Peter Bell was a British stage actor and producer. In 1951 he appeared opposite Jean Charlesworth and

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in a

Lionel Hamilton Lionel Hamilton was an English theatre director and actor, director of the Northampton Repertory Company in Northampton, England. Much of his work was conducted at the Northampton Repertory Theatre and the Kettering Savoy in the late 1940s and ...

production of '' The Romantic Young Lady'' at the

Kettering Savoy The Kettering Savoy (previously, Coliseum Theatre; subsequently, Ohio Theatre; also known as The Savoy) was a theatre and cinema in Russell Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. History The Kettering Savoy was originally known as the Col ...

. He was employed by the

Northampton Repertory Company Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

in the early 1950s, but by 1953 had appeared to have moved on. His wife, Mary Honer, was involved with training young actors on stage in Northampton. In 1950, Bell and

Jack Livesey Jack Edwards Livesey (11 June 1901 – 12 October 1961) was a British film actor. He was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Sam Livesey, the brother of Barry Livesey, and the cousin and step-brother of Roger Livesey. He died in B ...

produced youth productions of

Stanley Houghton William Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881 – 11 December 1913) was an English playwright. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Harold Brighouse, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists. His best kno ...

's comedy '' The Dear Departed'' and Ian Haly's farce '' The Crimson Coconut'' at

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. Bell and Honer married in Stratford-on-Avon in 1944.

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