George Procter Hawtrey
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George Procter Hawtrey was a British actor, playwright and pageantmaster. His father was Reverend John William Hawtrey, headmaster of the Alden House School at Slough. He was educated at Eton College
and Pembroke College, Oxford
. Hawtrey's two brothers, William and Charles, were also actors. He was married twice, first to Eda Strahan and then to Gertrude Jessie Rolls Harcourt. He fathered one son and two daughters.
Hawtrey’s most notable achievement in connection with the stage was his adaptation of Baron von Moser’s farce
Mit Vergnügen (The Pickpocket), in which his brother Charles acted. He also assisted in preparing A Message From Mars for the stage. In 1908, Hawtrey became master of the Gloucestershire Historical Pageant at Cheltenham, followed by the National Pageant of Wales at Cardiff in October 1909 and the Chester Pageant in July 1910.
According to an obituary published in The Times
, Hawtrey died of heart failure August 17, 1910, at his London residence, Clarence Gate-Mansions, following a severe bout with asthma while putting on the Chester Pageant in July of that year. He was 63 years old.
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...
. Hawtrey's two brothers, William and Charles, were also actors. He was married twice, first to Eda Strahan and then to Gertrude Jessie Rolls Harcourt. He fathered one son and two daughters.
Hawtrey’s most notable achievement in connection with the stage was his adaptation of Baron von Moser’s farce
Farce
In theatre, a farce is a comedy which aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases,...
Mit Vergnügen (The Pickpocket), in which his brother Charles acted. He also assisted in preparing A Message From Mars for the stage. In 1908, Hawtrey became master of the Gloucestershire Historical Pageant at Cheltenham, followed by the National Pageant of Wales at Cardiff in October 1909 and the Chester Pageant in July 1910.
According to an obituary published in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Hawtrey died of heart failure August 17, 1910, at his London residence, Clarence Gate-Mansions, following a severe bout with asthma while putting on the Chester Pageant in July of that year. He was 63 years old.