Print, Photographic
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| Nom de l'objet : | Print, Photographic |
| Médium : | photographic paper, ink |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2012.2.8 |
| Date de début de production : | 1936 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1937 |
| Description : | A black and white photograph with a white border of a man (Raudolph Preston) and a woman (Dora Sayers) on a stage. The man is standing, looking to his proper right. He is wearing a black suit and gesticulating with his proper left hand. The woman is seated in a chair, scared and holding a table edge. She is wearing a white dress. In the background: a fireplace, armchair, grandfather clock, and second floor banister. On the back, handwritten in black ink: " 'Love From a Stranger' Bruce - Raudolph Preston, Cecily - Dora Sayers, Act III Scene II, Cecily has just discovered Bruce is an insane murdered + she is alone with him + no possible communication with the outside world. |
| Fonctions : | First published in Grand Magazine in 1924, "Philomel Cottage" by Agatha Christie is about a newlywed woman who begins to suspect her husband is a murderer and intends to kill her. The story was first adapted for stage in 1935 by Frank Vosper and titled "Love From a Stranger". It appeared in New York at the Erlanger Theatre in 1936, running for thirty-eight performances before moving to the Fulton Theatre until its closure. There are also two film versions of the play: first directed by Rowland V. Lee in 1937, and next directed by Richard Whorf in1947.Dora Sayers Caro (1915-2004) was born in Clarkson in 1915, to Beverly and Annie Sayers (n‚e Harris). Dora lived close to Benares in a number of homes, including Skidoo, The Pines, and later The Log Bungalow. During World War I, Dora lived at Benares with her mother and brother while her father was overseas as an officer.Dora first started acting at age 10, appearing in school plays, and later in local stage productions in Mississauga and Oakville. To gain experience, she found work at the University of Toronto's Hart House Theatre, working with children's theatre productions. In 1936, at the age of 21, Dora moved to New York and found work with the touring company of What Every Woman Knows. Dora's first big break came a year after arriving in New York, in 1937's Stage Door. She later appeared in the long-running Broadway production of My Fair Lady. The pinnacle came in 1941, when Dora was chosen to be the understudy for the legendary Katherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story. The Tony award winning playwright, Moss Hart, took one of his shows to the American-occupied Pacific islands during World War II, to entertain the troops. Dora joined his cast for The Man Who Came To Dinner. Dora also helped form the United Services Organization in 1941. The USO provided health and recreational facilities for soldiers and administered church services, but was best known for the travelling vaudeville reviews that entertained Allied troops in Europe and the Pacific during WWII. Dora married actor Ralph Forbes (pronounced RAYF) in 1946. Forbes appeared in over 70 movies from 1921 to 1944. He and Dora met in 1942 during the stage production of No‰l Coward's Private Lives. Ralph died 5 years after he and Dora married in 1951. Dora later married Jim Caro in 1954 and retired from the stage. Jim and Dora were avid equestrians. They also enjoyed breeding and showing thoroughbred dogs. Dora and Jim lived in France and the Bahamas before settling in the United States. She lived in McLean, Virginia - near Washington D.C. - until her death in 2004. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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