Clemence Dane, playwright and novelist: papers 1890-1975

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Clemence Dane, playwright and novelist: papers 1890-1975

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V & A Department of Theatre and Performance

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Goring, Marius, 1912-1998

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Dane, Clemence

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Clemence Dane was born 21 February 1888 in Blackheath, Kent and educated in England, Germany and Switzerland. She began her life under the name of Winifred Ashton. After a period as an art student at Dresden and the Slade School she decided to try acting. Miss Clemence Dane appeared at the Criterion Theatre on 12 February, 1913, as Vera Lawrence in Eliza Comes to Stay . In those days she was known as Diana Cortis. Towards the end of World War she began her career as a writer. She to...