Old Vic

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Leisure and Society Pamela Hansford Johnson
While at school, PHJ was a regular attender in the sixpenny gallery of the Old Vic Theatre , then run by Lilian Baylis .
Her memoir, however, makes two mistakes in spelling this famous theatrical...
Occupation Dora Russell
During this period, DR 's energies were centred significantly but not exclusively on her own family. In 1922 she helped her husband with his parliamentary campaign and began her critical work The Religion of the...
Performance of text Louise Page
LP 's Beauty and the Beast (adapted from the traditional fairy story) was staged by the Women's Playhouse Trust at the LiverpoolPlayhouse . It transferred on 27 December to the Old Vic in London...
Performance of text Clemence Dane
CD 's musical satire on the story of Sleeping Beauty, Adam's Opera, with music by Richard Addinsell , opened at London's Old Vic .
Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research, 1982.
10: 133, 137
Performance of text T. S. Eliot
Robert Speaight played the lead role. In November 1935, the play transferred to the public stage (the Mercury Theatre at Notting Hill Gate in London). It was then given at the Old Vic .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Performance of text Ethel Smyth
Lilian Baylis produced ES 's opera The Boatswain's Mate at the Old Vic Theatre in London.
St John, Christopher. Ethel Smyth. Longmans, Green, 1959.
179
Publishing Louise Page
It was issued in print in 1986, collaboratively by the Women's Playhouse Trust and Methuen , inaugurating this innovative joint publishing venture. The edition has the Old Vic programme bound into its centre.
Page, Louise. Beauty and the Beast. Methuen in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust, 1986.
between 22 and 23
Textual Production Cicely Hamilton
CH published The Old Vic, a history of this London theatre which included a chapter by its celebrated manager, Lilian Baylis .
H. S.,. “A Week in Books”. The Guardian, 14 June 2008, p. Review 5.
TSL Archive 1254 (28 January 1926): 56
Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990.
212-13

Timeline

11 May 1818: The Royal Coburg Theatre in London (later...

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11 May 1818

The Royal Coburg Theatre in London (later the Royal Victoria Hall and eventually the Old Vic) opened its doors. In 1821 or 1822 it unveiled its looking-glass curtain, made of 63 mirrors or parts of...

1885: Regular classes began at Morley College in...

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1885

Regular classes began at Morley College in London, a few years after Emma Cons leased the Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo Road, as a venue not just for clean variety shows and concerts but...

1912: Lilian Baylis began her tenure as manager...

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1912

Lilian Baylis began her tenure as manager of the Old Vic Theatre in London, which she converted from a music hall into a respected Shakespearian theatre.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
347
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
64, 608

1914: Actress Sybil Thorndike joined London's Old...

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1914

Actress Sybil Thorndike joined London's Old Vic Theatre under the management of Lilian Baylis .
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
828

1926: Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de...

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1926

Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de Valois founded her own school, the Academy of Choreographic Art , in London.
Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
120

1929: The young actor John Gielgud, after success...

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1929

The young actor John Gielgud , after success in the West End (dating from his role in the stage version of Margaret Kennedy 's The Constant Nymph in 1926), took a cut in income to...

19 May 1941: The Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo Road, London,...

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19 May 1941

The Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo Road, London, was bombed.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
402

14 November 1950: The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London,...

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14 November 1950

The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, re-opened after wartime bombing with a production of Twelfth Night.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
402
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
130-1

28 February 1976: A charity gala performance, Tribute to the...

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28 February 1976

A charity gala performance, Tribute to the Lady, was staged for the last night of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic before its move to the South Bank.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
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