''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is a 1913 British silent historical

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Frank Wilson and starring

Violet Hopson Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...

Harry Royston Harry Royston was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in more than sixty short and feature films during the silent era including '' Lady Jennifer''.Goble p.506 Selected filmography * ''Oliver Twist'' (1912) * '' Adrift on Life's Tide'' ...

and

Chrissie White Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...

.Palmer p.900 The film is an adaptation of the 1766 novel ''

The Vicar of Wakefield ''The Vicar of Wakefield'', subtitled ''A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself'', is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and wid ...

'' by the Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith.

Cast

as Olivia Primrose *

as Richard Thornhill *

Warwick Buckland Warwick Buckland (1863–1945) was a British stage actor. He later became a film actor and director. He directed the 1915 crime film '' After Dark''.Goble p.49 Buckland also worked as an art director, designing the sets for the epic ''Barnaby R ...

as Dr Charles Primrose *

as Sophia Primrose * Harry Gilbey as Sir William Thornhill * Marie de Solla as Mrs Primrose *

Jack Raymond Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in '' A Detective for a Day''. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his a ...

as Moses Primrose * Harry Buss as Jenkinson * John MacAndrews as Minister

References

Bibliography

* Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988.

External links

* 1913 films 1910s historical drama films British historical drama films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Frank Wilson Films set in England Films set in the 18th century Films based on Irish novels Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1913 drama films 1910s British films Silent historical drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub