Skip to main content
Read page text
page 212
Beginnings; Vivien Leigh; Technique McKELLEN Sir Ian b. 1939 British actor Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet MACREADY William Charles 1793– 1873 English actor, rival of Kean Actors – Master Betty; Irving; Technique McSHANE Ian b. 1942 British actor Film and Television MAETERLINCK Count Maurice 1862–1949 Nobel Prize winning Belgian playwright. Renowned for his erudition and involvement in the symbolist movement Mrs Patrick Campbell; Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Maeterlinck MAMET David b. 1947 American playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross) Playwrights – Mamet MANEY Richard 1891–1968 American theatre publicist Dressing Room Talk MANKIEWICZ Herman J. 1897– 1953 American playwright; co-wrote Citizen Kane with Orson Welles Playwrights – Orson Welles MARCH Frederic 1897–1975 American actor Critical Abuse – actors MARLOWE Christopher 1564–93 English dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus) Beaumont and Fletcher; Playwrights – Marlowe MARTIN Mary 1913–90 American actress best known for her role in the musical South Pacific Broadway; Recognition; Talent MARX Harpo (Arthur) 1893–1964 American actor/comedian; one of the Marx Brothers Critical Abuse – plays; Oscar Levant MARX Groucho (Julius) 1890–1977 American actor/comedian; one of the Marx Brothers Critical Abuse – plays MARX Karl 1818–63 German founder of international communism Shakespeare’s Plays – The Merry Wives of Windsor MASON BROWN John 1900–69 American journalist; theatre critic of The Saturday Review of Literature Adaptations; Critics – A. Woollcott; Olivier; Playwrights – O’Neill; Shakespeare’s Plays – Antony and Cleopatra (Tallulah Bankhead) MASSEY Daniel 1933–98 British actor; son of Raymond Massey and godson of Noël Coward Actors – Gertrude Lawrence; 198
page 213
Noël Coward; Star Quality MASSEY Raymond 1896–1984 Canadian-born actor/director Critical Abuse – actors MASSON Tom 1866–1934 American actor/critic Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet MATTHAU Walter 1920–2000 American actor Acting; Film and Television; Vivien Leigh MATTHEWS A(lfred) E(dward) 1869–1960 English actor Critical Abuse – actors MATURA Mustapha b. 1939 West Indian-born playwright Playwrights – Mustapha Matura MAUGHAM (William) Somerset 1874–1965 British novelist and playwright (The Circle) Plays; Playwrights – Somerset Maugham MENCKEN H(enry) L(ouis) 1880–1956 American writer and critic Comedy; Finance; Shakespeare MEREDITH Burgess 1907–97 American actor/director/ producer Te l e g rams MEREDITH George 1828–1909 English novelist (Diana of the Crossways) Comedy MERMAN Ethel 1904–84 American actress/singer Talent (Mary Martin) MERRICK David 1911–2000 American producer/actor Critics; Producers – David Merrick MILES Sir Bernard 1907–91 English actor/manager; founder of the Mermaid Theatre Purpose MILLER Arthur 1915–2005 American playwright (The Crucible) Playwrights – Arthur Miller MILLS Sir John 1908–2005 English actor Audience Asides; Costume and Make-up MILNE A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956 English novelist/ playwright (Mr Pym Passes By) and children’s writer (Winnie the Pooh) Actors – Du Maurier; Audiences; Plays; Playwrights MILTON Ernest 1890–1974 British actor Advice MILTON John 1608–74 English poet (Paradise Lost) Shakespeare MITFORD Mary Russell 1787–1855 English novelist and dramatist Kean MIZNER Addison 1872–1933 American architect Actors MIZNER Wilson 1876–1933 American actor/playwright/ 199

Page Text

View plaintext

Beginnings; Vivien Leigh; Technique McKELLEN Sir Ian b. 1939

British actor Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet MACREADY William Charles

1793– 1873 English actor, rival of Kean Actors – Master Betty; Irving; Technique McSHANE Ian b. 1942

British actor Film and Television MAETERLINCK Count Maurice

1862–1949 Nobel Prize winning Belgian playwright. Renowned for his erudition and involvement in the symbolist movement Mrs Patrick Campbell; Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Maeterlinck MAMET David b. 1947

American playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross) Playwrights – Mamet MANEY Richard 1891–1968

American theatre publicist Dressing Room Talk MANKIEWICZ Herman J. 1897–

1953 American playwright; co-wrote Citizen Kane with Orson Welles Playwrights – Orson Welles MARCH Frederic 1897–1975

American actor Critical Abuse – actors MARLOWE Christopher 1564–93

English dramatist

(Tamburlaine the Great, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus) Beaumont and Fletcher; Playwrights – Marlowe MARTIN Mary 1913–90

American actress best known for her role in the musical South Pacific Broadway; Recognition; Talent MARX Harpo (Arthur) 1893–1964

American actor/comedian; one of the Marx Brothers Critical Abuse – plays; Oscar Levant MARX Groucho (Julius)

1890–1977 American actor/comedian; one of the Marx Brothers Critical Abuse – plays MARX Karl 1818–63

German founder of international communism Shakespeare’s Plays – The Merry Wives of Windsor MASON BROWN John 1900–69

American journalist; theatre critic of The Saturday Review of Literature Adaptations; Critics – A. Woollcott; Olivier; Playwrights – O’Neill; Shakespeare’s Plays – Antony and Cleopatra (Tallulah Bankhead) MASSEY Daniel 1933–98

British actor; son of Raymond Massey and godson of Noël Coward Actors – Gertrude Lawrence;

198

read next page

My Bookmarks

Buy this Book
Skip to main content