George Alexander (actor)
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Sir George Alexander, born George Alexander Gibb Samson, was an English stage actor, theatre producer and theatre manager. After acting on stage as an amateur he turned professional in 1879 and, over the next eleven years, he gained experience with leading producers and actor-managers, including Tom Robertson, Henry Irving and Madge and W. H. Kendal.
George Alexander by Louis Langfier 1903
As Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, 1885
The St James's Theatre in Alexander's time
Alexander (right) as Lord Windermere in Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
Madge Kendal
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Dame Madge Kendal was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies. Together with her husband, W. H. Kendal , she became an important theatre manager.
Kendal by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, in the role of Lady Giovanna in Tennyson's The Falcon, 1879
The Kendals as Philamir and Zeolide in W. S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth (1870)
Herbert Tree's 1902 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor with Tree as Falstaff, Ellen Terry (l.) as Mistress Page and Kendal as Mistress Ford