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... role in Robert Mantell's production of As You Like It , 1909 , and her first New York apeparance in A Balkan Princess , 1911. She played roles in a number of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas , including H. M. S. Pinafore , 1911 ; Patience ...
... role in Robert Mantell's production of As You Like It , 1909 , and her first New York apeparance in A Balkan Princess , 1911. She played roles in a number of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas , including H. M. S. Pinafore , 1911 ; Patience ...
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... roles are the Tan , or women's parts , which were taken by men . The women were barred from the theatre quite early in its history ; actresses were even classed with courtesans . Later , when women timidly began to return to the stage ...
... roles are the Tan , or women's parts , which were taken by men . The women were barred from the theatre quite early in its history ; actresses were even classed with courtesans . Later , when women timidly began to return to the stage ...
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... roles . In 1914 she returned to England and played Lady Macbeth , Rosalind , Portia and other Shakespearean roles . She stayed with this company until 1918 not only playing all the main feminine roles but also did Gabbo in the Merchant ...
... roles . In 1914 she returned to England and played Lady Macbeth , Rosalind , Portia and other Shakespearean roles . She stayed with this company until 1918 not only playing all the main feminine roles but also did Gabbo in the Merchant ...
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