The Private Secretary
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- Paperback
76 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2021
Summary
The Private Secretary (1883) is a three-act comedy by English actor and playwright Charles Hawtrey. Adapted from a popular German farce, The Private Secretary helped launch Hawtrey’s career as one of Victorian England’s leading theatrical figures. Initially panned by critics and audiences, The Private Secretary was revised and shortened by Hawtrey, who then restaged the play to resounding praise. Revived countless times throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781513280615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1513280619 |
| Author: | Charles Hawtrey, Mint Editions |
| Publisher: | Mint Editions |
| Imprint: | Mint Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 76 |
| Release Date: | 19 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 96g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Mint Editions |
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Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923) was an English actor, director, producer, manager, and playwright. Specializing in comedy, Hawtrey earned a reputation as a leading performer of the Victorian era whose work and mentorship inspired such figures as Oscar Wilde, Somerset Maugham, and Noël Coward.
After struggling to establish himself as an artist, he launched his career with The Private Secretary, an adaptation of a popular German farce involving the relationship between a clergyman and two irreverent, indebted young men.
Knighted for his work in theater in 1922, Hawtrey starred in several silent movies toward the end of his life, making him a vital resource for tradition and expertise in a time when the dramatic arts saw extensive stylistic and technological change. Hawtrey was a monumental figure in English theater who adapted with the times he served to define.
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