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== Biography ==
  
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Born Gladys Rosalie Vanderzee in Marylebone MDX
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Born Gladys Rosalie Vanderzee in Marylebone.
  
 
She became an actress, working for Frank Nenson's company and specialising on Shakespearean roles. Among them ''[[As You like It]]'' (1907), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1912)
 
She became an actress, working for Frank Nenson's company and specialising on Shakespearean roles. Among them ''[[As You like It]]'' (1907), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1912)
  
  
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She married actor and director [[Henry Herbert]],  with whom she had worked for many years, on 29 Jun 1907 in St Stephens Paddington London MDX
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She married actor and director [[Henry Herbert]],  with whom she had worked for many years, on 29 Jun 1907 in St Stephens Paddington, London.
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Gladys was a very successful actress in the early 20th century specialising on Shakespearean roles. She married Henry Herbert with whom she had worked for many years.
 
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Theatre Royal Exeter.
 
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"As You Like It"
 
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There was a large attendance at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, last night when the boards were occupied by Mr F R Benson's company in the favourite Shakespearean comedy "As You like It"
 
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. . . . . Miss Gladys Vanderzee was a sympathetic Rosalind. . . . .
 
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Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 17 September 1907.
 
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A Shakespearean Week.
 
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At Exeter Theatre.
 
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Monday evening will witness the commencement of a week of first-class dramatic performances such as invariably associated with the F R Benson North company, the recurrence of which local lovers of Shakespearean plays anticipate with the liveliest feelings of satisfaction . . . . .
 
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Mr Herbert is an actor of rare ability . . . . . he is irreproachable. In miss Gladys Vanderzee we have an actress qualified to play any of the immortal Shakespearean leading characters, and no higher tribute than that is awkward be possible. . . . .
 
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Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 3 September 1910
 
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Pleasure Gardens Theatre.
 
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The F.R. Benson Company.
 
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Shakespearean productions are always a source of delight to many playgoers, and the F.R. Benson company have received an enthusiastic welcome, repeated night after night, during the current week. Mr Henry Herbert, who has the direction of the company, and its performances are altogether admirable. . . . . Miss Gladys Vanderzee's Ophelia was a very clever and artistic effort. . Folkestone Hythe Sandgate and Cheriton Herald 9 November 1912.
 
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Gladys receives many positive reviews in the papers of the day
 
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Marriage ref: Paddington 1a 116 June 1907.
 
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Gladys was aged 24 at her marriage and was a spinster, her address is recorded as 31 Westbourne Park Rd. Witnesses were G G Vanderzee, Alfred A Harris.
 

Revision as of 11:05, 28 April 2017

Gladys Vanderzee (1883-)[1] was a British actress.


Biography

Born Gladys Rosalie Vanderzee in Marylebone.

She became an actress, working for Frank Nenson's company and specialising on Shakespearean roles. Among them As You like It (1907), Hamlet (1912)


She married actor and director Henry Herbert, with whom she had worked for many years, on 29 Jun 1907 in St Stephens Paddington, London.

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