Frank Atherley
Frank Atherley (1863–1947)[1] was a British stage and film actor
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Biography
Born Edward St George Harry Gilbert on 20 May, 1863 in Fort William, Calcutta, India, he became an actor, taking the stage name of Frank Atherley.
His stage work included appearances in Robertson's David Garrick (playing "George", at the Garrick Theatre, London), Mary Pennington (Walkes) and Squire Kate (Buchannan) - both at Wallack's Theatre, in New York, Courtenay Thorpe's one act adaptation by The Light that Failed (Kipling) at the Royalty Theatre, London on 7 April 1898[2] and Parasites (Potter) at the Globe Theatre, London from 5 May, 1910.
His film career included the films known for Carry on! (1927), Sexton Blake, Gambler (1928) and Betrayal (1932).
Twice married, first to Jessie Tenniel (1891 till 1896, when they divorced) and then to Katie Marian Bell (1903 to 1942, when she passed away). Atherley himself died on May 8, 1947 in Kensington, London, England.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1899 he was in South Africa, where he led a company under the management of the Wheeler-Edwardes Company, that presented a performance of Lord and Lady Algy (Carton) in the Opera House, Cape Town, early in the year. The combination of play and company apparently "became extremely popular with the public" according to D.C. Boonzaier (1923).
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040441/
https://footlightnotes.wordpress.com/tag/frank-atherley/
http://www.stagebeauty.net/produce/th-revw1.html
J. P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Scarecrow Press: p.67 [3]
Thomas Allston Brown. 1903. A history of the New York stage from the first performance in 1732 to 1901, Dalcassian Publishing Company: p.355[4]
F.C. Phillips. 1894. "Miss Ormerod's Protege". The Press (Canterbury, New Zealand), volume LI issue 8715, 10 February 1894, page 4[[5]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.406
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