Theater interview transcripts, 1960-1962.

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Theater interview transcripts, 1960-1962.

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Transcripts of a series of interviews Langton conducted in 1960-62 with 27 veteran British actors who had performed in plays of George Bernard Shaw at a time when he was personally involved in their production. Langton wished to test his thesis that while Shaw was a modernist in content, his stagecraft was essentially of the 19th century. Actors interviewed include Sir Lewis Casson, Dame Edith Evans, Christopher Fry, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Wendy Hiller, Lillah McCarthy, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ernest Thesiger, and Dame Sybil Thorndike, among others.

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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...

Thesiger, Ernest Frederic Graham, 1879-1961

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000109 ...

Fry, Christopher, 1907-2005

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00002e Christopher Fry was born on 18 December 1907. He was originally named Arthur Hammond Harris and during his childhood adopted the surname Fry from his maternal grandmother. In his late twenties he became known as Christopher Fry. He went to Bedford Modern School, where he wrote his first play at eleven and his first verse drama at ei...

Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Chelsea and Duchess Theatre, to Denys Blakelock, 1947 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872363 Wife of Sir Lewis Casson Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00026f ...

Hiller, Wendy

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000168 ...

McCarthy, Lillah, 1875-1960

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English actress and theatre manager. From the description of Scrapbooks of Lillah McCarthy, 1895-1938 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612379052 ...

Casson, Lewis, Sir, 1875-1969

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British actor and producer. From the description of Letter : London, to Laurence Housman, 1938 May 8. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25269115 English actor and producer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Duchess Theatre [London], to Denys Blakelock, 1947 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870498 Epithet: actor and theatrical producer Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscri...

Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964

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English actor; d. 1964. From the description of Sir Cedric Hardwicke collection, 1935-1939. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70961685 ...

Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London] and [Kent], to Denys Blakelock, 1960 Mar. 7 and 1962 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870775 Epithet: afterwards Booth , actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001b7 ...

Langton, Basil

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Basil Cedric Langton (1912-2003) was a British-born actor, director and theater manager. In the 1960s he began to photograph artists at wor, among these artists was Northwest artist, Mark Tobey, who was a close friend of Langton's wife, Louise Soelberg. From the description of Basil Langton collection of photographs of Mark Tobey, circa 1920-1933 [graphic]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 351778862 Actor, director, and author Basil Langton was born in Britain, educated in Can...

Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982

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Cathleen Nesbitt (1888-1982) was an English actress. From the description of Letters: to Anita Loos, 1965-1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515122 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000244 Epithet: afterwards Ramage actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...