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  • | occupation = Performer<br/>Theatrical producer<br/>Impresario<br/>Theatre director ...trical producer|theatrical producer]], [[w:impresario|impresario]] and [[w:Theatre director|director]].
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  • ...Oldham, and later became the manager of the old [[w:Guildford|Guildford]] Theatre until 1963; at both theatres he continued to act, and occasionally direct, [[Category:Actor-managers]]
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  • She was a descendant of [[w:Henry Condell|Henry Condell]], one of the managers of the [[w:Lord Chamberlain's Men|Lord Chamberlain's Men]], the playing com ...a Swann|Nora Swann]] in ''[[w:EastEnders|EastEnders]]''. She worked in the theatre, including pantomime, and appeared in several feature films.
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  • | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|theatre manager|director|producer}} ...rofessionally '''Lupino Lane''', was an English actor and [[Actor-manager|theatre manager]], and a member of the famous [[Lupino family|Lupino family]], whic
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  • | occupation = Actor, theatre manager ...date = 23 October 2011}}</ref> He began his stage career at the Hippodrome Theatre in [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Indy>{{cite news |ti
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  • ...k Arthur Baker'''; 26 February 1905 – 28 May 1978) was a British actor and theatre founder, producer and director best known for portraying the character of b ...eatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They
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  • ...g in the 1920s. His career spanned more than sixty years and also included theatre, cinema and television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-p ...f silent films. He was frequently cast in supporting roles as judges, bank managers or butlers.<ref name=times/> On stage he took over the role of Captain Hook
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  • ...[[A Woman Killed with Kindness]]''. His London debut followed at the Court Theatre on 22 February 1924, in ''As Far as Thought can Reach''. ...n 14 February 1927, subsequently transferring to the larger Duke of York's Theatre. Later that year he was offered the chance to reprise the role on Broadway
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  • ...tage at the age of 18 in ''[[Haste to the Wedding]]'' (1892), a [[West End theatre|West End]] collaboration between his famous [[George Grossmith|songwriter a ...f>{{cite book|last=Green| first=Stanley| title=Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre| year=1991| publisher=Da Capo Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts| isbn
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  • | occupation = Comedian, Theatre impresario of [[music hall]] ...ber 1941), best known by his stage name '''Fred Karno''', was an English [[theatre]] [[impresario]] of the British [[music hall]].<ref name=up/> As a comedian
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  • ...er which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star [[R In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more than forty films between 1930 and 1949. S
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  • ...ng the period 1956-65, Perry was [[actor-manager]] at the [[Watford Palace Theatre]], in collaboration with his wife, Gilda.<ref name="Hayward"/> Ruth Llewell ...Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] as an actor working at its base, the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]].<ref name="Timesobituary"/> He remained with the com
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  • [[Category:English theatre managers and producers]] [[Category:20th-century English businesspeople]]
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  • ...colour (source: notes taken from BBC videotape operators and transmission managers made at the time). This was also the first episode where Cleese says the ti *Red Indian in Theatre
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  • ...went on to [[Brighton College|Brighton College]] where his interest in the theatre developed. After leaving the college he joined an [[amateur dramatics|amate ...ason-long contract at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre|Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] where he played major parts, including [[Caliban]] in ''[[The Tempest]]''
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