Alice Augusta Grein, nee Graveen (1874-1944) was an English actress, playwright, translator and theatrical producer, who wrote under the pseudonym Michael Orme and as Alix Graveen.

Life

Alix Augusta Greveen was born in

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in 1874, the daughter of German-born parents Maria and Ernst Graveen, a silk merchant. She became an actress with

J. T. Grein Jacob Thomas "Jack" Grein (generally referred to as J. T. Grein; 11 October 1862 – 22 June 1935) was a British impresario and drama critic of Dutch origin who helped establish the modern theatre in London.Wearing, J. P"Grein, Jacob Thomas (1862 ...

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, and in 1904 married Grein. As well as writing and producing plays, she continued to act. In 1913 she played Mother Wolff in a production of

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's '' Der Biberpelz'' at the Queen's Theatre. In 1917 she appeared in the London Repertory's performance of Elizabeth Baker's play ''Partnership''. She died in

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, England in 1944.

Works

Plays

* (as A. Greveen, with J. T. Grein) ''A Happy Nook'', 1901. Translated from a German play ''Das Glück im Winkel'' (1896) by

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. * (as Michael Orme) ''Those Who Sit in Judgement'', 1904. * (as Miss Alix Greveen) ''Renaissance'', 1905. Translated from a German play ''Renaissance'' (1897) by Franz von Schönthan and Franz Koppel-Ellfeld. * (as Michael Orme) ''La Pompadour'', 1911. * (as Michael Orme) ''Wedding Bells'', 1911. * (as Michael Orme) ''The Widow and the Waiter'', 1915. * (as M. Orme) ''The Eternal Snows'', 1916) * (as Mrs Grein) ''The Hotel de Waterloo'', 1916. * (as Michael Orme) ''The Woman at the Windowsill'', 1917. * (as Michael Orme) ''Cavalleria Rusticana'', 1919. From an Italian play ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' (1884) by

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. * (as Michael Orme) ''Great Aunt Elizabeth'', 1919. Originally titled ''Crinolines and Khaki''. * (as Michael Orme) ''The Doctor of Dreams'', 1921. From a Dutch play ''Femina'' (1919) by F. J. Soesman and Cornelis Petrus van Rossem. * (as Michael Orme) ''Life's A Game'', 1922. * (as Michael Orme) ''The Greatest Invention of All'', 1922.

Biography

* ''J. T. Grein: the story of a pioneer, 1862-1935''. 1936.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grein, Alice 1874 births 1944 deaths English dramatists and playwrights English theatre managers and producers English people of German descent Actors from the London Borough of Southwark Actresses from Surrey People from Camberwell