. Pineapple 
in "A Chinese* Honeymoon," Mrs. 
Smith in " The Arcadians," Anita in 
" Havana," etc. ; appeared at the 
Prince of Walcs's, Nov., 1913, as Miss 
Bing in " Are You There ? " ; at the 
Comedy, Nov., 1916, played in " Sam- 
ples " ; at the Prince of Walcs's, Mar., 
1918, Mrs. Brapwick in " Flora " ; 
at the Palace, May, 1918, Madame 
Matroppo in " Very Good, Eddie " ; 
at the Alhambra, Sept., 1919, played 
in " Eastward Ho ! " ; at the Shaft es- 
bury, May, 1924, played CamiHe in 
" Toni " ; in Dec., 1924, went on 
tour playing Matilda in " Boodle " ; 
has also appeared frequently in the 
principal London music-halls, Jt&crea 
tions : Golfing and music. Address : 
61 Larkhall Rise, Clapham, S.W, 

BEADY, William A., manager ; $. of 
Terence A. and Catherine Brady ; 
b. San Francisco, 19 June, 1863 ; m. 
(1) Rose Marie Rene ; (2) Grace George ; 
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at San Francisco in 1882, in " The 
White Slave " ; in 1888 started 
a repertoire company, wnich proved 
highly successful ; subsequently 
toured in " After Dark/' and at 
a later period produced " The Cot- 
ton King," " Humanity/' and " Old 
Glory " ; at Drury Lane Theatre, 
London, 1894, produced " Gentleman 
Jack/' with James J. Corbett in the 
cast ; toured with " Trilby/' for a 
considerable period, and in 1896 
undertook the management of the 
Manhattan Theatre ; here he produced 
" The Turtle," " Mdlle. Fifi," " The 
Burgomaster," " Woman and Wine," 
" Papa's Wife," " 'Way Down East," 
etc, ; he has been responsible for <f all 
star " productions of " Uncle Tom's 
Cabin," " The Two Orphans," " Tril- 
by/' " The Lights o' London," etc. ; 
the most notable productions under 
his management have been " Pretty 
Peggy," " Foxy Grandpa," " The 
Pit,"" " The Law and the Man," 
" IBaby Mine," " The Boss," " Bunty 
PnJls the Strings," " Clothes," and 
" The Man of the Hour " ; built and 
opened the Playhouse, New York, 
1911, with "Sauce for the Goose" ; 
also manager of the Forty-eighth Street 
Theatre ; has also managed the 
following, among other " stars " : 
Grace George (Mrs. .Brady), Wilton 
Lac.kaye, R. B, Mantell, Wright 
Lorimer, Al Leach, Holbrook BHnn, 
Henry K, Dixoy, Alice Brady, etc. 
Address : 137 " West 48th "Street, 
New York City, U.S.A. 

BEA HAM, Philip, composer and 
conductor ; b, London, 18 June, 1881 ; 
5. of Edward Braham ; e. Charterhouse 
and Clare College, Cambridge ; m. 
Faith Lonnon ; is the composer of 
" Alicc-up-to-Date " (his first stage 
composition), London Pavilion, Dec., 

1913 ; composer of " Violet and Pink/' 

1914 ; " Beauties/' 1914 ; " Sugar and 
Spice," 1915 ; " Nurses," 1915 ; 
" Peaches," 1915 ; " Brides/' 1915 ; 
contributed various numbers to '* Mr. 
Manhattan/' 1916 ; " The Bing Boys 
are Here," 1916 ; " Back to Blighty," 

1916 ; " See-Saw," 1916 ; " The Hula 
Girl," 1916 ; composer of <f Bubbly," 

1917 ; " Tails Up," 1918 ; " Telling 
the Tale/' 1918 ; " The Officers' Mess," 



1918; "The Latest Craze/' 1919; 
" Jumble Sale," 1920 ; " Now and 
Then," 1921 ; " Battling Butler/' 
1922 ; " Rats," 1923 ; " Boodle," 
1924. Favourite play : " The School 
for Scandal." Recreations : Golf, 
motoring, and gardening. Club : 
Royal Automobile. Address : 26 
Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Tele- 
phone No. : Gerrard 7167. 

BEAITHWAITE, Lilian, actress; 
gained her first experience with 
amateurs, and appeared on many 
occasions with the Irving and Romilly 
A.D.C/s, also with the Strolling Players 
and the O.U.D.S. ; she also appeared 
at the Avenue, 5 July, 1894, as Daisy 
Rainer in " Such is Love," prior to 
making her first appearance on the 
professional stage in South Africa with 
William Haviland and Gerald Law- 
rence's Shakespearean Company, 1897, 
with whom she played Jessica in " The 
Merchant of Venice," Hero in " Much 
Ado About Nothing," Olivia in 
" Twelfth Night," etc. ; at Stratford- 
on-Avon, Apr., 1900, appeared, at 
twenty-four hours' notice, as Marina 
in " Pericles " ; made her first profes- 
sional appearance on the London stage 
at the Opera House, Crouch End, 
4 June, 1900, as Celia in " As You 
Like It," with Julia Neilson and 
William Mollison ; was then seen 
at the Haymarket, 30 Aug., 1900, as 
Lady Olivia Vernon in " Sweet Nell 
of Old Drury " ; subsequently joined 
F. R. Benson's company, and appeared 
at the Comedy, 1901, as Bianca in 
" The Taming of the Shrew," Virgilia 
in " Coriolanus," Phoebe in "As You 
Like It/' the Queen in " Richard II," 
etc. ; at the Imperial, 1901, in "A 
Royal Necklace " ; toured with George 
Alexander in " Liberty Hall," " The 
Importance of Being Earnest," " The 
Wilderness," and " The Idler " ; ap- 
peared at the St. James's, 1901-4, in 
" The Wilderness/' " Liberty Hall," 
" Paolo and Francesca," " The 
Importance of Being Earnest," 
" If I were King," " Saturday 
to Monday," " Old Heidelberg/' 
" Lady Windermere's Fan," etc. ; 
at the Adelphi, 1905, in " Dr. Wake's 
Patient " ; St. James's, 1905-6 in 
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and " As You Like It " ; Ethel New- 
come in " Colonel^ Newcome," His 
Majesty's, 1906 ; created parts in 
" The Amateur Socialist " and " The 
Collaborators/' 1906 ; appeared in 
" The Stronger Sex " and " The Peace- 
maker/' Apollo, 1907, and at the St. 
James's in Sept., as Lady Teazle in 
" The School for Scandal " ; in Nov., 
she appeared as Isobel Leyton in " The 
Thief " ; at the Playhouse, June, 
1908, played Lady Hermione Wynne 
in " The Flag Lieutenant " ; at the 
Court, 1909, in " New Pilgrim " ; 
toured 1909, as Sadie Adams in " The 
Fires of Fate " ; at the Lyric, 1909, 
in "Sir Walter Ralegh"; at the 
Garrick, 1910, played the Princess de 
Chaubran in " Dame Nature " ; at 
Wyndham's, 1910, appeared as Mrs, 
Frampton in " Nobody's Daughter " ; 
at the Comedy, 1911, as Mrs. Panmure 
in " Preserving Mr. Panmure " ; at 
the Gala performance at His Majesty's, 
27 June, 1911, played Laughter in 
" A Vision of Delight " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Aug., 1911, played Margaret 
Summers in " Passers-By " ; at the 
St. James's, 22 Sept, 1911, she ap- 
peared as Lady Mary Duncan in " The 
Miniature"; and" in Oct., again 
played Lady Windermere in " Lady 
Windermere's Fan " ; at Olympia, 
13 Feb., 1912, appeared as the 
Madonna in " The Miracle " ; at the 
Repertory Theatre, Liverpool, Sept., 
1912, appeared as Iris Bellamy in a 
revival of Pinero's play, " Iris " ; 
Oct., 1912, as Mrs. Mandover in 
" Instinct," in which she also appeared 
at the Duke of York's, Nov., 1912 ; 
at Brighton, Mar., 1913, played 
Margery Ashmore in " Margery 
Marries " ; made her first appear- 
ance on the Variety stage, at the 
Pavilion, Glasgow, Apr., 1912, as 
Madge in " The Odd Woman " ; at 
the Strand, Nov., 1913, played Mrs. 
Gregory in "Mr. Wu," which she 
played over a year ; at Drury Lane, 
Dec., 1914, played Lady Amersham in 
" A Social Success " ; at the Play- 
house, Dec., 1914, Mrs. Errol in " Little 
Lord Fauntleroy " ; at the Coliseum, 
Jan., 1915, the Spirit of Culture in 
" Der Tag " ; at the Kingsway, Apr., 
1915, Ellen Sufan in " Advertisement " ; 
at the Vaudeville, June, 1915, Janet 

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Grierson in " The Green Flag " ; at 
His Majesty's, July, 1915, Mrs. Deane 
in " Peter Ibbetson " ; at the Royalty, 
Dec., 1915, played Helen Townsend 
in " Mouse " ; at the Strand, Jan,, 
1916, Portia in "The Merchant of 
Venice " ; at Drury Lane, 2 May, 
1916, on the occasion of the Shake- 
speare Tercentenary celebration, played 
Portia in the " all-star " revival of 
"Julius Caesar"; at Stratford-on- 
Avon, Aug., 1916, Queen Katherine 
in " King Henry VIII " ; at the 
Coliseum, Oct., 1916, Rosalind in the 
play of that name ; at the Hay market, 
Mar., 1917, appeared as Lady Brough- 
ton in " General Post " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, June, 1918, as Mrs. Don in 
"A Well Remembered Voice"; at 
the New, July, 1918, as Lady do la 
Haye in " The Chinese Puzzle " ; 
Sept., 1919, as Laetitia Dak in " Jack 
o' Jingles"; at the St. James's, 
Jan., 1920, as Portia in *" Julius 
Caesar"; at the Oxford, Apr., 1920, 
played Isabel Gaynes in " The Man 
Who Came Back"; at Birmingham, 
July, 1920, with Henry Baynlon, 
played Portia, Viola, Rosalind, 
Ophelia, and Lady Macbeth ; at 
Wyndham's, Sept., 1920, played Latira 
W r estonry in " The Prude's Fall " ; 
at the St. Martin's, Mar., 1921, 
Margaret Fairfielcl in " A, Bill of 
Divorcement " ; at the New Theatre, 
Apr., 1922, Mrs. Gregory in a revival 
of " Mr. Wu " ; at tlic Ambassadors', 
Dec., 1922, Ruth Rolt in " Sweet- 
Lavender " ; at Wyadhatu's, Feb., 
1923, Mrs. Mayne in'" The Dancers " ; 
at the Haymarket, Mar., 1923, Isabel 
in " Isabel, Edward and Anne " ; at 
the Adelphi, July, 1923, .Rosalind in 
" Rosalind " ; at the Lyric, Hanrmer- 
smith, Sept., 1923 (for the Fellowship 
of Players), Hermione in " The Winter's 
Tale"; at the Royalty, Jan., 1924, 
Mrs. Denniss in " The Ktenial Spring" ; 
at Drury Lane, June, 1924, Oriana 
Oppletree in " London Life " ; at the 
Everyman, Nov., 1924, and Royalty, 
Dec., 1924, Florence Lancaster in 
" The Vortex." Address : 2 Polham 
Crescent, SAV.7. 7 >/<'/>//< w ; 1533 
Kensington. 

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plays : " Venus on Earth," 1913 ; 
" Wild Heather," 1918 ; " Araminta 
Arrives" (with J. C. Snaith), 1921; 
" The Outsider," 1923. 

BRANDON-THOMAS, Amy Mar- 
guerite, actress ; b. London, 9 Mar., 
1890 ; d. ol Marguerite B. (Leverson) 
and Brandon Thomas, the well-known 
actor and author ; e. privately ; m. 
W. Deane Brand ; made her first 
appearance on the stage at the Theatre 
Royal, Preston, 2 May, 1907, as Alice 
Ormerod in " A Lancashire Sailor," 
and Ela Dclahay in " Charley's Aunt "; 
made her first appearance in London, at 
the New Royalty Theatre, 26 Dec., 

1907, as Alice in " A Lancashire Sailor," 
and Kitty Verdun in " Charley's 
Aunt " ; appeared at the Garrick, June, 

1908, as Lucy Lorirner in "A Pair of 
Spectacles," with Sir John Hare, 
subsequently toviring with him ; at 
the Court, "Feb., 1909, played Kate 
Dalliscm in " Strangers Within the 
Gates " ; in Mar., 1909, went on tour 
with Forbes-Robertson, playing Vivien 
O' Hussy in " The Passing of the Third 
Floor Back " ; at the Haymarket, 
Nov., 1909, appeared as Barbara 
Tracy in " Might is Right " ; in Feb., 

1910, played Vortia in " The Merchant 
of Venice," at the Court Theatre ; 
appeared at His Majesty's, with Sir 
Herbert Tree, Apr,, 1910, as Olivia 
in " Twelfth Night/' subsequently 
touring as Portia in " The Merchant 
of Venice," with Arthur Phillips 's 
company ; at the Lyceum, Sept., 1910, 
played Millie Anderson in " The Sins 
of London " ; appeared at the London 
Pavilion, Dec,, 1910, as Nan in " Good 
for Nothing " ; at Wyndham's, Feb., 

1911, appeared as Lady Margaret 
Beauchamp in " Mr. Jar vis " ; at the 
Palace, Nov., 1911, played Odette in 
"The Choice"; at His Majesty's, 
Sept., 1912, played Elizabeth 
Sydenham in, " Drake " ; at Drury 
Lane, Apr., 1913, appeared as Vivien 
in " The Passing of the Third Floor 
.Back " ; at His Majesty's, June, 1913, 
again played Olivia in " Twelfth 
Night " ; at the New Theatre, Man- 
chester, Aug., 1913, Renee de Coche- 
fordt in " XJudcif the Red Robe " ; at 
the St. James's, May, 1914, Mabel 
Chiltern in " An Ideal Husband " ; 



at His Majesty's, Aug., 1914, re- 
appeared as Elizabeth Sydenham in 
"Drake"; July, 1915, as Madame 
Pasquier de la Man ere in " Peter 
Ibbetson " ; at the Comedy, May, 

1916, appeared in " Half-Past Eight" ; 
at the Haymarket, Feb., 1917, played 
Evelyn Garland in " Felix Gets a 
Month " ; at the St. James's, Dec., 

1917, Kitty Verdun in " Charley's 
Aunt" ; at the Queen's, Apr., 1918, 
Marion Fenton in " Lot 79 "; at the 
Lyric, July, 1918, Valentine Boudet 
in "The Purple Mask"; at the 
Garrick, Jan., 1919, Mary Willmore 
in "The Purse Strings"; during 
1920, played in variety theatres in 
" The Odds " ; at the' St. James's, 
May, 1921, played Lady Emma Jones 
in " Emma " ;' at the "Ambassadors', 
Sept., 1922, Lady Eleanor Davys in 
" Charles 1 " ; Nov., 1922, Lady 
Mabel in ' ' The Secret Agent " ; at 
the Prince oC Wales's, Apr., 1923, 
Lady Amy Ducksworth in " So This 
is London." favourite parts : Vivien 
in " The Passing of the Third Floor 
Back," and Nan in " Good for Noth- 
ing." Recreations : Reading, sewing, 
and motoring. Address : 95 Bedford 
Court Mansions, W.C.I. Telephone 
No. : Museum 6770. 

BEAYTON, Lily ; b. Hindley, Lanes, 
23 June, 1876; d. of the late Dr. 
Bray ton ; m. Oscar Asche ; made her 
first appearance on the stage in 1896, 
at Manchester, when she walked on 
in " Richard II," in F. R. Benson's 
company ; her first part was the Fairy 
Queen in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor," at Glasgow, Feb., 1897 ; 
made her first appearance in London 
at the Lyceum Theatre, with Benson's 
company, 15 Feb , 1900, when she 
appeared as Alice in " Henry V " ; 
also played there as Helena in "A 
Midsummer Night's Dream/' Player 
Queen in " Hamlet," Julia in " The 
Rivals," Queen in " Richard II," 
Olivia in " Twelfth Night," Iras in 
" Antony and Cleopatra," Iris in 
" The Tempest " ; appeared at Her 
Majesty's, Nov., 1900, as Mariamne in 
" Herod " ; Feb., 1901, made a " hit " 
as Viola in " Twelfth Night," toured 
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appeared at Her Maresty's, Oct., 1901, 
in " The Last of the Dandies " ; at 
the Duke of York's, Jan., 1902, played 
Giuditta Delia Torre in " The Twin 
Sister " ; at His Majesty's, June, 
1902, played Trilby ; Jan., 1903, Anne 
Page in " The " Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; Feb., 1903,' Thedosa in 
" Resurrection " ; subsequently play- 
ing Loyse in " The Ballad Monger " ; 
in Sept., 1903, played the Queen in 
" Richard II " ; in 1904^ toured 
as Yo-San in " The Darling of the 
Gods," subsequently playing the part 
at His Majesty's ; at the Adelphi, 
under the management of her husband 
and Otho Stuart, 1904-6, appeared in 
the leading parts in " The Prayer of the 
Sword," " The Taming of the Shrew," 
" Hamlet," " Under W r hich King," " A 
Midsummer Night's Dream," " Mea- 
sure for Measure," " The Lonely 
Millionaire," " Tristram and Iseult," 
" The Virgin Goddess " ; at His Majes- 
ty's Theatre, 4 Sept., 1907, under the 
joint management of her husband and 
herself, appeared as Ildico in " Attila," 
and 7 Oct., as Rosalind in "As You 
Like It " ; subsequently appeared as 
Desdemona in " Othello " and in a 
revival of " The Taming of the 
Shrew " ; at the Aldwych, 1908, ap- 
peared in " The Two Pins " ; toured 
in Australia, 1909, as Katherine in 
" The Taming of the Shrew," Portia 
in " The Merchant of Venice," Mistress 
Ford in ' ' The Merry Wives of Windsor/ ' 
Rosalind in "As You Like It," 
Juliana in " The Honeymoon," and 
Desdemona in " Othello " ; reappeared 
in London, at the New Theatre, 20 
Oct., 1910, as Clotilde in " Count 
Hannibal " ; at the Garrick, 25 Feb., 
1911, played Mistress Ford in "The 
Merry Wives of Windsor " ; 19 Apr., 
1911, Marsinah in "Kismet"; at 
the Gala performance at His Majesty's, 
27 June, 1911, played Delight in 
" The Vision of Delight " ; again visited 
Australia, 1912-3, subsequently pro- 
ceeding to South Africa ; during the 
South African tour, appeared as 
Cleopatra in " Antony and Cleopatra" ; 
reappeared in London, at the Globe 
Theatre, 10 Mar., 1914, as Marsinah in 
"Kismet"; same theatre, Sept., 
1914, played Mameena in the play of 
that name ; at the Palace, Feb., 1915, 



appeared as Halifah in " Haaj," sub- 
sequently touring in variety theatres 
in the same part ; at the Apollo 
Theatre, Dec., 1915, appeared as 
Juanita in " The Spanish Main " ; 
Jan., 1916, again played Katherine in 
"The Taming of the Shrew"; in 
Aug., 1916, in conjunction with her 
husband, entered on the management 
of His Majesty's Theatre ; on 31 
Aug., 1916, they produced " Chu- 
Chin-Chow," which ran uninterrup- 
tedly at that theatre until 22 July, 
1921 ; the play was performed 2,238 
times, and broke all records, and she 
pla}red the part of Zahrat-al-Kulub 
in the play nearly 2,000 times ; at 
His Majesty's, Oct., 1921, played 
Sharazad in " Cairo." Address : 50F 
Cornwall Gardens, S.W.7. Telephone 
No. : Western 681. 

BREESE, Edmund, actor ; b. Brook- 
lyn, 18 June, 1871 ; 5. of Josephine 
(Busby) and Renshaw Broese ; e. at 
Brooklyn public schools and privately ; 
m. (1) Genevieve Landry ; (2) Harriet 
A. Beach ; made his first appear- 
ance on the stage at the Opera 
House, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 
in the summer of 1895, in the part 
of Adonis Evergreen in " My Awful 
Dad " ; from 1896 to 1898 played lead 
with Mdme. Rhea, appearing as 
Charles II in " Nell Gwymie," 
Napoleon in " Josephine," Earl of 
Leicester in " Marie Stuart," de Sar- 
torys in " Frou-Frou," Benedick in. 
" Much Ado About Nothing," Shy lock 
in " The Merchant of Venice," and 
Chrysos in " Pygmalion and Galatea " ; 
in 1898 joined James O'Neill's com- 
pany, play ing in " Monte Cris to," " Vir- 
ginius," " When Greek Meets Greek " ; 
made his first appearance in New 
York, at the Grand Opera House, 
7 Nov., 1898, as Noirtier in " Monte 
Cristo " ; appeared at the Broadway 
Theatre, Mar., 1899, as Rochefort 
in " The Musketeers " ; remained 
with James O'Neill for four years ; 
next played a stock season at Castle 
Square, Boston ; appeared in the 
"all star" cast of "Monte Cristo/' 
and at the Knickerbocker Theatre, 
New York, 25 May, 1903, played 
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appeared at Worcester, Mass., in the 
leading parts in " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 
Hyde/' "Trilby," " Christopher Jun.," 
" Hazel^ Kirke," " A Parisian Ro- 
mance," " Sowing the Wind/' etc. ; 
subsequently in the same year played 
with Otis Skinner and Ada Rehan, 
as Bassanio, Joseph Surface, and 
Lucentio in " The Taming of the 
Shrew " ; later rejoined James O'Neill 
to play Napoleon in " The Adven- 
tures of Gerard " ; at the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre, 5 Apr., 1904, played 
Prince Phalti in " The Shepherd 
King " ; during the summer played 
" stock " engagements at Worcester, 
Mass., and Hartford, Conn., appear- 
ing in the leading rdles in " The Fool's 
Revenge," " The Middleman," " A 
Bachelor's Romance," " Dora/' 
" Parsifal," etc. ; in the autumn 
of 1904 toured with Robert Edeson 
in " Ranson's Folly " ; at the Hudson 
Theatre, 30 Jan., 1905, played Buck- 
ley and Black Eagle in " Strong- 
heart " ; at Hartford, Conn., July, 
1905, played Tom Dorgan in " The 
Bishop's Carriage," and then at the 
Lyceum, New York, 20 Nov., 1905, 
appeared as John Burkett Ryder 
in " The Lion and the Mouse " ; 
made his first appearance in London 
at the Duke of York's Theatre, 22 
May, 1906, in the same part, repeating 
his American success ; returning 
to New York he again appeared 
in the same play ; at the Lyceum, 
New York, 20 Nov., 1907, played 
in " The Mallet's Masterpiece " ; 
reappeared in London, at the 
Aldwych Theatre, 8 May, 1907, 
playing his original parts of Buckley 
and Black Eagle in " Strongheart " ; 
on his return to America toured 
the country in " The Lion and the 
Mouse " ; during 1908 appeared as 
Carson Bland in " The Invader," and 
Richard Brcwster in " The Third 
Degree " ; appearing at the Hudson 
Theatre, Now York, 1 Feb., 1909, 
in the latter part ; in 1909, toured 
as Sir Felix Janion in " The Earth " ; 
at the Belasco Theatre, 1 Feb., 1910, 
played John Emerson in " Just a 
Wife"; at the Hudson, 13 Apr., 
1910, Richard Ward in "The Spend- 
thrift " ; at the Garrick, New York, 
17 Jan,, 19H, played Dickon in " The 



Scarecrow"; at Chicago, Apr., 1911, 
played Roger Delaney in " The Fox " ; 
at Weber's Theatre, New York, 14 
Sept., 1911, appeared as Judge Amos 
Kingsley in "A Man of Honour " ; 
at the Hudson Theatre, 26 Mar., 1912, 
played James Morehouse in " The 
Right to be Happy " ; at Pittsburgh, 
Sept., 1912, Bill Sykes in "Oliver 
Twist " ; at the Harris Theatre, New 
York, 17 Feb., 1913, Andrew in " The 
Master Mind "; subsequently, 1913-14, 
toured in the same part ; at the 
Bronx Opera House, 5 Sept., 1914, 
played Frederick Wagner in " To- 
Day " ; at the Boston Theatre, Boston, 
6 Nov , 1914, played in " Mercedes " ; 
at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Sept., 

1915, played the Corporal in " Mo- 
loch " ; at the Booth Theatre, Jan., 

1916, Major Stone in " The Fear 
Market " ; at Castle Square, Boston, 
June, 1916, Daniel Halifax in "The 
Scapegoat " ; at the Shubert, Boston, 
Apr., 1917, Daniel O'Neill in " The 
Woman thou Gavest Me " ; at the 
Booth, New York, Aug., 1917, Godfrey 
Mayhew in "Friend Martha" ; sub- 
sequently toured as John in " Why 
Marry ? " and appeared in the same 
part at the Astor Theatre, Jan., 1918 ; 
toured in the same part 1918-19 ; 
in Dec., 1919, appeared at Chicago as 
Ichabod Whitsoii in " Welcome 
Stranger/' and appeared in the same 
part at the Cohan and Harris Theatre, 
New York, Sept., 1920 ; toured in the 
same part till June, 1921 ; at the Ritz, 
New York, Sept., 1921, played John 
Brandon in " Bluebeard's Eighth 
Wife " ; at the Hudson, Aug., 1922, 
Hiram Draper in " So This is London "; 
he played this part (or one year, arid 
then toured in it in the principal cities 
of the United States, until Mar., 1924 ; 
has also appeared in several cinema 
plays ; is part-author (with Anna S. 
Richardson) of the play, " The Love 
Leash/' produced 1912, and " A Man's 
Home," produced 1917. Recreations : 
Athletic sports of all kinds, principally 
golf, and reading. Clubs : Lambs', 
N.Y. Athletic, Automobile Club of 
America, Westport Golf, Norwalk 
Country, Actors' Fund of America, 
Actors Order of Friendship, Authors 
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Golf, and Actors' Society. Address : 
Edmund Breeze Farm, Norwalk, 
Conn., U.S.A. 

BREON, Edmond, actor ; b. Hamil- 
ton, Scotland, 12 Dec., 1882 ; s. of 
E. V. Maclaverty and his wife Eleanor 
(McCall) ; e. Mostyn House and United 
Services College'; made Ms first 
appearance on the stage at the Comedy 
Theatre, 1906, succeeding Courtenay 
Foote as Viscount Crowley in "Raffles"; 
at the Court, Oct., 1907, played Sir 
Gerald O'Mara in " Lady Frederick " ; 
was a member of the Glasgow Reper- 
tory Company, 1910-11 ; at the 
Aldwych, May, 1911, played Yasha 
in " The Cherry Orchard " ; at the 
Criterion, July, 1911, Vincent in " The 
Girl Who Couldn't Lie " ; at the 
Court, Jan., 1Q12, John in " Ruther- 
ford and Son " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Sept., 1912, Algernon Gossa- 
more in " Art and Opportunity " ; at 
the Queen's, Dec., 1912, Lieut-Col. 
Whithair in " The Tide " ; at the 
Globe, June, 1913, Sir Bevis Glaston- 
bury in " The Gilded Pill " ; at the 
Vaudeville, Oct., 1913, Bill Higgins 
in " Between Sunset and Dawn/' and 
Francois in " The Green Cockatoo " ; 
Nov., 1913, Captain Edstaston in 
*' Great Catherine " ; Dec., 1913, Amos 
Jordan in " Robina in Search of a 
Husband " ; reappeared after the 
war, at the Royalty, Jan., 1922, when 
he played James Mountford in " The 
Eleventh Commandment " ; at the 
St. Martin's, Mar., 1922, played 
Charles Winsor in " Loyalties " ; at 
the Duke of York's, May, 1923, played 
Dr. Gordon Spencer in " Her Tempor- 
ary Husband " ; at the New, Aug., 

1923, Bill Haversham in " The Eye 
of Siva " ; at the Everyman, Feb., 

1924, Franco Spina in " The Mask 
and the Face " ; at Drury Lane, 
June, 1924, Captain Maurice Oppletree 
in " London Life " ; at the Queen's, 
Sept., 1924, Charles Cleghorne in 
" The Claimant." Recreations : Riding 
and motoring. A ddress : Green Room 
Club, 46 Leicester Square, W.C.2. 

BRIAN, Donald, actor and vocalist ; 
b. St. John's, Newfoundland, 17 Feb., 
1877 ; s. of the late D. F. Brian ; e. 
Boston ; m. Margaret Sylvia (Gleeson 
Pope) ; made his first appearance on 



the stage at Lawrence, Mass., 26 
Nov., 1896, as Hardie Grant in 
" Shannon of the Sixth " ; made 
his first appearance on the New 
York stage, at the People's Theatre, 

20 Feb., 1899, as Spangler in " On 
the Wabash " ; subsequently appeared 
in "The Man from Mexico," "The New 
Boy," " Three Little Lambs," etc. ; 
played a stock engagement at Rich- 
mond, Va. ; toured as Tom Schuyler 
in " The Chaperones " ; at the New 
York Theatre, appeared in " The Supper 
Club," " The Belles of Broadway," 
" Florodora," and subsequently played 
in " The Silver Slipper " ; next toured 
in " Myles Aroon," and appeared with 
George M. Cohan as Henry Hapgood 
in " Little Johnnie Jones," 1904 ; 
he next played Tom Bennett in 
" Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," 
and in 1907, played Joe Westcolt in 
" Fifty Miles from Boston " ; he made 
his first striking success in New York, 
when at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 

21 Oct., 1907, he appeared as Prince 
Danilo in " The Merry Widow " ; at 
the Knickerbocker Theatre, 6 Sept, 
1909, he played Freddy Smythe in 
" The Dollar Princess " ; at the same 
theatre, 28 Aug., 1911, appeared as 
the Marquis de Ravaillac in " The 
Siren " ; 22 Sept., 1913, as Jack 
Fleetwood in " The Marriage Market "; 
24 Aug., 1914, as Sandy Blair in <f The 
Girl from Utah " ; at tlic Liberty 
Theatre, Jan., 1916, played The Gnuul 
Duke in " Sybil " ; at the Broad- 
hurst, Nov., 1917, Andre tic Courcy in 
" Her Regiment " ; at the New 
Amsterdam, Sept., 1918, Robert 
Lambrissac in " The Girl Behind the 
Gun"; at the Selwyn, Oct., 1919, 
Sunny in " Buddies " ; loured in 
this, 1920-21 ; at the Century, New 
York, Dec., 1921, played Bumerli in 
" The Chocolate Soldier " ; at the 
Playhouse, Nov., 1922, Albert Bennett 
in " Up She Goes " ; at the Frassoo, 
Mar., 3923, Fred Farrell in " JBarnum 
Was Right." Club : Tlio Lamias', 
New York. Address : Lambs' Club, 
128 West 44th Street, New York City, 
U.S.A. 

BRIDGES-ABAMS, W,, stage-direc- 
tor; b. Harrow, 1 Mar., 1889; s. o,f 
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Mary (Daltry) ; e. Bedales and Worces- 
ter College, Oxford ; in. Muriel Pratt 
(mar. aimllued) ; was a member of the 
O.U.D.S., witli whom he appeared as 
Prospero in " The Tempest " and 
Leontes in " The Winter's Tale " ; 
gained experience as an actor in the 
provinces, and in 1910 was assistant 
stage- manager to William Poel ; in 
1911 joined the late Laurence Irving, 
and played GromofC in " The Unwrit- 
ten Law," and Laertes in " Hamlet " ; 
appeared at the Kingsway Theatre, 19 
Mar., 1912, as Pylades in " Iphigenia 
in TaurJ.s " ; subsequently played 
in Shakespearean repertory with Pa- 
trick Kirwan ; during 1913 toured as 
Reggie in " The Younger Generation "; 
was part-manager and producer for 
the Bristol Repertory Theatre, 1914- 
15, producing " The Doctor's Di- 
lemma," " The Scarecrow," " Helen 
of the High Hand," " The Truth," 
" Mrs, Gorringe's Necklace," " There" se 
Raqum," etc., and played a variety of 
parts ; appeared at the St. James's, 
(-> Jan., 1916, under the late Sir George 
Alexander, as J ticliard de Lacorfe in 
" TJie Basker " ; his first production 
in London was at the King's Hall, 
Co vent Garden, 28 Nov., 1912, when 
he produced " Job," for the Norwich 
Players ; subsequently produced " Iris 
Intervenes " at the Kingsway, Oct., 
1915, for Lena Ashwell, and " Judith," 
for the Stage Society, Jan., 1916 ; was 
manager aiid producer of the Liverpool 
Repertory Theatre, 1916-17, where he 
made a number of productions, and 
changed the name of the theatre to the 
Playhouse ; produced " The Loving 
Heart " at the New Theatre, June, 
1918 ; in 1919, undertook the direction 
of the Stratford-on-Avon Shakesperean 
Festivals, and founded and organised 
the New Shakespeare Company, under 
the auspices of a joint committee of the 
Shakespeare Memorial. National Thea- 
tre, and the governors of the Memorial 
Theatre, StratJTord-on-Avon ; at the 
Memorial Theatre, produced " The 
Tempest," " Julius Caesar," " A Mid- 
summer Night's Dream," " The Merry 
Wives of Windsor," "The Winter's 
Tale," " Romeo and Juliet " ; at the 
Memorial Theatre, 1 920, produced 
" Cymbeiine/' " Richard U," " Ham- 
let/*' " Much Ado About Nothing/' 



" The Taming of the Shrew/' " The 
Merchant of Venice," "Twelfth Night/' 
" As You Like It," " Macbeth," 
"Henry V"; in 1921, "Richard 
III/' " " Antony and Cleopatra," 
" Henry IV " (part 11), " The School 
for Scandal," etc. ; in 1922, " All's 
Well that Ends Well," " The Rivals," 
" Othello " ; in 1923, " Measure for 
Measure/' " She Stoops to Conquer/' 
" Henry IV " (part I) ; in 1924, 
" King Lear " ; London seasons at 
King's Hammersmith, 1923-4 ; he also 
produced the Oxford Millenary Pageant 
1912 ; Abergavenny Pageant, 1913 ; 
" Mid-Channel " at the State Theatre, 
Amsterdam, 1919 ; several produc- 
tions for the O.U.D.S., 1921-2 ; pro- 
duced " Much Ado About Nothing," 
" The Taming of the Shrew " and 
" Twelfth Night " at the National 
Theatre, Christiania, 1922; "The 
Merry Wives of Windsor/' at Lyric, 
Hammersmith, Dec., 1923 ; designed 
the scenery for the Gilbert and 
Sullivan revivals at the Prince's 
Theatre, 1919-24. Clubs : Savile, 
and Garrick. 

BBIERC1IFFE, Nellie, actress and 
vocalist ; m. Major Thirlwall Philip- 
son ; gained a good deal of experience 
on tour in the provinces ; during 
1915-16 toured in the D'Oyly Carte 
Opera Company ; appeared at the 
Adelphi Theatre, 1917, as Joy Chatter- 
ton in " The Boy " ; at the Palace 
Theatre, May, 1918, played Elsie 
Darling in " Very Good, Eddie " ; at 
the Prince's Theatre, Sept., 1919, to 
Jan., 1920, played Tessa in " The 
Gondoliers," lolanthc, Pitti Sing in 
" The Mikado," Lady Angela in " Pa- 
tience/' PhoeSe Meryll in " The 
Yeomen of the Guard," Melissa in 
" Princess Ida," Hebe in " H.M.S. 
Pinafore," and Constance in " The 
Sorcerer " ; at the Comedy Theatre, 
Feb., 1920, played Sylvia Saltmarsh 
in " Wild Geese " ; at the Shaftesbury, 
June, 1920, appeared as Dulcinea in 
" Oh ! Julie " ; at the Garrick, Dec., 
1920, played Christoel in " The Shep- 
herdess Without a Heart " ; at the 
Kingsway, Feb., 1924, Hannah May- 
dew in " Kate." Address : 60 Duke 
Street, Grosvenor Square, W.I. Tele- 
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BRIGrHOUSE, Harold, dramatic au- 
thor ; b. Eccles., Lanes, 26 July, 1882 ; 
e. Manchester Grammar School ; is 
the author of the following plays 
originally produced by Miss Horni- 
man's Repertory Company at the 
Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, and else- 
where : "The Doorway," 1909; 
" Dealing in Futures," 1909 ; " The 
Polygon," 1911; "Lonesome Like," 

1911 ; " Spring in Bloomsbury," 1911 ; 
has also written " The Price of Coal," 
Playhouse, Nov., 1911; "The Oak 
Settle," Liverpool Repertory, Jan., 

1912 ; " The Odd Man Out," Royalty, 
Apr., 1912; "Little Red Shoes," 
Prince of Wales's, May, 1912; "The 
Game," Liverpool Repertory, 1913; 
" Garside's Career," Gaiety, Manches- 
ter, 1914 ; " The Northerners/' Gaiety, 
Manchester, 1914; "The Road to 
Raebury/' Prince's, Manchester, 1915 ; 
" Followers," Prince's, Manchester, 
1915; " The Hillary's ' ' (with Stanley 
Houghton), Kelly's, Liverpool, 1915; 
" Converts," Gaiety, Manchester, 1915 ; 
" Hobson's Choice/' Apollo, 1916 ; 
" The Clock Goes Round," Globe, 
1916; " Zack," Syracuse, N.Y., 1916 ; 
" Maid of France," Coliseum, 1918 ; 
" Lonesome Like," Comedy, N.Y., 
1918; "The Bantam V.C.," St. Martin's, 
1919 ; " Other Times," Little, 1920. 
" Mary's John/' Playhouse, Liverpool, 
1924. Clubs: Savage and Dramatists'. 
Address : 67 Parliament Hill, Hamp- 
stead, N.W.3. Telephone No. : Hamp- 
stead, 4074. 

BRISSON, Carl, actor; b. Copen- 
hagen, Denmark, 24 Dec., 1895 ; 
e, Copenhagen ; before adopting a 
stage career was a familiar figure in 
the sporting world in Denmark, under 
his real name of Carl Pederson, and 
at the age of 15 won the amateur 
light-weight boxing championship of 
Denmark ; subsequently won the 
welter-weight championship of Middle 
Europe and Scandinavia ; made his 
first appearance on the stage in Sept., 
1916, as a dancer, with his sister, in 
Denmark ; subsequently appeared on 
the cinema stage, visited Sweden as 
a cabaret-singer, and appeared in 
revue at Stockholm, in " Hallo ! 
America," " Zig-Zag," and " Brisson's 
Blue Blondes " ; toured in South 



Africa and was engaged by Moss 
Empires Ltd. ; made his first appear- 
ance in London, at the Finsbury 
Park Empire, 28 May, 1921, appearing 
in a sketch, entitled " The Clown "; 
subsequently toured in provincial 
music-halls ; was then engaged for 
the part of Prince Danilo in the 
revival of " The Merry Widow/' and 
appeared at Daly's, 19 May, 1923 ; 
after touring in the same part, again 
played it at the Lyceum, May, 1924 ; 
in Aug., 1924, toured as Prince Karl 
in " Katja the Dancer " ; at the King's, 
Glasgow, Dec., 1924, played Harry 
Conder in " The Dollar Princess," 
Favourite part : Danilo. Recreations : 
Motoring, golf and boxing. Address ; 
Daly's "Theatre, Cranbourn Street, 
W.C.2. 

BBITTON, Hutin (Nellie), actress ; 
b. Reading, 24 Apr., 1876 ; m. Mathe- 
son Lang ; studied singing and acting 
at the Royal Academy of Music ; made 
her first appearance on the stage with 
F. R. Benson's B Company, at Brigh- 
ton, Sept., 1901, in " King Henry 
V " ; played a wide range of parts 
during her stay with this company ; 
first came into prominence in 1903, 
when at the Imperial, 15 Apr., 1903, 
she appeared with Ellen Terry, 
as Dagny in " The Vikings " ; at 
the same theatre, May, 1903, she 
played Hero in " Much Ado About 
Nothing " ; subsequently toured with 
Ellen Terry in the same parts, and as 
Gisela in " The Mistress of the Robes "; 
made a notable success at the Grand 
Theatre, Croydon, June, 1905, as 
Mehalah in a play of that name ; toured 
in the West Indies, 1905, playing lead 
in the company sent out by F. R. 
Benson ; in the autumn of the same 
year, toured with Beerbohm. Tree, as 
Nancy in " Oliver Twist " ; at the 
Adelphi, Sept., 1906, appeared as 
Arganthailin " Tristram and Lseult " ; 
in the autumn of 1907, toured with 
Beerbohm Tree, as Blanquettc do Veau 
in " The Beloved Vagabond," and 
Helena Landless in " The Mystery of 
Edwin Droocl " ; appeared at His 
Majesty's Theatre, Feb., 1908, as Blan- 
quette in " The Beloved Vagabond *' ; 
at the Playhouse, May, 1908, played 
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next seen at the Lyceum, where in 
Aug., 1908, she played Kate Cregeen 
in $ ' Pete/' and Mar., 1909, Ophelia 
in " Hamlet " ; appeared at His 
Majesty's, June, 1909, as Lady 
Elizabeth in " Richard III " ; the 
following year visited Australia with 
her husband, opening at Sydney, 
21 May, 1910, as Kate in "Pete"; 
also appeared there as Stasia in " The 
Passing of the Third Floor Back " ; 
at Stratford-on-Avon, Apr., 1911, 
played Lady Macbeth ; in May, 1911, 
sailed for South Africa with her 
husband, playing Roxalanne in 
" Bardelys the Magnificent/' " Kath- 
erinc in " The Taming of the Shrew/' 
Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Portia, 
Beatrice, Stasia in " The Passing of 
the Third Floor Back/' and Nell 
Gwynnc in " Sweet Nell of Old Drury" ; 
at Cape Town, Oct., 1911, played 
Lctitia Dale in " Jack o' Jingles/' 
and Lady Blakeney in " The Scarlet 
Pimpernel"; in Nov., 1911, pro- 
ceeded to India ; on her return to 
England in 1913, was made an 
Associate of the Royal Academy of 
Music; reappeared in London, at 
the Palladium, Feb., 1913, as Aya- 
canora in " Westward Ho ! " ; in the 
autumn of 1914, she, with her husband, 
assisted Miss Lilian JBaylis to start her 
first Shakespearean season, at the 
"Old Vic " ; she produced " The 
Merchant of Venice " herself, and 
played Portia, and with her husband, 
she produced " Hamlet " ; during 
1915 toured with her husband, as 
Mrs. Gregory in " Mr. Wu " ; at the 
Aldwych Theatre, July, 1915, re- 
appeared as Kate in " Polo " ; sub- 
sequently toured with her husband ; 
at the St. James's, Dec., 1915, played 
Portia in "*Thc Merchant of Venice " ; 
in 1916, she was taken ill, and left 
the stage for four years ; reappeared, 
at the Strand Theatre, July, 1920, 
when .she played Hdlenc Vauquier in 
" At the Villa Rose " ; at the Mew 
Theatre, Sept,, 1920, played Judith 
in " The Wandering Jew " ; at the 
" Old Vic/' Mar., 1924, Volumnia in 
" CoriolanuH " ; at the New, Nov., 
1924, again played Judith in " The 
Wandering Jew," Address : 11 Ger- 
rarcl Street, W.I. Telephone No. : 
Regent 2920. 



BROADHURST, George H., dramatic 
author ; b. England, 1866, but left 
in 1886 for the United States; he 
entered on a theatrical career by 
assuming management of theatres in 
Milwaukee and Baltimore, and sub- 
sequently became manager of the 
Bush Street Theatre, San Francisco ; 
was for some time editor of a news- 
paper at Great Forks, North Dakota ; 
he has written many popular plays 
on both sides of the Atlantic. Among 
his pieces are the following : " The 
American Lord/' " The Coward/' 
" The Duke of Duluth/' " A Fool 
and his Money/' " The Garden of 
Lies," " The House that Jack 
Built," " The Last Chapter," " The 
Crown Prince/' " The Lady from 
Lane's " (with Gus. Kerker), " The 
Man of the Hour," " The Specu- 
lator/' " What Happened to Jones/* 
" Why Smith Left Home," and 
" The Wrong Mr. Wright " ; the 
three last-mentioned pieces each had 
very long runs when produced in 
London ; he was also responsible for 
the libretto of " Nancy Brown " ; 
during Mar., 1907, " The Mills of 
the Gods/' a revised version of 
" The Coward," was produced at the 
Astor Theatre, and a new play, " The 
Man and the Woman," was pro- 
duced in May, at Milwatikee ; at 
Cincinnati, in Sept., 1907, " Wild- 
fire," written in collaboration with 
George V. Hobart, was produced 
by Miss Lillian Russell ; during 1908, 
three plays from his pen were pro- 
duced, " The Easterner," " The Call 
of the North," and " An International 
Marriage " ; in 1909, " The Dollar 
Mark " ; 1910, " The Garden of Lies," 
"The Captain" (with C. T. Dazey), 
and " Bought and Paid For " ; during 
1911, "The Price"; during 1912, 
" Just Like John " (with Mark Swain) ; 
during 1913, "To-Day" (with A. S. 
Sehomer ; during 1914, " Innocent " 
(from the Hungarian) ; " The Law of 
the Land " ; during 1915, " He Didn't 
Want to Do It " (with Walter Hackett); 
"What Money Can't 'Buy," 1915; 
" Fast and Grow Fat/' 1916 ; " Rich 
Man, Poor Man " (from a novel), 1906 ; 
"Over the 'Phone" (from the Hun- 
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1918; "The Crimson Alibi," 1919; 
"Wild Oats Lane" (on "The Gam- 
bling Chaplain"), 1922; "Izzy" 
(with Mrs. Trimble Bradley), 1924 ; 
" The Red Falcon " (with Mrs. Trimble 
Bradley), 1924 ; is the manager of the 
Broadhurst Theatre, New York. Club : 
Lambs', New York .City. 

BEOCrDEN, Gwendoline, actress and 
vocalist; b. Hull, 28 Sept., 1891; 
d. of Thomas Brogden and his wife 
Gertrude (Walsh) ; e. Versailles ; m. 
Basil Foster (mar. dis.) ; made her first 
appearance on the stage, as a child, at 
the Vaudeville Theatre, 18 Dec., 1901, 
as The Water Lily in " Bluebell in 
Fairyland " ; she then remained at 
school until 1906 ; next appeared at 
the Prince of Wales's, 31 Jan., 1907, as 
Freda Voos in " Miss Hook of 
Holland " ; appeared at Daly's, 1908-9, 
in " The Merry Widow," and in Feb., 
1909, played Frou-Frou in that piece ; 
at His Majesty's, 16 Dec., 1909, played 
Cinderella in " Pinkie and the Fairies" ; 
at the Duke of York's, 26 Dec., 1910, 
played in " Peter Pan " ; at the 
Comedy, 23 Sept., 1911, Madame Briey 
in " The Marionettes " ; at the Duke 
of York's, 17 Feb., 1912, " Jimmie " 
Birch in " The 'Mind-the-Paint' Girl"; 
at the Gaiety, 1912-13, succeeded Olive 
May as Lady Rosabelle Merridew in 
" The Sunshine Girl " ; 5 Apr., 1913, 
played Signora Maria Gesticulata in 
" The Girl on the Film " ; at the 
Palace, 15 Dec., 1913, the Hon. Lily 
Eaton - Belgrave in "A Pantomime 
Rehearsal " ; at the Gaiety, Apr., 
1914, Fay in " After the Girl " ; at the 
Palace, Sept., 1914, Kitty O'Hara in 
" The Passing Show " ; at the Empire, 
Nov., 1914, appeared in " The Doubt " ; 
at the Palace, Apr., 1915, played in 
the 1915 "Passing Show"; at the 
Palace, Sept., 1915, played in "Bric- 
a-brac " ; Nov., 1916, appeared in 
"Vanity Fair"; in 1917, in "Airs 
and Graces " ; Oct., 1917, played 
Pamela Bright in " Cash on Delivery "; 
at the Comedy, Apr., 1918, appeared 
in " Bubbly " ; at the Coliseum, 
Aug., 1918, played in " The Voice of 
Duty " ; she then went to the Palace, 
Paris, Apr., 1919, and appeared in 
" Hullo, Paris ! " ; at the Gaiety, 
Oct., 1919, played Pauline Deare in 



"The Kiss Call"; at Daly's, May, 
1920, Chiquita in " A Southern Maid " ; 
at the London Pavilion, July, 1923, 
succeeded Madge Compton in " Dover 
Street to Dixie." Address : 33 
Springfield Road, N.W.8. Telephone 
No. : Maida Vale 12 11. 

BEOMLEY-DAVENPOET, Arthur, 

actor ; b. Baginton, Warwickshire, 29 
Oct., 1867 ; s. of the late Colonel 
William Bromley-Davenport, M.P. ; 
e. Eton ; m. Mdme. Adelaide Marie 
Burdillat ; after considerable experi- 
ence as an amateur made his first 
appearance on the professional stage 
at the Theatre Royal, Margate, 6 June, 
1892, as Ivan Nordoff in " Siberia," 
with the late Sarah Thome's " stock " 
company, remaining there some time, 
and playing a variety o parts ; made 
his first appearance in London at the 
Trafalgar Square (now Duke of York's) 
Theatre, 8 May, 1893, as Count Achille 
Czernocski in a revival of " Time will 
Tell " ; was then engaged by George 
Alexander for the St. James's Theatre, 
and in the autumn of 1893 appeared 
there as Doctor Jayne in " The Second 
Mrs. Tanqueray " ; at the same thea- 
tre, Apr., 1894, played Sharland in 
" The Masqucraders " ; subsequently 
toured in " The New Woman," 
"Caste" (as Sam Gerridge), "The 
Late Mr. Castello," etc. ; accompanied 
the late E. S. Willard to America, and 
made his first appearance in New 
York, at Palmer's Theatre, 7 Dec., 
1896, as Sir Thomas Dovergrceii in 
" The Rogue's Comedy " ; ho also 
played Jesse Pcgg in '"' The Middle- 
man," and in " Tlie Professor's Love 
Story," etc. ; appeared at the Court 
Theatre, 1898, in " His Excellency the 
Governor " ; at Terry's, 1898, in " The 
Broad Road " ; appeared at the 
Prince of Wales's, 1901, with Forbes- 
Robertson in " The Moonlight Blos- 
som " and " The Sacrament of Judas "; 
at the Duke of York's, 1900, in " The 
Lackey's Carnival " ; appeared at the 
Royalty, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, 
1901, playing Sir George Orreyd in 
" The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," and 
also appearing in " Magcla/ 1 and subse- 
quently accompanying hot to the 
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was frequently engaged producing for 
amateurs ; in May, 1912, made his re- 
appearance in London, at the Adelphi, 
playing Colonel Aimesley in " Autumn 
Manoeuvres " ; at the outbreak of 
war served in the Staffordshire Yeo- 
manry ; served in Egypt, 1915-16 ; 
after "being demobilised in 1919, ap- 
peared at the Criterion, Apr., 1919, as 
Sir Nicholas Parfitt in " Our Mr. 
Hepplewhite " ; at the West Pier, 
Brighton, Nov., 1919, played Gabb in 
" Just a Wife or Two " ; at Wynd-* 
ham's, Feb., 1920, succeeded Gilbert 
Hare as Lord Sandhills in " The 
Choice " ; at the Comedy, Oct., 1920, 
played Henry Knowlc in " The Roman- 
tic Age " ; lie then appeared on the 
cinema stage for some time ; at the 
Regent Theatre, Apr., 1923, played 
Mr. Beeke and The Woodcutter in 
" The Insect Play " ; at the Comedy, 
Mar., 1924, Sir Charles Haggerston in 
" Far Above Rubies " ; May, 1924, 
James Farington in " This Marriage " ; 
at the Queen's, Sept., 1924, Oswald 
Usherwood in " The Claimant " ; at 
the Everyman, Nov., 1924, and at 
the Royalty, Dec., 1924, David Lan- 
caster in " The Vortex." Recreations : 
All outdoor sports. Club : Green 
Room. Address : 24 Pelham Street, 
S.W.7. Talc-phone No. : Kensington 
2583, 

BROOK, Olive, actor; b. London, 
1891 ; made his first appearance on 
the stage in the provinces, 1918, 
after leaving the Army, when he 
played the part of Philip Evans in 
" Fair and Warmer " ; made his first 
appearance in London, at the St. 
Martin's, 11 Feb., 1920, when he played 
Hugh Crauford hi" Just Like Judy " ; 
later in the same month, played 
Foxcroft Grey in "Over Sunday"; 
in Aug., 1920, appeared on the cinema 
stage in " Trent's Last Case " ; lie 
then toured with Iris Hoey in " The 
Harbury Pearls " ; at the Ambassa- 
dors', Doc., 1921, played Dr. Lomax 
iu " Clothes and the Woman " ; then 
returned to the cinema stage, and has 
since made several successful pictures. 
Recreations : Riding, tennis and writ- 
ing, Address : 12 Abercorn Place, 
N.W.3, or <?/o Akerman May Agency, 
7/8 Leicester Place, W.C.2. 



BROOKE, Cynthia, actress; b. 
Australia, 15 Dec., 1875 ; e. privately 
in London ; m. F. G. Latham ; made 
her first appearance on the stage, at 
the Adelphi Theatre, 19 Apr., 1890, in 
a revival of " The Green Bushes " ; 
was next engaged by Willie Edouin at 
the Strand, as understudy in " Niobe "; 
subsequently toured with Edouin in 
" Turned Up," " The Sleep-walker/' 
" The New Wing," etc. ; made a great 
success when she appeared as Paula in 
" The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," on 
tour, 1894-5 ; appeared at the Adelphi, 
1895, as Lucy in ''The Girl I Left 
Behind Me " ; subsequently toured as 
Agnes in " The Notorious Mrs. 
Ebbsmith " ; at the Criterion, 1897, 
appeared with Charles Wyndham as 
Beatrice Ebernoe in " The Liars " ; 
went to the United States, 1898 ; 
appeared at Drury Lane, Sept., 1900, 
in " The Price of Peace " ; at the Great 
Queen Street Theatre, June, 1901, 
played Lady Walter Bective in " The 
Lady from Texas " ; in 1903, went 
to Australia, under J. C. Williamson, 
Ltd., playing in "A Midsummer 
Night's Dream," etc. ; appeared 
at the Crown, Peckham, May, 1904, 
as Maud Sullivan in " The Rake's 
Wife " ; supported Edward Terry 
during his New York season, at the 
Princess Theatre, New York, 1904-5, 
playing Marion Burnside in " The 
House of Burnside/* Abigail Bright in 
" Love in Idleness/' Minnie in " Sweet 
Lavender " ; appeared at the Garrick, 
London, Dec., 1909, as Mrs. Penny- 
father in " Where Children Rule " ; at 
the Queen's, Jan., 1910, played Lady 
Hilda Holden in "Dr. Jekyll and 
Mr. Hyde " ; appeared at His Majesty's, 
Sept., 1913, as Rachel in " Joseph and 
His Brethren " ; at the Devonshire 
Park Theatre, Eastbourne, Feb., 1914, 
played Mrs. Laura Silvester in " Love 
and the Law " ; again crossed to 
America, 1914, and appeared at the 
Playhouse, New York, Sept., 1914, as 
Mary Willoughby in " The Eldest 
Son " ; at the Comedy, New York, 
Feb., 1915, played Mrs. Sanderson in 
"The White Feather" ("The Man 
Who Stayed at Home ") ; at the 
Shubert theatre, Mar., 1916, appeared 
as Mrs. Crosby in " The Great Pursuit " 
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York, Oct., 1916, as Philippa De 
Lacorfe in " The Basker " ; at the 
Gaiety, New York, Dec., 1917, as 
Lady Broughton in " General Post " ; 
at the Bijou, Oct., 1920, Mrs. Hillcrist 
in " The Sldn Game." 

BROOKE, Emily, actress ; d. of Sir 
George Brooke, Bt., and his wife Emily 
Alma (Barton) ; m. Henry S. Persse ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Garrick Theatre, 10 Oct., 1917, 
as Susan Blaine in " The Saving 
Grace"; at the Savoy, Mar., 1918, 
appeared as Gwendolyn Ralston in 
" Nothing But the Truth " ; at the 
Queen's, Mar., 1919, as Sylvia Bailey 
in " The House of Peril " ; at the 
Haymarket, Sept., 1919, as Ruth 
Atkins, in " Daddies " ; at Wyiidham's, 
Sept., 1920, as Beatrice Audley in 
" The Prude's Fall " ; Mar., 1921, 
Phyllis Ben ton in " Bull-Dog Drum- 
mond." 

BROOKE, Sarah, actress; born in 
India, the daughter of an officer, sta- 
tioned there ; m. Ronald Hamilton, 5. 
of Lord George Hamilton ; was pre- 
pared for the stage by the late Sarah 
Thorne, with whom she made her 
first appearance on the stage ; toured 
with Thomas Thorne in " Miss Tom- 
boy," 1895 ; made her first appear- 
ance in London, at the Lyceum, 
15 Jan., 1896, as Rose Gibbard in 
" Michael and His Lost Angel " ; also 
played Anna in " For the Crown," 
Maria in " The School for Scandal/' 
etc. ; toured with Forbes- Robertson, 
as Militza in " For the Crown," Des- 
demona in " Othello," etc. ; at the 
Criterion, 1897, played Dolly Coke 
in " The Liars " ; at the Avenue, 1899, 
played in " An Interrupted Honey- 
moon " ; at Her Majesty's, 1899, 
played in " King John " ; 1900, 
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's 
Dream " ; at the Lyceum, Dec., 1900, 
Katherine, in " Henry the Fifth " ; 
at the Royalty, 1902, Cecily in " Mixed 
Relations " ; at the Duke of York's, 
1903, played in " Letty " ; at the 
Imperial, 1905, played Katherine in 
"Henry the Fifth"; at the Court, 
1905, played Violet in "Man and 
Superman " ; at the Scala, 1905, played 
lead in " Dodo " ; appeared at Imperial 



in " Harlequin King," 1906 ; Mrs. 
Vidal in " Raffles " Comedy, 1906 ; 
Guinevere Penfold in the revival of 
" The Cuckoo," Vaudeville, 1907 ; 
appeared at the New Theatre, Oct., 

1908, as the Hon. Mrs. Challoner 
in "Bellamy the Magnificent"; in 

1909, appeared at the Kings way, 
as Lady Susan in " The Earth " ; 
during 1910, appeared at the Aldwych, 
as Ninon in " Champions of Morality," 
and at the New, as Renee Serval in 
" The Crisis " ; at the Royalty, 1911, 
played Mrs. Villiers in " The Master 
of Mrs. Chilvers " ; entered on the 
management of the Globe Theatre, 
10 Feb., 1912, when she appeared as 
Laura Murdoch in " The Easiest Way, " 
which she subsequently transferred to 
the Queen's, and then toured in the 
same part ; at the Little Theatre, 
Feb., 1913, played Lucia Coventry in 
" A Matter of Money " ; at the Vaude- 
ville, Oct., 1913, played Sev6rine in 
" The Green Cockatoo " ; at the 
Coronet, Dec., 1913, Madame Chanteuil 
in " Woman on Her Own " ; made her 
first appearance in the variety theatres, 
at the Tivoli, 15 Dec., 1913, as Mrs. 
Whiting in " The Goldfish " ; at the 
Haymarket, May, 1914, played Mrs, 
Pomfleet in " The Great Gamble " ; 
at the Garrick, Mar., 1915, played 
Mrs. Jimmy Wellington in " Excuse 
Me ! " ; at The Repertory Theatre, 
Liverpool, May, 1915, Baroness Louisa 
Sangioyi in " Countess Coquette," 
playing the same part at the Hippo- 
drome, Croydon, Aug., 1915. Favour- 
ite parts : Militza, Dodo, and Laura 
Murdoch iu " The Easiest Way," 
A ddress : 9 Stanhope Street, Sussex 
Square, W.2. Telephone. No, : 
Paddington, 2358. 

BROOKS, Virginia Fox, actress and 
vocalist ; b. New York, 1893 ; d, 
of the late Joseph Brooks ; studied 
music in Europe 1910-14 ; first ap- 
peared on concert platform, at the 
Bechstein Hall, London, 1912, with 
Yvette Guilbert ; first appeared on the 
operatic stage, May, 1914, at Poitiers, 
France, as Iphegenie in " Iphegeiiie et 
Tauride " ; made her first appearance 
on the regular stage at the "Shubert 
Theatre, New York, 15 D<fe., 1914, in 
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Maxine Elliott Theatre, Mar., 1915, 
played Dorothy Fenton in " The 
Adventure of Lady Ursula " ; at the 
Shubert, Apr., 1915, Angele in 
" Trilby " ; at the Longacre, Apr., 
1915, Regina Engstrand in " Ghosts " ; 
Oct., 1915, Ethel Warren in " The 
Great Lover " ; at the New Amster- 
dam, May, 1916, appeared as Anne 
Page in " The Merry Wives of Wind- 
sor/' with Beerbohrn Tree ; at the 
Booth Theatre, Nov., 1916, as Edith 
Bridgeworth in " Getting Married " ; 
at the Winter Garden, Feb., 1918, 
appeared in " Sinbad," and July, 1918, 
in " The Passing Show of 1918 " ; 
appeared at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 
London, Oct., 1920, in her original 
part of Ethel Warren in " The Great 
Lover." 

BROUGH, Mary, actress ; b. London, 
16 Apr., 1863 ; e. London ; d. of the 
late Margaret (Simpson) and Lionel 
Brough ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Haymarket 
Theatre, 15 Dec,, 1881, as the Maid 
in " She Stoops to Conquer," on 
the occasion of Mrs. Lang try's tUbut 
as an actress ; has played all lines of 
business, and has fulfilled several 
engagements with the late John L. 
Toole, Beerbohm Tree, Harrison and 
Maude, Charles Frohman, Cyril Maude, 
and has played in a number of Drury 
Lane dramas ; at the Royalty, May, 
1909, played Mrs. Downes in " What 
the Public Wants " ; at the Vaude- 
ville, Sept., 1909, appeared as Mrs. 
Rapkin in " The Brass Bottle," sub- 
sequently toured in the same part; 
at the Comedy, Feb., 1912, played 
Lady Tuddenharn in " The Bear 
Leaders " ; at Drury Lane, Sept., 

1912, Greed in " Every woman " ; at 
the Queen's, Jan., 1913, played Mrs. 
Dempsey in " Get- Rich-Quick Wal- 
lingfbrcl " ; at the Comedy, Sept., 

1913, Mrs. Rogers in " The New 
Duke " ; at the Vaudeville, Jan., 1914, 
Mrs. Finch in "Mary Girl"; at 
Wyndham's, Apr., 1914, Mrs. Small in 
" The Clever Ones " ; at His Majesty's, 
Aug., 1914, played Mother Moone in 
" Drake " ; Nov., 1914, Mrs. Quickly 
in " King Henry IV" (part I) ; Dec., 

1914, Clara Peggoty in " David Copper- 
field " ; Apr., '1915, Mrs. Bedwin in 



" Oliver Twist " ; at the Coliseum, 
June, 1915, Mrs. Jupps in " The Way 
to Win " ; at the Aldwych, July, 
1915, Nancy in "Pete"; at the 
Aldwych, Oct., 1915, Margaret Neilson 
in " The Prodigal Son " ; at the Strand 
Jan., 1916, Ah Wong in " Mr. Wu " ; 
at Finsbury Park Empire, July, 1916, 
Mrs. Vokins in " Lord and Lady Algy "; 
at the Apollo, Feb., 1917, Mrs. Delaport 
in " Monty's Flapper " ; Apr., 1917, 
Betje in "Double Dutch"; subse- 
quently, at Wyndham's, succeeded 
Ada King as Mrs. Tunks in " London 
Pride " ; at the Ambassadors', Apr., 

1918, appeared as Mrs. Crow in " Too 
Much Money " ; then toured in 
variety theatres in " The Hon. Ger- 
trude * * ; at the Kings way, June, 

1919, played Sarah in " St. George and 
the Dragons " ; at the Ambassadors', 
Aug., 1919, Mrs. Robinson in " Green 
Pastures and Piccadilly " ; at Drury 
Lane, Sept., 1919, Mrs. Airey in " The 
Great Day " ; at the Royalty, Oct., 
1919, Mrs. Vokins in " Summertime" ; 
at the Prince of Wales's, Feb., 1920, 
The Woman with the Balloons in 
"The Young Person in Pink"; at 
the Little, Apr., 1920, Mrs. Jaikes in 
" Other Times " ; at the Comedy, 
Nov., 1920, Mary in " Will You Kiss 
Me ? " at the Aldwych, May, 1921, 
Mrs. Plummet in " Love Among the 
Paint Pots " ; at the Apollo, Sept., 

1921, Mrs. Grist in " Crooked Usage " ; 
at the Queen's, Nov., 1921, played in 
" Fantasia " at the Shaftesbury, Apr., 

1922, Benita Mullet in " Tons of 
Money " ; at the Garrick, June, 1924, 
Mrs. Winkle in " The Other Mr. 
Gibbs " ; at the St. James's, Dec., 
1924, Mrs. Gregg in " Pollyanna." 
Favourite parts : Dot in " The 
Cricket on the Hearth," and Barbara 
in " The Widow Woos." Recreations : 
Reading, gardening, and sight-seeing. 
Address : 47 Binfield Road, Clapham, 
S.W.4. 

BROUOH, Mrs. Robert, actress; 
prior to her marriage to Robert Brough 
was known by her maiden name of 
Florence Trevelyan, and made her 
first appearance in the West End of 
London, at the Avenue Theatre, 3 
June, 1882, as Clorinda in " Les 
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to Australia, where her husband, in 
partnership with Dion Boucicault, 
was manager of the Bijou Theatre, 
Melbourne, and the Criterion Theatre, 
Sydney ; she acquired a great reputa- 
tion in Australia, and remained there 
until after the death of her husband in 
1906 ; she returned to the London 
stage at the Royalty, 10 Dec., 1914, 
when she played the part of Mrs. 
Sanderson in " The Man Who Stayed 
at Home " ; appeared at the New 
Theatre, Feb., 1917, as Mrs. Sharp 
in " The Land of Promise " ; Sept., 
1917, appeared as Mrs. Mossop in 
" Trelawney of the Wells " ; at the 
Royalty, Mar., 1919, played Mrs. 
Appleby in " Caesar's Wife " ; sub- 
sequently returned to Australia and 
played Mrs. Welwyn in " Tilly of 
Bloomsbury " during 1920 ; at Sydney, 
June, 1921, played in "Scandal"; 
during 1924, played in " Aren't We 
All ? " and " The Notorious Mrs. 
Ebbsmith," with Dion Boucicault and 
Irene Vanbrugh. 

BROUGHTON, Phyllis, actress; d. 
of the late William Wright Broughton ; 
and his wife Emily (Jecks) ; was 
trained as a dancer, making her 
first appearance at the Canterbury- 
Music Hall, 1876, then famous for its 
ballets ; Miss Broughton attracted the 
attention of Mr. John Hollingshead,who 
invited her to join the Gaiety company, 
and for five years she played a range 
of characters previously associated 
with the name of Miss Kate Vaughan ; 
first appearing there on 24 Dec., 1880, 
as one of the Thieves in " The Forty 
Thieves " ; she also figured there in 
" Whittington and His Cat," " Alad- 
din," " Little Robin Hood," " Ariel," 
" Camaralzaman," etc. ; proceeding 
to the Avenue Theatre, Miss Brough- 
ton. appeared as Lady Prue in " Indi- 
ana," produced on 11 Oct., 1886 ; 
in " The Old Guard," produced at the 
same theatre, 26 Oct., 1887 (after a 
few performances at , Birmingham), 
Miss Broughton played " Follow the 
Drum " ; in a burlesque of " Little 
Lord Fauntleroy," on 18 June, 1888, 
she figured as Mrs. Hairoil ; an 
engagement with the Carl Rosa Light 
Opera Company ensued, at the Prince 
of Wales's, where she played Chop- 



inette in " Paul Jones," 12 Jan., 
1889 ; she played Cicely in the en- 
suing production of " Marjorie," 18 
Jan., 1890, and Marceline in " Cap- 
tain Therese," 26 Aug., of the same 
year ; in " Joan of Arc," produced 
.at the Opera Comique, 17 Jan., 1891, 
she played Catherine of Rochelle ; 
at a tentative morning performance of 
" Richard Savage," at the Criterion, 18 
Apr., 1891, she played Prue ; was 
the Virginia Squeeze in " The Swiss 
Express," Princess's Theatre, Christmas 
season of 1891-1892 ; she next went 
to the Prince of Wales's for the 
production of " Blue-Eyed Susan," 
6 Feb., 1892 ; during the long run 
of "In Town," produced at the 
Prince of Wales's Theatre, on 15 
Oct., 1892, and eventually removed 
to the Gaiety, she played Lord Clan- 
side ; took part in a revival of " La 
Mascotte " at the Gaiety, and at the 
Criterion during the autumn of 1893 ; 
in " All My Eye-Vanhoe," produced at 
the Trafalgar Square Theatre, 31 Oct., 
1894, she was the Rebecca in " Hot 
House Peach " ; during the long run 
of " Gentleman Joe," at the Prince 
of Wales's, she succeeded to the part 
of Miss Ralli Carr ; at the same theatre, 
Apr., 1896, played Tcssie Carcw in 
" Biarritz " ; at the Vaudeville, May, 
1897, Nora Lawledge in " Solomon's 
Twins " ; at the Strand, June, 1897, 
Mrs. Bordle in " All Alive, Oh ! " ; 
at the Vaudeville, July, 1897, suc- 
ceeded to the part of Marcelle in "A 
Night Out " ; at the Metropolc, Oct., 
1897, played Princess Zea in " The 
Vagabond King " ; since that date has 
appeared but rarely, and her only 
appearances have been, at the Royalty, 
Dec., 1901, as the Princess in " The 
Swineherd and the Princess " ; at the 
Adelphi, Dec., 1903, as Miss Virginia 
Bliss in " The Earl and the Girl " ; 
at the Apollo, Apr., 1906, as Lady 
Brudenell in " The Dairymaids " ; 
at the Aldwych, Nov., 1914, in her old 
part in "The Earl and the Girl." 
Address : 1 Swallow Street:, W.I ; and 
India House, Margate. Telephone. No. : 
Gerrard, 7331. 

BROUN, Hoywood,, dramatic critic 
and author ; b. Brooklyn, New York,, 
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Cox Broun and his wife Henriette 
(Brose) ; e. Harvard ; m. Ruth Hale ; 
was 011 the staff of The Morning Tele- 
graph, New York, 1908-12 ; New York 
Tribune, 1912-21 ; dramatic critic of 
tlivNew York World, since 1921 ; 
served as correspondent with the 
American Expeditionary Force, 1917 ; 
dramatic editor of Vanity Fair, New 
York ; is well known as a lecturer on 
the Drama ; is the author of " With 
General Pershing and the American 
Forces " ; " Seeing Things at Night " ; 
" Pieces of Hate " ; " The Boy Grew 
Older " ; " The Sun Field," etc. Clubs : 
Harvard and Coffee House, New York. 
Address : c/oNew York World, Pulitzer 
Buildings, New York City, U.S.A. 1 

BROWN, Martin, dramatic author; 
was formerly a professional dancer, and 
appeared in " He Came from Mil- 
waukee," " Up and Down Broadway," 
" The Belle of Brittany," " The Motor 
Girl," " Three Twins," " The Girl 
Behind the Counter," etc. ; author of 
the following plays : "A Very Good 
Young Man," 1918 ; " The Ballyhoo," 
1918 ; " Penny," 1919 ; " An Innocent 
Idea," 1920 ; " The Exciters," 1922 ; 
" The Love Child " (from the French), 
1922; " The Lady," 1923 ; "Cobra," 
1924 ; " Great Music," 1924. 

BROWNE, Irene, actress; 6. 29 
June, 1892 ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, New York, 24 Sept., 1906, 
as one of the Dutch Children in " The 
.Red Mill," and played in this three 
years ; at "Now Theatre, New York, 
1 Oct., 1910, played My til in "The 
Blue Bird " ; made her first appearance 
on the London stage, at the Queen's 
Theatre, 28 May, 1910, as a dancer in 
" Robert Macaire," with ,H. B. Irving; 
she was also engaged there under- 
studying, and appeared in Mar., 1911, 
in " Princess Clementina " ; in Mar., 
1911, she also appeared as the Player 
(juiien in "Hamlet"; she accom- 
panied II. B. Irving to Australia, where 
she appeared at Sydney, 24 June, 1911, 
as the Player Queen, followed, by 
appearances as Julie Lesurques in 
" The Lyons Mail," Annette in " The 
Bells," Martha in " Louis XI," etc. ; 
she remained in Australia for three 



years playing a round of leading parts 
in " Bella Donna," " Milestones," 
" Man and Superman," " Monsieur 
Beaucaire," " The Scarlet Pimpernel," 
etc. ; reappeared in London at the 
Prince of Wales's Theatre, 21 Sept., 
1915, when she played Agnes Meredith 
in "The Dummy"; at the Hay- 
market, Dec., 1915, played Irene 
Harding in " Who is He ? " ; at the 
Shaftesbury, 17 Mar., 1916, appeared 
as Vivien Ingoldsby and the Countess 
of Frayle in " My Lady Frayle " ; 
appeared at the London Coliseum, 
Nov., 1916, with G. P. Huntley, as 
Geraldine in " Selling a Pup " ; at the 
Savoy, Sept., 1919, as Ella Mayer in 
" Too Many Cooks " ; at the London 
Pavilion, Oct., 1921, appeared in " The 
Fun of the Fayre " ; at the Duke of 
York's, June, 1922, played Doria in 
" Pomp and Circumstance " ; at the 
Little Theatre, Oct., 1922, appeared 
in " The Nine o' Clock Revue " ; at 
His Majesty's, Apr., 1923, played 
Sophie Fullgarney in " The Gay Lord 
Quex " ; at the Adelphi, Mar., 1924, 
the Countess Zicka in " Diplomacy." 
Address ; c/o Barry O'Brien, 18 
Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. 

BBOWNE, Pattie, actress ; b. Syd- 
ney, New South Wales, 10 May, 1869 ; 
m. Hamilton A. Stoneham ; made her 
first appearance on the stage in 1882, 
playing a round of parts under William- 
son and Musgrove ; was for some 
years a member of Brough and 
Houcicault's Company at the Bijou, 
Melbourne, playing such parts as 
Honor in " Sophia," Naomi Tighe in 
" School," Mary Netley in " Ours," 
Betsy, Jane, Polly Eccles in " Caste," 
Eily O'Connor, Moyain " The Shaugh- 
raun," etc. ; made her iirst appearance 
on the London stage at the Court 
Theatre, 7 Mar., 1893, as Lady Thom- 
asin Belturbet in " The Amazons," 
in which she made a great hit ; sub- 
sequently appeared there as Charlotte 
in " The Other Fellow " ; at the 
Comedy, Feb., 1894, played Mrs. 
Lappet in " Dick Sheridan " ; at the 
Criterion, May, 1894, played Mrs. 
Martlett in " The Candidate " ; at 
Drury Lane, Sept,, 1894 f appeared 
in " The Derby Winner " ; at Daly's, 
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" An Artist's Model " ; at Drury 
Lane, Sept., 1895, in " Cheer, Boys 
Cheer ! " ; at the Vaudeville, 1896, 
played Victorine in " A Night Out " ; 
at the Court, 189S, played Avonia 
Buiin in " Trelawne}^ of the Wells " ; 
toured with Arthur Roberts, 1899, in 
" On the Move " ; succeeded Ada 
Reeve at the Lyric, 1899, as Lady 
Holyrood in " Florodora " ; returned 
to Australia in 1900, and appeared 
under the management of J. C. 
Williamson, playing in " The Little 
Minister," " Sweet Nancy," and " The 
Dovecot " ; at Terry's, Jan., 1901, 
played in " The Thirty Thieves " ; 
subsequently toured as Bella Gimper 
in " The Silver Slipper " ; at the Gaiety, 
1902, appeared in " The Toreador " ; 
appeared as Tweeny in " The Admir- 
able Crichton " at Duke of York's, 
1902 ; appeared at Terry's, 1908, 
in "The Three of Us"; at the 
Aldwych, Nov., 1912, played Susan 
in " The Price " ; at the Garrick, New 
York, Sept., 1913, played Angdle 
Galipaux in " Madam President " 
("Who's the Lady?"); in 1917, 
toured in " The Girl from Giro's." 
Address : 27 Cavendish Road West, 
N.W.I. Telephone No. : Paddington, 
2096. 

BROWNE, Porter Emerson, dramatic 
author ; b. Beverley, Mass., U.S.A., 
22 June, 1879 ; s. of Joseph E. Browne, 
dramatic author ; e. Beverley and 
Newton, Mass. ; was formerly a jour- 
nalist and novelist ; has written the 
following among other plays : "A Fool 
There Was," 1909; "The Spend- 
thrift," 1910 ; " Waste," 1910 ; " Wild 
Oats," 1914; "A Girl of To-Day," 
1915 ; " Rich Man, Poor Man," 1915 ; 
" Don't Shoot," 1915 ; " The Bad 
Man," 1920. Clubs: Players', Lambs', 
and American Dramatists, New 
York. Address : " Morenmore," 
Norwalk, Conn., U.S.A. 

BROWNE, W. Graham, actor; b. 
1 Jan., 1870 ; m. (1) Madge Mclntosh 
(mar. dis.) ; (2) Marie Tempest ; 
made his first appearance on the 
London stage, at the Haymarket 
Theatre, 1891, walking on in " The 
Dancing Girl," and remained with 
Beerbohm Tree for two years, appear- 



ing in " Hamlet," " Hypatia," etc. ; 
in 1893, he toured in " A Woman of No 
Importance/' and the following year 
toured with F. R. Benson ; appeared 
at the Court Theatre, 14 July, 1896, 
as Williams in " An Honourable 
Member " ; at the Lyceum, Sept., 
1897, played Rosen crantz in " Harn- 
let " ; in 1898, accompanied Forbes 
Robertson to Berlin, Hanover, Ham- 
bourg, and Amsterdam, playing in 
" Hamlet," " The Second Mrs. 
Tanqueray " and " Macbeth " ; and 
Sept., 1898, Donaldbain in " Macbeth"; 
subsequently with Olga Nethersole's 
company, and with her visited America, 
playing Luis in " The Termagant," 
Sir -George Orreyd in "The Second 
Mrs. Tanqueray " ; on his return, 
produced " The Weather Hen " at 
the Comedy, 1899 ; at the St. James's, 

1901, played in " The Wilderness " ; 
toured with George Alexander in 
" The Idler/' " Liberty Hall," " The 
Awakening," and " The Importance 
of Being Earnest " ; at the Shaftes- 
bury, 1902, played in " All on 
Account of Eliza " ; at Wyndham's, 

1902, in " Chance the Idol " ; at the 
Lyric, 1902, played Roderigo in 
" Othello " ; at Hammersmith, 1903, 
played in " The Cure " ; at the 
Criterion, Jan., 1904, played the Duke 
in " The Duke of Killicranldc " ; 
appeared in " Mr. Hopkinson " at 
New, 1904 ; at the Court, 1904, 
played in " John Bull's Other Island " ; 
played in " What the Butler Saw," 
at New and Savoy, 1905 ; " The Moun- 
tain Climber," Comedy, 1905 ; Pierrot 
in " Prunella," Court, 1906 ; played in 
" The Little Stranger/' Criterion, 1906 ; 
*' Josephine," Comedy, 1906 ; Bunny 
in " Raffles," Comedy, 1906 ; Howard 
Collingham in " John Glaycle's 
Honour," St. James's, 1907 ; pro- 
duced for Otho Stuart, at the Court 
Theatre, 1907, and played m, " Barry 
Doyle's Rest Cure/* " Lady Frede- 
rick," " Hamilton's Second Marriage/' 
" Menders of Nets," " The House/' 
etc. ; at the Comedy Theatre, 1908, 
played in " Lacly Barbarity " and 
" Mrs. Dot " ; 1909, in " Penelope " ; 
at Criterion, New York, Oct., 1009, 
played Thibault in " Israel " ; at 
the Empire, New York, Apr., 1910, 
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at Atlantic City, Sept., 1910, played 
in " A Thief in the Night " ; at the 
New Theatre, New York, Jan., 1911, 
played Rawdon Crawley in " Vanity 
Fair"; returning to England, 1911, 
appeared at Edinburgh with Marie 
Tempest in Apr., in " Lily, the Bill 
Topper " ; appeared with her at the 
Hippodrome in May, in two sketches 
of which he was the author ; at the 
Duke of York's, in June, played Sir 
Reginald Belsize in " The Marriage 
of Kitty " ; at the Royalty, 6 Oct., 

1911, appeared as Cedric Haslam in 
" The Honeymoon " ; at the Prince 
of Wales's, Apr., 1912, played Lord 
Clonbarry in " At the Barn " ; Sept., 

1912, Algernon Horatio Gossamore in 
" Art ancl Opportunity " ; Nov., 1912, 
Robert Emmctt in "An Imaginary 
Conversation " ; Joe Henderson in 
" The Dumb and the Blind " ; Malice 
in "The Malingerer " ; Jan., 1913, 
John Farrington in " Esther Cast- 
ways " ; Mar., 1913, Sir Arthur 
Wcthcral, K.C., in " The Handful " ; 
at the Playhouse, Sept., 1913, Felix 
Galpin in " Mary Goes First " ; Feb., 
1914, Scmpil in " Thank Your Lady- 
ship " ; May, 1914, William Carington 
in " The Wynmartens " ; June, 1914, 
Ian. Douglas MacBayne in " The Duke 
of Killicrankie " ; again visited Canada 
ancl America with Marie Tempest, 
Oct., 1914, playing " Mary Goes 
First," "Art and Opportunity," "At 
the Barn," " The Marriage of Kitty," 
" The Dumb and the Blind " ; at the 
Garrick, Chicago, Mar., 1915, played 
Harry in " Nearly Married " ; at the 
Lyceum, Now York, Sept., 1915, played 
in " The Duke of Killicrankie " ; at 
the Shubcrt Theatre, Mar., 1916, 
played General Merry weather in " The 
Great Pursuit" ("The Idler"); at 
the Maxinc Elliott Theatre, May, 1916, 
Noel Corkoran in " A Lady's Name " ; 
at the Lyceum, New York, Jan., 1917, 
Stuart Randolph in " Her Husband's 
Wife " ; in 1917, went to Australia 
with Miss Marie Tempest, where he 
added the part of Edward Smith in 
"General Post" to a number of 
previously mentioned parts ; toured 
in Australia, 1917-18; visited South 
Africa, 1918-19 ; India, Straits, China, 
ancl Japan, 1919-20; returned to 
Australia, 1920; during 1921, played 



Hani Carve in " The Great Adventure *' ; 
at the Little Theatre, New York, Aug., 
1922, Morgan Trendell in '* A Serpent's 
Tooth " ; returned to England in 
Dec., 1922 ; reappeared on the London 
stage, at the Duke of York's, Feb., 1923, 
as George Wimbledon in " Good 
Gracious, Annabelle ! " ; Mar., 1923, 
again played Sir Reginald Belsize in 
" The Marriage of Kitty " ; at the 
Comedy, Jan, 1924, Colonel Grey in 
" Alice Sit-by ~the-Fire " ; at Drury 
Lane, June, 1924, Lord Plinlimmon in 
" London Life." Clubs : Garrick, and 
Green Room. Address : 29 Chester 
Terrace, N.W.I. Telephone No.: 
Museum 4934. 

BROWN-POTTER, Mrs. (see Potter, 
Cora Urqnhart). 

BEUCE, Nigel, actor; b. 4 Feb., 
1895 ; s. of Sir William Waller Bruce, 
Bart., and his wife Angelica Mary 
(Selby) ; m. Violet Campbell ; made 
his first appearance on the stage at 
the Comedy Theatre, 12 May, 1920, 
as a Footman in " Why Marry ? " ; 
in Oct., 1920, went to Canada, as 
stage-manager to H. V. Esmond and 
Eva Moore, also playing Montague 
Jordan in " Eliza Comes to Stay " ; 
on returning to England, toured in 
the same part ; he next appeared at 
the Haymarket, Aug., 1921, as Ensign 
Blades in " Quality Street " ; at the 
Royalty, July 1922, played Kennet in 
" The Green Cord " ; at Wimbledon, 
Dec., 1922, played Captain James 
Prior in "Archibald's Afternoon"; 
at Wyndham's, Jan., 1923, played 
Denny in " Bull-Dog Drimimond " ; 
Feb., 1923, played Mack in " The 
Dancers " ; Feb., 1924, Lord Amster- 
clale in " Not in Our Stars " ; at the 
Comedy, July, 1924, Angus Holly in 
" The Creaking Chair." Address : 39A 
Philbeach Gardens, S.W.5. Telephone 
No. : Western 2083. 

BKUCE, Tonic, actress ; b. London, 
4 June, 1892 ; d. of the late Edgar 
Bruce, actor-manager, and his wife 
Lucy (Windham-Lukin) ; e. Le Clos 
Dumas, Pays, France ; studied for 
the stage at the Royal Academy of 
Dramatic Art ; had also had experience 
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appearance on the professional stage 
at the Garrick Theatre, 19 Apr., 1912, 
as Susan Torrence in " Improper 
Peter " ; at the Playhouse, Sept., 
1912, played Pamela in " The Little 
Cafe " ; subsequently spent several 
years touring in " Milestones," " The 
Angel in the House," " The Case of 
Lady Camber," and " Grumpy " ; 
appeared at the Duke of York's, 1919, 
in " Peter Pan " ; at the St. Martin's, 
Dec., 1919, played in " A Dear Little 
Lady " ; at the Little Theatre, May, 

1920, played Lady Florence Haye in 
" Husbands for All " ; at the Hay- 
market, Mar., 1921, Mrs. Shenstone in 
" The Circle " ; at the Queen's, Oct., 

1921, Nesta Tankerville in " The 
Hotel Mouse " ; at the Comedy, June, 

1922, Lola de la Corte in " Quaran- 
tine "; at the Globe, July, 1923, 
Dr. Freda Richmond in " Reckless 
Reggie " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 1923, 
Princess Origiani in " The Elope- 
ment " ; has also appeared in several 
cinema plays. Recreations ; Reading 
and riding. Address : Prince's Cham- 
bers, Coventry Street, W.I. Telephone 
No. : Gerrard 4633. 

BRUCE-POTTER, Hilda, actress; 
b. Seftoii, Lanes, 16 Apr., 1888 ; d. of 
Jeanie Bruce (Gunn), and Austin 
Churton Potter ; e. London, Gorleston, 
and Homburg ; m. (1) Charles Bibby 
(killed in action, 1917) ; (2) Eric 
Cowley ; was prepared for the stage by 
the late Richard Temple ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Pier Pavilion, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, 30 
July, 1906, as Olivia in " The Good- 
Natured Man," with William Poel's 
Company ; made her first appearance 
on the London stage, in the same part, 
at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill, 
11 Oct., 1906 ; then joined the English 
Drama Society, playing in Shake- 
speare, Morality plays, and old English 
Masques, etc. ; joined Miss Horni- 
man's Company, Aug., 1907, at 
the Midland Theatre, Manchester, 
and remained a member of that lady's 
repertory company, at that theatre 
and the Gaiety, Manchester, until the 
end of 1911, during which period she 
played a great variety of parts, notably 
Luce in " The Knight of the Burning 
Pestle," Mrs. Barton in " Cupid and 



the Styx," Clara in " The Three Bar- 
rows," Hordis in " The Feud," Helene 
in " The Vale of Content," Edith in 
" Woman's Rights," Colombina in 
" The Dove Uncaged," Lady Teazle 
in " The School for Scandal," Hero in 
" Much Ado About Nothing," Erne 
Marsden in " Effie," Janie Baisbrown 
in " Miles Dixon/' Miss Dempsey in 
" Our Little Fancies," The Unknown 
Lady in " The Silver Box," etc., etc. ; 
she also played Celia in "As You Like 
It," at the Queen's, Manchester, 
Jan., 1908 ; then played Ann White- 
field in " Man and Superman," at the 
Criterion, Nov., 1911, with Robert 
Loraine ; at the Court Theatre, Nov., 
1912, appeared as Kitty Vockcrat 
in " Lonely Lives " ; and Jessie 
Grant in " Beastie," at the Little 
Theatre, Dec., 1912 ; rejoined Miss 
Horniman's company at the Gaiety, 
Manchester, Dec., 1913, playing Lady 
Teazle in " The School for Scandal," 
Eve Wellington in " Loving as We 
Do," Mrs. Collins in " Consequences," 
Helen Julian in " The Mob," Mrs. 
Hansforcl in " Love Cheats," Maria in 
"Twelfth Night," Mrs. Henderson in 
" Rutherford and Son," Lizzie. Faw- 
thorp in " The Devil's Star," Rose 
Shannon in "A Man and Sonic 
Women," Matilda Evans iu '* Over the. 
Wall," Mrs. Wolvorton in " The Play- 
thing," Beliscin " The Blue Stockings "; 
Ah Yoi in " The Cat and the Cherub " ; 
at the Hay market, Apr., 1916, played 
Miss Marty Toogood in " The Mayor 
of Troy"; in Sept., 1916, wont' to 
Oswcstry, where the first Camp 
Theatre was opened, under the direc- 
tion of Basil Dean ; returned to the 
Gaiety, Manchester, Feb., 1917, play- 
ing Sarah in " Peter's Mother," Amy 
Grey in *' Alice Sit-by ~thc-Fire," Lady 
Orreyd in " The Second Mrs, Tau- 
queray " ; at the Kingsway, Aug., 
1917, played Miss Dorton in " Cook " ; 
at the Ambassadors', Apr., 1918, 
Lilian Roselca fin " Too Much Money" ; 
at the Aldwych, Nov., 1919, Mary 
Ispenlove in " Sacred and I'rofanc 
Love"; at the Prince's, Nov., 1920, 
May Raeburn in " Columbine;," sub- 
sequently playing Jenny Pearl in the 
same play; in 1921, at the Gaiety, 
Manchester, played in " HincUo Wakett" 
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during 1922-23, toured with Henry 
Baynton, playing leads in Shakes- 
pearean repertory ; at the Ambas- 
sadors' Theatre, June, 1923, played 
Ann in " The Lilies of the Field " \ at 
{he St. Martin's, July, 1923, Minnie 
Bracknell in " Melloney Holtspur " ; 
Jan., 1924, Fern in " Gruach " ; at 
the Grand, Fulham, Dec., 1924, Bella 
in " The Man Who Came Home." 
Favourite parts : Lady Teazle and The 
Unknown Lady in " The Silver Box " 
and Emilia in " Othello." Recreations : 
Gardening, swimming, and riding. 
Address : 3a Eton Road, Hampstead, 
N.W.3. 

BRUNE, A (Incline, actress and vocal- 
ist ; b. in Australia, 27 Oct., 1897 ; 
e. Convent in Australia ; m. Arthur 
Pusey ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the Princess Theatre, 
Melbourne, Dec., 1904, as Mustard 
Seed in "A Midsummer Night's 
Dream " ; toured in English provinces 
under the name ol Billie Browne in 
" Irene," " Mary," and " Betty " ; 
made her first appearance, on the 
London stage, at the Kingsway 
Theatre, 30 Dec., 1922, as Jenny Diver 
in " Polly " ; at the Adelphi, Nov., 
1923, played Jenny in " Head Over 
Heels " ; at " the Winter Garden 
Theatre, Apr., 1924, June in " To- 
Night' s the "Night " ; at the Lyceum, 
July, 1924, played Sonia in ""The 
Merry Widow." Recreation : Gar- 
dening. Address : The Loft, Down 
Street Mews, W.I. Telephone No. : 
Grosvenor 1573. 

BttUNK, Minnie TiltoII, actress ; 
b, San Francisco, CaL, U.S.A., 3 Mar., 
1883 ; d. of Minnie St, Marie (Tittell) 

and George W. Anthony ; e, Notre 
Dame Convent, San Francisco, and in 
Paris ; m. Clarence M. Brune, LL.D., 
Litt.l). ; made her first appearance 
on the stage at the California Theatre, 
San Francisco, 1887, as Tim in " Lights 
o 1 London " ; gained great experience 
in " stock " companies before going 
to Now York ; between 1893 and J895, 
appeared with tho lato Charles Hoyt, 
and subsequently toured under Charles 
Frohman in "Mr .Wilkinson's Widows"; 
tourod for many years in repertory, 
playing Juliet, La Tosca, Theodora, 



Cleopatra, Rosalind, etc. ; in 1904, 
visited Australia, where she remained 
some years, 1904-9, pla} r ing under the 
management of J. C. Williamson, the 
leading parts in " Sunday," " L'Aig- 
lon," " The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," 
" Romeo and Juliet," " Peter Pan," 
" The Girl of the Golden West," 
" Diana of Dobsons," " Theodora," 
etc. ; made her first appearance on 
the London stage, at the New Theatre, 
20 Dec., 1909, as Claire Forster in 
" The Woman in the Case," meeting 
with immediate success ; she next 
appeared at the Queen's Theatre, 
Jan., 1910, as Lady Carew in " Dr. 
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde " ; at His 
Majesty's Theatre, 21 Apr., 1910, 
appeared with Lewis Waller, as 
Chorus in " King Henry V " ; at the 
Garrick, Aug., 1910, played Donna 
Roma Volonna in " The Eternal 
Question " ; at the Coronet Theatre, 
Oct., 1911, played Claire in "The 
Woman in the Case," and Sally Bishop 
in the play of that name ; at East- 
bourne, Dec., 1911, appeared as Franky 
Manners in " Dwellers in Glass Houses "; 
returned to America, 1912, and ap- 
peared at the Manhattan Opera House, 
18 Sept., 1912, as Zoan Ze Isobel in 
" An Aztec Romance " ,* reappeared 
in London, at the Lyceum, Feb., 1913, 
as Nell Gwynne in the play of that 
name ; in May, 1913, played Rebecca 
in "Ivanhoe"; Oct., 1913, Cigarette 
in " Under Two Flags " ; at the 
Kenningfcon Theatre, Apr., 1915, again 
played Claire in "A Woman in the 
Case " ; in Aug., 1915, toured as May 
Dean Strickland in "On Trial"; 
at the Strand, May, 1916, played 
Planchette Madiot in " The Girl from 
Upstairs " ; in 1917, toured in variety 
theatres, as Annie Moran in " Brace- 
lets "; in 1921, toured as Cavallmi 
in " Romance." Favourite part : 
L'Aiglon. Recreations : Riding and 
singing. Clubs : Pioneer and Forum, 
London, and " Peter Pan " Club, 
Sydney, of which latter she was presi- 
dent. " 

BKIJNS, Julia, actress ; b. St. Louis, 
Mo., U.S.A., 1895 ; made her first 
appearance in New York, at the 
Broadway Theatre, 3 Mar., 1913, as 
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made her first appearance in London 
at the Queen's Theatre, 14 Apr., 1914, 
as Miss Cohen in " Potash and Perl- 
mutter " ; at the Cohan Theatre, New 
York, Oct., 1915, played Marie in 
" Miss Information " ; at the Bijou 
Theatre, Mar,, 1918, Dixie De Vere in 
" Squab Farm " ; at the Longacre, 
Aug., 1918, appeared as Sybil Kent in 
" The Blue Pearl " ; reappeared in 
London, Apr., 1919, as Rita Sismondi 
in " Business Before Pleasure." 

BRUNTON, Dorothy, actress and 
vocalist ; b. Melbourne, Australia ; d. 
of John Brunton, scenic artist, and 
his wife Christine (Neilsen) ; e. Presby- 
terian Ladies College, Melbourne, and 
Alford House, Sydney ; studied singing 
under Madame Grace "Ward ; made her 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Theatre Royal, Adelaide, as a Flower 
Girl in " The White Heather" ; sub- 
sequently became a great favourite 
on the musical comedy stage, and from 
1914-18 played the leading parts in 
" The Girl in the Taxi," " The Girl on 
the Film," " The Waltz Dream," 
" The Merry Widow," " Canary Cot- 
tage," " High Jinks/' " So Long, 
Letty " ; made her first appearance 
in London at Drury Lane Theatre, 
28 Aug., 1918, as Fan Tan in " Shan- 
ghai " ; at the Apollo Theatre, Dec., 
1918, succeeded Winifred Barnes as 
Marline de Launay in " Soldier Boy " ; 
at the St. Martin's Theatre, July, 1919, 
appeared as Daisy Maliphant in " The 
Bantam V.C." ; and at the Shaftesbury, 
Sept., 1919, played Janet Chester in 
" Baby Bunting " ; returned to Austra- 
lia, in 1920, and at His Majesty's 
Theatre, Sydney, Oct., 1920, played 
Mabel Mannering in " Yes, Uncle/' 
and Nov., 1920, Janet Chester in 
"Baby Bunting"; during 1924, ap- 
peared in " Battling Butler," " The 
Rise of Rosie O'Reilly," and " Tons 
of Money." Recreation : Reading or 
classical music. Address : c/o J. C. 
Williamson, Ltd., His Majesty's Thea- 
tre, Sydney, N.S.W. 

BRYANT, Charles, actor ; b. 1879 ; 
s. of Edward Bevan ap Rees Bryant ; 
is a brother of Miss Mary Grey (Mrs. J. 
B. Fagan) ; m. Alia Nazimova ; was 
formerly engaged in commercial life in 



the City ; made his first appearance on 
the stage, Oct., 1900, with Mrs. Band- 
man-Palmer's Company ; subsequently 
toured with Mrs. Patrick Campbell 
as Gerald in " Lady Tetley's Divorce " ; 
made his first appearances* on the 
London stage at the Garrick Theatre, 
21 Sept., 1901, when he appeared 
in the part of Laurence Trenwith 
in " Iris " ; subsequently toured for 
three years in England and America ; 
in Mar., 1905, appeared at the Hay- 
market Theatre, as Lieutenant Richard 
Parkes in " Everybody's Secret," 
and in June, as Valentine White in 
" The Cabinet Minister " ; at the 
opening of the Scala Theatre, Sept., 
1905, played Sir Geoffrey Claren- 
ceaux in " The Conqueror " ; at the 
Comedy, Nov., 1905, appeared as 
Sepp Rheinthaler in " The Moun- 
tain Climber " ; next appeared at the 
Duke of York's, Feb., 1906, as Jack 
Menzies in " All-of-a-Sudden Peggy " ; 
in 1907, returned to America, ; on his 
return to England, toured with Arthur 
Bourchier ; at the Garrick, Feb., 1909, 
played Jerome Le Govaine in " Sam- 
son " ; in Mar., played Maccluff in 
" Macbeth," and in May, Etcheparre 
in " The Arm of the Law " ; at the 
New Theatre, Sept., 1909, appeared as 
Julian Rolfe in " The Woman in the 
Case " ; appeared at the Palace, Dec., 
1909, as Archie Kingsford in " The 
Knife"; at the Duke of York's, 
repertory season, Feb. to May, 1910, 
played the Counsel for the Defence 
in " Justice," Joseph Pcrdval in " Mis- 
alliance," Major Hippisley Thomas in 
" The Madras House," and Lord 
Lynborough in " Helena's Path " ; at 
the Comedy, Sept., 1910, appeared as 
Clive Hatton in " A Woman's Way " ; 
at the Criterion, Jan,, 1911, played 
Skelton Perry in "Is Matrimony a 
Failure ? " ; at the Queen's, Mar., 
1911, appeared as Tom Blake in "A 
Fool There Was"; at the Duke of 
York's, Aug., 1911, played J)r. Fred- 
erick Dallas in " The Concert " ; at 
the Kingsway, Oct., 1911, appeared as 
Nablotsky in " The Groat Young Man"; 
at the St. James's, Dec., 1911, played 
Mahmoud Baroudiin " Bella Donna " ; 
went to New York, at the condusion 
of the run of that play, and appeared 
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1912, as Dr. Meyer Isaacson in the 
same piece, subsequently touring in 
the same part ; at the Harris Theatre, 
Nov., 1914, played Dr. Maxwell in 
" That Sort " ; at the Empire, New 
York, Dec., 1914, John H. Stafforthin 
" Driven " ; at the Palace, New York, 
Jan., 1915, played in "War Brides" ; 
at the Princess Theatre, New York, 
Jan., 1917, played Blake in " 'Ception 
Shoals " ; at the Plymouth, New 
York, Apr., 1918, Judge Brack in 
" Heclda Gabler " ; later, he turned 
his attention to the cinema stage ; 
reappeared on the dramatic stage, at 
the Selwyn Theatre, New York, Jan., 
1923, when he produced " Dagmar," 
and appeared in. the part of " Andre 
Belisar." Address : 8080 Sunset 
Boulevard, Hollywood, Cal. U.S.A. 

BUCHANAN, Jack, actor and dancer; 
made his first appearance on the stage 
at the Grand Theatre, Glasgow, 1912 ; 
made his first appearance in London, 
at the Apollo Theatre, 7 Sept., 1912, 
as M. Deschamps in " The Grass 
Widows " ; first came into prominence 
when he toured during 1916-17 as 
Dudley Mitten in " To-night's the 
Night " ; he then appeared at the 
Comedy, May, 1917, in " Bubbly " ; 
appeared at the Alhambra, July, 1917, 
in " Round the Map " ; at the Comedy 
Theatre, June, 1918, appeared in 
" Tails Tip*" ; Feb., 1920, played the 
Hon. Bill Malcolm in " Wild Geese " ; 
at the Prince of Walcs's, June, 1920, 
appeared in " Bran Pie " ; at the 
Garrick, Sept., 1920, played Max 
Roper in ** Tier Dancing Man " ; at the 
Gaiety, Apr., 1921, Faust in " Faust 
on Toast " ; at the Strand, Aug., 1921, 
Peter Bassett in " The Trump Card " ; 
at the Prince of Walcs's, Oct., 1921, 
appeared in " A to Z " ; lie then went 
into management on his own account, 
and at the Now Oxford, Dec., 1922, 
played Alfred Butler in " Battling 
Butler"; in Dec., 1923, went to 
America, and opened at Times Square 
Theatre, Jan., 1924, in " Andre 
Chariot's Revue of 1924 " ; on his 
return to England, at the Shaftcsbury, 
May, 1924, he produced " Toni," in 
which lie appeared as Anthony Prince ; 
in Dec., 1924, went on tour, playing 
Lord Algernon Kemlworth in "Boodle." 



Address : 74 Seymour Street, Portman 
Square, W.2. Telephone No. : Pad- 
dington 1779. 

BUCHANAN, Maud, actress ; made 
her first appearance at the Court 
Theatre, 15 May, 1905, as Miss Nina in 
" Belinda," subsequently appearing 
at the same theatre as Mabel in 
" Alice " and Summer in " Beatrice " ; 
at His Majesty's (Afternoon) Theatre, 
Feb., 1909, appeared as one of the 
American tourists in " The High Bid " ; 
at the Garrick, May, 1910, played 
Mimi in " The Dawn of a To-Morrow" ; 
at the Playhouse, Oct., 1910, appeared 
as the Parlour Maid in " Between the 
Soup and the Savoury " ; toured with 
Forbes- Robertson, 1911-12; appeared 
at Drury Lane, Mar.-May, 1913, during 
Forbes- Robertson's farewell season, as 
Miss Kite in " The Passing of the Third 
Floor Back " ; a French Bonne in 
" The Light That Failed," Bianca in 
" Othello," etc. ; toured in the United 
States, 1913-14, in these parts, and 
as Bessie Broke in " The Light That 
Failed " ; at Wyndham's, Sept., 1914, 
appeared in "Outcast"; at the St. 
James's, Sept., 1918, played Rita 
Ashling in *' The Eyes of Youth " ; 
at the Strand, Mar,, 1920, appeared as 
Elizabeth Dangerfield in " Come Out 
of the Kitchen " ; at the Court, June, 
1920, Florrie in " The Old House " ; 
at Eastbourne, Dec., 1920, Emmie 
Dennison in " Lonely Lady," and 
played the same part at the Duke of 
York's, Jan., 1921 ; subsequently 
accompanied Miss Gertrude Elliott to 
South Africa. 

BUCHANAN, Thompson, dramatic 
author ; b. Kentucky, 21 June, 1877 ; 
s. of Willia (Thompson) and the Rev. 
Anselan Buchanan ; e. public schools 
at Jamestown, Knoxville and Louis- 
ville (Kentucky) ; m. Katherine S. 
Wintcrbotham ; from 1897-1900, was 
engaged as a journalist on the Louis- 
ville Commercial ; was dramatic critic 
of the Louisville Herald, 1902-3; on 
the staff of the New York Evening 
Journal, from 1904 ; served as a 
soldier in the Porto Rico campaign, 
was a Lieutenant of the Kentucky 
State Guard, 1900 ; has written the 
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1908 ; " A Woman's Way," 1909 ; 
" Mrs. Partner/' 1910 ; " Lulu's 
Husbands/' 1910 ; " The Cub/' 1910 ; 
"The Rack," 1911; "The Bridal 
Path/' 1913 ; " Life," 1914 ; " Let 
us Divorce/' 1917 ; " Our Daily 
Bread," 1917 ; " Civilian Clothes," 
1919 ; " The Sporting Thing to Do/' 
1923 ; " Pride," 1923 ; " Bluffing 
Bluffers " (with John Meehan), 1924. 
Address : The Players' Club, 16 
Gramercy Park, New York City, U.S.A. 

BUCKIAWj Alfred, actor ; made his 
first appearance on the stage in the 
seventies of the last century ; in 
1878-9 was touring as Charles Grey- 
thorne in " Pink Dominos," under the 
management of Charles Wyndharn ; 
from 1882-4 toured as Harold Armitage 
in "The Lights o' London," and the 
Spider in " The Silver King/' under 
the direction of the late Wilson 
Barrett ; appeared at the Globe 
Theatre, Apr., 1883, as John Middleton 
in " Lady Clare " ; after touring as 
Jack Yeulett in " Hoodman Blind," 
1886, appeared at Opera Comique, 
May, 1887, in " As in a Looking- 
Glass " ; at the Princess's, Nov., 1888, 
played Count de Renal in " Hands 
Across the Sea " ; toured in Australia, 
1889-90 ; appeared at Lyric, July, 
1890, as Frank Musgrave in " Sweet 
Nancy," and at the Avenue, Sept., 
1890, as Vedrine in " The Struggle for 
Life " ; at the Garrick, Nov., 1892, .as 
Gilliatt Grenfell in " David " ; at 
the Princess's, Dec., 1892, in " Eagle 
Joe " ; subsequently toured \vith 
Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in the provinces 
and in the United States ; at the Court, 
Jan., 1894, with Olga Nethersole in 
" The Transgressor " ; at the Olympic, 
Mar., 1896, played Lieut. Grey Mait- 
land in " True Blue " ; toured for 
some time as Marcus Superbus in 
" The Sign of the Cross " ; appeared 
at Drury Lane, May, 1898, as Lord 
Angus Cameron in " The White Hea- 
ther " ; Apr., 1902, as Arrius in " Ben 
Hur"; in 1903, toured in Australia, 
in " A Midsummer Night's Dream," 
etc. ; at Wyndham's, Sept., 1906, 
as Dr. Blundell in " Peter's Mother " ; 
Sept., 1909, as Marquis of Beverley in 
" The Whip " ; Apr., 1912, as Arrius 
in the revival of " Ben Hur/ 1 



BUCKLEK, Hugh C., actor; m. 
Violet Paget ; made his first appearance 
in London at the Adelphi Theatre, 
4 Sept., 1906, when he played Sir 
Tristram's Squire in " Tristram and 
Iseult," and in Oct., 1906 he played 
a Warrior in " The Virgin Goddess " ; 
he was then engaged for His Majesty's, 
and appeared there, Dec., 1906, as 
Eros in " Antony and Cleopatra," and 
during the Shakespearean Festival, 
1907, played Antonio in " The Tem- 
pest," Sebastian in " Twelfth Night," 
First Citizen in " Julius Caesar," and 
Master Page in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; at the Royalty, June, 
1907, played Dick Power in " The 
Pocket Miss Hercules " ; at the Play- 
market, July, 1907, Charlie in " Charlie 
the Sport " ; during 1909 toured with 
Weedon Grossmith, and in 1910 went 
to Australia, opening at Melbourne, in 
" The Night of the Party " ; in 1913 
he became head of a syndicate which 
opened the Little Theatre, Sydney, and 
here he played the leading parts in 
" The Man on the Box," " Bobby 
Burnitt," " Fanny's First 'Play," 
" The Great Adventure," " Sweet 
Lavender," " The School for Scandal," 
etc. ; during 1914 toured in Australia 
and New Zealand with his wife in their 
own company, playing Hilary Jcssou 
in " His House in Order," etc, ; after 
discharge from the Array, reappeared 
on the London stage, at the Garrick, 
30 Mar., 1918, as Major Pierre Van dry 
in " By Pigeon Post " ; at the St. 
Martin's, Apr., 1919, played George 
H. Green in " The Very [den, " ; at 
Drury Lane, Sept., 1919, played "The 
Man in The Great Day " ; at the 
Scala, Mar., 1920, appeared as Captain 
Jack Smith in " Society, Ltd." ; sub- 
sequently toured as Boris Androvski 
in " The Garden of Allah " ; at Drury 
Lane, Apr., 1922, played Torello 
d'lstria in " Decameron Nights " ; at 
the Thirty-Ninth Street Theatre, Now 
York, Sept., 1923, Sir Nevil More ton 
in " A Lesson in Love." 



BUCKLEY, May (Uhl), actress; b. 
San Francisco, California, 15 Dec., 
1875 ; first appeared on tlie stage as 
a child, in San Francisco, in "May 
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the late Lawrence Barrett and Edwin 
Booth for two years, and then joined 
the " stock " company at the Alcazar 
Theatre, San Francisco ; scored her 
first success by her performance of 
the part of Loey Tsing in " The First 
Born " ; made her first appearance 
on the London stage, at the Globe 
Theatre, 1 Nov., 1897, in this part ; 
on her return to America played 
with John Drew in " One Summer's 
Day " and with Annie Russell in 
" Catherine " ; also in " On and Off," 
" Hearts are Trumps," " The Price of 
Peace," etc. ; toured with James 
O'Niell in " The Manxman," etc., 
Wright Lorimer, in " The Shepherd 
King," and William Collier in " On 
the Quiet," and Walker Whiteside in 
" The Magic Melody " ; reappeared 
in London, at the Comedy Theatre, 
Sept., 1905, as Mrs. Clay Willard in 
" A Man of the World " ; during 
1906, appeared in " The Galloper," 
and in 1907 played Rosalie in " The 
Right of Way " ; at the Hackett 
Theatre, New York, Dec., 1909, played 
in " Cameo Kirby " ; at Weber's, 
Feb., 1910, in " Where There's a Will"; 
at the Comedy, New York, Sept., 
1910, played Julie Alardy in " The 
Little Damozel " ; at Philadelphia, 
March, 1911, played Mar j one Arnold 
in " Little Miss Fix-It " ; at Cleveland, 
Aug., 1912, played in " The Harvest " ; 
at the Fulton Theatre, New York, 
Feb., 1913, appeared as Kate Wilson 
in " The Unwritten Law " ; at Brook- 
lyn, Dec., 1913, played in "The Con- 
spiracy " ; at the. Princess, Now York, 
Jan., 1914, played The Girl in "A 
Kiss in the Dark," and A Woman in 
" It Can Bo Done " ; in May, 1914, 
played " stock," at the Colonial 
Theatre, Cleveland, appearing in " Stop 
Thief I " " Her Own Money," " The 
Temperamental Journey," " The Case 
of Becky " ; at Albany, N.Y., Aug., 
1915, played in ''The Miracle Man," 
"The Tliird .Party," and "The Big 
Idea"; at Cleveland, June, 1916, 
played Polly Shannon in " A Happy 
Thought"; in 1916-17, toured as 
Luana in " The Bird of .Paradise " ; 
in 1917-18, toured as Kate Tarloton in 
" The Knife " ; at the Little Theatre, 
New York, Sept., 1924, played Ellen 
Atkins in " Pigs." Address : c/o 



Low's Exchange, 1123 Broadway, New 
York City, U.S.A. 

BUCKTON, Florence, actress; b. 
London, 27 Apr., 1893'; d. of Alfred 
Ernest Martin Wollersen and his wife 
Clotilde Frances Therese (Buckton) ; 
e. Sydenham High School, and Girton 
College, Cambridge, where she took 
her degree of B.A. in modern languages ; 
studied for the stage at the American 
Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
under her own . name of Florence 
Wollersen, at the Greek Theatre, 
Berkeley, California, 6 Sept., 1913, 
as the Leader of the Chorus in the 
" Elcctra " of Sophocles ; made her 
first appearance in New York, at the 
Hudson Theatre, 16 Mar., 1914, as 
Phoebe in " As You Like It," with 
Margaret Anglin ; at the Liberty 
Theatre, Apr., 1914, appeared during 
Margery Maude's absence as Lady 
Winderrnere in " Lady Winclermere's 
Fan " ; during the autumn of 1914, 
toured as Mrs. Harrington in " Under 
Cover " ; at the Hudson, New York, 
Aug., 1915, played Mrs. Stephen 
Falconer in " Under Fire " ; during 
1916-17, played leading parts for the 
Portmanteau Theatre, at the Princess, 
New York, and on tour ; at the Play- 
house, New York, Oct., 1917, played 
Kate Simpson-Bates in " Eve's 
Daughter," and Nov., 1917, Madame 
de Sauvaige in " L' Elevation," with 
Grace George ; at the Carnegie Hall, 
New York. Feb., 1918, played Clytcm- 
ncstra in " Elcctra," and the Leader 
of the Chorus in " Medea " ; at the 
Cort Theatre, New York, 1918, also 
played Helena in "A Midsummer 
Night's Dream," and subsequently 
toured as Adriana in " The Comedy of 
Errors " ; at the Henry Miller Theatre, 
Oct., 1918, played in " Perkins " ; 
she then came to London, making 
her first appearance at the Lyric, 
Hammersmith (for the Pioneer Play- 
ers) 1 June, 1919, as Dorothy Mertens 
in " The Rising Sun. " ; in Oct., 
1919, appeared at the Old Vic, 
as Andromache in " The Trojan 
Women " ; in Dec,, 1919, played the 
same part at the Holborn Empire, also 
the Leader of the Chorus in " Medea " ; 
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played in " The Government Inspec- 
tor " ; she next toured with Henry 
Ainley as Cintia in " The Jest " ; at 
the Comedy, July, 1921, played Miss 
Bateman in " The Parish Watchman" ; 
in Sept., 1921, joined the Old Vic 
company, as leading lady, opening as 
Beatrice in " Much Ado About Noth- 
ing " ; she remained there for two 
seasons, playing among other parts, 
Bet Marlowe in " Wat Tyler/' Countess 
of Rousillon in " All's Well that Ends 
Well," Ase in " Peer Gynt," Nest in 
" Britain's Daughter,," Queen Guene- 
vere in " Arthur," and many leading 
parts in Shakespearean plays ; in 
Oct., 1923, joined J. B. Fagan's 
Repertory company at the Playhouse, 
Oxford ; at the Aldwych (for the Play 
Actors), Mar., 1924, and at the Queen's, 
Apr., 1924, played Margaret Iredalc 
in " The Conquering Hero ; has also 
played at various times, for the 
Phoenix and Stage Societies, Repertory 
Players, Pioneers, etc. Recreations : 
Tennis and reading. Clubs : Albe- 
marle and Women's University. Fa- 
vourite parts : Beatrice and Andro- 
mache. Address : Avenue Lodge, Ham 
Common, Surrey. Telephone No. : 
Richmond 2053. 

BULLOCH, John Malcolm, dramatic 

critic of The Graphic ', &. Aberdeen, 
26 May, 1867 ; e.s. of John Bulloch ; 
e. Grammar Schools of Aberdeen, and 
Aberdeen University (M.A., 1888) ; m. 
Edith Roach ; was first assistant editor 
and afterwards editor of The Sketch, 
1893-9 ; joined The Sphere, 1899, of 
which he was assistant editor ; dra- 
matic critic of The Toiler from 1901 to 
1906 ; dramatic critic of The Sphere, 
1906-9 ; editor of The Graphic, 1 July, 
1909 to Nov. 1924 ; literary critic of 
Allied Newspapers, Nov., 1924 ; wrote, 
and acted in, a musical farce, " The 
Chair," produced by Aberdeen Uni- 
versity amateurs, 1889 ; is keenly 
interested in Gordon genealogy ; pub- 
lished " The Gay Gordons/' 1908 ; 
author of " College Carols " ; four 
privately piinted volumes of verse, and 
a book on " Grangerising " ; compiler 
of the Genealogical Tables of Theatrical 
families in " The Green Room Book," 
1906-9, and " Who's Who in the 
Theatre," 1912-22 ; on 29 Dec., 1924, 



witnessed his 2,466th play of more 
than one-act ; has all his programmes 
bound and illustrated in thirty-nine 
volumes ; in 1921, the degree of LL.D. 
was conferred on him by Aberdeen 
University ; is a member of the 
Council of the Critics' Circle. A ddress : 
45 Doughty Street, W.C. ? . 

BUNSTON, Herbert, actor ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Prince of Wales's Theatre, 24 Feb., 
1897, in "La Poupee," comic opera ; 
subsequently toured in the provinces ; 
appeared at the Lyceum, Christmas, 
1899, in " The Snow Man " ; joined 
F. R. Benson's company, and appeared 
at the Lyceum during the 1900 season, 
his first part, in Feb., 1900, being the 
Bishop of Ely in " Henry V " ; the 
same year toured first as Fabius and 
subsequently as Nero in " The Sign 
of the Cross " ; also toured as Bruno 
Rocco in " The Eternal City," Bernard 
Dufresne in " Zaza," Gouget in 
" Drink " (with Charles Warner in 
England and the United States), 
Orsino in " Twelfth Night," Cassius in 
" Julius Caesar," in the Tree Repertory 
Company, etc. ; appeared at His 
Majesty's, Apr., 1905, as the First 
Citizen in " Julius Caesar " ; subse- 
quently toured as Jack Frobisher in 
" The Walls of Jericho," 1905 ; at the 
Duke of York's, Mar., 1907, played 
Marshal Duroc in " The Great Con- 
spiracy " ; at the Lyceum, Mar., 1908, 
Escalus in " Romeo and Juliet " ; at 
the Haymarket, Nov., 1908, the Rev. 
James Pilcher in " Dolly Reforming 
Herself " ; at the Duke of York's, 
Aug., 1909, The Examining Magistrate 
in " Arsene Lupin " ; Sept., 1910, 
Chagnard in " A Bolt from the Blue " ; 
at the Kingsway, Oct., 1910, in 
" Company for George " ; Dec., 1911, 
in " The Lower Depths " ; at the 
Garrick, 1912-14, under Arthur Bour- 
chier, played in " The Fire Screen/' 
" Find the Woman/' " Trust the 
People," " Croesus," " Bluff King 
Hal " ; at the Strand, Nov., 1916, 
played in " Btixell," and subsequently 
Mr. Gregory in " Mr. Wti " ; at the 
New Theatre, Feb., 1917, James Wick- 
ham in " The Land of Promise " ; at 
the Playhouse, Sept., 1917, John Seaton 
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Bishop Kenelly in " The Naughty 
Wife " ; at the Strand, Nov., 1919, 
Professor Bristol in " The Crimson 
Alibi " ; at the Strand, June, 1920, 
Bartlett in " Tiger ! Tiger ! " ; sub- 
sequently toured as Mr. Le Roy in 
" Hanky- Panky John " ; appearing in 
the same part at the Playhouse, Jan., 
1921 ; at the Comedy, Oct., 1921, 
played Marchbanks in " Araminta 
Arrives " ; subsequently went to 
America ; at the Ritz Theatre, New 
York, Mar., 1923, played Rupert 
Smallwood in " The Enchanted Cot- 
tage " ; at the Morosco, Sept., 1924, 
Sir Charles Vaughan in " That Awful 
Mrs. Eaton " ; at the Klaw, Nov., 
1924, Major Langton in " Simon 
Called Peter." Favozwite part : Cas- 
sius. Recreations : Cycling and chess. 
Clubs : Green Room and A. A. 
Address ; 37 Barrowgate Road, Chis- 
wick, W.4. 

BURBIDOK, Douglas, actor; b. 
Sheffield, 20 Dec., 1895 ; e. Repton ; 
served in the army for four-ancl-a-half 
years ; studied for the stage under 
Lady Benson ; made his first appear- 
ance on the stage at Stratford-on-Avon, 
23 Apr., 1919, as Sicirdus Velutus in 
" Coriolanus " ; from Oct., 1919, 
played for two and a half years with 
Sir Frank Benson's company, playing, 
among other parts, Romeo, Orlando, 
Macduff, Bassanio, Laertes, etc. ; 
made his first appearance on the 
London stage at the St. Martin's 
Theatre, 21 Jan., 1920, as Lucius 
Lucceius in " Poxnpey the Great " ; 
toured with Benson in South Africa, 
1921-22 ; in Sept., 1922, joined 
the Old Vic company, playing, among 
other parts, Hotspur, Brutus, 
Caesar in " Antony and Cleopatra/' 
Clarence in " Henry* VI " and "Richard 
Til," Sir Launcclot in " Arthur," 
etc. ; at the Comedy, July, 1923, 
played Grant Seaford in " Peace 
and Quiet" ; at His Majesty's, Sept., 

1923, the Herald in " Hassan " ; in 
Sept., 1924, appeared at the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre, New York, as Raii 
in " Hassan " ; at Prnry Lane, Dec,, 

1924, played Philostrate in "A Mid- 
summer Night's Dream " ; has also 
played leading parts for the Phoenix 
Society and the Fellowship of Players. 



Recreations : Music, literature, tennis 
and golf. Favourite parts : Brutus 
and Ford, Address : " Broombank," 
King's Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. 

BUEOHILL, William, actor and pro- 
ducer ; b. Bath ; s. of Chas. Britton 
Burchill ; e . Bristol ; made his first 
appearance on the stage in 1897, with 
Maggie Morton's Company in " Dangers 
of London " ; was for three years a 
member of Forbes-Robertson's Com- 
pany : six years with Mrs. Patrick 
Campbell, also toured with Olga 
Nethersole, Sarah Bernhardt, and Sir 
Herbert Tree ; was also stage-manager 
for Sarah Bernhardt, Charles Frohman, 
Liebler & Co., Arthur Bourchier, etc. ; 
has toured twice through the United 
States ; was general manager for 
Arthur Bourchier at the Garrick 
Theatre for some years ; appeared at 
His Majesty's Theatre, Sept., 1910, in 
"Henry VIII," and Sept., 1911, in 
" Macbeth" ; during the war, joined 
the R.A.F. ; on demobilisation, joined 
Clifford Heatherley's Company, and 
produced " Trimmed in Scarlet," also 
playing Benjamin Ebbing in the play ; 
appeared in this part at the Globe 
Theatre, July, 1919 ; at the Savoy, 
Feb., 1920, appeared as Major Du- 
quesnois in " Peter Ibbetson." Rec- 
reations : Gardening and riding. Ad- 
dress : 35 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, 
N.W.3. Telephone No.: Hampstead, 
6926. 

BURKE, Billie, actress ; b. Washing- 
ton, 7 Aug., 1885 ; d. of the late 
William E. and Blanche Burke ; 
e. in France ; m. Florenz Ziegfeld, Jun. ; 
toured through Austria, Germany, 
Russia, and France, 1898-9 ; was 
engaged at London Pavilion, 1902 ; 
subsequently appeared in pantomime 
at Glasgow and Sheffield ; made - her 
first appearance on the regular stage 
at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, 
9 May, 1903, as Mamie Rockefeller 
in " The School Girl " ; next played 
Lizette in " The Duchess of Dantzic " 
at Lyric, 17 Oct., 1903 ; subsequently 
toured in the same piece as Renee ; 
appeared as Evelyn Ormsby in " The 
Blue Moon " at the Lyric, 1905 ; 
" La Cornmere " in the revue at the 
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Theatre, 1906, afterwards taking up 
principal part in " The Belle of May- 
lair," succeeding Phyllis Dare ; at 
the Vaudeville in 1907 played lead in 
" Mr. George " and " Mrs. Ponder- 
bury's Past " ; left for the United 
States in Aug., and at the Empire 
Theatre, New York, 31 Aug., made 
a hit by her performance of the part 
of Beatrice Dupre in " My Wife," 
with John Drew ; made her d6but 
as a " star " in New York at the 
Lyceum Theatre, 27 Aug., 1908, as 
Jacqueline in '* Love Watches," with 
great success ; appeared at the Hay- 
market, London, in the same part, 1 
1 1 May, 1909, when the play was not 
so successful ; returned to America 
and resumed tour in the same part ; 
at the Lyceum Theatre, New York, 
24 Jan., 1910, played Mrs. Worthley 
in " Mrs. Dot," subsequently toured 
in the same piece ; at the Lyceum, 
New York, 26 Dec., 1910, appeared 
as Suzanne Beulemans in " Suzanne " ; 
at Atlantic City, N.Y., 11 Sept., 1911, 
played Colette in " The Runaway " ; 
appearing in the same part at the 
Lyceum, New York, Oct., 1911; 
at the Lyceum, New York, 9 Sept., 
1912, played Lily Parradell in " The 
' Mind-the-Paint ' Girl," subsequently 
touring in the same part ; at the 
Empire, New York, 28 Apr., 1913, 
appeared as Lady Thomasine in " The 
Amazons " ; at the Lyceum, New 
York, 25 Dec., 1913, as Norah Marsh 
in " The Land of Promise " ; 28 Mar., 
1914, Jerry in the play of that name ; 
2 May, 1914, Miss May in "The 
Philosopher in the Apple Orchard " ; 
subsequently, 1914-15, toured in 
" Jerry " ; at the Hudson Theatre, 
Oct., 1917, played Angela in " The 
Rescuing Angel " ; at Henry Miller's 
Theatre, May, 1918, the Comtesse de 
Candale in "A Marriage of Con- 
venience"; at the Liberty, Nov., 
1919, Violet in " Caesar's Wife " ; at 
the Henry Miller Theatre, Nov., 
1921, played Isabel in " The Intimate 
Strangers " ; at the Empire, New 
York, Dec., 1922, Rose Briar in 
the play of that name ; at the Times 
Square, Nov., 1924, Annabelle Leigh 
in " Annie Dear " ; of late years 
has devoted much time to the 
cinema stage. Recreations : Motor- 



ing, cycling, and riding. Address : c/o 
Florenz Ziegfeld, New Amsterdam 
Theatre Building, New York City, 

U.S.A. 

BURNABY, G. Davy, actor and 
author ; 6. Buckland, Herts, 7 Apr., 
1881 ; 5. oC Henry Fowke Burnaby 
and his wife Louisa Jane ; e. Hailey- 
bury and Pembroke College, Oxford ; 
m. Mabel Woof ; as a child took part 
in amateur theatricals from the age of 
seven ; made his lirst appearance on 
the stage at the Imperial Theatre, 
8 Dec., 1902, as William in " The 
Cross ways," at a command perform- 
ance by the late King Edward, given 
by Mrs. Langtry ; he accompanied 
Mrs. Langtry to the United States, 
making his first appearance in Now 
York, at the Garrick Theatre, in 1903, 
in the same part ; on his return he 
toured with George Eclwardes' com- 
pany and then in Sept., 1903, appeared 
at Drury Lane, as Roderick O'Grieff 
in " The Flood Tide " ; he again toured 
with George Edwardes* Company, 
playing the Hon. Guy Scrymgeour In 
" The Orchid." for some 'time ; ap- 
peared at the Queen's Theatre, Oct., 
1907, as Munroe Tompkins in '* The 
Sugar Bowl"; Oct., 1908, as the 
Comte de Casserole in " The Belle of 
Brittany " ; at the Criterion, Apr,, 
1909, played the Earl of Kushmere in 
" Mr. Preedy and the Countess," and 
at the Haymarket, Nov., 1909, played 
in " The Education of Elizabeth " ; 
appeared at the Empire, Feb., 1910, as 
the Duke of Strcathaiu in " Hullo I 
London"; from 1910-13 appeared 
with "The March J lares" Concert 
Party ; appeared at the London 
Pavilion, Dec., 1913, in " Alice up-to- 
Date " ; in 1914 was engaged' by 
Messrs. Grossmith and Laurillard, and 
went to America, appearing at. the 
Shubert Theatre, New York, Dec., 
1914, as Robin Carraway in " To- 
Night 's the Night/' and played the 
same part at the Gaiety, London, 
Apr., 1915 ; at the Apollo Theatre, 
Sept., 1915, appeared as Sylvestro 
Ayre in " The Only Girl " ; at the 
Vaudeville, March, 1916, appeared in 
" Samples " ; at the Gaiety, Sept,, 
1916, played the Duke of Shetland in 
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of Wales's, Dec., 1917, Brabazon 
Hollybone in " Yes, Uncle " ; at the 
Shaftesbury, Sept., 1919, Samuel 
Giggles wick in " Baby Bunting " ; 
Apr., 1920, Butts in " The Little 
Whopper " ; June, 1920, General Zonzo 
in " Oh ! Julie "; at the Winter 
Garden, Sept., 1920, Matthieu in 
"A Night Out"; since 1921, with 
" The Co-Optimists," at the Royalty, 
Palace, Prince of Wales's, etc. ; has 
written the lyrics of several popular 
songs, and is part-author with Edward 
Lauri of the opera, " The Maid of the 
East," 1919. Recreations : Golf, 
cricket, and motoring. Clubs : Green 
Room and M.C.C. Address : 13 Palace 
Gardens Terrace, W.8. Telephone No.: 
Park 6980. 

BURN SIDE, K. H., dramatic author 
and stage director ; has written the 
following, among other plays and 
spectacles : " Sporting Days/' " The 
Girl from Vienna," " The Girl I Love," 
" The Earthquake," " Private Patsy," 
" Sergeant Kitty," 1903 ; " The Tour- 
ists," 1906 ; " Fascinating Flora " 
(with Joseph Herbert), 1907 ; " The 
Battle in the Skies," 1908 ; " The 
Land of Birds," 1908 ; " The Pied 
Piper " (with Austen Strong), 1908 ; 
" A Trip to Japan," 1909 ; " Inside the 
Earth," 1909 ; " The Battle of Jewels," 
1909; "The Three Romeos," 1911; 
" Chin-Chin " (with Anne Calclwell), 
1914 ; " The Dancing Duchess " (with 
C. V. Kcrr), 1914; " Hip- Hip- 
Hooray ! " 1915 ; " The Big Show," 

1916 ; " Cheer Up ! " 1917 ; " Jack 
O' Lantern " (with Anne Caldwell), 

1917 ; " Happy Days," 1919 ; " Miss 
Millions," 1919; "Tip-Top" (with 
Anne Caldwell), 1920 ; " Good Times," 
1920 ; " Some Party," 1922 ; " Better 
Times," 1922 ; " Stopping Stones " 
(with Anne Caldwell) , 1923"; was the 
general producer at the New York 
Hippodrome, which boasts the largest 
stage in the world. Address : The 
Hippodrome, West 43rd Street and 
Sixth Avenue, New York City, U.S.A. 

BURRELli, Daisy, actress and vo- 
calist ; first attracted attention when, 
during the latter part of 1910, she 
appeared at the Vaudeville, in " The 
Girl in the Train " ; she made quite a 



hit when she appeared at Daly's, 24 
Apr., 1915, as David in " Betty " ; 
at the St. Martin's, Nov., 1916, played 
Aggie in " Houp-La ! " ; at Prince's, 
Manchester, Christmas, 1916, appeared 
as Cinderella ; at the Ambassadors', 
Apr., 1917, appeared in " ^150 " ; 
again played Cinderella at the Theatre 
Royal, Birmingham, Christmas, 1917 ; 
at the Garrick, July, 1919, played 
Mollie Maybud in " Nobody's Boy " ; 
at the Empire, Sheffield, Christmas, 
1920, was again seen as Cinderella ; 
in July, 1924, went on tour in " Little 
Nellie Kelly." Address : c/o Akerman 
May Agency, 7/8 Leicester Place, 
W.C.2. 

BUET, Laura, actress ; b. Ramsay, 
Isle of Man, 16 Sept., 1875 ; d. of 
Captain Brown Burt and his wife Ann 
Lloyd (Burt) ; m. Henry Stanford ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the Academy of Music, New York, 
25 Sept., 1889, in "The Old Home- 
stead " ; afterwards studied at the 
American Academy of Dramatic Art ; 
first attracted notice at the Fourteenth 
Street Theatre, New York, Oct., 
1890, by her performance as Nell 
Tutewiler, and subsequently as June 
in Joseph Arthur's play, " Blue 
Jeans " ; she then played Madge in 
" In Old Kentucky " ; at Palmer's 
Theatre, Nov., 1893, appeared as 
William in " As You Like It," played 
entirely by ladies ; at Fourteenth 
Street, 17 May, 1897, played Iza 
Simpkins in " Widow Goldstein " ; 
made her first appearance in London, at 
the Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham, 
28 Feb., 1898, as June in " Blue 
Jeans " ; at the Casino, 12 Nov., 1898, 
appeared in " A Dangerous Maid " ; at 
the Bijou, Apr., 1899, played Peggy 
Proudfoot in " The Purple Lady " ; at 
the New York Theatre, May, 1900, 
appeared in " The King's Carnival " ; 
subsequently played in "In the 
Palace of the King," " Under Two 
Flags," etc. ; in 1903 joined the 
company of the late Sir Henry Irving, 
and appeared with him at Drury Lane 
Theatre, 30 Apr., 1903, as Helen ol 
Swabia in " Dante " ; during 1903-4 
toured in the United States with 
Irving, playing also Martha in " Louis 
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Ma., played Dolores in "In the Palace 
of the King," also appearing in 
''Soldiers of Fortune 3 '.; in 1905 
played a short " vaudeville " engage- 
ment ; during 1906-7 toured with 
Henry Stanford in " Dorothy Vernon 
of Haddon Hall " ; in Oct., 1907, 
played Lady Alethea in " The Walls 
of Jericho " ; at Washington, D.C., 
June, 1909, played Aline Anderson in 
" Success " ; appeared in " vaude- 
ville," 1909-10 ; with her husband in 
a sketch entitled " The Order of the 
Bath " ; toured 1910, as Jacqueline 
in " Madame X " ; at the Fulton 
Theatre, Mar., 1913, played the Nurse 
in " Damaged Goods " ; at the Band- 
box Theatre, Mar., 1917, played Marie 
in " Nju " ; at the Academy of Music, 
Baltimore, Oct., 1917, played in 
" Under Pressure " ; toured in " vaude- 
ville," 1918, in " Reclamation " ; at 
the Criterion, New York, Oct., 1918, 
played Mrs. Lewiston in " The 
Awakening " ; during 1919-20, toured 
as the Mother of Ben Hur in " Ben 
Hur " ; at the Forty-eighth Street 
Theatre, New York, May, 1923, played 
Tiffin in " Sweet Nell of Old Drury." 
Clubs : Professional Women's League 
and Twelfth Night, New York City. 
Address : Stanford Lodge, Great Kills, 
Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. 

BURTON, Frederick, actor; b. In- 
diana, U.S.A., 20 Oct., 1871 ; m. 26 
Dec., 1894, Lor a Katherine Osgood ; 
e, at Public School and Central Normal 
College of Indiana, U.S.A. ; was 
previously occupied as a bank clerk ; 
first appeared on the stage at Indiana- 
polis, Indiana, in minor parts, 1900 ; 
from 1900-3 was engaged in stock 
companies ; 1903-4 toured in " Sky 
Farm " ; 1904-7 in " The College 
Widow " ; he then came to London, 
making his first appearance at Terry's 
Theatre, Apr., 1907, as Hiram Stubbins 
in " Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage 
Patch"; at the Adelphi, Apr., 1908, 
played in " The College Widow " ; 
ia July, 1908, appeared at Springfield, 
Mass., as Hiram Perkins in " I Take 
this Man " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
1909, played Browning in " Ganton 
and Co." ; at Maxine Elliott's, Aug., 
1909, played Kingsley McElroy in 
" The Ringmaster " ; at the Belasco, 



Feb., 1910, appeared as Wellesley in 
" Just a Wife " ; next played in 
" The Member from Ozark " ; at 
the Bijou, Nov., 1910, played Wiley 
Bassett in " The Nest Egg " ; at 
Baltimore, Feb., 1911, played in 
" Homeward Bound " ; subsequently 
toured in " The Dollar Mark " ; during 
1912, toured as Dr. Mahler in " The 
Unwritten Law," and appeared in the 
same part at the Fulton Theatre, New 
York, 5 Feb., 1913; at the Astor 
Theatre, Mar., 1913, appeared as John 
McCloud in " A Man's Friends " ; at 
the Hudson Theatre, Nov., 1913, 
Horace P. Billing in " General John 
Regan " ; at the Belasco Theatre, 
Washington, May, 1914, played George 
H. Smith in " What's Wrong " ; at 
the Comedy, New York, Sept., 1914, 
Matthew Judson in " A Modern Girl " ; 
at the Booth Theatre, Feb., 1915, 
Henry Carson in " The Trap " ; at the 
Olympic, Chicago, Apr., 1915, Colonel 
Bradford in "Along Came Ruth"; 
at the Fulton Theatre, Dec., 1915, 
Egbert Floud in " Rugglcs of Red 
Gap " ; at Dayton, IncL, Sept., 1916, 
Doc. Sifers in " An Old Sweetheart 
of Mine"; at the Manhattan Opera 
House, New York, Feb., 1917, Man- 
asseh in " The Wanderer " ; at the 
Cohan Theatre, May, 1917, Richard 
Welles in " Get-Rich-Quick Walling- 
ford " ; at the Vandcrbilt, Mar., 1918, 
Jackson Ives in " Oh, Look I " 
at the Forty-Eighth Street Theatre, 
Dec., 1923, Mr. Hicks in " Neighbours " ; 
at the Gaiety, New York, June, 1924, 
Senator Cordwood in " Her Way 
Out"; Dec., 1924, Dr. Robbins iu 
" Close Harmony," Club : The 
Lambs', New York City, U.S.A. 

BURTON, Langhorno, actor ; b, 
Somersby, Lines, 25 Dec., 1880 ; s. of 
Langhorne Burton ; &. Malveru Col- 
lege ; m. Marjorie Chard ; was formerly 
a soldier and a miner ; made his 
first appearance on the stage, at the 
Prince of Wales's Theatre, 21 Aug., 
1900, in a small part; in " English 
Nell"; at the Garriok, Sept,, 1900, 
played Mr. Menxios in " The Wedding 
Guest" ; in 1901, was at the Royalty, 
with Mrs. Patrick Campbell ; at the St, 
James's, 1901, in " The Wilderness " ; 
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Mars " ; subsequently toured in the 
provinces for some time with Edward 
Terry, as Clement Hale in " Sweet 
Lavender," with Henry Neville, as 
Lionel Carter et in " Mrs. Dane's 
Defence/' and Edward Falkner in 
" The Liars " ; toured in Charles 
Frohman's company, as Ernest Woolley 
in " The Admirable Crichton," the 
Duke in " The Duke of Killicrankie," 
and Paul Sylvaine in "Leah Kleschna "; 
appeared at His Majesty's, Apr., 1907, 
as Lord Alfred Rufford in " A Woman 
of No Importance " ; in 1907-8, 
toured in the United States with Miss 
Olga Nethersole in " The Awakening," 
" Adrienne Lecouvreur," " I Pag- 
liacci," etc., making his first appearance 
in New York, at Daly's Theatre, 10 
Feb., 1908, as Roger de Farmont in 
* ' The Awakening ' ' ; toured in the pro- 
vinces", 1908-9, as Dicky Lascelles in 
" The Flag Lieutenant " ; in 1909, went 
to Australia and New Zealand under 
the management of Messrs. Williamson 
and Musgrove, playing in " Sweet 
Kitty Bellairs " and " As You Like 
It " ; at the Globe, Apr., 1913, 
appeared in revival of " Lady 
Frederick"; at* Drury Lane, Sept., 

1913, Dennis Willoughby in " Sealed 
Orders " ; at the Haymarket, 1914, 
in " The Impossible Woman " ; at 
the Court, Oct., 1914, played Tom in 
" The Sphinx " ; Haymarket, Nov., 

1914, Walter Crutchley in " The Flag 
Lieutenant " ; Drury Lane, Apr,, 1915, 
Dennis Willoughby in " Sealed 
Orders " ; Savoy, June, 1915, Basil 
Malet in " The Angel in the House " ; 
at the Queen's, Apr., 1916, Lieut. 
David Graham in " Kitty Mackay " ; 
at Drury Lane, Sept., 1916, The Mac- 
Leod of Glenayr, and Kenneth, Lord 
Glcnayr in " The Best of Luck " ; 
at the Queen's, Feb., 1917, Charles 
Swizcl in ""The Doable Event"; 
at the St. James's, Sept., 1917, 
Edward Falkner in " The liars " ; 
at the Queen's, 1918, appeared for some 
time as Lieut, ("live Stanton, V.C., in 
"The Luck of the Navy"; subse- 
quently devoted himself to the cinema 
stage ; at Daly's, New York, Oct., 
1922, appeared as H.H.H. the Duke of 
Clarence in " Dolly Jordan " ; at the 
Ambassadors', London, May, 1923, 
played Charles in " The Piccadilly 



Puritan " ; at Drury Lane, Sept., 1923, 
Sir Anthony Wayne in " Good Luck " ; 
has also toured as Brigadier Gerard 
in the play of that name, Captain 
Harry Peyton in " Miss Elizabeth's 
Prisoner," Roger Collingwood in " The 
Butterfly on the Wheel," Ben Hur, etc. 
Recreations : Riding and fishing. 
Club : Green Room. 

BURTON, Richard P., theatrical and 
business manager ; b. Tarn worth, 7 
Mar., 1878 ; 5. of the Rev. E. Burton ; 
e. Bath ; m. Eve, Baroness de Grand- 
court ; has been an actor, purser, and 
journalist ; joined Sir Charles Wynd- 
ham at opening of Wyndham's Thea- 
tre, 1899, in the capacity of assistant- 
manager and private secretary ; re- 
mained with him at Wyndham's and 
the New Theatre, for about six years 
intermittently ; was assistant-manager 
and press representative with the late 
Wilson Barrett for two years prior to 
his death in 1904 ; served in a similar 
capacity with the late Sir Henry Irving, 
1904-5 ; was general-manager to Sir 
John Hare during his farewell tours 
in the provinces and last appearances 
in London ; general manager to Sir 
Johnston Forbes-Robertson for seven 
years and during his American and 
provincial tours, and for his farewell 
season at Drury Lane, 1913 ; business 
manager in the United States for Sir 
Herbert Tree, 1915-17 ; was manager 
for the production of the. cinematograph 
representation of " With Allenby in 
Palestine ' ' at Covent Garden Theatre, 
1919 ; has contributed numerous 
articles to newspapers and magazines ; 
collaborated with Sir John Hare in the 
latter's " Reminiscences and Reflec- 
tions ' ' ; has also adapted two or 
three plays. Address : Old East Hax- 
ted, Eclenbridge, Kent, and Ste 
Marguerite-sur-Mer, Seine Inferieure, 
France. Telephone No. : Edenbridge, 59. 

BUSLEY, Jessie, actress ; b. Albany, 
N.Y., 10 Mar., 1869 ; m. Ernest Joy ; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
with R. B. Mantell's company, 1888 ; 
made her earliest success in New York, 
at the Windsor Theatre, Dec., 1889, 
as Mary Northcote in " The Bells 
of Haslemere " ; at the Empire 
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Ada Delahay in *' Charley's Aunt/' 
next played in " The New Boy " ; 
and at the Academy of Music, 
in 1895, played Annette Donelly in 
" The Sporting Duchess " ; at the 
Garrick, 1896, Delia Rimple in 
" Thoroughbred," and at the Academy 
of Music, 1896, Fan-Fan in " Two 
Little Vagrants " ; at Hoyt's Theatre, 
1898, appeared as Tupper in "Oh 
Susannah ! " ; at Daly's, 1899, played 
Pamela in " The Manoeuvres of 
Jane " ; at the Garden, 1900, Maude 
St. Trevor in " Hearts are Trumps " ; 
at Herald Square, 1901, played 
Petunia Perkins- in "The Brixton 
Burglary " ; during 1903, played in 
" The Girl with the Green Eyes " ; at 
the Empire, 4 Jan., 1904, appeared 
as Moira Loney in " Little Mary " ; 
during 1904, at Chicago and San 
Francisco, appeared in "A Business 
Man," " Mice and Men," and " Joseph 
Entangled/' subsequently touring 
with William Gillette as Tweeny 
in " The Admirable Crichton " ; at 
the Savoy, New York, Jan., 1905, 
played Nora in " Mrs. Leffingwell's 
Boots " ; at the Criterion, Apr., 1905, 
Gwendolyn Cobb in " The Painful 
Predicament of Sherlock Holmes " ; 
at Boston, in May of the same year, 
made her dibut in " vaudeville," in 
a sketch entitled "In an Artist's 
Studio " ; at Philadelphia, Oct., 1905, 
played in " Woliville " ; during 1906, 
toured as Dulcie Harrington in "A 
Strenuous Life " ; at the Grand Opera 
House, Feb., 1907, appeared as 
Nance Olden in "In the Bishop's 
Carriage," subsequently touring in 
the same play ; toured during 1909, 
as Beverley Calhoun in " Beverley 
of Graustark " ; appeared at the 
opening of the New Theatre, New 
York, 8 Nov., 1909, as Charmian in 
" Antony and Cleopatra " ; and during 
1909-10, appeared at the same theatre 
in " The Cottage in the Air," " Liz, 
the Mother," " Twelfth Night," " The 
Winter's Tale," and " Old Heidelberg " ; 
during 1912 appeared in " Half a 
Husband," and in " vaudeville," in 
" Miss 318 " ; at the Liberty Theatre, 
Nov., 1914, played Maria in " Twelfth 
Night " ; at Detroit Opera House, 
Aug., 1915, appeared as Nancy in 
" Polly anna/' playing the same part 



at the Hudson Theatre, New York, 
Sept., 1916 ; at the Playhouse, New 
York, Oct., 1919, played Miss Carter 
in " A Young Man's Fancy." 

BUSSfi, Margaret, actress ; m. 
Frank Halford ; first appeared at the 
Botanic Gardens in July, 1903, as 
Amarillis in " The Faithful Shepher- 
dess " ; subsequently appeared at the 
Court, Mar., 1904, as Rose Jordan in 
" 'Op o' Me Thumb" ; at His Majesty's, 
June, 1904, appeared in " Flower of 
the Rose " ; was next seen at the St. 
James's Theatre, Sept., 1904, as 
Fifine in " The Garden of Lies " ; at 
the Court, Dec., 1904, appeared as 
Doll in " Prunella " ; and Mar., 1905, 
as Pilar in " The Dancer " ; at 'the 
Scala, Nov., 1905, played Miss Gran- 
tham in " Dodo " ; at Terry 's, a Mar., 
1906, made a substantial success by 
her assumption of the part of Lady 
Judith O'Hara in "A Judge's Mem- 
ory " ; at the Criterion, Oct., 1906, 
played Cora Moberley in " An Ama- 
teur Socialist " ; at the Garrick, Apr., 
1908, played the part of Miss Huddle 
in the revival of " The Gay Lord 
Quex " ; and at thfe Scala, in May, 
Coba in " Links " ; next toured with 
Sir John Hare, as Polly Eccles in 
" Caste " ; during 1909, played at 
the Kingsway in " The Rights of the 
Soul " and " Fifth Queen Crowned " ; 
at the Afternoon Theatre (His Majes- 
ty's), in " Light o' Love " ; at the 
Court, in " Loyalty " ; at His Ma- 
jesty's, played Nerissa in " The Mer- 
chant of Venice " ; at the Scala, played 
in " Master " ; during 1910, appeared 
at the Shaftesbury in " The Return " ; 
at His Majesty's, in " The Two 
Gentlemen of Verona " ; at the Court, 
in "A Likely Story " ; appeared at 
the Aldwych, Mar., 1913, as Lolo 
Langhuber in " Comtdsse Mizzi " ; 
at His Majesty's, Apr,, 1914, played 
Miss Eynsford-Hill in " Pygmalion." 
Address : 63 Prince's Square, W.2, 

BUTLER, Eiehard William, journal- 
ist, critic, and dramatic author ; b. 
London, 21 May, 1844 ; e. City of 
London School; from 1871 to 1877 
was a proof-reader on The Daily 
Telegraph ; sub-editor of The Referee 
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paper from 1891 to 1922 ; has also 
contributed to several other papers 
and periodicals ; in conjunction with 
Henry Chance Newton, under the 
pseudonym of Richard-Henry, has 
written several farces, burlesques, 
etc., among these are " Queer Street," 
" Adoption/' " Jubilation," " Opposi- 
tion," " Crime and Christening," " A 
Happy Day," " Lancelot the Lovely," 
" Game," " Jaunty Jane Shore," " A 
Silver Honeymoon," "First Mate," 
" Frankenstein," " Monte Cristo, Jr.," 
etc. 

BUTT, Sir Alfred, M,P, (or. 1918) ; 
manager ; e. Westminster ; was origin- 
ally an accountant at Harrod's Stores, 
but in 1898 became connected with the 
Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, 
as Secretary ; remained in this position 
about a year, eventually succeeding 
Mr. Philip Yorke as assistant-manager, 
and on the death of Mr. Charles 
Morton, in 1904, was appointed 
manager ; in 1906, took a seat on the 
Board, and became Managing Director, 
and Chairman, and retained this posi- 
tion until 1920 ; subsequently became 
Managing Director of the Gaiety 
Theatre, Empire Theatre, and the 
Adelphi Theatre ; was also head of a 
large provincial circuit ; is head of the 
syndicate leasing the Globe and Queen's 
Theatres, and is usually interested in 
the productions at the last mentioned 
theatre ; is Managing Director and 
Chairman of Drury Lane Theatre ; 
Chairman and Managing Director of 
the Victoria Palace and Glasgow 
Alharnbra ; in 1919, disposed of his 
interest in the Gaiety and Adelphi 
Theatres ; was knighted in June, 1918, 
in connection with his services during 
the War, at the Food Control Dept. ; 
returned as Conservative M.P. for 
Balham, 1923. Recreations : Country 
life, tennis, shooting, golf, etc, Club : 
Royal Automobile. Address : Drury 
Lane Theatre, Catherine Street, W.C.2. 

BUTTJSRWORTU, lara, actress and 
vocalist ; b. Manchester ; d, of Samuel 
Buttorworth and his wife Emma 
(Shut tic worth) ; e. Royal Academy of 
Music under Agnes Larkcom ; m. 
Montague Phillips, composer ; made 
her first appearance on the regular 



stage at Daly's Theatre, 28 Oct., 1914, 
as the Princess in the revival of "A 
Country Girl " ; at the same theatre, 
Dec., 1916, appeared as Betty 
Sydenham in " Young England," and 
appeared in the same part at Drury 
Lane, the following year ; at the Em- 
pire, Feb., 1918, appeared as Georgine 
in " The Lilac Domino," which she 
played throughout the long run ; 
at the Palace, Oct., 1919, played 
the same part in a revival of the piece ; 
at the Alhambra, Feb., 1920, succeeded 
Miss Ada Reeve in the part of Medorah 
in the opera of that name ; subse- 
quently appeared in the leading Variety 
Theatres; at the Empire, Mar., 1921, 
appeared as Lady Mary Trefusis in 
" The Rebel Maid," a romantic light 
opera, composed by her husband ; 
at the Lyric, Dec., 1922, played Lilli 
in " Lilac Time," which ran for 
eighteen months. Recreations : Walk- 
ing and golf. Address : " Homeside," 
Esher, Surrey. Telephone No. : Esher 
219. 

BYFORD, Eoy, actor; b. London, 
12 Jan., 1873 ; s. of Robert Smith 
Byford and his wife Rhoda (Aiford) ; 
e. Cowper Street School, City Road ; 
m. Doris Hunt ; made his first appear- 
ance on the stage at the New Theatre, 
Oxford, Jan., 1889, as the Inspector 
in " Kleptomania " ; made his first 
appearance in London at the Novelty 
Theatre, 27 Jan., 1890, as Mr. Gather- 
moss in the same play ; spent his earlier 
years touring in numerous farces and 
dramas, also playing many " stock " 
engagements ; in 1899 was engaged at 
Adelphi Theatre, understudying in 
" The Man with the Iron Mask " ; 
subsequently toured as the Professor 
in " What the Butler Saw," Cattermole 
in " The Private Secretary," Flambart 
in " The Night of the Party," Spettigue 
in " Charley's Aunt," etc. ; appeared 
at the Royalty, Dec., 1907, as Spet- 
tigue in " Charley's Aunt," playing 
the same part at the Aldwych and 
Royalty, 1908-9 ; was engaged by the 
late Sir Herbert Tree for His Majesty's 
Theatre, 1912, and remained there 
till 1915, playing Bright in " Drake," 
Sir Toby in " The School for Scandal," 
Sir Toby Belch in " Twelfth Night," 
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Master of Philosophy in " The Perfect 
Gentleman," Serseru in " Joseph and 
his Brethren," the Bystander in 
" Pygmalion," Waiter in " David 
Copperfield," Bumble in " Oliver 
Twist," Bristol in " Mavourneen " ; 
at the Aldwych, July, 1915, played 
Black Tom in " Pete " ; at His 
Majesty's, with Arthur Bourchier, 

1916, played Pontet in " The Arm of 
the Law," Arkinshaw in " Stand and 
Deliver," and Doctor Johnson in the 
play of that name ; at the St. James's, 
Oct., 1916, Alaricus Wiffles in " Lucky 
Jim " ; at the Apollo, Jan., 1917, 
played Cattermole in " The Private 
Secretary " ; at the Kingsway, Oct., 

1917, Mr. Onions in " Cook " ; in Nov., 

1917, appeared at the Coliseum, with 
Ellen Terry, as Sir John Falstaff in an 
excerpt from " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; at the Ambassadors', Feb., 

1918, played Uncle Tulpin and Rube 
Samuels in " The Little Brother " ; 
at the Gaiety, May, 1918, Sam Robin- 
son in " Going Up " ; at the Aldwych, 
Nov., 1919, Snape in " Sacred and 
Profane Love " ; at the Scala, Dec., 

1919, Mr. Willoughby Jones in " Fifi- 
nella " ; at the Prince of Wales's, Aug., 

1920, Captain Fountain in " The Blue 
Lagoon " ; at the Lyric, Hammer- 
smith, Dec., 1920, General Sir Pearce 
Madigan in " O'Flaherty, V.C. " ; 
at the Aldwych, May, 1921, played 
'Arry in " Love Among the Paint 
Pots"; at the Comedy, Oct., 1921, 
the Duke of Brancaster in " Araminta 
Arrives " ; at the Court, Sept., 1922, 
Dr. Samuel Johnson in " Mr. Garrick "; 
at the Garrick, Nov., 1922, the Mayor 
of Heybridge in " Biffy " ; at the 
Everyman, Sept., 1923, the Rev. Frank 
Thomson in " Outward Bound " ; at 
the Court, Nov., 1923, Brother Peter 
in " Our Ostriches " ; at the Lyric, 
Hammersmith, Dec., 1923, Falstaff in 
" The Merry Wives of Windsor " ; at 
the Winter Garden, Apr., 1924, 
Montague Lovitt-Lovitt in " To-Night's 
the Night " ; at the Regent, June, 
1924 (for the Phoenix Society), Captain 
Bluff e in " The Old Bachelor " ; at the 
Palace, Manchester, Sept., 1924, Peter 
Rumble in " Patricia." Clubs : Green 
Room and Actors' Association. Ad- 
dress : 249 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's 
Bush, W.12. 



BYNG, George W., conductor and 
composer ; his musical education com- 
menced at the age of seven at Dublin, 
where he entered the Royal Academy 
of Music ; at the age of eleven joined 
the orchestra at Theatre Royal, 
Dublin, and remained there six years ; 
subsequent engagements in orchestras 
were Gaiety, Dublin ; Theatre Royal, 
Edinburgh ; Prince's, Manchester ; 
Gaiety, London ; Shaftesbury and 
Royalty ; for three years officiated as 
sub- conductor at the Empire ; musical 
director at Prince of Wales's, 1896-7 ; 
musical director at Alhambra, 1897- 
1910 ; Gaiety, 1913 ; composer of 
many ballets, divertissements, and 
musical comedies ; his principal com- 
positions are " Jack Ashore," " Inspir- 
ation," " Gretna-Green," " Santa 
Claus," " The Devil's Forge," " On 
the Heath," "Our Flag," " H.M.S. 
Irresponsible." Address : 80 Hamlet 
Gardens, Hammersmith, W.6. 

BYRNE, Cecily, actress; b. Bir- 
mingham ; e. Birmingham ; m. Felix 
Ay Imer- Jones ; made her first appear- 
ance on the stage, 15 Feb., 1913, in 
" Twelfth Night," with the Birming- 
ham Repertory Company, under the 
direction of Barry V. Jackson, a 
relative ; played with that company 
from 1913 to 1917 ; has appeared 
there as Viola in " Twelfth Night," 
Lady Teazle in " The School for 
Scandal," Ethel Berritlge in " The 
Cassilis Engagement," etc. ; under- 
studied Madge Tithcraclgc in " Gam- 
blers All," Wyndham's, 1915 ; made 
her first appearance on the London 
stage, at the Ambassadors' Theatre, 
6 Feb., 1918, as Judith in " The Little 
Brother " ; at the Hay market, Jan., 

1920, played Phyllis Harcourt in " The 
Freedom of the Seas " ; at Duke of 
York's, June, 1920, appeared as Mdlle. 
de Fleury in " Madame ,Sand " ; sub- 
sequently toured as Lady Clarissa in 
" The Choice " ; at the Globe, Apr., 

1921, played, Dot Waring in " The 
Knave of Diamonds"; at the Scala, 
Oct., 1921, Mrs. Othcrloy in " Abraham 
Lincoln " ; at the Everyman, July, 
1923, Mary Stuart in Drinkwater's 
play of that name ; Nov., 1923, Vanda 
Mortimer in " The Morals of Vanda " ; 
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Temple in " Not in Our Stars " ; at 
the Everyman, Apr., 1924, Crystal 
Carey in " In and Out " ; at the Regent 
(for the Phoenix Society), June, 1924, 
Araminta in " The Old Bachelor " ; 
at the Queen's, Aug., 1924, Lady 
Milanenos in" Pansy's Arabian Night " ; 
at the Everyman, Dec., 1924, Grace 
Tranfield in " The Philanderer." Ad- 
dress : 8 The Mount, Hampstead, 
N.W.3. Telephone No. ; Hampstead 

BYRON, Arthur, actor ; b. Brooklyn, 
N.Y., 3 Apr., 1872; 5. of Oliver 
Doud Byron and Kate Byron, both 
players ; e. St. Paul's School, Garden 
City, L.I. ; m. Kathryn Keys ; made 
his first appearance on the stage in 
his father's company, Feb., 1889, 
remaining with him two years ; then 
followed a year with Sol Smith Rus- 
sell, and a season in stock at San 
Francisco ; first New York appear- 
ance in " Capt. Hearne, U.S. A/' ; 
then for successive seasons with John 
Drew in " The Butterflies," " Chris- 
topher, Jr.," "The Bauble Shop," 
" The Squire of Darnes," " Rose- 
mary," " Marriage of Convenience," 
" The Liars," " The Tyranny of 
Tears/' and " Richard Carvel " ; 
starred in " Petticoats and Bayon- 
ets," leading man with Amelia 
Bingham and with Mary Mannering 
in " The Stubbornness of Geraldine," 
1902; starred in Clyde Fitch's 
*' Major Andre," 1903 ; leading man 
with Maxine Elliott in " Her Own 
Way," 1903 ; starred in " Jack's 
Little Surprise," 1903; leading man 
with Maude Adams in " The Little 
Minister," 1904, " 'Op o' Me Thumb," 
1904-5 ; took the leading male v6U 
in " The Lion and the Mouse," 
1906-8 ; appeared with Florence' 
Roberts in " The Struggle Ever- 
lasting," 1907 ; and afterwards be- 
came leading man with Ethel Barry- 
more, 1907-8 ; appeared at the 
Criterion, New York, Oct., 1908, as 
Jerome Le Go vain in " Sarnson " ; 



at the Bijou, Sept., 1909, played John 
Chase in " The Intruder " ; at Daly's, 
Jan., 1910, appeared as Charles 
Winslow in " The Inferior Sex " ; 
at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Cal., 
June, 1910, played Jaques in "As 
You Like It " ; next toured with 
Maude Adams, as John Shand in 
" What Every Woman Knows " ; in 
Apr., 1911, played "stock" engage- 
ments at Minneapolis and Toronto ; 
at the Lyceum, New York, 5 Sept., 

1911, appeared as John Robbins in 
" Thy Neighbour's Wife " ; in May, 

1912, at Newark, N.J., played "Sher- 
lock Holmes " ; at Chicago, Sept., 
1912, " Fine Feathers " ; at the 
Hudson Theatre, 19 Nov., 1912, ap- 
peared as John Stephen Maddock in 
" The High Road " ; at the Hudson 
Theatre, Mar., 1914, played Lord Dar- 
lington in " Lady Windermere's Fan '* ; 
at the Playhouse, Wilmington, Apr., 
1915, played Dr. Gerald Sumner in 
" The Boomerang," appearing in the 
same part at the Belasco Theatre, Aug., 
1915 ; at the Princess, Chicago, Sept., 
1915, " starred " in " To-day " ; at 
the Maxine Elliott Theatre, Sept., 
1918, played The Friend in " Tea for 
Three " ; toured in the same part 
1919-20 ; at Chicago, Aug., 1920, 
played the Comte de Larsac, and 
Charmeuil in " Transplanting Jean," 
playing the same parts at the Cort 
Theatre, New York, Jan., 1921 ; at 
the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Mar., 
1921, played Dr. John Dillard in " The 
Ghost Between " ; at the Garrick, 
Chicago, 1922, John Brandon in 
" Bluebeard's Eighth Wife " ; sub- 
sequently at the Playhouse, Chicago, 
played in "The Twist"; at the 
Broadhurst, New York, Dec., 1922, 
Christopherson in " The Lady Christil- 
inda " ; at the Eltinge Theatre, Nov., 
1923, Richard Sones in " Spring 
Cleaning." Clubs : The Lambs', The 
Players', and the New York Athletic 
Club. Address : 451 East 57th Street, 
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L, Jean, actress ; b. Edin- 
W burgh, 13 Sept., 1884 ; d. of the 
late Dr. Francis Cadell ; e. Edinburgh 
and Paris ; m. P. Perceval Clark ; had 
a varied amateur experience before 
making her first appearance on the 
professional stage at the Scala Theatre, 
17 June, 1906, as the Sergeant's Wife 
in " The Inspector General " with the 
Incorporated Stage Society ; her first 
regular engagement commenced at 
Reading in Feb., 1907, when she 
played the part of Mdlle. Thome in 
" His House in Order " ; she remained 
with Sir George Alexander's touring 
company for two years playing in 
" His House in. Order," and " The 
Thief"; joined the Glasgow Reper- 
tory Theatre, Apr., 1909, where she 
played a number of juvenile and 
character parts, including Janet in 
" Barbara Grows Up," Louka in 
" Arms and the Man," Miss Ramsden 
in " Man and Superman," Isabel in 
" Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace," Dinah 
Kippin in " The Fountain," Edna 
Beech in " Cupid and Commonsense/' 
etc. ; made her first appearance on the 
London stage, at the Court Theatre, 
13 June, 1911, as Margaret Leigh in 
" The Chair of Love," and Mary in " A 
Blind Woman " ; she was next seen 
at the Hay market, 18 July, 1911, 
as Maggie Mercer in " Bunty Pulls 
the Strings"; then crossed to New 
York, making her first appearance 
there, at the Comedy Theatre, 10 
Oct., 1911, as Susie Simpson in 
the same play ; on her return from 
America, appeared at the Criterion 
Theatre, 18 June, 1912, as Evaii- 
geline Lipscombe in " Ann " ; at 
the Little Theatre, 12 Nov., 1912, 
played Janet in " Barbara Grows Up " ; 
at the Strand, 1 Feb., 1913, Miss 
Chil worth in " The Son and Heir " ; 
at the Queen's, 19 Nov., 1913, Meeks 
in "If We had only Known " ; at the 
Royalty, 28 Feb., 1914, Marion Ilbert 
in " Peggy and her Husband " ; at the 
Little, 24 Apr., 1914, Jane Burjoice in 
" Account Rendered," and 21 June, 
1914, Miss Chapman in " Idle Women " 
at the Duke of York's, 3 Sept., 1914, 
Jean in " The Little Minister " ; at 



the Royalty, 10 Dec., 1914, Miss 
Myrtle in " The Man Who Stayed at 
Home" ; at the Queen's, Apr., 1916, 
Mrs. McNab in " Kitty Mackay " ; 
at the Duke of York's, May, 1916, Mrs. 
Lippett in " Daddy Long-Legs " ; at 
Wyndham's, Dec., 1916, the Matron 
in " London Pride " ; at the New, 
Apr., 1917, appeared as Mrs. Dowey in 
" The Old Lady Shows her Medals " ; 
at the Gaiety, Dec., 1917, as Troika in 
" The Beauty Spot " ; at Lyric, 
Hammersmith, Dec., 1918, as Miss 
Pinniger in " Make Believe " ; at the 
Kingsway, June, 1919, as Miss Nash- 
Pomeroy in "St. George and the 
Dragons" ; at the Playhouse, Aug., 
1919, as Miss Montmorency in " Home 
and Beauty " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Feb., 1920, and at the Hay- 
market, Mar., 1920, played Miss Winch 
in " The Young Person in Pink " ; at 
the Haymarket, Apr,, 1920, Mrs. 
Otery in " Mary Rose " ; at the Every- 
man Theatre, Oct., 1921, Emma Crosby 
in " Diff rent," and subsequently at 
the same theatre, Mrs. Borkman in 
" John Gabriel Borkman," and Pru- 
nella ; at the Duke of York's, Mar., 

1922, played Mrs. Minnett in " The 
Enchanted Cottage " ; at the Queen's 
Apr., 1922, Mrs. Nicholson in " Lass 
o' Laughter " ; at the St. James's, 
Nov., 1922, Laura Meakin in " The 
Happy Ending " ; at the Everyman, 
Feb., 1923, and at the Royalty, Apr., 

1923, Miss Shoe in " At Mrs. Beam's " ; 
at the Strand, Jan., 1924, Ann Pym in 
" The Daredevil " ; at the Ambas- 
sadors', Aug., 1924, Miss Gayler in 
" Storm " ; at the Regent (for the 
Fellowship of Players), Dec,, 1924, 
Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor." Address : 13 Clifton Hill, 
N.W.8. Telephone No. ; Hampstead 
6296. 

CABMAN, Ethel, actress and voca- 
list ; b. Hill Top, Staffs, 5 Jan., 
1886 ; d. of Annie (Dawson) and 
Frederick Cadman ; e. High School, 
Enfield ; m. Donald Arthur ; studied 
singing at Guildhall School of Music, 
and acting under Hugh Moss ; made 
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the Moody-Manners Opera Company 
at Kennington, 1905, as Michaela in 
" Carmen " ; in 1906, toured with the 
same company in leading parts 
in " La Traviata," " Lohengrin/' 
" Faust/' " Rigoletto/' " Philemon 
and Baucis/' " Tannhauser," " Mari- 
tana/' " The Daughter of the Regi- 
ment/' " I Pagliacci/' " The Marriage 
of Figaro/' etc. ; in 1908 appeared at 
Daly's Theatre, as Natalie in " The 
Merry Widow " ; subsequently played 
the Princess Helene in "A Waltz 
Dream " ; subsequently went to the 
United States and made her first 
appearance in New York, at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, Dec., 1910, 
as Sombra in " The Arcadians " ; 
subsequently appeared in America 
in " The Siren " and " The Three 
Romeos " ; appeared at the Alhambra, 
1912, in " The Guide to Paris " ; dur- 
ing 1913-14, toured in variety theatres 
in England ; from 1915-18, was en- 
gaged in Australia, playing in Musical 
Comedy ; at the Criterion, New York, 
Sept., 1918, played Zuleika in "Mr. 
Barnum " ; during 1919-20, toured in 
the English provinces, as Marjanah in 
" Chu-Chin-Chow " ; in 1920-21, toured 
as Teresa in " The Maid of the Moun- 
tains " ; and in 1921, also toured as 
Sylvia in " The Gipsy Princess " ; 
during 1923, toured in South Africa, 
and during 1924, again toured in " The 
Gipsy Princess " ; has also figured in 
numerous musical festivals. Favourite 
parts : Sombra in " The Arcadians " 
and Violetta in "La Traviata." Rec- 
reations : Golfing, motoring, and riding. 
Address : 19 Decoy Avenue, N.W.ll. 

CAHILL, Marie, actress and voca- 
list ; b. Brooklyn, New York ; m. 
Daniel V. Arthur ; made her first 
appearance on the stage in her native 
town, in " Kathleen Mavourneen " ; 
made her first appearance on the 
New York stage at Poole's Eighth 
Street Theatre, 1 July, 1889, in 
" C.O.D." ; subsequently she played 
Patsy in "A Tin Soldier " ; during 
1893, appeared at the Gatte, Paris ; 
made her first appearance in London, 
at the Trafalgar Square Theatre, 20 
Jan., 1894, in " Morocco Bound " ; 
on her return to New York, in 1897, 
played in " Sporting Life " ; the same 



year she played in " A Runaway Girl/' 
and at the Herald Square Theatre, 21 
Mar., 1898, she played Gertie Gelatine 
in "Monte Carlo" ; at Miner's Fifth 
Avenue, 25 Dec., 1899, she played in 
" Three Little Lambs," and in 1900, at 
the Victoria Theatre, in " Star and 
Garter " ; during 1902 she played in 
" The Wild Rose " and " Sally in 
Our Alley/' and during the following 
year she " starred " in " Nancy 
Brown "' ; in 1904, at Lew Field's 
Theatre, she appeared in " It Happened 
in Nordland," and in 1905 played 
Molly Moonshine in " Moonshine " ; 
at Daly's, N.Y., 27 Aug., 1906, she 
appeared as Mary Montgommery in 
" Marrying Mary," and at Wallack's, 
Nov., 1908, as Betty Barbeau in " The 
Boys and Betty " ; at the Broadway 
Theatre, 6 Oct., 1910, she played 
Judy Evans in " Judy Forgot " ; at 
the Casino, 29 May, 1911, she appeared 
as Buttercup in a revival of " H.M.S. 
Pinafore"; at Syracuse, N.Y., Dec., 
1911, played Celeste Deremy in " The 
Opera Ball " ; played the same part at 
the Liberty Theatre, New York, 12 
Feb., 1912 ; at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, Jan., 1915, played Polly 
Bainbridge in " Ninety in the Shade" ; 
at the Longacre Theatre, Feb., 1919, 
played Phoebe Larrimore in " Just 
Around the Corner." 

CAINE, Derwent Hall, actor and 
manager ; b. Keswick, 12 Sept., 1892 ; 
s. of Hall Caine, the well-known novel- 
ist and dramatist ; e. Isle of Man and 
Eastbourne ; made his first appearance 
on the stage, at the Adelphi Theatre, 
5 Jan., 1907, as a Convict in the revival 
of " The Bondman " ; toured as Oscar 
in " The Prodigal Son," David Rossi 
in " The Eternal Question," Dan 
Mylreain " The Bishop's Son " ; under 
his own management has toured as 
Pete in " The Manxman," Jason in 
" The Bondman," Bill in " The Devil's 
Keg," John Storm in " The Christian," 
etc. ; at the Aldwych Theatre, Aug., 
1915, appeared as Pete in the play of 
that name ; at the Lyric Theatre, 
Oct., 1915, played John Storm in 
" The Christian " ; he then went to 
America ; at the Shubert, Boston, 
Apr., 1917, played Martin Conrad 
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at the Palace, New York, Apr., .1918, 
played in " The Iron Hand." Club : 
National Liberal. Address: 62 Avenue 
Road, Regent's Park, N.W.8. 

A1NE, Sir Hall, (cr. 1918), novelist 
and dramatic author; b. 14 May, 
1853 ; his father being Manx and 
his mother of Cumberland origin ; 
educated at Liverpool ; intended for 
an architect, in which profession he 
was trained, but did not practise ; 
became a journalist and leader-writer 
on the staff of the Liverpool Mercury ; 
came to London on the invitation of 
the poet and artist, D. G. Rossetti, 
with whom he lived until his death, 
pursuing a literary career on the 
staffs of The Athen&um, Academy, 
and other papers ; his first novel was 
" A Shadow of a Crime," 1885 ; follow- 
ing this was " A Son of Hagar," 
1886 ; " The Deemster," 1887 ; " The 
Bondman," 1890 ; " The Scapegoat/' 
1891 ; " The Manxman," 1894 ; " The 
Christian," 1897; "The Eternal 
City," 1901 ; " The Prodigal Son," 
1904; "My Story," 1908; "The 
White Prophet," 1909 ; " The Woman 
Thou Gavest Me," 1912 ; " The Master 
of Man," 1921 ; " The Woman of 
Knockaloe," 1923 ; " The Deemster " 
and " The Manxman " were dramatised 
by the author in conjunction with 
Wilson Barrett, who produced them in 
1888 and 1895 respectively ; " The 
Christian " was dramatised by himself 
and produced first in the United States 
and afterwards at the Duke of York's 
in 1898 ; " The Eternal City," which 
he also dramatised, was produced by 
Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's, 
1902, the piece being simultaneously 
produced in New York ; his plays, 
" The Prodigal Son " and " The 
Bondman/' were respectively pro- 
duced in 1905 and 1906, at Drury 
Lane, where they proved highly 
successful ; a re-written version of 
" The Christian," produced at the 
Lyceum, 31 Aug., 1907, furnished 
a sensation and ran 182 nights ; 
a re- written version of " The Manx- 
man/' with Louis N. Parker, entitled 
" Pete," was produced at the Lyceum 
29 Aug., 1908, and was equally success- 
ful ; " The Bishop's Son " (a new 
version of " The Manxman ") was 



produced at the Garrick, 1910, and 
" The Eternal Question " (based partly 
on " The Eternal City ") was pro- 
duced at the same theatre, 1910; 
a new play, " The Quality of Mercy/' 
was produced at Manchester, Sept., 
1911 ; at the New Amsterdam, New 
York, Jan., 1916, " Margaret Schiller " 
was produced ; in Feb., 1916, " The 
Iron Hand " was produced at the 
Coliseum ; at the Shubert, Boston, 
Apr., 1917, " The Woman thou Gavest 
Me," and at the Royalty, London, 
Mar., 1918, "The Prime Minister" 
(" Margaret Schiller ") ; was a frequent 
contributor to the Daily Telegraph ; 
has paid several visits to the United 
States, and one to Canada, the first 
visit being in order to negotiate 
terms as to copyright with the 
Dominion Government on behalf of 
the Author's Society, being thanked 
for his services by the Colonial Office ; 
has more than once assisted H.M. 
Queen Alexandra in her works of 
charity ; was largely instrumental in 
putting an end to the three-volume 
novel at 31s, 6d. ; is a J.P. in the 
Isle of Man ; in June, 1918, was created 
a Knight of the Order of the' British 
Empire. Recreations : Motoring and 
mountaineering. Address : Greeba 
Castle, Isle of Man. 

CAINE, Henry, actor ; b. Leaming- 
ton Spa, 19 Jan., 1888 ; s. of the late 
William Hawken ; m. Laura Sammons ; 
originally intended for an accountant ; 
made his first appearance in public as 
a member of Paul Mill and Wallis 
Arthur's concert party ; then joined 
Sir Frank Benson's Company, remain- 
ing some time, and eventually playing 
leading comedy parts ; accompanied 
him to the United States and Canada, 
1913-14 ; on the outbreak of war, 
joined the 7th Batt. Royal Warwick- 
shire Regiment, serving four-and-a- 
half years, three of them in France ; 
gained his Captaincy in 1917 ; on 
being demobilised appeared at the 
Ambassadors' Theatre, Dec., 1919, as 
Amadeo in " Sylvia's Lovers " ; Apr,, 
1920, played Tuck in " The Grain of 
Mustard Seed " ; at the Kingsway, 
Sept., 1920, appeared in the title-rdle 
in " The Daisy " ; at the Comedy, 
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Ninth. Earl " ; at the Ambassadors', 
May, 1921, Bill and Hafiz el Alcolahn 
in " If " ; at the London Pavilion, 
Oct., 1921, played in " Fun of the 
Fayre " ; toured in the United States 
in " The Three Bears," 1922 ; on 
returning to London, appeared at the 
Ambassadors', Dec., 1922, as Horace 
Bream in " Sweet Lavender " ; at the 
St. James's, Mar., 1923, Henry K. 
Pollock in " The Inevitable " ; at the 
Regent, June, 1923, Buff Penner in 
" Robert E. Lee " ; subsequently 
toured as William Parker in " Dulcy " ; 
at the Kingsway, Nov., 1923, played 
Feste in " Twelfth Night " ; at the 
Lyric, June, 1924, Armand in " The 
Street Singer." Recreations : Golf, 
tennis, and motoring. Club ; Green 
Room. Address : " The Flat," Leigh 
Place, Cobham, Surrey. Telephone 
No. : Cobham 250. 

C AID WELL, Anne, dramatic author 
and composer ; m. James O'Dea ; has 
written the following plays produced in 
America : " The Top o' the World " 
(part music) ; " A Model Girl," " The 
Nest Egg," 1910 ; " Uncle Sam " 
(with James O'Dea), 1911; "The 
Lady of the Slipper " (with Laurence 
McCarty), 1912 ; " When Claudia 
Smiles," 1913 ; " Chin-Chin " (with 
R. H. Burnside), 1914 ; " Pom-Pom," 
1916 ; " Go to It " (with John Golden 
and J. E. Hazzard), 1916 ; " Jack o' 
Lantern " (with R. H. Burnside), 1917 ; 
" A New Girl," 1919 ; " The Lady in 
Red," 1919 ; " She's a Good Fellow," 
1919 ; " The Night Boat," 1919 ; " The 
Sweetheart Shop," 1920 ; " Tip-Top " 
(with R. H. Burnside), 1920 ; " Hitchy- 
Koo " (with Glen McDonough), 1920 ; 
" Good Morning, Dearie," 1921 ; "The 
Bunch and Judy " (with Hugh Ford), 
1922 ; " vStcpping Stones " (with R. H. 
Burnside), 1923 ; lyrics of " Peg o' My 
Dreams," 1924 ; " The Magnolia 
Lady," 1924. 

CALBWELL, Marianne (Marianne 
Lipsett) , actress ; b. Dominica, West 
Indies ; d. of Henry Caldwell Lipsett, 
sugar planter ; e. at Passy, Paris, and 
in London ; studied music at London 
Academy ; prepared for the stage at 
Neville's studio and by Sarah Thorne ; 
made her first appearance on the 



London stage at the Vaudeville Theatre 
in 1 886 ; in the same year was 
engaged to play Molly Seagrim in 
" Sophia " ; at the Vaudeville, 
appeared at the Court, Sept., 1888, as 
Watson in " Mamma," and Babette 
in " Hermione " ; at the opening of 
the Garrick, Apr., 1889, played 
Priscilla in " The Profligate " ; at 
the Court, 1890, played Angele in 
"The Cabinet Minister"; 1891, in 
" The Volcano," " Pamela's Prodigy "; 
1893 in "The Amazons" and "The 
Other Fellow " ; at the Lyceum, 
1896, in " Magda " ; also with Mr. 
Forbes-Robertson for several seasons 
at the Lyric, New, Avenue, and Scala 
Theatres ; appeared at the Prince of 
Wales's, 1903, in " The School Girl " ; 
and at the Lyric, in " The Light that 
Failed " ; at the Garrick, 1906, 
in " The Morals of Marcus " ; in 1907, 
at His Majesty's, appeared as Audrey 
in Oscar Asche's revival of "As You 
Like It " ; at the Scala, 1909, played 
in " The Pot and the Kettle " ; at 
the Aldwych, 1910, in " The Home 
Coming"; at the Globe, 1911, in 
" The Butterfly on the Wheel " ; at 
the Playhouse, 1912, in " Billy " ; at 
the Criterion, 1912, in "A Young 
Man's Fancy " ; accompanied Lewis 
Waller on his Australian tour, 1913, 
and^ to South Africa, 1914; after 
returning to England, appeared at the 
Court, Oct., 1914, as Hortense in 
" The Sphinx" ; Mar., 1916, as Frau 
Kolbeck in " Kultur at Home"; 
from Aug., 1916 to July, 1921, was 
under engagement with Oscar Asche, 
at His Majesty's Theatre, during 
the run of " Chu-Chin-Chow." Club : 
Pioneer. Address : 20 Disraeli Road, 
Putney, S.W.I 5. 

CALTHEOP, Dion Clayton, dramatic 
author, artist, designer, and litterateur ; 
b. London, 2 May, 1878 ; s. of the late 
Eve (Boucicault) and John Clayton 
(Calthrop) ; e. St. Paul's School ; m. 
Mary Violet Marsden ; is the author 
of the following plays : " The Great 
Man," 1910 ; " The Gate of Dreams," 
1911 ; "The Mask," 1912; "'Frisco 
Sal " (with Cosmo Gordon-Lennox), 
1913; "Trapped," 1913; "The 
Harlequinade " (with Granville Bar- 
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(with Harold Bourne), 1914 ; " The 
Old Country," 1916 ; " The Popular 
Novelist/' 1916 ; "A Southern Maid " 
(with Harry Graham), 1917 ; " The 
Daughter of Madame Angot " (new 
version), 1919; "The Storm-Bird" 
(with Roland Pertwee), 1920 ; " Out 
to Win " (with Pertwee), 1921 ; has 
designed dresses and productions for 
several West End theatres ; is an 
artist of some distinction and has 
written several novels, etc. Club : 
Garrick. Address : 54 Warwick 
Gardens, W.14. Telephone No. : 
Western 6299. 

CALTHROP, Donald, actor; b. 
London, 11 Apr., 1888 ; 5. of the late 
Eve (Boucicault) and John Clayton 
(Calthrop) ; nephew of Dion Bouci- 
cault ; e. St. Paul's School ; m. 
Margaret Ledward ; made his first 
appearance on the stage at the 
Comedy Theatre, 18 Dec., 1906, as 
Josiah Spragge in " A Wire Entangle- 
ment " ; at the Imperial, May, 1907, 
played Bob Henslowe in " Clothes and 
the Woman " ; at Duke of York's, 
Oct., 1907, in " Miquette " ; Comedy, 
Dec., 1907, Maurice Keating in " An- 
gela " ; at His Majesty's, Feb., 1908, 
played the President of the Villon Club 
in " The Beloved Vagabond," and 
Apr., 1908, Salanio in " The Merchant 
of Venice " ; at the Duke of fork's, 
Mar., 1908, played in " The Admirable 
Crichton," and Aug., 1909, in " Arsene 
Lupin " ; toured in Germany, 1909, 
with the late Meta Illing ; toured in 
the United States with Maxine Elliott, 
Dec., 1909, as Benjamin Corella in 
" Deborah of Tods/' and in " The 
Inferior Sex " ; first appeared in New 
York, at Daly's Theatre, Feb., 1910, 
in the last mentioned play ; returning 
to England, appeared at the Duke of 
York's, Feb.-Apr., 1910, as Bentley 
Summerhays in " Misalliance," Mr. 
Belhaven in " The Madras House/' 
the Boy in " Prunella," and Percy 
Massey in " Chains " ; at