Biography
Sir Nigel Ross Playfair (1 July 1874 β 19 August 1934) was an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in the 1920s.
After acting as an amateur while practising as a lawyer, he turned professional in 1902 when he was 28. After a time in F. R. Benson's company he made steady professional progress as an actor, but the major change in his career came in 1918, when he became managing director of the Lyric, a run-down theatre on the fringe of central London. He transformed the theatre's fortunes, with a mix of popular musical shows and classic comedies, some in radically innovative productions, which divided opinion at the time but which have subsequently been seen as introducing a modern style of staging.
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1874-07-01
Deathday1934-08-19 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
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ChildrenGiles Playfair
FatherWilliam Smoult Playfair
MotherEmily Kitson
AwardsKnight Bachelor
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