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Lester Lurgan
Mabel Winifred Knowles who wrote as May Wynne and Lester Lurgan (1 January 1875 – 29 November 1949) was a British popular writer and church worker. She wrote 100s of historic romances and books for children. She wrote a few sci-fi books including the book of the first British Sci Fi film. She gave 25 years to leading a mission in London. Life Knowles was born in Streatham in 1875. Her parents were Emma Letitia (born Paxton) and William Knowles. Her father was a merchant banker and she was home educated. Her first book was titles ''Life's Object'' and it gave advice to girl's including that they should not give their attention to athletics or, ironically, "foolish mawkish love stories". Knowles adopted the nom de plume of Lester Lurgan and under that name she created detective and science fiction stories including "A Message from Mars" in 1912. This book was also creditted to Richard Ganthony as it was based on his successful play of the same name that had been popular in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streatham
Streatham ( ) is a district in south London, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. Streatham was in Surrey before becoming part of the County of London in 1889, and then Greater London in 1965. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Streatham means "the hamlet on the street". The street in question, the London to Brighton Way, was the Roman road from the capital Londinium to the south coast near Portslade, today within Brighton and Hove. It is likely that the destination was a Roman port now lost to coastal erosion, which has been tentatively identified with 'Novus Portus' mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia (Ptolemy), Geographia. The road is confusingly referred to as Stane Street (Chichester), Stane Street (Stone Street) in some sources and diverges from the main London-Chichester road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ganthony
Richard Ganthony (1856–1924) was an actor and playwright. He is best known as the author of the drama '' A Message from Mars'', which premiered in 1899. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, in 1856, Richard Ganthony spent most of his career in the United States, moving there when he was very young. On his death in May 1924, at the age of 67, the ''Malaya Tribune'' said that Ganthony "was naturally retiring and was not well known in theatrical circles." ''A Message from Mars'' was his most popular and best-known play. Ganthony had always said that the best comedy that he ever wrote was ''A Message from Mars''. Acting In February 1899, Ganthony played Colonel Sir George Ferrers in Washington, D.C.'s National Theatre production of ''London Life'', a play written by Martyn Field and Arthur Shirley. The play was adapted from the French ''Le Camelot''. He was listed among the cast of ''London Life'' at the Columbus Theater in March 1899. Some of his more notable roles were his appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Message From Mars (play)
''A Message from Mars'' is a play by Richard Ganthony, first performed at London's Avenue Theatre in November 1899. Summary The play presents an unusual evening in the life of Horace Parker, a selfish man. Horace refuses to escort Minnie, his ward and fiancee, to a ball because he would prefer to spend his evening at home reading about new discoveries about the planet Mars. Minnie goes to the ball with another escort, leaving Horace home alone. Horace falls asleep and dreams that he is visited by a man, a messenger from Mars. The Messenger sets out to cure Horace of his selfishness. After a series of visions, the Messenger reduces Horace to a beggar in rags. Having realized the error of his ways, Horace awakens a changed man. Authorship and controversy Ganthony said that the emphasis on playbuilding came from his acting experiences (in plays like ''The Cat and the Cherub'') and helped shape the elements that were used in ''A Message from Mars''. Ganthony used ''A Message from Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Message From Mars (1913 Film)
''A Message from Mars'' is a 1913 British science fiction silent film directed by J.Wallett Waller. According to the British Film Institute, it is the first British science-fiction film. The film was written by Waller and Richard Ganthony, based on Ganthony's 1899 play ''A Message from Mars''. The play had been issued as a book in 1912 credited to Lester Lurgan (aka Mabel Knowles) and Ganthony. The story is similar to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol of 1843, with the theme that the rich should care for the poor. Plot Horace Parker is an exceedingly self-centered, wealthy man. Not only is he a miser, but he also expects everyone else to conduct their lives according to his personal convenience. Parker is engaged to Minnie Templer, but Minnie has discovered Parker's selfishness and she is on the brink of calling off the engagement. On Christmas Eve, however, a messenger from Mars comes to Earth to show Parker the error of his ways. The two of them become invisible and eav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hawtrey (actor, Born 1858)
Sir Charles Henry Hawtrey (21 September 1858 – 30 July 1923) was an English actor, director, producer and manager. He pursued a successful career as an actor-manager, specialising in debonair, often disreputable, parts in popular comedies. He occasionally played in Sheridan and other classics, but was generally associated with new works by writers including Oscar Wilde and Somerset Maugham. Born to a long-established county family, Hawtrey was one of three of his parents' five sons to pursue a theatrical career. Before going on the stage he had considered joining the army, but failed to apply himself to the necessary studies to qualify for a commission. Once established as an actor he quickly took on the additional role of a manager, boosted by an early success with his own adaptation of a German farce presented in London as ''The Private Secretary'', which made his fortune. A lifelong gambler, both with theatrical productions and on horseracing, to which he was addicte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Christmas Carol
''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote ''A Christmas Carol'' during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols, and newer customs such as cards and Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors, including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School, one of sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassell's Family Magazine
''Cassell's Magazine'' is a British magazine that was published monthly from 1897 to 1912. It was the successor to ''Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper'', (1853–1867) becoming ''Cassell's Family Magazine'' in 1874, ''Cassell's Magazine'' in 1897, and, after 1912, ''Cassell's Magazine of Fiction''. The magazine was edited by H. G. Bonavia Hunt from 1874 to 1896, Max Pemberton from 1896 to 1905, David Williamson from 1905 to November 1908, Walter Smith from December 1908 to 1912, and Newman Flower from 1912 to 1922. It was acquired by the Amalgamated Press in 1927 and merged with '' Storyteller'' in 1932. In the 1890s, under Pemberton's editorship, the magazine was based on the ''Strand Magazine'', attempting to be a competitor to that periodical. Contributing authors included Wilkie Collins, whose 1870 novel '' Man and Wife'' raised the magazine's circulation to 70,000. Following the success of George Newnes's ''Tit-Bits'', the ''Strand Magazine'' and Alfred Harmsworth's ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady's Realm
''The Lady's Realm'' was a British women's magazine published from 1896 until 1914, possibly until 1915. It primarily targeted upper-class readers as well as an aspirational middle-class audience, featuring photographs, poems, fiction, and columns by popular authors such as Marie Corelli, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jack London, and H. G. Wells. The London Season was regularly covered, with visuals of significant society figures and débutantes appearing. Fashion trends in Paris and London were frequently discussed as well, particularly by its fashion editor Marian Pritchard. The publication's targeted reader was the "New Woman", with enlightened ideas on education, health, independence, and employment. More successful than many of its contemporary publications, the magazine sold reasonably well in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It was a staple of women's reading rooms in public libraries, which were widespread across the UK. Relatively little is known of ''The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pall Mall Magazine
''The Pall Mall Magazine'' was a monthly British literary magazine published between 1893 and 1914. Begun by William Waldorf Astor as an offshoot of ''The Pall Mall Gazette'', the magazine included poetry, short stories, serialized fiction, and general commentaries, along with extensive artwork. It was notable in its time as the first British magazine to "publish illustrations in number and finish comparable to those of American periodicals of the same class" much of which was in the late Pre-Raphaelite style. It was often compared to the competing publication ''The Strand Magazine''; many artists, such as illustrator Sidney Paget and author H. G. Wells, sold freelance work to both. During its run, the magazine published many of the most significant artists of the day, including illustrators George Morrow (illustrator), George Morrow and Edmund Joseph Sullivan, poets Algernon Charles Swinburne and Rudyard Kipling, and authors such as Julian Osgood Field, Bernard Capes, Charlotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Ascension, Victoria Docks
The Church of the Ascension, West Ham, or Church of the Ascension, Victoria Docks, is a Church of England church on Baxter Road in West Ham, east London. It was first built in 1887 as a mission hall for St Luke's Church, Canning Town, St Luke's Church, later put under the charge of the Felsted School, Felsted School Mission, which prior to that had been working in Bromley. Between 1903 and 1907 a new church was built, with a separate parish split from St Luke's in 1905. The new parish opened a mission house for women workers in 1909. From about 1924 writer Mabel Knowles led the St Luke's Mission Church in London's Victoria Docks. Knowles wrote more than 300 books during her life. She continued for leading the mission for 25 years, dying while preparing a mission service for women on 29 November 1949. During the Second World War clergy from the Church of the Ascension also served Sandon, Essex, Sandon parish near Chelmsford, since its rector Eric Leicester Andrews had been captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
