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Sir Nigel Ross Playfair (1 July 1874 – 19 August 1934) was an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in the 1920s. After acting as an amateur while practising as a lawyer, he turned professional in 1902 when he was 28.
Nigel Playfair. Actor: Lady Windermere's Fan. When one thinks of the great English actors who have been knighted, one thinks of Sir Henry Irving, the greatest actor of the middle-to-late Victorian period who became the first thespian to have a sovereign's sword patted on both shoulders in 1895, or the likes of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the ...
Nigel Playfair is the author of R.U.R. (3.83 avg rating, 14712 ratings, 1009 reviews, published 1920), R.U.R. and The Insect Play (3.72 avg rating, 247 r...
Feb 26, 2022 · Leading theatrical impresario Nigel Playfair demanded to know how one could possibly concentrate on such a play with one’s servants rushing in and out and the doorbell constantly clanging with...
(1874—1934) actor and theatre manager. Quick Reference. (b. London, 1 July 1874; d. London, 19 Aug. 1934) English actor, producer and manager. From 1918 he was the owner and manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, where for ... From: Playfair, Nigel in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre.
Sir Nigel Playfair had a taste for the bold. ONLY FORTNUM'S. As actor and manager of London’s Lyric Theatre, he would proudly flout tradition, most famously so in 1919 with an unconventional production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’.
Sir Nigel Playfair (1874 - 1934) RA Collection: People and Organisations Profile. Born: 1874 Died: 1934. Gender: Male. Share
Sir Nigel Playfair. (1874-1934), Actor-manager. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Actor and theatre manager, Playfair made his professional debut as Mr Melrose in A Pair of Knickerbockers (1902).
Actor and theatre manager. Born Nigel Ross Playfair in London. In 1918 he formed a syndicate to take over the derelict Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. It became a highly successful drama venue, with Playfair appearing in many of its productions. Knighted in 1928.
Presented by (Playhouse), The Prisoners of War, Nigel Playfair and The Three Hundred Club 5 th July – 19 th September 1925, Playhouse Theatre, London and Royal Court Theatre, London. Director, The Way of the World , Lyric Hammersmith 1924 – 1925, Prince’s Theatre, Manchester .
