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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List of people educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College (section Victoria Cross and George Cross holders)
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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