ARTHUR BOURCHIER (1864- )
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 329
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ARTHUR See also:BOURCHIER (1864- )
, See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:Berkshire in 1864, and educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
.
At the university he became prominent as an See also:amateur actor in connexion with the O.U.A.D.C., which he founded, and in 1889 he joined Mrs See also:Langtry as a professional
.
He also acted with See also:Charles See also:Wyndham at the Criterion, and was for a while in See also:Daly's See also:company in See also:America
.
In 1894 he married the actress See also:Violet See also:Vanbrugh, See also:elder See also:sister of the no less well-known actress See also:Irene Vanbrugh, and he and his wife subsequently took the leading parts under his management of the See also:Garrick See also:theatre
.
Both as tragedian and comedian Mr See also:Bourchier took high See also:rank on the See also:London See also:stage, and his career as actor-manager was remarkable for the See also:production of a number of successful See also:modern plays, by Mr Sutro and others
.
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