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Laura Hope Crews (1879-1942)--film buffs may recognize the name because she later played "Aunt Pittipat" in Gone with the Wind: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Hope_Crews John Drew Jr. (1853-1927)--great-great uncle of Drew Barrymore (his sister married a Barrymore): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drew_Jr.

Much Ado opened with Drew and Crews around Labor Day 1913. See NYT of August 31, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E2DC123FE633A...

Crews was Beatrice, Drew played Benedick. This production opened at New York's Empire Theatre on September 1, and ran for a mere 24 performances, closing the same month. The actor John D. Barrymore was named for John Drew.

Distinguished Devon-born British actress, acclaimed for her commanding performances on the classical stage. Jefford did her initial training at the Hartly-Hodder School of Speech and Drama and graduated from RADA in 1949. Following her professional acting debut that same year, she spent a year on the repertory stage before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon where her roles included Calpurnia in "Julius Caesar", Desdemona in "Othello" (both opposite Anthony Quayle) and Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" (opposite Keith Michell as Petruchio).
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My abiding memory of Barbara is her first film role (in 1967) as Molly in Joseph Strick’s controversial Ulysses, based on James Joyce’s novel. Oh, and in Stephen Frears’ Philomena with Judi Dench, her last film, in 2013. She dubbed voices on three James Bond films, From Russia With Love, Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me. What a career! www.filmreviewdaily.com/in-memoriam/barbara-jefford

English theatre professional; his Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Granville-Barker

a slight smile, nice looking young man:)

pennylrichardsca: thank you for the information. We will update the record.

From www.imdb.com/name/nm0335766/otherworks it would appear that Granville-Barker was in New York in January/February 1915. Lillah McCarthy (mentioned in the cast lists) was his wife. "Androcles and the Lion (1915). Comedy. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Wallack's Theatre: 27 Jan 1915- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Horace Braham, Lionel Braham, Cecil Cameron, Kate Carlyon, Ernest Cossart (as "Centurian"), Walter Creighton, Phil Dwyer (as "Lion"), Gerald Hamer, O.P. Heggie as "Androcles"), Edgar Kent, Wright Kramer, Arnold Lucy, Ian Maclaren, Hugh MacRae, Lillah McCarthy. Produced by Harley Granville-Barker. The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife (1915). Written by Anatole France. Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Wallack's Theatre: 27 Jan 1915- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Edmund Banks, Ruby Blythe, Horace Braham, Lionel Braham, Cecil Cameron, George Carr, Ernest Cossart, Gerald Hamer, O.P. Heggie, Isabel Jeans, Edgar Kent, Eva Leonard Boyne, Manice Lewis, Arnold Lucy, Lillah McCarthy, Hugh McRae. Produced by Harley Granville-Barker."

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 07, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Image 61 printed this photo with the caption: "Granville Barker, the noted English producer of plays, has come to the United States to present a series of plays he gave London with great success. He has produced all the Shaw plays In London - in fact it was he who first gained for the Irish cynic a hearing with the British public. The first play he will give In New York, beginning next week, is "Androclss and the Lion" by Shaw, which has not been given before in America'. He will give also "A Midsummer Night's Dream.' His production of this in London aroused great enthusiasm. He will do "The Doctor's Dilemma," Anatole France's "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" and Barker's own play, "The Madras House." Barker la as well known as a dramatist as he is as a producer and he is one of the most important figures of the English theater world. When the New Theater was planned by rich New Yorkers, Mr. Barker was asked to take charge of It, but he declined. The backers of the old New Theater project are much Interested In his present venture." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1915-02-07/ed-1/se...