• George Victor Speaight FRSA (/speɪt/; 6 September 1914 – 22 December 2005) was a theatre historian, author and performer and the leading authority on 19th-century...
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  • Robert William Speaight CBE (/speɪt/; 1904 – 1976) was a British actor and writer, and the brother of George Speaight, the puppeteer. Speaight studied under...
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  • Millfield School and county cricketer Humphry Osmond Frank Podmore George Speaight Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport, Cabinet Minister Clement...
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    time, and much of the show was impromptu." This was elaborated by George Speaight, who explained that the plotline "is like a story compiled in a parlour...
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    severely damaged by a bomb. In 1946 Keen appointed George Speaight as the manager of the shop. Speaight was to be associated with the shop and the museum...
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  • engraver Mary Olive (née Mudd) and historian George Speaight, Hebblethwaite is the sister of Antony Speaight, QC. She read theology and philosophy at Lady...
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    which men and women were not separated. Some circus historians such as George Speaight have stated "these performances may have taken place in the great arenas...
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  • of the War Morice and George Speaight were contacted by a family who had found a collection of marionettes in a barn. Speaight and Morice examined these...
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    from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2021. George Speaight. Juvenile Drama (the History Of The English Toy Theatre) (1946) Benjamin...
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    appeared at The Old Vic. The puppets in this production were performed by George Speaight. The Bristol Old Vic produced the play in 1966. Terry Hands directed...
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