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82-629: Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was a member of the third generation of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family . After early successes in the classics, including several leading Shakespearean roles, she spent more than four years in the US, in generally lightweight presentations. Returning to England in 1919 she pursued a varied career, including cabaret , pantomime and variety as well as returning to Shakespeare and other classics. One of her last major roles

164-460: A cast that included Tree as Malvolio and her father as Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, a role he had formerly played to the Viola of his sister, Ellen . Her reviews were enthusiastic; The Observer said that expectations were extremely high but "she proved able to justify all, and more than all, the expectations which her effort had aroused", and The Times said that she "won everybody's heart from

246-619: A decor described as "A sort of Beirut with Chinese influences." The composer Eric Satie , after finishing his studies at the Conservatory, earned his living playing the piano at the Chat Noir . By 1896, there were 56 cabarets and cafes with music in Paris, along with a dozen music halls. The cabarets did not have a high reputation; one critic wrote in 1897 that "they sell drinks which are worth fifteen centimes along with verses which, for

328-680: A farce called What the Butler Saw in 1905. When, in 1911, Irene Vanbrugh made her debut in variety, she chose Minnie Terry and Gwenn to join her in a short play specially written by Barrie. In 1914 she played a Broadway season as Princess Thora in a dramatisation of Andersen 's The Garden of Paradise . During the First World War, her marriage was dissolved. She remarried but remained on affectionate terms with Gwenn. In their old age, he travelled from his home in California for

410-470: A great deal of social commentary. When New York cabarets featured jazz, they tended to focus on famous vocalists like Nina Simone , Bette Midler , Eartha Kitt , Peggy Lee , and Hildegarde rather than instrumental musicians. Julius Monk 's annual revues established the standard for New York cabaret during the late 1950s and '60s. Cabaret in the United States began to decline in the 1960s, due to

492-444: A long stage career, she appeared in tragedies and historical romances, often opposite her husband, and was known for her portrayal of Rosalind in a long-running production of As You Like It . When her widowed mother remarried in the 1890s, it was to William Morris, the widower of Florence Terry (above). Julia Neilson thereby became step-sister to Olive Terry and Jack Morris, who were already her niece and nephew by marriage. Neilson

574-490: A new play in the West End; the second was in 1906 at her sister Ellen's jubilee celebrations at Drury Lane . Of her four children, all daughters, only the youngest, Mabel, followed her into the theatrical profession. The two middle daughters were Janet and Lucy. Kate's eldest daughter, also named Kate, married Frank Gielgud; their four children included Val and John Gielgud. Ellen (1847–1928) followed her elder sister into

656-549: A production of The Rivals in which Edmund Gwenn was also appearing. They married in 1901, and Minnie had thoughts of leaving the stage, as some her aunts had done on marriage. She accompanied Gwenn to Australia, in which he played in a disastrous tour of Ben Hur ; the failure prompted her to restore the family finances by accepting an engagement from J. C. Williamson . When the couple returned to England in 1904, Minnie appeared mostly in modern comedies, interspersed with occasional historical dramas. She and Gwenn co-starred in

738-489: A reunion with his widowed ex-wife in 1956. Who's Who in the Theatre lists no performances by Minnie after October 1925, but in a special BBC radio broadcast to mark Ellen Terry's 80th birthday in 1928, she joined other members of the family – Mabel Terry-Lewis and John Gielgud – together with other leading performers, in scenes from Shakespeare associated with Ellen. Olive Morris Chaplin (22 April 1884 – 9 November 1969)

820-546: A revival of Trilby opposite Tree's Svengali. She continued to play the role in revivals in many parts of the world in later years. In 1914, she went to the United States, and, having signed a long-term contract, did not return to Britain until 1919. In America she reprised her Trilby, appeared in vaudeville giving songs, recitations and excerpts from Shakespeare, performed at Yale University , and played Nora Marsh in Somerset Maugham 's The Land of Promise . In

902-576: A revival of American cabaret, particularly in New Orleans , Chicago , Seattle , Portland , Philadelphia , Orlando , Tulsa , Asheville, North Carolina , and Kansas City, Missouri , as new generations of performers reinterpret the old forms in both music and theater. Many contemporary cabaret groups in the United States and elsewhere feature a combination of original music, burlesque and political satire. In New York City, since 1985, successful, enduring or innovative cabaret acts have been honored by

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984-589: A small room (12th century). The first printed use of the word kaberet is found in a document from 1275 in Tournai . The term was used since the 13th century in Middle Dutch to mean an inexpensive inn or restaurant ( caberet , cabret ). The word cambret , itself probably derived from an earlier form of chambrette , little room, or from the Norman French chamber meaning tavern, itself derived from

1066-525: A solicitor, William Morris. Of their four children, Olive (known variously as Olive Terry, Olive Morris and Olive Chaplin) and Jack Morris went on the stage. Charles (1858–1933) was a theatre and stage manager. He worked successfully in the Bordeaux wine trade, before moving into theatre management. After a spell working as business manager for Michael Gunn at the Theatre Royal, Dublin , he joined

1148-536: Is the Kleinkunstacademie (English: Cabaret Academy). It is often a mixture of (stand-up) comedy, theatre, and music and often includes social themes and political satire. In the mid twentieth century, "the big three" were Wim Sonneveld , Wim Kan , and Toon Hermans . Nowadays, many cabaret shows of popular "cabaretiers" (performers of cabaret) are broadcast on national television, especially on New Year's Eve, when several special cabaret shows are aired where

1230-521: Is their only child. Val Henry Gielgud (1900–1981) was a BBC radio executive and author, the second of the four children of Frank Henry Gielgud and Kate Terry-Lewis. In an obituary, The Times called him "for 35 years the moving force in BBC radio drama". His brothers were John and Lewis (above). A daughter of Gordon Craig, listed in the 1925 Who's Who in the Theatre as an actress. Anthony John Hawtrey (1909–1954), son of Olive Terry and Charles Hawtrey,

1312-615: The Dictionary of National Biography J. C. Trewin wrote that it was "unfortunate" that Fred Terry seldom extended himself by taking the great classic roles for which his talent fitted him. The Times's obituarist of Terry's daughter made a similar point about her, commenting that after returning from the US she did not regain the outstanding position she had won for herself as a young actress. As in America, she toured with light variety programs, and in ephemeral crowd-pleasing plays. Among

1394-533: The Croix de Lorraine on the modern rue Bourg-Tibourg. In 1773, French poets, painters, musicians and writers began to meet in a cabaret called Le Caveau on rue de Buci, where they composed and sang songs. The Caveau continued until 1816, when it was forced to close because its clients wrote songs mocking the royal government. In the 18th century, the café-concert or café-chantant appeared, which offered food along with music, singers, or magicians. The most famous

1476-536: The Grateful Dead . A handful of music halls exist today in Paris, attended mostly by visitors to the city; and a number of more traditional cabarets, with music and satire, can be found. In the Netherlands, cabaret or kleinkunst (literally: "small art") is a popular form of entertainment, usually performed in theatres. The birth date of Dutch cabaret is usually set at August 19, 1895. In Amsterdam, there

1558-718: The Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied to be a singer. In 1909, Neilson-Terry made her first stage appearance, in her parents' stage company on tour in Blackpool ; she played Marie de Belleforêt in Henry of Navarre , under the stage name Phillida Terson. The attempt to disguise her membership of the Terry dynasty was unsuccessful and the following year she abandoned it and reverted to her own name. Her London debut

1640-602: The Seattle , Washington area. Horace Charles Terry (27 July 1887 – 15 April 1957) was the son of Charles Terry. As a child actor he made his debut in Arthur à Beckett 's Faded Flowers at the Garrick in 1895. The piece was a curtain-raiser to Sydney Grundy 's A Pair of Spectacles , in which Terry's cousin, Mabel Terry-Lewis made her first stage appearance. The London correspondent of The Boston Evening Transcript wrote that

1722-674: The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon . In Gielgud's view, her most notable role of the inter-war years was Queen Elizabeth in Ferdinand Bruckner 's Elizabeth of England : "In this play she showed unexpected tragic power in the scene in which Essex bursts into her presence to find her wigless and disheveled". During the 1940s her roles included Miss Moffat in The Corn is Green in which Gielgud said she acted "with undiminished grace". In

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1804-629: The 1950s her most notable role was Mrs. Railton-Bell, the tyrannical matriarch in Rattigan 's Separate Tables . She later played the role on Broadway . Her final stage performances were as Lady Bletchley in Frederick Lonsdale 's Let Them Eat Cake (1959) and Lady Godolphin in Robert Kemp 's Off a Duck's Back (1960). Neilson-Terry was twice married. Both her husbands were actors: Cecil King and Heron Carvic . She died in London at

1886-534: The Alhambra Music Hall in 1902, and the Printania in 1903. The Printania, open only in summer, had a large music garden which seated twelve thousand spectators, and produced dinner shows which presented twenty-three different acts, including singers, acrobats, horses, mimes, jugglers, lions, bears and elephants, with two shows a day. In the 20th century, the competition from motion pictures forced

1968-512: The Champs-Élysées opened in 1946, presenting Édith Piaf, Laurel and Hardy , Shirley MacLaine , Marlene Dietrich , Maurice Chevalier , and Noël Coward . The Crazy Horse Saloon , featuring striptease, dance, and magic, opened in 1951. The Olympia Paris went through a number of years as a movie theater before being revived as a music hall and concert stage in 1954. Performers there included Piaf, Dietrich, Miles Davis , Judy Garland , and

2050-577: The Collection Auguste Rondel. Among his many children by several women including his wife (the actress, Helen Mary (May) Gibson), the violinist Elena Fortuna Meo (1879–1957), the dancer Isadora Duncan and the poet Dorothy Nevile Lees, were Edward Carrick , Robin Craig and Rosemary Gordon Craig. He was the son of Florence Terry and William Morris and brother of Olive Terry (below). He was an actor. Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932),

2132-539: The Compton Comedy Company, with whom he tried acting, without success. The rest of his career was spent working in management. He was box-office manager at the Lyceum Theatre under Irving. His management clients included Ivor Novello . He and his wife Margaret Pratt had three children, Minnie, Horace and Beatrice, all of whom followed a theatrical career. Fred (1863–1933) was the youngest of

2214-659: The Gielgud side of the family was the Polish actress Aniela Aszpergerowa (1815–1902), described by her great-grandson John Gielgud as "the greatest Shakespearean actress in all Lithuania". Her husband, Wojciech, was also a famous leading actor. Their daughter, also called Aniela, married Adam Gielgud, who had been born at sea during his parents' flight from Poland after the failed rising against Russian rule in 1830. Their son Frank married Kate Terry 's daughter, Kate Terry-Lewis. Listed in order of date of birth. Kate (1844–1924)

2296-513: The Late Latin word camera meaning an arched roof. Cabarets had appeared in Paris by at least the late 15th century. They were distinguished from taverns because they served food as well as wine, the table was covered with a cloth, and the price was charged by the plate, not the mug. They were not particularly associated with entertainment even if musicians sometimes performed in both. Early on, cabarets were considered better than taverns; by

2378-548: The Pioneers. She also worked in fringe theatres such as the Everyman Theatre , Hampstead . As a lesbian, an active campaigner for women's suffrage, and a woman working as a theatre director, Craig has been studied by feminist scholars as well as theatre historians. Craig lived in a ménage à trois with the dramatist Christabel Marshall and the artist Clare "Tony" Atwood from 1916 until her death. She served as

2460-1029: The US. She appeared on Broadway many times between 1903 and 1929, including as Laura Atherton in Children of the Moon by Martin Flavin in 1923 and Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal in 1925. She was an original member of the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York, founded by Eva Le Gallienne , in the 1920s. With that company she appeared as Olga in Three Sisters , Aline Solness in John Gabriel Borkman and Olivia in Twelfth Night (all 1927). Beatrice's range

2542-458: The acting profession at an early age. She became the most celebrated of her generation of the family, with a long professional partnership with Henry Irving . She was especially known for her Shakespearian roles. In her silver jubilee celebrations at Drury Lane in 1906 twenty members of the family appeared onstage with her. They were listed by The Illustrated London News ; those in bold type were professional actors or otherwise associated with

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2624-483: The age of 84. Terry family The Terry family was a British theatrical dynasty of the late 19th century and beyond. The family includes not only those members with the surname Terry, but also Neilsons, Craigs and Gielguds, to whom the Terrys were linked by marriage or blood ties. The dynasty was founded by the actor Benjamin Terry and his wife, Sarah. The first member of the family to achieve national prominence

2706-708: The annual Bistro Awards. The Cabaret Theatre Club, later known as The Cave of the Golden Calf , was opened by Frida Strindberg (modelled on the Kaberett Fledermaus in Strindberg's native Vienna) in a basement at 9 Heddon Street, London, in 1912. She intended her club to be an avant-garde meeting place for bohemian writers and artists, with decorations by Jacob Epstein , Eric Gill , and Wyndham Lewis , but it rapidly came to be seen as an amusing place for high society and went bankrupt in 1914. The Cave

2788-603: The baby in Olivia , starring Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. As a child she won praise from The Times for her acting in a stage version of Struwwelpeter in 1900. In 1905 she toured the English provinces and the US with Edward Terry (who was not a relation). The following year she played J. M. Barrie 's Peter Pan in London. In 1910 she again toured the US, this time in the company of her uncle and aunt, Fred Terry and Julia Neilson. After this, she spent much of her career in

2870-803: The boy played "very brightly indeed". As an adult, Terry's roles included Colonel Werther in Her Love Against the World at the Lyceum in 1907. He emigrated to the US and married Ethel May Moore at York , Ontario in Canada on 28 August 1912, with whom he had four sons. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1930 and lived for many years at Wyandotte, Michigan , working in a power plant. He died in Wyandotte, aged 69. Elder daughter of Charles Terry (1 January 1882 – 1964), born in Bordeaux , France. She

2952-568: The cabaretier usually reflects on large events of the past year. German Kabarett developed from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl ( Superstage ) venue, and by the Weimar era in the mid-1920s, the Kabarett performances were characterized by political satire and gallows humor . It shared the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy with the French cabaret from which it was imported, but

3034-1455: The club. . . . the question of the legality of these vouchers led to a famous visitation of the police. That was the night a certain Duke was got out by way of the kitchen lift . . . The visitation was a well-mannered affair' One of the main gathering centers of cabarets in Tehran (Iranian capital) was Laleh-Zar Street . Famous Persian cabarets were active in the city until 1979 . They also introduced many domestic artists. In common language, cabaret sometimes called by Iranians "home of dance" (In Persian : رقاص‌خانه ) or "dancing place". In Stockholm , an underground show called Fattighuskabarén ( Poor House Cabaret ) opened in 1974 and ran for 10 years. Performers of later celebrity and fame (in Sweden) such as Ted Åström , Örjan Ramberg , and Agneta Lindén began their careers there. Wild Side Story also had several runs in Stockholm, at Alexandra's (1976 with Ulla Jones and Christer Lindarw ), Camarillo (1997), Rosenlundsteatern/Teater Tre (2000), Wild Side Lounge at Bäckahästen (2003 with Helena Mattsson ) and Mango Bar (2004). Alexandra's had also hosted AlexCab in 1975, as had Compagniet in Gothenburg . In 2019

3116-594: The curator of the Ellen Terry Museum at Smallhythe Place . Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872–1966) was the son of Ellen Terry and Edward Godwin. After a modest start as an actor, he became a designer, writer and occasional director of modernist theatre, working in many countries. He was more celebrated in continental Europe than in Britain, and his large theatrical library was bought by the French government for

3198-728: The dance halls to put on shows that were more spectacular and more complex. In 1911, the producer Jacques Charles of the Olympia Paris created the grand staircase as a setting for his shows, competing with its great rival, the Folies Bergère which had been founded in 1869. Its stars in the 1920s included the American singer and dancer Josephine Baker . The Casino de Paris , directed by Leon Volterra and then Henri Varna, presented many famous French singers, including Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier , and Tino Rossi . Le Lido on

3280-553: The eleven children of Benjamin and Sarah Terry. Fred had a long and successful career on the stage. He was known as a leading man in classic plays but achieved his greatest fame in swashbuckling parts such as the title role in The Scarlet Pimpernel . He married the actress Julia Neilson , with whom he regularly co-starred. Their children, Phyllis and Dennis Neilson-Terry , followed them into acting careers. Julia Neilson (1868–1957) married Fred Terry in 1891. In

3362-810: The end of the century, there were only a few cabarets of the old style remaining where artists and bohemians gathered. They included the Cabaret des noctambules on Rue Champollion on the Left Bank; the Lapin Agile at Montmartre; and Le Soleil d'or at the corner of the quai Saint-Michel and boulevard Saint-Michel, where poets including Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon met to share their work. The music hall , first invented in London, appeared in Paris in 1862. It offered more lavish musical and theatrical productions, with elaborate costumes, singing, and dancing. The theaters of Paris, fearing competition from

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3444-511: The end of the sixteenth century, they were the preferred place to dine out. In the 17th century, a clearer distinction emerged when taverns were limited to selling wine, and later to serving roast meats. Cabarets were frequently used as meeting places for writers, actors, friends and artists. Writers such as La Fontaine , Moliere and Jean Racine were known to frequent a cabaret called the Mouton Blanc on rue du Vieux-Colombier, and later

3526-430: The famous film comedian) with whom she had a son, Michael. By an earlier relationship with the actor Charles Hawtrey she had a son, Anthony Hawtrey , who became an actor. She served as the curator of the Ellen Terry Museum after the death of Edith Craig. By the 1930s she was living near the museum with the architect Lucy "Lucien" Gow. Listed by alphabetical order of surname: Edward Anthony Craig (1905–1998), who used

3608-518: The final years of the Partitions of Poland . In the interwar Poland there was a considerable number of Yiddish -language cabarets. This art form was called kleynkunst (lliterally "small art") in Yiddish. In post- war Poland, it is almost always associated with the troupe (often on tour ), not the venue ; pre-war revue shows (with female dancers) were long gone. American cabaret

3690-489: The first Serbian cabaret club Lafayette opened. Although Serbia and Belgrade had a rich nightlife and theater life there was no cabaret house until 2019. It retained the intimate atmosphere, entertainment platform, and improvisational character of the French cabaret but developed its own characteristic gallows humour. By the late 1920s the German cabaret gradually had come to feature mildly risque musical entertainment for

3772-678: The first moment of her appearance. Tree, in a post-curtain speech, predicted that she would "add fresh honors to the honored name of Terry for many a long year". From 1910 to 1914, Neilson-Terry played a wide range of parts; in the classics her roles included Rosalind in As You Like It (1911), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet , Desdemona in Othello and Portia in The Merchant of Venice (all 1912). She also appeared in modern plays, including

3854-510: The gallows humor was a distinct German aspect. The Polish kabaret is a popular form of live (often televised ) entertainment involving a comedy troupe, and consisting mostly of comedy sketches , monologues , stand up comedy , songs and political satire (often hidden behind double entendre to fool censors ). It traces its origins to Zielony Balonik , a famous literary cabaret founded in Kraków by local poets, writers and artists during

3936-768: The latter was The Wheel by J B Fagan , in which she gave her young cousin John Gielgud his first paid acting role, in 1922. During the 1920s, Neilson-Terry toured in South Africa, and appeared in Britain in a range of performance from cabaret to pantomime at Drury Lane . She played in Shakespeare at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park and on tour with Donald Wolfit . In the 1930s she played Lady Macbeth and Queen Katherine in Henry VIII at

4018-419: The memory of the peerless beauty of her merry-hearted acting ... like the music of a bewitching melody piercing the stillness of the night, and ending just when the ear longed for the next note." She gave up acting when she married the businessman Arthur James Lewis (1824–1901) in 1867 when she was 23. She made only two later stage appearances, the first in 1898, in a small role supporting her daughter Mabel in

4100-447: The middle and late 20th century. Along with Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier he dominated the English stage for several decades from the 1930s. He was particularly noted for his beautiful speaking voice and his mastery of Shakespearean verse. Later in his career he made more than sixty films. He was a son of Kate Terry-Lewis and Frank Gielgud, and his brothers were Val and Lewis (below). Lieut-Col Lewis Evelyn Gielgud (1894–1953)

4182-495: The most part, are worth nothing." The traditional cabarets, with monologues and songs and little decor, were replaced by more specialized venues; some, like the Boite a Fursy (1899), specialized in current events, politics and satire. Some were purely theatrical, producing short scenes of plays. Some focused on the macabre or erotic. The Caberet de la fin du Monde had servers dressed as Greek and Roman gods and presented living tableaus that were between erotic and pornographic. By

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4264-424: The music halls, had a law passed by the National Assembly forbidding music hall performers to wear costumes, dance, wear wigs, or recite dialogue. The law was challenged by the owner of the music hall Eldorado in 1867, who put a former famous actress from the Comédie-Française on stage to recite verse from Corneille and Racine. The public took the side of the music halls, and the law was repealed. The Moulin Rouge

4346-433: The names for their next two daughters.) Of the nine children who survived to adulthood only two, the eldest son, Benjamin, and the next to youngest, Tom, had no theatrical history. Benjamin (b. 1839) went into commerce and emigrated to Australia and then India, and Tom (b. 1860), a drifter, lived on the fringes of criminality and poverty, constantly helped by his parents and siblings. The most prominent theatrical forebear on

4428-466: The only son of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson, and the brother of Phyllis Neilson-Terry, was an actor, manager and producer. His roles included Sebastian in Twelfth Night opposite the Viola of his sister in 1912. In 1932 he and his wife, the actress Mary Glynne , toured southern Africa, where he contracted double pneumonia and died. Their daughter was the actress Hazel Terry . Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892–1977), daughter of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson,

4510-403: The pen name Edward Carrick, was the third child and first son of Gordon Craig and Elena Fortuna Meo. He worked in the cinema as an art director, and designed three productions of Macbeth for stage and television between 1932 and 1960. He was a son of Gordon Craig, listed in the 1925 Who's Who in the Theatre as an actor. Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1904–2000) was one of the leading actors of

4592-440: The plays of W. S. Gilbert , Oscar Wilde , Henry James and others. When she died, the last of her generation of Terry sisters, The Times printed a leading article about "a long, a strange, a beautiful and affecting story" of Kate, Ellen, Florence and Marion Terry. She never married and had no children. Florence Maud Terry (16 August 1856 – 15 March 1896 ) like her eldest sister Kate, acted until her marriage and then left

4674-399: The profession. Her husband died in 1917, and she returned to the stage in 1920. She appeared in the West End and on Broadway in a wide range of plays including revivals of comedies by Wilde and new works by authors such as Noël Coward . Beatrice Terry (1890 – 17 March 1970) was the younger daughter of Charles Terry. She made her first appearance on the stage at the Lyceum on 7 June 1893 as

4756-402: The rising popularity of rock concert shows, television variety shows , and general comedy theaters. However, it remained in some Las Vegas-style dinner shows, such as the Tropicana , with fewer comedy segments. The art form still survives in various musical formats, as well as in the stand-up comedy format, and in popular drag show performances. The late 20th and early 21st century saw

4838-414: The roles of Olivia in Twelfth Night , Lady Betty in Tom Taylor 's Lady Clancarty , and in several plays by W. S. Gilbert, including as Dorothy in Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith , Jenny in Sweethearts , Cynisca in Pygmalion and Galatea , Mirza in The Palace of Truth , and with her sister Marion in Gilbert's Broken Hearts ( Savoy Theatre , 1882), just before her marriage and retirement. She married

4920-590: The stage name "Miss Yerrett", but it was Terry who was the stronger theatrical influence on their children. He had been a member of William Charles Macready 's company, and shared Macready's regard for good diction. His daughter Ellen recalled that he "always corrected me if I pronounced any word in a slipshod fashion, and if I now speak my language well it is in no small degree due to my early training." The couple had eleven children, two of whom died in infancy. (They had been christened Kate and Ellen after their paternal and maternal grandmothers; Benjamin and Sarah reused

5002-409: The stage. She began her adult stage career in 1870 at the Adelphi Theatre as Lewison in The Robust Invalid . Also in 1870, at the Olympic Theatre , she created the title role in Little Nell , Halliday 's stage adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop . At the Lyceum Theatre, she appeared as Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice and Lady Ellen in The Iron Chest by Colman . Elsewhere, she played

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5084-508: The theatre are shown in capital letters. Benjamin Terry (1817–1896) was a moderately successful actor in the mid-19th century. His father, also called Benjamin, an innkeeper, married Catherine Crawford in 1838. The younger Benjamin's wife, Sarah, née Ballard (1819–1892), was the daughter of Peter Ballard, a builder and Master Sawyer who worked in Portsmouth . She had no theatrical connections before meeting Terry and marrying him without her parents' knowledge. She became an actress, adopting

5166-475: The theatre: The scenery was designed, and the dances arranged, by Ellen's son Gordon Craig . Ellen Terry married three times, but her two children, Edith and Gordon , were the product of a long-term unmarried relationship with the architect Edward William Godwin . George (1852 – 22 March 1928) was a theatre business manager and treasurer. Marion (1853–1930) had a stage career lasting more than fifty years, becoming known especially for creating roles in

5248-563: Was Le Chat Noir in the bohemian neighborhood of Montmartre , created in 1881 by Rodolphe Salis , a theatrical agent and entrepreneur. It combined music and other entertainment with political commentary and satire. The Chat Noir brought together the wealthy and famous of Paris with the bohemians and artists of Montmartre and the Pigalle . Its clientele "was a mixture of writers and painters, of journalists and students, of employees and high-livers, as well as models, prostitutes and true grand dames searching for exotic experiences." The host

5330-399: Was Salis himself, calling himself a gentleman- cabaretier ; he began each show with a monologue mocking the wealthy, ridiculing the deputies of the National Assembly, and making jokes about the events of the day. The cabaret was too small for the crowds trying to get in; at midnight on June 10, 1885, Salis and his customers moved down the street to a larger new club at 12 rue de Laval, which had

5412-430: Was a celebrated child actress, receiving praise from The Times for her performance in Herbert Beerbohm Tree 's company in 1888. After playing children's parts for seven years she returned to school, first at a boarding school in England, which she hated, and then, more congenially, at a finishing school at Fontainebleau , near Paris. Two years after her return to the stage in the late 1890s, she played Lydia Languish in

5494-481: Was a son of Kate Terry-Lewis and Frank Gielgud. He was the elder brother of Val and John (below and above) and became a senior figure in the Red Cross and UNESCO . He also wrote two novels, Red Soil and The Wise Child , a travel book, About It and About , and three plays in collaboration with Naomi Mitchison , The Price of Freedom , As It Was in the Beginning , and Full Fathom Five (1932). With his wife, Zita Gordon, he wrote radio plays; ballerina Maina Gielgud

5576-413: Was an actor. He appeared in six feature films between 1943 and 1948, and played leading roles in early post-war BBC television plays. He appeared as the King of France in the Old Vic 's production of King Lear in 1931, when his cousin John Gielgud played Lear and Ralph Richardson played Kent. He was also a well-known producer and director, both in London and in the provinces. Hazel Terry (1918–1974)

5658-574: Was an actress whose roles ranged from Shakespeare (including Ophelia to the Hamlet of her cousin John Gielgud in 1944) to modern works, including a year-long engagement playing Amanda in Coward's Private Lives . Among the fifth generation of the family are the ballet dancer Maina Gielgud , daughter of Lewis Gielgud; the actress Jemma Hyde, daughter of Hazel Terry; and the author and illustrator Helen Craig , daughter of Edward Carrick. Cabaret The term originally came from Picard language or Walloon language words camberete or cambret for

5740-470: Was an actress. After early successes in classic drama she pursued a varied career, including cabaret, pantomime and variety , as well as Shakespeare and other classics. One of her last major roles was in Terence Rattigan 's Separate Tables (1954) in the West End and on Broadway. Mabel Terry-Lewis (1872–1957) was a daughter of Kate Terry and Arthur James Lewis. She made her stage debut in 1895, aged twenty-three. When she married in 1904, she retired from

5822-454: Was an internationally-known theatre designer and director. Members of the family who were professionally associated with the theatre, as performers, designers or managers, are given individual paragraphs below. Other members of the family are mentioned in the text. The graphic below is simplified to show the best-known family members. For example, it shows only three of Gordon Craig's eight children. The names of actors and others connected with

5904-510: Was imported from French cabaret by Jesse Louis Lasky in 1911. In the United States, cabaret diverged into several different styles of performance mostly due to the influence of jazz music. Chicago cabaret focused intensely on the larger band ensembles and reached its peak during Roaring Twenties , under the Prohibition Era , where it was featured in the speakeasies and steakhouses . New York cabaret never developed to feature

5986-529: Was in Terence Rattigan 's Separate Tables (1954) in which she played in the West End and on Broadway . Neilson-Terry was born in London, the daughter of the actress Julia Neilson and her husband, the actor Fred Terry . The couple's other child was Phyllis's younger brother, Dennis , who also went on the stage. She was educated first at Westgate-on-Sea , and then in Paris, and after that at

6068-588: Was in the same role, at the New Theatre in January 1910. The following month, when her mother was unwell, she took over the leading role of Marguerite de Valois. The drama critic of The Observer commented that her performance in such a heavy role "must be pronounced very promising indeed". In April 1910, she played Viola in Twelfth Night in Sir Herbert Tree 's company at His Majesty's in

6150-598: Was nevertheless an influential venture, which introduced the concept of cabaret to London. It provided a model for the generation of nightclubs that came after it. "The clubs that started the present vogue for dance clubs were the Cabaret Club in Heddon Street . . . . The Cabaret Club was the first club where members were expected to appear in evening clothes. . . . The Cabaret Club began a system of vouchers which friends of members could use to obtain admission to

6232-572: Was opened in 1889 by the Catalan Joseph Oller. It was greatly prominent because of the large red imitation windmill on its roof, and became the birthplace of the dance known as the French Cancan . It helped make famous the singers Mistinguett and Édith Piaf and the painter Toulouse-Lautrec , who made posters for the venue. The Olympia , also run by Oller, was the first to be called a music hall; it opened in 1893, followed by

6314-693: Was the Cafe des Aveugles in the cellars of the Palais-Royal , which had a small orchestra of blind musicians. In the early 19th century, many cafés-chantants appeared around the city; the most famous were the Café des Ambassadeurs (1843) on the Champs-Élysées and the Eldorado (1858) on boulevard Strasbourg. By 1900, there were more than 150 cafés-chantants in Paris. The first cabaret in the modern sense

6396-939: Was the daughter of Florence Terry and William Morris. She made her first appearance on stage in her native London in February 1906, as Lady Gerania in Dr Wake's Patient , in which she subsequently toured. In 1906 she appeared in Arthur Bourchier 's production of Macbeth at the Garrick . Later London appearances were as Lily in In the Workhouse (1911), Sister Christina in The Month of Mary (1913), and Spring in Godefroi and Yolande (1915). She later married Charles Chaplin (not

6478-476: Was the first cousin of the actress Hilda Hanbury , whose descendants became the Fox acting dynasty . Listed by alphabetical order of surname Edith Craig (1869–1947) was the daughter of Ellen Terry and Edward Godwin. She followed her mother into the theatrical profession, first as an actress, and later as a director, producer and designer. From 1911 onwards she staged some 150 plays for the avant-garde theatre society

6560-515: Was the first of the Terry children to make the family name famous on the English stage, beginning her career as a small child. According to the academic Nina Auerbach , Kate may have been the most accomplished actor among her siblings, quickly gaining praise in the plays of Shakespeare , among others. Contemporary critics thought the same: The Manchester Guardian ended its report of her last performance before her retirement: "In our unwilling acceptance of her farewell, we must now rest satisfied with

6642-405: Was their eldest surviving daughter, Kate . Her younger sister Ellen achieved international fame, in partnership with Henry Irving . Ellen Terry was seen as the greatest star of the family for many decades, but her great-nephew John Gielgud became at least as celebrated from the 1930s to the end of the 20th century. Among those of the family who did not become actors, Gordon Craig , Ellen's son,

6724-575: Was wide. She received good notices in modern light comedy, and in variety, joining Ethel Barrymore and Sir Nigel Playfair in a sketch by Barrie at the London Palladium in 1934. She also played in the classics, in which her roles included, in addition to Olivia and Lady Sneerwell, Ophelia in Hamlet and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream . She first married the actor Leonard Mudie and later Geoffrey Marks. In later years, she lived in

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