Her family was not wealthy. Her mother, Rose Seager Marsh
, was born in New Zealand, a child of English pioneer immigrants. She was strict but understanding and particularly talented at amateur acting, an activity...
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Ngaio Marsh
NM
's mother
played the witch, and her grandfather Edward William Seager
made a present to her of two theatrical treasures: a book entitled Actors of the [Nineteenth] Century by Frederic White
and a shirt...
