“Miss May Edginton”. Times, 20 June 1957, p. 16.
Wyndham's Theatre
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | IT
's mother, Maud (Holt) Tree
, taught classics at Queen's College
, Harley Street and harboured the ambition of becoming an academic at Girton College
. Queen's College was founded for the training of... |
| Occupation | Irene Handl | The stage part, at Wyndham's Theatre
, was a housemaid in George and Margaret by Gerald Savory
(which ran for two years); the film part was a chambermaid in Missing, Believed Married. She continued... |
| Performance of text | May Edginton | ME
collaborated with Rudolph Besier
on the first of their several plays and other pieces,The Prude's Fall, which opened this month at Wyndham's Theatre
in London, but remained unpublished. |
| Performance of text | Viola Tree | The Dancers, a play written collaboratively by VT
(as Hubert Parsons) and actor-manager Gerald du Maurier
, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
, starring Tallulah Bankhead
in her London debut. Fielding, Daphne. The Rainbow Picnic. Eyre Methuen, 1974. 80 |
| Performance of text | Dodie Smith | DS
's play Service, about a large furniture shop fighting for survival in a depressed economy, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
. Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996. 216 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | Nobody's Daughter: A Play in Four Acts, a comedy by GP
about the coming-of-age of an illegitimate child, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
, where it ran for 185 performances. Filius nullius, Latin for the... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The Naked Truth: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts, collaboratively written by GP
and W. B. Maxwell
, was performed at Wyndham's Theatre
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | This popular play saw two West End revivals the following year. First it had thirty-nine performances at His Majesty's Theatre
alongside Bernard Shaw
's The Admirable Bashville, and this was followed by ninety-eight performances... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The production transferred to Wyndham's
in February to complete its run of 135 performances. It was published the same year by Samuel French
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910-1919. Scarecrow Press, 1982. 10.7 |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | Dear Brutus, another fantasy play by SJMB
, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
. Its title quotation, from Shakespeare
's Julius Caesar, says that men themselves, not fate, are to blame for their shortcomings. “Peter Pan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia”. C20th.com. |
| Performance of text | Caryl Churchill | This was the first of Churchill's works to play in the West End: on 6 July it transferred from the Royal Court to Wyndham's Theatre
. Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996. 112 |
| Performance of text | Shelagh Delaney | The Apex Jazz Trio
provided musical accompaniment. Following the success of that production, which ran for a month, commercial theatres picked up the play. It opened at Wyndham's Theatre
in London's West End on 10... |
Timeline
November 1899: Architect W. G. R. Sprague completed building...
Building item
November 1899
Architect W. G. R. Sprague
completed building for Sir Charles Wyndham
the London West End theatre Wyndham's
, still open today.
“The Albery Theatre (June 2006 renamed The Noel Coward Theatre)”. thisistheatre.com.
12 March 1903: London's New Theatre (re-named in 1973 the...
Building item
12 March 1903
London's New Theatre
(re-named in 1973 the Albery and from June 2006 renamed again the Noel Coward Theatre), built by architect W. G. R. Sprague
back to back to Wyndham's Theatre
, first opened its doors.
“The Albery Theatre (June 2006 renamed The Noel Coward Theatre)”. thisistheatre.com.
March 1963: The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at...
Writing climate item
March 1963
The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at Joan Littlewood
's Theatre Royal, Stratford East
. It transferred to Wyndham's
in the West End on 29 June, and went on to become a landmark hit.
“Oh! What a Lovely War”. The Guide to Musical Theatre.
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