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Many Waters (play)
Many Waters is a play by the Irish writer Monckton Hoffe. It was first performed in 1926 under the title ''The Unnamed Play'' lasting for one performance at the Stand Theatre in London. Revised and under its new title it enjoyed a much longer West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre, lasting for 313 performances between 18 July 1928 and 20 April 1929. The 1928 cast included Nicholas Hannen, Marda Vanne, Milton Rosmer, Reginald Denham, Aubrey Dexter and Robert Douglas in his West End debut. The title is from the expression "Many waters cannot quench love". Film version In 1931 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Arthur Margetson and Elizabeth Allan Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films. Life and career Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in ....Goble p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Early life On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland. His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles. Career Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s. He wrote more than 20 plays. He was initially an actor who wrote his first play, '' The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark,'' in 1903. He became more widely known with '' The Little Damozel'' in 1909 in which Charles Hawtrey appeared. He wrote for films and broadcasting, and continued to act on stage and in films intermittently throughout his life. Hoffe was married to Barbara Conrad but the marriage was dissolved in 1923. He died on 4 November 1951 in London. Selected plays *'' The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark'' (1903) *'' The Little Damozel'' (1909) *'' The Faithful Heart'' (1921) *'' Pomp and Circumstance'' (1922) *'' Hate Ship'' *'' The Flame of Love'' *'' The Crooked Friday'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Many Waters (film)
''Many Waters'' is a 1931 British romance film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Arthur Margetson and Elizabeth Allan. The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of British International Pictures.Wood p.72 It was based on the 1928 play of the same title by Monckton Hoffe. An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth. It was the last film of actress Lillian Hall-Davis, a star of the silent era, who committed suicide in 1933. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Mabel Barcaldine * Arthur Margetson as Jim Barcaldine * Elizabeth Allan as Freda Barcaldine * Donald Calthrop as Compton Hardcastle * Sam Livesey as Stanley Rosel * Mary Clare as Mrs. Rosel * Robert Douglas as Godfrey Marvin * Charles Carson as Henry Delauney * Ivan Samson as Philip Sales * Renée Macready as Dolly Sales * Herbert Lomas as Everett * Hay Petrie as Director * J. Fisher White as Gentleman * Monckton Hoffe as Registrar * S.A. Cookson as Registrar of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Set In London
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Comedy Plays
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British Plays
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West End Plays
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1928 Plays
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Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films. Life and career Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in Darlington, County Durham. At age 17, she made her stage debut at the Old Vic. She made her film debut four years later in ''Alibi''. She appeared in a number of films for Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios, but was also featured in Gainsborough's '' Michael and Mary'' and Korda's '' Service for Ladies''. In 1932 she married agent Wilfrid J. O'Bryen, to whom she was introduced by actor Herbert Marshall; they were together until his death in 1977. Her first US/UK co-production and first US production came in 1933, and she worked in the United States under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1935 was her most memorable year in Hollywood, when she not only distinguished herself in two memorable Dickens' adaptations as David's unfortunate yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Margetson
Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor. Margetson worked as a stockbroker before he became an actor. In 1936, Margetson married actress Shirley Grey. Filmography * ''Wolves'' (1930) as Mark (film debut) * '' Other People's Sins'' (1931) as Bernard Barrington * ''Many Waters'' (1931) as Jim Barcaldine * '' His Grace Gives Notice'' (1933) as George Barwick * ''The Great Defender'' (1934) as Leslie Locke * '' Little Friend'' (1934) as Hilliard * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) as Dining Officer * '' The Mystery of the Mary Celeste'' (1935) as Capt. Benjamin Briggs * ''The Divine Spark'' (1935) as Ernesto Tosi * ''I Give My Heart'' (1935) as Count Du Barry * ''Music Hath Charms'' (1935) as Alan Sterling * '' Broken Blossoms'' (1936) as Battling Burrows * '' Juggernaut'' (1936) as Roger Clifford * '' Head Office'' (1936) as Dixon * '' Pagliacci'' (1936) as Tonio * ''Smash and Grab'' (1937) as Malvern * ''Action for Slander'' (1938) as Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of ''Pagliacci'' (1923), ''The Passionate Adventure'' (1924), ''Blighty (film), Blighty'' (1927), ''The Ring (1927 film), The Ring'' (1927) and ''The Farmer's Wife'' (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of ''Quo Vadis (1924 film), Quo Vadis'' (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in ''As We Lie'' (1927), a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to sound films; in 1933 her "sharp career d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Douglas (actor)
Robert Douglas Finlayson (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999), known professionally as Robert Douglas, was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer. Early career and personal life Douglas was born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He studied at RADA and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first London appearance in ''Many Waters'' at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. Personal life and death He was married twice, to actresses Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Encinitas, California, aged 89. Career As an actor Theatre *1927: ''The Best People'' (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour) *1928: ''Crime'' (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour) *1928: ''Many Waters'' (Ambassadors Theatre London) *1928: ''Mrs.Moonlight'' (Kingsway Theatre London) *1929: ''Black St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassadors Theatre (London)
The Ambassadors Theatre (formerly the New Ambassadors Theatre), is a West End theatre located in West Street, near Cambridge Circus on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster. It is one of the smallest of the West End theatres, seating a maximum of 444, with 195 people in the dress circle and 251 in the stalls. History The theatre was, along with the adjacent St Martin's conceived by their architect, W. G. R. Sprague, as companions, born at the same time in 1913, but the First World War interrupted the construction of the latter for three years. The Ambassadors was built with the intention of being an intimate, smaller theatre and is situated opposite the renowned restaurant The Ivy, favourite haunt of the theatrical elite. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in March 1973. New Ambassadors era In 1996, the venue was bought by its namesake the Ambassador Theatre Group, now the largest operator of theatres in the West End. It was first split into two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
