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11 de ago. de 2020 · Ellen Terry (1847–1928) was one of the leading British actors of the late nineteenth century. She was associated particularly with Shakespearean performances at the Lyceum Theatre during the period of Henry Irving’s management. Her long acting career spanned over 70 years. Like many famous individuals, she published an autobiography (Terry ...
1 de ago. de 2004 · Ellen Terry: Shakespearean Actress and Critic. This article examines the role and reputation of Ellen Terry, the most eminent British Shakespearean actress of the late-Victorian period, and the extent to which she interrogated her function on the eminently spectacular stage of London’s Lyceum theatre. The article contends that in her writing ...
Ellen Terry. (1847-1928) Dame Ellen Terry, a part of a large and famous family of actors and actor-managers, was one of the most famous actresses in the world in the nineteenth century. Many of her most famous roles were alongside Sir Henry Irving, one of the most famous male actors in the world at the time. She joined his company in 1878 ...
In 1864, Ellen Terry married George Frederic Watts, one of the celebrated artists photographed by J. P. Mayall for Artists at Home (1884). She met the famous painter while working as a model, when she was 17 and he was 47. Terry was married to Watts for a total of ten months. Watts made many fine portraits and sketches of her, including Ellen ...
Famed Shakespearean actor Ellen Terry (1847–1928) played the role of Lady Macbeth in Henry Irving’s production at the London Lyceum beginning in December 1888. Sargent admired her performance and costume and convinced her to pose for him. He shows Terry placing a crown on her head after the murder of Duncan, the Scottish king.
Alice Ellen Terry was born in Coventry, England, the third born child in a theatrical family. Her parents, Benjamin and Sarah (née Ballard), were comic actors in a touring company based in Portsmouth and bad eleven children, at least five of whom became actors. Terry's first appearance on stage came at the age of eight, when she appeared ...
Ellen Terry, (born Feb. 27, 1847, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng.—died July 21, 1928, Small Hythe, Kent), English actress. Born into a family of actors, she made her stage debut at age nine. She acted with several companies before joining Henry Irving as his leading lady (1878–1902), playing a variety of Shakespearean roles in a notable partnership.
