The Magistrate (play)
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The Magistrate is a farce by English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. It concerns a respectable magistrate who finds himself caught up in scandalous events that threaten to disgrace him.
Theatre poster from a performance at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 1886
The magistrate arrives at his court: photograph of the 1917 musical version, called The Boy.
Arthur Cecil
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Arthur Cecil Blunt, better known as Arthur Cecil, was an English actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager. He is probably best remembered for playing the role of Box in the long-running product
The Magistrate (play)
…was unchanged, but the characters received new names. In 1934, it was adapted for the screen as Those Were the Days, starring Will Hay. Mr. Poskett – Arthur Cecil Mr. Bullamy – Fred Cape…
Arthur Cecil
Cartoon of Cecil from Spy
The Old Mortlake Burial Ground where Cecil is buried