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Baliol Holloway

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Baliol Holloway
Holloway in 1927
BornAround 1884
Died (aged 83)
London, England
OccupationStage actor
Years active1899–1949

Baliol Holloway (born around 1884, died 15 April 1967) was an English Shakespearean actor.

Early life

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Baliol Holloway was born in Brentwood, Essex.[1] He was educated at Denstone in Staffordshire. He was a pupil of Hermann Vezin.[2]

Career

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Holloway began his stage career in 1899 as a boy in the production of The Merchant of Venice.[3] In 1907, Holloway joined the Benson Company.[1] Holloway played the leading part in several Stratford-upon-Avon festivals and was leading man at The Old Vic in London from 1925 to 1928.[3] He retired from The Old Vic in 1949. He also performed at the Open Air Theatre. He acted for the Phoenix Society. He worked alongside Edith Evans and also worked as an actor-manager.[2] In America, he worked alongside Walter Hampden in Othello as Iago.[2]

Holloway was known for his portrayal of Richard III in Richard III.[4]

Personal life

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Holloway married and his wife died in 1959. In 1965, Holloway refused to leave his home of 52 years in Marylebone and halted a construction project.[3] Holloway went by the nickname "Bay".[2]

Holloway died on 15 April 1967, at the age of 83, at his home in London.[3]

Plays

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Holloway as Parolles in a 1922 production of All's Well That Ends Well

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Baliol Holloway". The Daily Telegraph. 17 April 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c d e Trewin, J. C. (22 April 1967). "J. C. Trewin Remembers Baliol Holloway". The Birmingham Post. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Actor Baliol Holloway Dies at 83". Guardian Journal. 17 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Richard III: 15 actors who have played the hunchback king". The Telegraph. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Wearing, J.P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929. pp. 20, 31, 52, 61, 66, 76, 81, 85, 182, 193, 202, 218, 237, 250, 254–255, 258, 267, 275, 288, 364, 374, 384, 390, 395, 399, 403, 411, 416, 420, 424, 427, 431, 437, 459, 464, 473, 480–481, 485–486, 491, 493, 502, 504, 513–514, 651.
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