Grove, Valerie. Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith. Chatto and Windus.
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Education
G. B. Stern
GBS
started school at seven. During her first term she fell into disgrace for running up a large bill for pencils, erasers, etc., from a stationers' shop where her parents had an account: she had...
Education
Noel Streatfeild
After a spell earning her own living, NS
enrolled at the LondonAcademy of Dramatic Art
(later RADA).
Jordan, Harriet. “Noel Streatfeild”. White Gauntlet Design.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Education
Viola Tree
Her father, who wanted her to act, chose her as one of the students at the Academy (later Royal Academy) of Dramatic Art
, which he founded in 1904—the same year in which she began...
Education
Viola Tree
In 1911 Bernard Shaw
, who was an opera critic as well as a playwright, and a Tree family friend (his donations were crucial to the success of Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
), wrote...