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Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Thorndike His wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Casson Their wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

Dame Sybil Thorndike and her husband Sir Lewis Casson were a popular and celebrated theatrical couple from the 1920s onwards. Both acted from an early age; Thorndike beginning her professional career with Ben Greet, Casson with Poel, and the Vedrenne-Barker company at the Royal Court. They met acting in Annie Horniman's repertory company at the Gaiety Theatre Manchester and married in 1908. They moved to London and toured the USA before returning to Manchester where Casson directed his wife in a highly acclaimed production of Hindle Wakes. During the First World War Thorndike acted at the Old Vic (while Casson was in the army) and began to win critical recognition for her work. She followed this with a series of special performances of Greek plays and two years in Grand Guignol melodramas alongside her brother Russell and Casson (who also directed). Thorndike's next role was in Shaw's St Joan (written for her), widely regarded as the finest moment in a long career which saw her play a variety of parts with a range of celebrated co-stars (among them Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, and Ashcroft). Casson continued to act occasionally but concentrated his energies on directing, helping to establish Equity, promoting CEMA, and serving on the board of the Arts Council. Source: archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/5a71a208-af16-305b...

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