St. Clair Bayfield
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St. Clair Bayfield, American stage actor, was born John St. Clair Roberts on August 2, 1875 in Cheltenham, England, and died May 19, 1967.[1]
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[edit] Career
Bayfield spent his youth in New Zealand on sheep and cattle ranches. He also served as a sailor and soldier. Bayfield lived for many years (circa 1908-1944+) in an apartment on 37th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York.[2]
Bayfield joined the Ben Greet Players in a revival of Twelfth Night that took the troupe to 56 Pennsylvania towns in 65 days during the summer of 1914. Also in the group was Sidney Greenstreet. [3]
Bayfield lived with and managed the career of singer Florence Foster Jenkins for over 36 years.[2] Jenkins died in 1944.[4]
[edit] Achievements
The Actors' Equity Association bestows the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award to an actor or actress in a non-featured role in a Shakespearean production.[1] The award was established in 1973.[5]
[edit] Theatre credits
Bayfield's credits in Broadway theatre include [6]:
| Production | Role | Dates of Production |
|---|---|---|
| For Heaven's Sake, Mother! [Original, Play, Comedy] | Henry Wheeler | Nov 16, 1948 - Nov 20, 1948 |
| Hand in Glove [Original, Play, Thriller] | Dec 4, 1944 - Jan 6, 1945 | |
| The Night Before Christmas [Original, Play] | Endicott | Apr 10, 1941 - Apr 27, 1941 |
| The Old Foolishness [Original, Play] | The Canon | Dec 20, 1940 - Dec 21, 1940 |
| Day in the Sun [Original, Play, Comedy] | Judge Livingstone | May 16, 1939 - May 1939 |
| Jeremiah [Original, Play] | Nahum | Feb 3, 1939 - Mar 1939 |
| Glorious Morning [Original, Play, Drama] | Rutzstein | Nov 26, 1938 - Dec 1938 |
| Father Malachy's Miracle [Original, Play, Comedy] | Robert Gillespie, Bishop of Milothian | Nov 17, 1937 - Mar 1938 |
| Field of Ermine [Original, Play] | The Duke of Santa Olalla | Feb 8, 1935 - Feb 1935 |
| Judgment Day [Original, Play, Drama] | Count Leonid Slatarski | Sep 12, 1934 - Dec 1934 |
| They Shall Not Die [Original, Play, Drama] | Att'y General Cheney | Feb 21, 1934 - Apr 1934 |
| Criminal at Large [Original, Play, Mystery] | Rawbane | Oct 10, 1932 - Feb 1933 |
| Wild Waves [Original, Play, Comedy] | Whelpley | Feb 19, 1932 - Mar 1932 |
| The Lady with a Lamp [Original, Play, Drama] | Dr. Sutherland | Nov 19, 1931 - Nov 1931 |
| Old Man Murphy [Revival, Play, Comedy] | Hopkins | Sep 14, 1931 - Oct 1931 |
| London Calling [Original, Play, Comedy] | Staight | Oct 18, 1930 - Oct 1930 |
| Lady Dedlock [Original, Play, Romance, Melodrama] | Sir Leicester Dedlock | Dec 31, 1928 - Feb 1929 |
| Escape [Original, Play] | The Captain; The Laborer | Oct 26, 1927 - Mar 1928 |
| The Beaten Track [Original, Play] | Dafydd Evans Y Beddau | Feb 8, 1926 - Feb 1926 |
| A Bit of Love [Original, Play, Drama] | Trustaford | May 12, 1925 - May 1925 |
| Two By Two [Original, Play, Comedy] | E. Lorrilard Price | Feb 23, 1925 - Mar 1925 |
| Lass O'Laughter [Original, Play, Comedy] | Davie Nicholson | Jan 8, 1925 - Feb 1925 |
| We Moderns [Original, Play, Comedy] | Sir William Wimple | Mar 11, 1924 - Mar 1924 |
| The Lady Cristilinda [Original, Play, Comedy] | Father Reaney | Dec 25, 1922 - Jan 1923 |
| Bulldog Drummond [Original, Play, Melodrama] | Jas. Handley | Dec 26, 1921 - May 1922 |
| Deburau [Original, Play, Comedy, Tragedy] | A Journalist | Dec 23, 1920 - Jun 1921 |
| By Pigeon Post [Original, Play] | Blondel | Nov 25, 1918 - Dec 1918 |
| The Wild Duck [Original, Play, Drama] | Mar 11, 1918 - Apr 1918 | |
| As You Like It [Revival, Play, Comedy] | Feb 8, 1918 - Feb 9, 1918 | |
| The Merchant of Venice [Revival, Play, Comedy] | Jan 25, 1918 - Jan 26, 1918 | |
| Colonel Newcome [Original, Play] | Apr 10, 1917 - May 1917 | |
| Hamlet [Revival, Play, Tragedy] | Polonius | Apr 23, 1912 - Apr 23, 1912 |
| Hans, the Flute Player [Original, Musical, Opera] | Sep 20, 1910 - Nov 26, 1910 | |
| The King of Cadonia [Original, Musical, Comedy] | Laborde | Jan 10, 1910 - Jan 22, 1910 |
| The Debtors [Original, Play] | Oct 12, 1909 - Oct 1909 | |
| The Prima Donna [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera] | Colonel Dutois | Nov 30, 1908 - Jan 30, 1909 |
| The Merchant of Venice [Revival, Play, Comedy] | Mar 4, 1907 - [unknown] | |
| The Two Mr. Wetherbys [Original, Play, Comedy] | Aug 23, 1906 - Sep 1906 | |
| Twelfth Night [Revival, Play, Comedy] | Feb 22, 1904 - Mar 1904 | |
| Everyman [Original, Play] | Oct 12, 1902 - May 1903 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b New York Public Library
- ^ a b Peters, Brooks, "Florence, The Nightingale?," 15 June 2006 (also appeared, but in slightly different format, in Opera News magazine)
- ^ Sperdakos, Paula, "Dora Mavor Moore: Before the New Play Society," Theatre Research in Canada, Vol 10, No 1, Spring 1989
- ^ Coronet, Dec 1957
- ^ Actors' Equity Association
- ^ IBDB
