The Golden Age of Theatre (1880-1920)

1. Lena Ashwell (1872-1957) - important classical actor & the first organizer of large-scale war-time troop entertainment				2. Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955) - famed for playing Everyman & for being an early love of Edna St. Vincent Millay
3. Cecilia (Cissy) Loftus (1876-1943) - when she made her stage debut at 15, Max Beerbohm became infatuated with her and Toulouse Lautrec sketched her. She became one of the most versatile of performers with a career extending over fifty years.				4. Adeline Genée (1875-1955) - billed by Florenz Ziegfeld as 'the world's greatest dancer' who not only popularized ballet but did much to re-establish it as an important art form in Britain and America.
5. Harley Granville Barker (1877-1946) - actor and director who did much to establish Bernard Shaw as a major playright and brought new life to the staging of Shakespeare's plays - Part 1  Part 2				6. Constance Collier (1878-1955) - the Gaiety girl who became a much-loved classical actress and then Hollywood's most famous acting coach
7. Marie Löhr (1890-1975) - the Australian-born star whose theatrical career extended over 72 years and who made more than 40 films				8. Sir John Hare (1844-1921) - one of the most famous English actors and theatre managers in the late 1800s.
9. Arthur Bourchier (1863-1927) & Violet Vanbrugh (1856-1942)				10. Courtice Pounds (1862-1927), star of Gilbert & Sullivan productions who became a great Shakespeare player; & his sister, Louie Pounds (1873-?), briefly a star of musical plays.
11. Cyril Maud (1862-1951) - influential comedian, actor and theatre manager whose stage career extended over 60 years				12. Winifred Emery (1862-1921) - at the end of the Nineteenth Century, she was one of England's most popular actresses, both in classical plays and comedy
13. E. S. Willard (1853-1915) - his intense but controlled style of acting had an immense - although now all but forgotten - impact on the theatre, both in England and the United States				14. Daisy Wood (1877-1961) - a younger sister of Marie Lloyd who had her own successful music-hall career.
15. Sir Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) - distinguished actor-manager, playwright and early film star, whose theatrical career extended for more than 60 years				16. Ellaline Terriss (1872-1971) - pretty, demure & talented star of musical comedies who achieved enormous popularity at the turn of the Nineteenth Century
17. H. B Irving (1870-1919) - son of Sir Henry Irving & Dorothea Baird (1975-1933)- the original British Trilby				18. Dame Irene Vanbrugh (1872-1949) - a skilled & effective star of the British theatre who delighted audiences for over 50 years
19. Isabel Jay (1879-1927) - a principal D'Oyly Carte soprano who became a star of musical drama				20. Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973) - once described as being 'the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom'
21. Photo Gallery of  Gertie MILLAR (1879-1952) - the much loved star of English musical comedies from 1901 to 1915 Part 1 - Biography (20 photos)Part 2 - Shows 1901-6 (24 photos) Part 3 - Shows 1906-9 (27 photos)Part 4 - Shows 1910-11 (22 photos) Part 5 - Shows 1912-15 (23 photos)

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