Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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death | Enid Bagnold | She was cremated and her ashes interred at Rottingdean. At a memorial service held in November, John Gielgud
read the lesson and Vita Sackville-West
's son Nigel Nicolson
gave the address. EB
's papers... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Edith Craig | The actor John Gielgud
was EC
's second cousin. On occasion he performed at her Barn Theatre
in Kent. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 13 Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984. 251 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Naomi Royde-Smith | Milton had his first big London success in 1922, and before Royde-Smith married him she had praised his magnetic performance as Hamlet. Speaight, Robert. “Naomi Royde-Smith”. The Tablet, Vol. 218 , No. 6481, 8 Aug. 1964, p. 21. |
Friends, Associates | Enid Bagnold | During the Second World War EB
became friendly with photographer Cecil Beaton
(with whom she exchanged plays), Lady Diana Cooper
, and actress Dame Edith Evans
. Later she also became a friend of MGM |
Friends, Associates | Josephine Tey | JT
carefully guarded her privacy. Former neighbours reported that she was very reclusive and did most of her writing in a tiny summerhouse. The Inverness Courier's account of her death notes that she did... |
Friends, Associates | Naomi Jacob | NJ
said one of the greatest influences on her after her mother was the actress Gladys ffolliott
. Jacob, Naomi. Me: A Chronicle about Other People. Hutchinson, 1933. 174-6 |
Friends, Associates | Josephine Tey | |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Jennings | She had a remarkably catholic talent for friendship. During her student days she became a friend of Philip Larkin
and Kingsley Amis
. Her correspondents at this and later periods of her life included her... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Josephine Tey | John Gielgud
persuaded Daviot to revise the play after this initial production, the result of which, he claims, was that she improved the play, by a few brilliant strokes, almost beyond recognition. Gielgud, Sir John, and Josephine Tey. “Foreword”. Plays by Gordon Daviot, Peter Davies, 1953–1954, p. ix - xii. ix |
Leisure and Society | Christopher St John | John Gielgud
and Peggy Ashcroft
performed in Twelfth Night in the Barn Theatre; it was on this night that CSJ
first met her new neighbours Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson
. Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984. 251 |
Literary responses | Josephine Tey | The play was a moderate success, and ran for just over one hundred performances. Bargainnier, Earl F., editor. 10 Women of Mystery. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1981. 45 |
Material Conditions of Writing | Molly Keane | She was in the middle of writing a play when her husband died, and she found she could not go on with it. She was still pretty desolate qtd. in Chamberlain, Mary, editor. Writing Lives: Conversations Between Women Writers. Virago Press, 1988. 130 |
Material Conditions of Writing | Mary Renault | The Charioteer's focus on homosexuality caused great concern to MR
's publishers. She had not published anything for five years, and this novel was a significant departure from her earlier work. In Britain her... |
Occupation | Noel Streatfeild | After studying at RADA, NS
went on the stage, where she gained experience of everything from classic roles to revues and pantomime. Her first engagement was with the Charles DoranShakespeare
an Company
where she... |
Occupation | Edith Craig | In addition to a memorial service and speeches, these annual tributes usually included scenes from Shakespeare
performed by well-known actors such as John Gielgud
and Sybil Thorndike
. Playwright Clemence Dane
gave a memorial speech... |