Commemoration of Ellen Terry's eightieth birthday

(Shakespeare)

Monday, 27 February 1928

Those who take part will be for the most part members of the Terry family

Fred Terry, Marion Terry, Mabel Terry Lewis, - not to mention the two young Gielguds [John/Val], great-nephews of Ellen Terry, who are rapidly making a name for themselves on the stage.

includes scenes from:

'The Winter's Tale'

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

'The Merchant of Venice'

'Hamlet'

'The Merry Wives of Windsor'

Oscar Wilde's Sonnet to Ellen Terry as Portia spoken by Henry Ainley

Our Birthday Greetings spoken by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson

A Message from Ellen Terry

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Sonnet to Ellen Terry as Portia

(Oscar Wilde)

Monday 27 February 1928 8-9

Ellen Terry
In Honour of her Eightieth Birthday

spoken by Henry Ainley

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'Lady Windermere's Fan'

(Oscar Wilde)

Tuesday 17 April 1928 London and Daventry 9.35-11

Produced by Howard Rose

Lord Windermere - Harcourt Williams
Lord Darlington - Felix Aylmer
Lord Augustus - Eric Cowley
Cecil Graham - Philip Wade
Lady Windermere - Hilda Bruce-Potter
Duchess of Berwick - Cicely Turner
Mrs. Erlynne - Irene Rooke
Lady Jedburgh - Edith Hunter
Lady Plymdale - Marjorie Clark-Jervoise

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'The Importance of Being Ernest'

(Oscar Wilde)

Friday 7 December 1928 London and Daventry 3.45-4.30
Play to Schools

[no actors listed]

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