Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (March 26, 1873–April 11, 1934) was a British actor and manager. "Captain Hook" is also a nickname for former baseball manager Sparky Anderson. Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy are the stage play and novel (respectively which tell the well-known story of Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier, brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and father of Dame Daphne du Maurier. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier ( 6 March, 1834 &ndash 8 October, 1896) was a French -born British Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (1866 – August 27, 1910) was the mother of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British He was also a friend of Henry James. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James
Du Maurier, born in Hampstead, London, attended Heath Mount School[1] and Harrow School. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. Heath Mount School is a co-educational prep school near Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire. He initially pursued a career in business, but it did not suit him, and he took to the stage. He obtained his first engagement, a small part in Sydney Grundy's An Old Jew, via his father's friend John Hare, manager of the Garrick Theatre. Sydney Grundy ( March 23 1848 &ndash July 4 1914) was an English dramatist Sir John Hare ( May 16 1844 &ndash December 28 1921) born John Fairs, was an English actor and manager of the Garrick Theatre The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster.
After playing a number of small roles pre-1900, his popularity became assured via his acclaimed performance in major roles in the premieres of two J. M. Barrie plays: as Ernest in The Admirable Crichton in 1902, and the dual role of George Darling and Captain Hook (replacing Seymour Hicks, who had rejected the part) in Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on December 27, 1904. Sir James Matthew Barrie 1st Baronet OM ( 9 May, 1860 &ndash 19 June, 1937) more commonly known as J The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J The works of J M Barrie about Peter Pan feature many memorable characters. "Captain Hook" is also a nickname for former baseball manager Sparky Anderson. Seymour Hicks ( 30 January 1871 &ndash 6 April 1949) was a British actor Music hall performer playwright screenwriter Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy are the stage play and novel (respectively which tell the well-known story of The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End Theatre in St Martin's Lane in the City of Westminster. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on He also appeared in other Barrie plays including Dear Brutus.
The character of Wendy Darling in Peter Pan takes one of her middle names from Du Maurier's daughter Angela, and in later years Angela Du Maurier herself portrayed Wendy onstage. Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional Heroine and female Protagonist in the Peter Pan stories by J Du Maurier's nephews, the sons of his sister Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, were the inspiration behind Peter Pan and other boy characters in Barrie's fiction. The Davies boys (the family only used the double surname Llewelyn Davies in formal contexts were the sons of Arthur (1863–1907 and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (1866 – August 27, 1910) was the mother of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J
With Frank Curzon, he co-managed Wyndham's Theatre from 1910 to 1925, and then moved to the St James's Theatre. ChHoneymoon1jpg|right|thumb|250px|2nd Anniversary Souvenir of A Chinese Honeymoon ]] Frank Curzon (1869-1927 was an English Actor who became Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (cp Criterion Theatre) St James's Theatre ( est 1835 was a 1200-seat theatre located in King Street at Duke Street St James's, London. He served as the president of The Actors' Orphanage. The Actors Orphanage was started in 1896 by Kittie Carson at Croydon and was established as The Actors Orphanage Fund in 1912 Knighted in 1922 at the peak of his popularity, he continued to perform throughout his life. In later years he took on cinema roles such as a German doctor in I Was A Spy, the emperor's valet in Catherine the Great and, shortly before his final illness, Wessensee in the 1934 Michael Balcon version of Jew Süss. Catherine the Great is a 1934 film based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel, about the rise to Sir Michael Elias Balcon KBE ( 19 May 1896 &ndash 17 October 1977) was an English Film producer, known for his work Jud Süß ( The Jew Süss) was the nickname of Joseph Süss Oppenheimer and is the title of an 1827 Novella by Wilhelm Hauff, a 1925
His daughter Daphne wrote a biography of him – Gerald: A Portrait – which was published in 1934, the year he died of cancer in London.
His popularity lay in his subtle yet realistic acting style: a "delicately realistic style of acting that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper emotions". [2] His Times obituary said of his career: "His parentage assured him of engagements in the best of company to being with; but it was his own talent that took advantage of them".
The du Maurier cigarette brand is named for Gerald du Maurier. du Maurier is a Canadian -centric brand of Cigarettes produced by Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco.
References
- Sir Gerald Du Maurier Actor, Manager, And Producer, Obituary, The Times, Apr 12, 1934
- James Harding, "Du Maurier, Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson (1873–1934)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 10 Sept 2007
- ^ Gerald: A Portrait, Daphne Du Maurier, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935 Google Books
- ^ Britannica 2005
External links
- "The Peter Pan Syndrome", Camden New Journal, 14 January 2005
- Gerald du Maurier at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Admirable Crichton - 1902 production, The Play Pictorial No. The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel XI (1903).
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