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Smith (play)
''Smith'' is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written when he was becoming a successful dramatist. The play was first seen in London in 1909. In the play, Thomas Freeman returns after years abroad to his sister Rose, and gets to know the fashionable social set who meet at her home; he eventually finds that the parlourmaid has the most merit of any in the household. History After the success of '' Lady Frederick'', his plays ''Mrs Dot'' and ''Jack Straw'' were soon staged. Maugham wrote: "Their success made the managers eager to take other plays... "; three subsequent plays "were written on commission to suit certain actors, ''Penelope'' for Marie Tempest, ''Smith'' for Miss Marie Lohr and Robert Loraine and '' The Land of Promise'' for Irene Vanbrugh.... They established me as the most popular dramatist of the day".''The Collected Plays of W. Somerset Maugham'', volume 1. Heinemann, 1961. Preface, pages xi, xiii. The play was first produced in London at the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W Somerset Maugham, Playwrite (SAYRE 6077)
W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''double-u'',Pronounced in formal situations, but colloquially often , , or , with a silent ''l''. plural ''double-ues''. Name Double-u, whose name reflects stages in the letter's evolution when it was considered two of the same letter, a double U, is the only modern English letter whose name has more than one syllable.However, "Izzard" was formerly a two-syllable pronunciation of the letter Z. It is also the only English letter whose name is not pronounced with any of the sounds that the letter typically makes in words, with the exception of H (though not for all speakers, particularly in British English). Some speakers shorten the name "double u" into "dub-u" or just "dub"; for example, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington, University of Wyoming, University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Lohr
Marie Kate Wouldes Lohr (28 July 1890 – 21 January 1975) was an Australian-born actress, active on stage and in film in Britain. During a career of more than 60 years she created roles in plays by, among others, Bernard Shaw, J. M. Barrie, Frederick Lonsdale, Somerset Maugham, William Douglas-Home and Noël Coward. She appeared mainly in the West End, but toured the British provinces at intervals throughout her career, appeared in Broadway productions and toured Canada. Biography Marie Löhr was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of the Melbourne opera house, and his wife, the English actress Kate Bishop (1848–1923).Herbert, pp. 1097–1100 Her maternal uncle Alfred Bishop and her godparents, William and Madge Kendal, were also actors. She moved with her mother to England in 1898 and began to act as a child. Lohr married Anthony Leyland Prinsep, a theatrical producer, at St-Martin-in-the-Fields in 1912. They divorced in 1928. On the death of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Plays
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Diciannove'', a 2024 Italian drama film informally referred to as "Nineteen" in some sources Science * Potassium, an alkali metal * 19 Fortuna, an asteroid Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle * "Stone in Focus", officially "#19", a composition by Aphex Twin * "Nineteen", a song from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' by Bad4Good * "Nineteen", a song from the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodesia (region)
Rhodesia, known initially as Zambesia, is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980. Demarcated and named by the British South Africa Company (BSAC), which governed it until the 1920s, it thereafter saw administration by various authorities. It was bisected by a natural border, the Zambezi. The territory to the north of the Zambezi was officially designated Northern Rhodesia by the company, and has been Zambia since 1964; that to the south, which the company dubbed Southern Rhodesia, became Zimbabwe in 1980. Northern and Southern Rhodesia were sometimes informally called "the Rhodesias". The term "Rhodesia" was first used to refer to the region by European settlers in the 1890s who informally named their new home after Cecil Rhodes, the company's founder and managing director. It was used in newspapers from 1891 and was made official by the company in 1895. To confuse matters, Southern Rhodesia, which became a self-gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, bridge tournaments, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among Old Age, seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to exchange infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Counsel
A King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their Viceroy, viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's Counsel (QC). The position originated in England and Wales. Some Commonwealth countries have retained the designation, while others have either abolished the position or renamed it so as to remove monarchical connotations — for example, "Senior Counsel" or "Senior Advocate". Appointment as King's Counsel is an office recognised by courts. Members in the UK have the privilege of sitting within the inner Bar (law), bar of court. As members wear silk gowns of a particular design, appointment as King's Counsel is known informally as ''taking silk'' and KCs are often colloquially called ''silks''. Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the basis of merit and not a particular level of expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, containing the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and John Hanning Speke, Speke's monument. South Kensington and Gloucester Road, London, Gloucester Road are home to Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Science Museum, London, Science Museum. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates. Name The Manorialism, manor of ''Chenesitone'' is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which in the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon language means "Chenesi's List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom, ton" (homestead/settlement). One early spelling is ''Kesyngton'', as wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Volpe
Frederick Volpe (31 July 1865 – 7 March 1932), sometimes printed Volpé, was an English actor. He made his stage debut in his early twenties. From 1894 until his death he was a familiar figure on the West End theatre, West End stage, generally in undemanding comedies and other ephemeral productions. Among others, he created the role of Alexis in ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1913). He made several films, beginning in 1917. Life and career Volpe was born in Liverpool, the son of Raffaele Volpe. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys (now the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts), and made his stage debut in 1887 at Rhyl in north Wales. He first came to public prominence in 1894 when he appeared in ''The Gentleman Whip'' at Terry's Theatre, London, under the management of Weedon Grossmith. He remained a member of Grossmith's team for more than two years, appearing in ''The New Boy'', ''The Ladies' Idol'', ''Poor Mr. Potion'' and ''The Romance of the Shopwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Bilbrook
Lydia Bilbrook (born Phillis Lydia Macbeth; 6 May 1888 – 4 January 1990), sometimes credited as "Bilbrooke", was an English actress whose career spanned four decades, first as a stage performer in the West End, and later in films. She is best known to today's audiences as "Lady Ada Epping" opposite comedian Leon Errol in the '' Mexican Spitfire'' movie comedies of the 1940s. She took her professional name from her home town of Bilbrook. She made her first stage appearance in 1906 and her last in 1924. She created roles in '' Where the Rainbow Ends'' (1911), '' The Great Adventure'' (1913), and '' Dear Brutus'' (1917). She played the role of Alice Hobson in the first London production of '' Hobson’s Choice'' (1916). She retired from the stage after her second marriage, in 1924, but appeared in several films between 1940 and 1949, most of them made during her residence in the US during the Second World War and early postwar years. Life and career Early years Bilbrook was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Frederick
''Lady Frederick'' is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written early in his career. The play was first seen in London in 1907, and was very successful, running for 422 performances. The title role was played by Ethel Irving. In New York it was first performed in 1908, with Lady Frederick played by Ethel Barrymore, who reprised her role in the play's film adaptation, ''The Divorcee''. In the play, Lady Frederick is an Irish widow, seriously in debt; she must deal with suitors who have various motives for proposing marriage, and with the man with whom she once had an affair. History Maugham's first play, ''A Man of Honour'', was produced by the Stage Society in 1902, after being refused by several managers, and had some success. He was unable to get his next play ''Loaves and Fishes'' produced. ''Lady Frederick'' was written in 1903. Maugham wrote about its origins: I reflected upon the qualities which the managers demanded in a play: evidently a comedy, for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Cutler
Kate Ellen Louisa Cutler (14 August 1864 – 14 May 1955) was an English singer and actress, known in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an ''ingenue (stock character), ingénue'' in Edwardian musical comedy, musical comedies, and later as a character actress in comic and dramatic plays. She is possibly best known for walking out of the lead role in Noël Coward's ''The Vortex'' in 1924 shortly before opening night. Early years Cutler was born in Marylebone, London, daughter of Henry Cutler, a singer, and his wife Mary Ann, ''née'' Tims.Kurt Gänzl, Gänzl, Kurt"Cutler, Kate Ellen Louisa (1864–1955)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 29 May 2009 She trained at a conservatoire in Watford, north of London, where one of her tutors described her as "an ideal Cherubino" in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro''.''The Times'' obituary notice, 18 May 1955, p. 13 Her career, however, took her not into opera, but into o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
