Compton, Fay, 1894-1978 (actress)
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Biography
Fay Compton (1894-1978), actress
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence from Fay Compton, 5 Oct. 1962-5 Apr. 1963 (Circa)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/20-22
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates:
5 Oct. 1962-5 Apr. 1963 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Fay Compton, 17 Oct. 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/32
Scope and Contents
Question whether cinema threatens plays, especially in such cases as 'The prisoner of Zenda' 'where a play and a film are brought into direct competitive rivalry': she thinks 'as far as conveying the actual drama is concerned the stage will always hold its own; it has finer perspective, whereas the strong suit of the cinema is panorama'
Dates:
17 Oct. 1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).