G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. LXXX (ff. 119). Photographs of productions of 'Androcles and the Lion’, 'Arms and the Man’, 'Back to Methuselah’, 'Caesar and Cleopatra’, 'Candida’, 'Captain Brassbound’s Conversion’, and Anatole France, 'The Man wh... 1915?-1950

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1899-1979

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Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer, monologist, and actress. Born on either May 30, 1899 or 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Skinner was the daughter of actors Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin. Skinner attended Bryn Mawr College, but left during her sophomore year to move to Paris, where she attended the Sorbonne and studied acting at the Jacques Copeau School and the Comedie Francaise. Skinner began her acting career in 1921, debuting as Dona Sarasate in the stage adapt...

Sands, Dorothy, 1893-1980

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Dorothy Sands (1893-1950), a stage actress for nearly 50 years and an accomplished diseuse and mimic, died last Thursday at a nursing home in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was 87 years old and had been a resident of Manhattan. Made Broadway debut in Catskill Dutch (1924), followed by Little Clay Cart, Exiles, The Critic, Grand Street Follies, The Dybbuk, The Apothocary, The Seagull, Jeannie, Misalliance, Quadrille, Mary Stuart, My Fair Lady and Bell Book and Candle; had 2 one-woman shows, Styles ...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Denys [Blakelock], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871310 Actress Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, and returned to England with her parents after World War I. While attending a convent school, her mother took her to see a play, where she determined to become an actress. She had little experience before creating a sensation in the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie Gone With t...

Forbes, Ralph, active 1915-1950, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003e0 ...

Rains, Claude

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003db ...

Brady, William A

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Epithet: American stage manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003e4 ...

Sächsische Staatstheater (active 1915-1950)

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Richter, Ursula, active 1915-1950, photographer of Dresden

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Epithet: photographer of Dresden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003e1 ...

Hamer, Leslie Pryce, active 1907-1950, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000060 ...

George, Grace, active 1915-1950, American actress, wife of W A Brady

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Epithet: American actress, wife of W A Brady British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003e3 ...

Treacher, Arthur, active 1915-1950, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003df ...

Buckmaster, John, active 1915-1950, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003de ...

Palmer, Lilli, active 1915-1950, actress

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003dd ...

Thibault, Jacques Anatole, alias 'Anatole France', writer

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Epithet: alias 'Anatole France', writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000239 ...

McCarthy, Lillah, OBE, actress, first wife of H G Granville-Barker

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Epithet: OBE, actress, first wife of H G Granville-Barker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000219 ...

Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, active 1915-1950, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003dc ...

Cromwell, John, active 1915-1950, American actor

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Epithet: American actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x000033 ...

Malicka, Maria, active 1915-1950, Polish actress

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Epithet: Polish actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x0003e2 ...

Heggie, Otto Peter, active 1899-1958, Australian actor

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Epithet: Australian actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000040 ...

Pearson, Edward Hesketh Gibbons, actor and biographer

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Epithet: actor and biographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00021a ...

Stevens, Onslow, active 1915-1950, American actor

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Epithet: American actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x000034 ...