British Actor Sir George Alexander Autographed Photo

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ENGLISH ACTOR SIR GEORGE ALEXANDER SIGNED PHOTO
Postcard photo signed by Alexander.
Note on reverse in another hand-asks for a donation to the actors Benovelent Fund in return for the autograph.
In very good condition
Sir George Alexander
(19 June 1858 – 15 March 1918), 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
.
During this time, Alexander became interested in theatre management. In 1890 he took a lease on a London theatre and began producing on his own account. The following year, he moved to the
St James's Theatre
, where he remained, acting and producing, for the rest of his career. Among the most successful of the new plays he presented were
Oscar Wilde
's
Lady Windermere's Fan
(1892),
A. W. Pinero
's
The Second Mrs Tanqueray
(1893) and Wilde's
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1895).
Alexander followed Robertson and the Kendals in preferring a naturalistic style of writing and acting to the extravagantly theatrical manner favoured by some earlier actor-managers. He built around him a company of fine actors, many of whom were or later became leading figures in the profession, including
Henry Ainley
,
Arthur Bourchier
,
Constance Collier
,
Julia Neilson
,
Fred Terry
and
Marion Terry
. As an actor, Alexander's range was limited, and he did not attempt the great heroic roles or play much tragedy. His genre was naturalistic, and rarely very profound, comedy and drama, in which he was a recognised leader.
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