Donald Wolfit
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title:
Donald Wolfit
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Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE was an English actor-manager, known for his touring productions of Shakespeare. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of King Lear. Born to a conventional middle-class family in Nottinghamshire, Wolfit was stage-struck from an early age.His debut was at the Robin Hood Opera House at Aveling to which he cycled from school to join the theatre rep company. After a brief spell as a teacher he joined the touring company of the actor-manager Charles Doran, and later that
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English actor-manager (1902–1968)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Wolfit
date created:
2003-01-31T20:11:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:11:04Z
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