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LENA ASHWELL (1872— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 734 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LENA See also:ASHWELL (1872— )  , See also:English actress, was the daughter of See also:Commander See also:Pocock, R.N . In 1896 she married the actor See also:Arthur See also:Playfair, whom she divorced in 1908; later in the latter See also:year she married Dr See also:Simson . In 1895 she played Elaine in See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Irving's See also:production of See also:King Arthur at the See also:Lyceum, and again acted with him in 1903 in See also:Dante . She made her first striking success, however, on the See also:London See also:stage in Mrs Dane's See also:Defence with Sir See also:Charles See also:Wyndham in 19oo, and a few years later her acting in Leah Kleschna confirmed her position as one of the leading actresses in London . In 1907 she started under her own management at the Kingsway See also:theatre .

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