GE
met him through the American comedy actressAnnie Russell
.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press, 1958.
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The couple's earliest correspondence dates from October 1899. On 21 February 1901 GE
sent Bright the urgent confession, I am woman and I...
Performance of text
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
The first American production of Mice and Men took place at the New National Theatre
in Washington, DC, in December 1902. It was produced by Charles Frohman
and it starred Annie Russell
. It...
Performance of text
George Egerton
In 1907 GE
wrote a comedy entitled His Wife's Family, about an Irishwoman's allegiance to her own relations as opposed to those of her husband.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press, 1958.
She staged the production herself and it starred Annie Russell
. It had a fifty-six-performance run at the Lyceum with another eight shows at the Harlem Opera House
later that year.
Engle, Sherry D. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Palgrave MacMilan, 2007.
