''Albert Ward'' (1870-1956) was a British
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
.
He also play the role of
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
in the 1914 biopic of the playwright's career ''
The Life of Shakespeare''.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
The Pleydell Mystery'' (1916)
* ''
A Member of Tattersall's'' (1919)
* ''
The Pride of the Fancy'' (1920)
* ''
Aunt Rachel'' (1920)
* ''
The Last Rose of Summer
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'. The poem is ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Stable Companions'' (1922)
References
External links
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1870 births
1956 deaths
British film directors
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