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Diplomacy (play)
''Diplomacy'' is an 1878 English play which is a translation and adaptation by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott of the 1877 French play ''Dora'' by Victorien Sardou.(1 December 1878)"French Authors and English Adapters" ''The Theatre'', pp. 329-332 It saw frequent revivals and was a popular play for over fifty years.Ayres, Brenda, edNew Women Fiction, 1881-1899 p. 300 n.27 History Sardou's original play debuted in Paris in January 1877, and was a success, making it ripe for "adaptation" into English. B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott had previously adapted the Sardou play ''Nos Intimes'' for the Bancrofts, under the name ''Peril'' to great success, and thus they were engaged to adapt ''Dora'' as well (with contributions by the Bancrofts) for use at the Princes of Wales Theatre.(January 1907)Stage History of Famous Plays ''The Theatre'', pp. 19–20 ''Diplomacy'' was described by the English theatrical paper '' The Era'' as "the great dramatic hit of the season".''The Era'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Scott
Clement William Scott (6 October 1841 – 25 June 1904) was an influential English theatre critic for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and other journals, and a playwright, lyricist, translator and travel writer, in the final decades of the 19th century. His style of criticism, acerbic, flowery and (perhaps most importantly) carried out on the first night of productions, set the standard for theatre reviewers through to today. Scott accumulated enemies among theatre managers, actors and playwrights as years went on, picking quarrels with William Archer, Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and others. After he gave a particularly ill-considered 1898 interview, in which he attacked the morals of theatre people, especially actresses, he was forced to retire as a theatre critic and his reputation and prospects suffered badly until, by the end of his life, he was impoverished. Life and career Born the son of William Scott, the perpetual curate of Hoxton in north London, Scott converted to Roman Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitney Players
Jitney Players was the name of a traveling American acting company that was formed in 1923. Origin The Jitney Players were begun by Horace B. Cheney Jr., He and his wife, Alice, "planned the formation of a troupe of strolling players", and he developed plans for traveling via automobiles. The idea grew out of his wife's theatrical experience before they married. Alice B. Keating (her maiden name) and Constance Wilcox put on plays during summers in Wilcox's yard in Madison, Connecticut, first using the name Woodland Garden Plays and later The Playbarn. The newlywed Cheneys helped Wilcox put on one-act plays in her backyard barn, and in the summer of 1923 someone requested that the group perform in another town. Wilcox chose not to go, but the Cheneys accepted, and the Jitney Players were born. The travels did not stop with that other town but "proceeded from village to village". The newly formed company used the Talcott Bradley House in Madison as headquarters. Bankruptcy The Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Burlesque
Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian era, Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid-19th century. It is a form of parody music, parody in which a well-known opera or piece of classical theatre or ballet is adapted into a broad comic play, usually a musical play, usually risqué in style, mocking the theatrical and musical conventions and styles of the original work, and often quoting or pastiche, pastiching text or music from the original work. Victorian burlesque is one of several forms of burlesque. Like ballad opera, burlesques featured musical scores drawing on a wide range of music, from popular contemporary songs to operatic arias, although later burlesques, from the 1880s, sometimes featured original scores. Dance played an important part, and great attention was paid to the staging, costumes and other spectacular elements of stagecraft, as many of the pieces we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Eytinge
Pearl Eytinge (''née'' Wyckoff; 1854–1914) was a New York-born actress, author, producer, playwright and activist who once said "There is no vice on earth of which I have not partaken". Her addiction to drink and drugs ended her stage career and it was said of her that: "Pearl Eytinge the women slew Pearl Eytinge the artist". In later years she lectured on the dangers of drug taking. Family When Pearl’s mother, Margaret Winship, met and later married Sol Eytinge, she had two children from previous relationships. Her son, James S. Wyckoff, kept the name of his biological father, James B. Wyckoff, whilst Pearl adopted the name of her new step-father. The Eytinge family had settled in America from the Netherlands in the first half of the 19th century, and many of them were connected with the arts – actors, writers and illustrators – the most famous being Sol’s cousin, actress Rose Eytinge. Sol was an illustrator who associated with the New York bohemian set of the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Ponisi
Elizabeth Ponisi Wallis (December 15, 1818, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England – February 19, 1899, Washington, D. C.), née Hansom or Hanson, known throughout her career as Madame Ponisi, was an English-American actress. At an early age, she made her stage debut at Barnard Castle, Durham, England, as Amy in ''Father and Son''. She made her London debut on December 26, 1848. In September 1850 she sailed for America under a three-month contract with E. A. Marshall, manager of the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia and the Old Broadway Theatre in New York. She made her American debut October 7, 1850, at the former theater, as Marianne in '' The Wife'', by James Sheridan Knowles. She played seven different roles in her first week, and then went to New York. Her debut there, at the Broadway Theatre, occurred on November 11, 1850, as Lady Teazle in ''The School for Scandal'', with William Davidge. She was immediately invited to join the company to play leading roles. She stayed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Granger
Maude Granger (1849-August 17, 1928) was a popular American stage actress of the latter part of the 19th century, and early 20th century. Biography Granger was born Anna Brainard in Middletown, Connecticut. She made her Broadway debut in ''A Woman's Heart'' at the Union Square Theatre.(14 September 1890Maude Granger's Career ''San Francisco Call'' She took over the lead part in ''Led Astray'' when Rose Eytinge became ill. She also appeared in ''The Two Orphans (play), The Two Orphans'', ''Two Nights in Rome'', ''The Planter's Wife'', ''Broken Hearts'', and ''My Partner''. Later she took on more Shakespearean roles, and also appeared in more Broadway hits such as ''The First Year (play), The First Year'' (1920) and ''Pigs'' (1924). While playing in ''Pigs'' in Chicago she fell ill, and had to retire after failing to fully recover from surgery. She retired after a 55-year stage career.(18 August 1928)Maude Granger, Noted Actress, Dies at 77 ''The New York Times'' Historian D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Coghlan
Rosamond Marie Coghlan (March 18, 1851 – April 2, 1932) was an English actress. Coghlan was born in Peterborough, England, to author Francis Coghlan, and Anna Marie, ''née'' Kirby. Her elder brother (or half-brother) was the actor Charles Francis Coghlan. Her niece was Gertrude Coghlan. Rose went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson, Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway theater, Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan (stage actor), Barry Sullivan, and then returned to America. She became prominent as Countess Zicka in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy'', and Stephanie in ''Forget-me-not''. She was at James William Wallack, Wallack's almost continuously until 1888, and subsequently appeared in melodrama in parts like the title-role of ''The Sporting Duchess (play), The Sporting Duchess''. Following the 1899 death of her brother, Charles Francis Coghlan, Charles Cogh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry James Montague
Henry James Montague was the stage name of Henry John Mann, (January 20, 1843 – August 13, 1878), an American actor born in England. Biography Montague was born January 20, 1843, in Staffordshire, England. After playing as an amateur he appeared at Astley's Theatre under Dion Boucicault, enacting on 26 January 1863, the Junior Counsel for the Defence in the 'Trial of Elfie Deans,' extracted by Boucicault from the 'Heart of Midlothian.' At the St James's Theatre on 11 January 1864, he appeared with Charles Mathews in the 'Adventures of a Love Letter,' an adaptation by Mathews of M. Sardou's 'Pattes de Mouche,' was Faust in Mr. Burnand's burlesque 'Faust and Marguerite,' 9 July, and 1 October, Christopher Larkins in 'Woodcock's Little Game.' On 29 June 1865 he was the original Launcelot Darrell, a murderer, in 'Eleanor's Victory,' adapted from Miss Braddon by John Oxenford ; at the Olympic, 9 December, the original Clement Austin in 'Henry Dunbar, or the Outcast,' adapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Wallack
John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City – September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of James William Wallack and Susan Johnstone. He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career. Biography He was born in New York but at an early age he was taken to his parents' home in London where he was reared and educated. His mother was also an actress Susan Johnstone and his father was James William Wallack a theatre producer. He had chosen a military career but became discouraged and went to Dublin where he went upon the stage. He remained for two seasons and then went to Edinburgh. Then in 1846, he appeared in London at the Haymarket Theatre under Benjamin Webster's management. There he was seen by George H. Barrett, who had come to London to engage actors for the Broadway Theatre, in New York. He made his American debut there in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Le Thiere
Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a street in Queensland **Roma Street busway station **Roma Street Parkland, park in Brisbane, Queensland **Roma Street railway station, a station in Brisbane, Queensland Brazil * Mata Roma, a municipality in the state of Maranhão * Roma Negra, a nickname of the city of Salvador, Bahia Italy * Rome or Roma, the capital of Italy **A.S. Roma, one of the football clubs of Rome ** Roma Tre University (founded in 1992) ** Esposizione Universale Roma or EUR, a residential and business district * Ancient Rome or Roma Lesotho * Roma, Lesotho, in the Maseru District Mexico * Colonia Roma, a neighbourhood in Mexico City Peru * Roma, Peru, a town in La Libertad Region Portugal * Roma (Lisbon Metro), a Green Line station on Avenida de Roma Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effie Bancroft
Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1839–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she adopted his last name. Bancroft and her husband were important in the development of Victorian era theatre through their presentation of innovative plays at the London theatres that they managed, first the Prince of Wales's Theatre and later the Haymarket Theatre. Life and career Bancroft was born at Doncaster, and as a child appeared on the stage with her parents, who were both actors. Among her early parts was that of Fleance in ''Macbeth'' (1846). She made her London début on 15 September 1856, at the Lyceum Theatre, as the boy Henri in ''Belphegor'', playing the same night in ''Perdita; or, the Royal Milkmaid''. She won great popularity in several boy roles, in burlesques at various theatres, as Cupid in two different plays, and notably as Pippo, in ''The Maid and the Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Kendal
Dame Madge Kendal, (born Margaret Shafto Robertson; 15 March 1848 – 14 September 1935) was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies. Together with her husband, W. H. Kendal (''né'' William Hunter Grimston), she became an important theatre manager. Madge Kendal came from a theatrical family. She was born in Grimsby in Lincolnshire, where her father ran a chain of theatres. She began to act as a small child and made her London debut at the age of four. As a teenager she appeared with Ellen and Kate Terry in Bath, and played Shakespeare's Ophelia and Desdemona in the West End. Under the management of J. B. Buckstone, she joined the company of the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1869, when she was 21. While in the company she met and married the actor W. H. Kendal. After their marriage, in August 1869, the two made it a rule to appear in the same productions, and became known to the public as "The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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