'Hamlet'
Act IV Scene 5
Monday 27 February 1928 8-9
Ellen Terry
In Honour of her Eightieth BirthdayQueen - Mabel Terry Lewis
Horatio - John Gielgud
Ophelia - Fay Compton
King - Charles Terry
Laertes - Ben Webster
Other Information
Fay Compton (1894-
Taylor, 1939, 458-460
Born London 18 September 1894.
Married (1) H.G. Pelissier (d. 1913), (2) Lauri de Frece (d. 1921), (3) Leon Quartermaine.
First appearance Albert Hall 10 January 1906 and Apollo Theatre 20 August 1911.married to Leon Quartermain
sister of Compton MacKenzie
'Waltzes From Vienna' 1933 Hitchcock
CountessOthello
Producer & director: Orson Welles
Composer: Francesco Lavagnino & Albert o Barberis
Designer: Alexandre Trauner*
Costume designer: Maria de Matteis
Cast: Orson Welles (Othello),
Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona),
Hilton Edwards (Brabantio),
Micheál MacLiammóir (Iago),
Fay Compton (Emilia),
Michael Lawrence (Cassio),
Robert Coote (Roderigo)
Jean Davis (Montano),
Doris Dowling (Bianca).
Mercury Films, 1952. Black & white. 95 min.
Teledis Édition Ciné Vidéo Film. Coll. "Les Films de ma Vie". SECAM. English dialogues with French subtitles.
Sunday 20 June 1926 2LO London 5.30-5.50
Shakespeare's Heroines
Hamlet
Ophelia
Fay Compton
Polonius - Ivor Barnard
Hamlet - Ion Swinley
Queen - Dorothy Freshwater
A Gentleman / Horatio - Eric Messiter
King - Gilbert Heron
Laertes - Lawrence Anderson
RT 13 July 1928 p 53
One of the most entirely successful broadcasters is Fay Compton. Her voice is outstandingly 'microphonic'- if you heard her Ophelia in the Ellen Terry programme or her reading of Shelley a few Sundays ago you will understand what I mean. Miss Compton is coming to the studio again on July 28 when she will take part in a variety show with Firth and Scott and the Parkington Quntet. In the same programme appears 'Chez Cupid', a sketch by Cecil Lewis, for which, I understand, Roger Eckersley is writing a special dance number.
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