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23 de abr. de 2008 · The first to tackle this now famous role on the London stage was Shaw’s friend, the great actress Sybil Thorndike, who opened in the UK stage premiere of Saint Joan on 26 March 1924. In fact, Shaw had written the play with the actress in mind, though it had received its world premiere on Broadway a year earlier with Winifred Lenihan in the role of Joan.
Thorndike, Sybil (1882–1976)English actress who, having made her debut in 1904, lived to become the last link between the glories of the Edwardian theater and those of the post-World War II "Age of Olivier."
Sybil Thorndike wurde in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, als Tochter des Kanonikers der Rochester Kirche Arthur Thorndike und dessen Frau Agnes Macdonald geboren. In Rochester besuchte sie die Grundschule für Mädchen.
Agnes Sybil Thorndike, CH, DBE (ur. 24 października 1882 w Gainsborough, zm. 9 czerwca 1976 w Londynie) – angielska aktorka filmowa i teatralna.. Od 1904 występowała w teatrach objazdowych w Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych, a od 1908 głównie w londyńskich teatrach, w tym od 1914 do 1918 w Old Vic Theatre.
26 de jul. de 2024 · The actress Dame Sybil Thorndike was one of the outstanding figures in British theatre in the first half of the 20th century. She is best remembered as a Shakespearean tragic actress and as Saint Joan, a part written for her by George Bernard Shaw. Thorndike’s professional debut of 1904 in a ...
Sybil Thorndike en Internet Movie Database (en inglés). Sybil Thorndike en Internet Broadway Database (en inglés) The Sybil Thorndike Scrapbook Archivado el 5 de julio de 2008 en Wayback Machine. (en inglés) Lista de actuaciones en el archivo de la Colección Teatral de la Universidad de Brístol; The life's work of Sybil Thorndike at Ward's ...
Dame Sybil Thorndike and her husband Sir Lewis Casson were a popular and celebrated theatrical couple from the 1920s onwards. Both acted from an early age; Thorndike beginning her professional career with Ben Greet, Casson with Poel and the Vedrenne-Barker company at the Royal Court.
