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| − | + | [[Amy Coleridge]] (186*-1951) was a British actress | |
| + | == Biography == | ||
| − | Return to [[ESAT Personalities C]] | + | Born Amy Matilda Cowbrick (or Cowlrick), but used the stage name [[Amy Coleridge]]. |
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| + | She married actor-director [[William Haviland]] in Chicago on 18 February 1884. They had two children, a son (an actor, who died in South Africa in 1924) and a daughter (possibly the actress [[Augusta Haviland]]). She and Haviland were later divorced, possibly 1901. | ||
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| + | She next married the actor [[Percy Anstey]] in 1906 (real name Percival Louis Page Phillips) and eventually she married Archibald Brough Pearce. Amy died in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 4 August 1951. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance== | ||
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| + | Soon after their marriage, she and Haviland came to South Africa as members of the [[Holloway Theatre Company]] in 1895. She played Desdemona in ''[[Othello]]'' and Cordelia in ''[[King Lear]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg. | ||
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| + | In 1897 she returned with the [[Haviland and Lawrence Shakespearian & Dramatic Company]] to appear in their season of Shakespearian plays at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on January 3 & 4, 1898, directed by [[William Haviland]] and co-starring [[William Haviland]] and [[Gerald Lawrence]]. | ||
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| + | In 1902 she appeared in three Broadway productions, but the apparently returned to South Africa to play for [[Leonard Rayne]] for many years and become a speech and drama teacher. | ||
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| + | In 1910 for example she was a leading member of a [[Leonard Rayne]] company that put on a season of plays that included ''[[Henry of Navarre]]'', ''[[The Woman in the Case]]'', ''[[The Fires of Fate]]'', ''[[The Sign of the Cross]]'', ''[[East Lynne]]'' and ''[[The Silver King]]''. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[Eastern Province Herald]], January 3, 1898. | ||
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| + | http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=202183.0 | ||
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| + | https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/amy-coleridge-35843 | ||
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| + | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.403, 433 | ||
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| + | Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:08, 27 January 2022
Amy Coleridge (186*-1951) was a British actress
Contents
Biography
Born Amy Matilda Cowbrick (or Cowlrick), but used the stage name Amy Coleridge.
She married actor-director William Haviland in Chicago on 18 February 1884. They had two children, a son (an actor, who died in South Africa in 1924) and a daughter (possibly the actress Augusta Haviland). She and Haviland were later divorced, possibly 1901.
She next married the actor Percy Anstey in 1906 (real name Percival Louis Page Phillips) and eventually she married Archibald Brough Pearce. Amy died in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 4 August 1951.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Soon after their marriage, she and Haviland came to South Africa as members of the Holloway Theatre Company in 1895. She played Desdemona in Othello and Cordelia in King Lear at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg.
In 1897 she returned with the Haviland and Lawrence Shakespearian & Dramatic Company to appear in their season of Shakespearian plays at the Port Elizabeth Opera House on January 3 & 4, 1898, directed by William Haviland and co-starring William Haviland and Gerald Lawrence.
In 1902 she appeared in three Broadway productions, but the apparently returned to South Africa to play for Leonard Rayne for many years and become a speech and drama teacher.
In 1910 for example she was a leading member of a Leonard Rayne company that put on a season of plays that included Henry of Navarre, The Woman in the Case, The Fires of Fate, The Sign of the Cross, East Lynne and The Silver King.
Sources
Eastern Province Herald, January 3, 1898.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=202183.0
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/amy-coleridge-35843
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: pp.403, 433
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