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Herbert Prentice
Herbert Major Prentice (1890–1963) was a British theatre producer and director, and founder of the Sheffield Repertory Company. He also wrote scripts for some of his productions. He was born in June 1890, the son of Thomas and Hezia Prentice. His first credit was in 1918, as producer of ''The Silver Box'' at Sheffield's Little Theatre. After seven years working in Sheffield, where he undertook his own stage design, he worked at Northampton Repertory Theatre. and Terence Gray's Cambridge Festival Theatre, Festival Theatre at Cambridge, where in April 1927 he directed George Bernard Shaw's ''Androcles and the Lion (play), Androcles and the Lion''. In 1932 he was taken on by Barry Jackson (director), Barry Jackson as a producer for the Old Rep, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, remaining until 1940, producing over nine hundred plays there. During that period he also produced works in London (the first being ''Once in a Lifetime'' in 1933) and, from 1934 to 1937, for Barry Jackson's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Repertory Company
The Sheffield Repertory Theatre was a theatre company in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England which from 1928 was based in the Sheffield Playhouse. Herbert Prince, Herbert M. Prince, a railway clerk, founded the amateur dramatics society in 1919,Frank Long "Sheffield" in Colin Chambers ''Twentieth Century Theatre'', London: Continuum, 2002, p.687 a first meeting is recorded at the Oxford Street Settlement in Shipton Street that year, which became the Sheffield Repertory Theatre in 1923. A meeting in October 1923 formed an Executive Committee for a professional Company, consisting of Wilfred Vickers, W.C. Landon, C.V. McNally, A. Ballard, H.W. d. Harkcom and Prentice. The subscription was 3 shillings and Sixpence (British coin), sixpence. At the first Annual Meeting in January 1924, the aims were formulated: #To promote and encourage interest in the Drama and kindred Arts. #To produce Plays #To arrange lectures, recitals, play-readings and discussions #To promote social intercours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |