Irene Vanbrugh
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Dame Irene Boucicault, known professionally as Irene Vanbrugh, was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustain
Photo of Vanbrugh in the Black & White Budget, 20 October 1900
As Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895: l. to r. Allan Aynesworth, Evelyn Millard, Vanbrugh and George Alexander
As Lady Mary in The Admirable Crichton, 1902
Nina Sevening (l), Vanbrugh and Lillah McCarthy in Somerset Maugham's comedy Caroline, 1916
Arthur Bourchier
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Arthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh.
Irene Vanbrugh
…Domville, which closed after 32 performances, and in 1895 created the role of the Honourable Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest. When Arthur Bourchier, who had married Violet Vanbrugh, launched himself as an actor-manager in 1895, Irene joined them at the Royalty Theatre and on tour, winning good…
Bourchier in 1896
Bourchier as Macbeth, 1910
"The Fairy's Dilemma at the Garrick Theatre", in Play Pictorial, March 1904, showing O. B. Clarence, Sydney Valentine, Bourchier, and Violet Vanbrugh