Clifford Marle
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Clifford Marle was a British
actor and producer of the early 20th century.
and former mayor of Bootle
. He became a medical student at Liverpool University, but later he decided to adopt a stage career.
. He also toured South America
and the United States
where he was producer to the Northampton Repertory Theatre, Massachusetts
. For three years he was leading man at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre. Here he took on the additional work as producer. His leading parts at the theatre were many and varied, including the title role in August Strindberg
's play The Father and as the butler in The Admiral Crichton. During his term as producer he dealt with all types of plays, from broadest farce to Maurice Maeterlinck
's Mary Magdalene
and was the first producer in England
to stage a public performance of Eugene O'Neill
's The Great God Brown
. He appeared with some success at the Malvern Drama Festival. In 1935 he appeared as "Relling" in Henrik Ibsen
's The Wild Duck
at the Birmingham Repertory Theate with James Hayter and Arthur Ridley
. He appeared in several silent films, as Lieutenant Daring in Adventures of Lieutenant Daring-in a South American Port (1911); as the Rev. Percival Ferrers in The Gentleman Ranker (1912) and as Phipps in The Wheels of Chance (1922).
United Kingdom
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actor and producer of the early 20th century.
Biography
Marle was born Patrick Cassamer Rafter in 1885, son of Dr. John Rafter, a physician on MerseysideMerseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
and former mayor of Bootle
Bootle
Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, and a 'Post town' in the L postcode area. Formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre, the town is 4 miles to the north of Liverpool city centre, and has a total resident population of 77,640.Historically part of...
. He became a medical student at Liverpool University, but later he decided to adopt a stage career.
Career
Marle was for a time a member of a stock company at the old Sadler's Wells TheatreSadler's Wells Theatre
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue located in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington. The present day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500 seat main auditorium and the Lilian Baylis Studio, with extensive...
. He also toured South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where he was producer to the Northampton Repertory Theatre, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. For three years he was leading man at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre. Here he took on the additional work as producer. His leading parts at the theatre were many and varied, including the title role in August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
's play The Father and as the butler in The Admiral Crichton. During his term as producer he dealt with all types of plays, from broadest farce to Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...
's Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (1910 play)
Mary Magdalene is a 1910 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. It inspired a symphonic work by Kosaku Yamada.*...
and was the first producer in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to stage a public performance of Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
's The Great God Brown
The Great God Brown
The Great God Brown is a 1926 play by Eugene O'Neill. It is noted for its use of masks.-Plot:Dion Anthony and his friend William A. "Billy" Brown are sons of business partners. Both love Margaret, but she falls in love with Dion when he is presented behind a cruel and cynical mask, even though he...
. He appeared with some success at the Malvern Drama Festival. In 1935 he appeared as "Relling" in Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
's The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.-Plot:The first act opens with a dinner party hosted by Håkon Werle, a wealthy merchant and industrialist. The gathering is attended by his son, Gregers Werle, who has just returned to his father's home following a self-imposed...
at the Birmingham Repertory Theate with James Hayter and Arthur Ridley
Arthur Ridley
Arthur William Ridley was an English cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm medium pace, who also played occasionally as a wicketkeeper....
. He appeared in several silent films, as Lieutenant Daring in Adventures of Lieutenant Daring-in a South American Port (1911); as the Rev. Percival Ferrers in The Gentleman Ranker (1912) and as Phipps in The Wheels of Chance (1922).