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Thorndike, Sybil (1882–1976)English actress who, having made her debut in 1904, lived to become the last link between the glories of the Edwardian theater and those of the post-World War II "Age of Olivier." Name variations: Lady Lewis Casson; Dame Sybil Thorndike. Source for information on Thorndike, Sybil (1882–1976): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Sybil ThorndikeBritish stage actor Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) was one of the leading figures in British theatre during the first half of the 20th century. She made her stage debut in a regional company production of The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1904, and achieved her greatest success in the title role of Saint Joan, a play written for her by George Bernard Shaw in 1924.
10 de jun. de 1976 · Sybil Thorndike was born at Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, on Oct. 24, 1882, the eldest of four children of a Church of England canon, the Rev. Arthur, John Webster Thorndike, and the former Agnes ...
23 de abr. de 2008 · The first to tackle this now famous role on the London stage was Shaw’s friend, the great actress Sybil Thorndike, who opened in the UK stage premiere of Saint Joan on 26 March 1924. In fact, Shaw had written the play with the actress in mind, though it had received its world premiere on Broadway a year earlier with Winifred Lenihan in the ...
"Sybil Thorndike was one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. Loved and admired as a leading actress, she was also an ardent feminist, socialist and pacifist, who fought throughout her life for a better and more peaceful world." "In her youth she toured America and Canada, playing over a hundred Shakespearean parts. Throughout the first world war she led the pioneering Old ...
Dame Sybil Thorndike as Joan of Arc in "Saint Joan" Possibly because the strength of her features makes disguise difficult, Sybil Thorndike seldom attempts to make herself unrecognizable on the stage. Her command of make-up is, however, very considerable. It ranges from the serenity of youthful saint-hood, shown in this picture, to the yammering of half-demented age portrayed in Double Doors.
Thorndike, Sybil (1882-1976) Actor. Most majestic of the great British theatre ladies, whose successes embraced virtually all the challenging classical roles for women (Medea, Lady Macbeth, etc) and who, in 1924, indelibly stamped Shaw's St Joan (which he wrote for her) with her own kind of moral power.
