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English stage actor (died 1967)
Baliol Holloway
Holloway in 1927
Born Died 15 April 1967 (aged 83)Occupation Stage actor Years active 1899–1949
Baliol Holloway (died 15 April 1967) was an English
Shakespearean actor .
Early life
Baliol Holloway was born in
Brentwood, Essex .
[1] He was educated at
Denstone in
Staffordshire . He was a pupil of
Hermann Vezin .
[2]
Career
Holloway began his stage career in 1899 as a boy in the production of
The Merchant of Venice .
[3] In 1907, Holloway joined the Benson Company.
[1] Holloway played the leading part in several
Stratford-upon-Avon festivals and was leading man at
The Old Vic in London from 1925 to 1928.
[3] He retired from The Old Vic in 1949. He also performed at the
Open Air Theatre . He acted for the
Phoenix Society . He worked alongside
Edith Evans and also worked as an actor-manager.
[2] In America, he worked alongside
Walter Hampden in
Othello as
Iago .
[2]
Holloway was known for his portrayal of
Richard III in
Richard III .
[4]
Personal life
Holloway married and his wife died in 1959. In 1965, Holloway refused to leave his home of 52 years in
Marylebone and halted a construction project.
[3] Holloway went by the nickname "Bay".
[2]
Holloway died on 15 April 1967, at the age of 83, at his home in London.
[3]
Plays
Holloway as Parolles in a 1922 production of
All's Well That Ends Well
The Merchant of Venice (1899)
[3]
The Fair Maid of the West , as Mr. Ruffman(1920)
[5]
Timon of Athens , as Alcibiades (1920)
[5]
Henry V , as Pistol (1920)
[5]
Venice Preserv'd (1920), as Pierre
[5]
Forerunners (1920), as Wolf
[5]
Volpone (1921, 1923), as Volpone
[5]
At Mrs. Beam's (1921), as Mr. Dermott
[5]
Love for Love (1921), as Scandal
[5]
Body and Soul (1922), as Procopo
[5]
The Jew of Malta (1922), as Barabas
[5]
Twelfth Night (1922–1923), as Orsino
[5]
The Alchemist (1923), as Subtle
[5]
The Winter's Tale (1923), as Autolycus
[5]
Twelfth Night ; or, What You Will (1923–1924, 1927), as Malvolio
[5]
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1923–1924, 1926), Bottom
[5]
Richard III (1923, 1925, 1927, 1930), as Richard III
[1]
[5]
The Very Idea (1924), as George Green
[5]
The Country Wife (1924), as Mr. Horner
[5]
Measure for Measure (1924), as Lucio
[5]
The Maid's Tragedy (1925), as Melantius
[5]
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (1925), as Michael Perez
[5]
The Merchant of Venice (1925), as Shylock
[5]
The Taming of the Shrew (1925), as Petruchio
[5]
Measure for Measure (1925), as Angelo
[5]
Antony and Cleopatra (1925), as Antony
[5]
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1925–1926), as Sir John Falstaff
[5]
She Stoops to Conquer (1926), as Young Marlow
[5]
Julius Caesar (1926, 1932), as Caius Cassius
[3]
[5]
As You Like It (1926), as Jaques
[5]
The Shoemaker's Holiday (1926), as Simon Eyre
[5]
Romeo and Juliet (1926), as Mercutio
[5]
Much Ado About Nothing (1926), as Benedick
[5]
King John (1926), as Philip the Bastard
[5]
The Tempest (1926), as Caliban
[5]
Macbeth (1926), as Macbeth
[5]
The Chester Nativity Play: The Play of the Shepherds (1926–1927), as Harvey
[5]
Christmas Eve (1926–1927), as Dramatist
[5]
Everyman (1927), as Everyman
[5]
The Comedy of Errors (1927), as Antipholus of Syracuse
[5]
The Whirligig of Time - An Up-to-Date Revel (1927), as Macbeth
[5]
Peace, War and Revolution (1929), as Diogenes
[5]
Pilgrim's Progress (1948), as Worldly Wiseman
[1]
Major Barbara , as Long John Silver
[3]
Othello , as Iago
[2]
References
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"Baliol Holloway" . The Daily Telegraph . 17 April 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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e Trewin, J. C. (22 April 1967).
"J. C. Trewin Remembers Baliol Holloway" . The Birmingham Post . p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Actor Baliol Holloway Dies at 83" . Guardian Journal . 17 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2023 – via
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"Richard III: 15 actors who have played the hunchback king" .
The Telegraph . 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2023 .
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