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William Poel (1852-1934), actor, director and author, began his acting career in 1876, deliberately choosing provincial touring in order to learn his craft. After a period as manager of the Royal Victoria Hall and Coffee Tavern (later the Old Vic), he worked as stage manager for the actor-manager Frank Benson. In the 1890s he founded the Elizabethan Stage Society in order to demonstrate his fervent belief that only a return to Elizabethan performance methods would enable a true understanding of
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- Author
- William Poel
- Publisher
- publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781108057219
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Drama, Literary Criticism, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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