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Dame (Agnes) Sybil Thorndike (Casson), 24 October 1882, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England - 9 June 1976 (of a heart attack), London - actress
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Theatre World
VOL XXX No 166 November 1938 Sybil Thorndike & Emlyn Williams in The Corn is Green At the Duchess Theatre |
Dame Sybil Thorndike as Joan of Arc in "Saint Joan"
Possibly because the strength of her features makes disguise difficult, Sybil Thorndike seldom attempts to make herself unrecognizable on the stage. Her command of make-up is, however, very considerable. It ranges from the serenity of youthful saint-hood, shown in this picture, to the yammering of half-demented age portrayed in Double Doors. Dame Sybil owes her facility to the fact that she gave herself, in her early days, an exceptionally wide and varied experience, playing almost every imaginable kind of part. Source: "Actors Natural & Character Studies" series of 50, number 49, by Ogden's in 1938 | |
Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw, Editor Dan H. Laurence, Introduction Imogen Stubbs: Published 2001 by Penguin Books, 176 pages, paperback Sybil Thorndike is shown on the front cover of the 1982 reprint Penguin Plays paperback as St Joan in the 1924 production at the New Theatre |
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Books by Sybil Thorndike
Anthology of Play Scenes, Verse and Prose
Sybil Thorndike: Published 1949 by Isaac Pitman, 255 pages | ||
Favourites - A Personal Selection
Sybil Thorndike: Published 1973 by Hodder & Stoughton, 176 pages, hardback, ISBN 0340178256 Sybil Thorndike's favourite poems and pieces | ||
Lilian Baylis
Sybil and Russell Thorndike: Published 1938 by Chapman & Hall, 197 pages, hardback | ||
My Dear One - A Victorian Courtship with the beginnings of an Autobiography
Sybil Thorndike Casson, edited by Patricia Casson, postscript by John Casson: Published 1984 by Julia MacRae, 160 pages, hardback A collection of love letters between Sybil Thorndike's parents: Agnes Bowers and Arthur Thor | ||
Religion and the Stage - God in the Modern World series
Sybil Thorndike: Published 1928 by Ernest Benn, 29 pages, pamphlet |
Books with an introduction/foreword by Sybil Thorndike
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published by Rex Library, 1973, 1100 pages, hardback, ISBN 0719600006 William Shakespeare, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published by Murrays Sales & Service, 1974, 1100 pages, hardback | ||
Dr Syn - A Tale of Romney Marsh
Russell Thorndike (Thorndyke on first edition), Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published by Robert Holden & Co, 1915, hardback | ||
Fishbones Into Butterflies - A Kind Of Remembering
Audrey Marshall, Introduction by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1964 by Chatto & Windus, 221 pages, hardback | ||
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - from Charles Dickens Complete Works (36 volumes)
Charles Dickens, Illustrated by 'Phiz', introduction by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1968 by Heron Books, 504 & 499 pages, hardback | ||
Mah-Jongg - The Official Standardised Rules of the Mah-Jongg League Limited
Olga Racster, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike (Hon. President): Published 1924 by Heath Cranton, hardback | ||
Montague Summers - Limited Edition (750 copies) Biography
Joseph Jerome, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1965 by Cecil and Amelia Woolf, 105 pages, hardback | ||
Old Vic Drama - A Twelve Years's Study of Plays and Players
Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1948 by Rockliff, 228 pages Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1948 by Salisbury Square Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1950 by Theatre Book Club, 228 pages Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1950 by Salisbury Square, 228 pages Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1953 by Salisbury Square, 228 pages Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1953 by Rockliff, 228 pages | ||
Old Vic Drama - A Twelve Years's Study of Plays and Players vol 2, 1947-1957
Audrey Williamson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1957 by Rockliff, 224 pages | ||
The Old Vic Story - A Nation's Theatre 1818-1976
Peter Roberts, Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike: Published 1976 by W.H. Allen, hardback | ||
The Pageant Rehearsal and Other Monologues and Duologues For Women
Horace Sequeira, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published by Frederick Muller, 1937, 80 pages, hardback | ||
Playgoer's Pilgrimage
A.E. Wilson, Foreword by Sybil Thorndike: Published c1950 by Stanley Paul, 276 pages | ||
Souvenir Guide to Portmadoc and Borth-Y-Gest
Lt Comm Showell Styles, Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike: Published c1950 by Lloyd & Son, 100 pages, paperback | ||
Samuel Bagster of London 1772-1851 - An autobiography
Samuel Bagster, Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike: Published 1972 by Samuel Bagster & Sons, 199 pages hardback The autobiography of the founder of the world renowned Bible House published for the first time in 1972. In this collection of personal anecdotes is revealed the intriguing facets of the life and times of this remarkable publisher, bookseller and Christian gentleman. | ||
Shaw the Villager and Human Being - A Biographical Symposium
Allan Chappelow, Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike: Published 1961 by W.H. Allen, 354 pages, hardback Based on nearly sixty personal reminiscences from those who knew Shaw as employer, neighbour, client, customer and patron. | ||
Unity Theatre Handbook
Unity Theatre, Introduction by Sybil Thorndike | ||
You and the Theatre - A Pocket Guide
Charles Landstone, Introduction by Sybil Thorndike: Published 1948 by Macdonald and Evans, 105 pages |
Books with anecdotes/quotes by, or photogrpahs of, Sybil Thorndike
All the World's a Stage - Theatrical Portraits
Clifford Bax: Published 1946 by Frederick Muller, 52 pages, hardback B/W photos including Dame Sybil Thorndike, Robert Donat, John Gielgud, John Laurie, Robert Morley, John Mills, Laurence Olivier | ||
British Theatre
Peter Noble, Foreword by Laurence Olivier: Published 1946 by British Yearbooks, 388 pages, hardback British Theatre from Autumn 1939 to Spring 1946, comprising biographical details of over 700 actors, actresses, playwrights, producers, composers and designers 80 B/W photos including Sybil Thorndike, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Michael Redgrave, Rex Harrison, John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Edith Evans, Fay Compton, Cecil Parker, Vivien Leigh, Constance Cummings, Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Morley, Richard Attenborough, Ann Todd, Virginia Winter, Googie Withers, John Clements, Trevor Howard, Anna Neagle, Alastair Sim, Flora Robson, John Mills etc | ||
The Greasepaint War - Showbusiness 1939-45
John Graven Hughes, Foreword by Terry-Thomas: Published 1976 by New English Library, 216 pages, hardback About Sybil Thorndike, Dora Bryan, Jack Buchanan, Billy Cotton, , Dick Emery, Gracie Fields, George Formby, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr, Vivien Leigh, Arthur Lowe, Laurence Olivier, Donald Sinden, Tommy Trinder and many more | ||
Great Acting
Hal Burton: Published 1967 by British Broadcasting Corporation, 192 pages, hardback, ISBN 0563071109 Interviews with Sybil Thorndike, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, John Gielgud and Noel Coward The book is based on eight programs originally broadcast on BBC2 television in 1965 and 1966 | ||
International Theatre Annual
Harold Hobson, Foreword by Edwige Feuillere: Published 1956 by John Calder, 174 pages, hardback Articles by Sybil Thorndike, Arthur Miller, Sam Wanamaker, etc | ||
Ivor - The story of an Achievement
W. Macqueen-Pope: Published 1951 by W.H. Allen, 550 pages, hardback A biography of Ivor Novello (1893- 1951) with details of the many of the people he performed with including Sybil Thorndike, Christopher Hassall, Noel Coward, Vivien Leigh, Sir Edward Marsh, Fay Compton, Lilian Braithwaite, Gladys Cooper, Isabel Jeans, Ellis Jeffreys, Edna Best, Zena Dare, Marie Lohr, Viola Tree, Lily Elsie etc | ||
Leading Ladies
Boze Hadleigh: Published 1992 by Robson Books, 200 pages, hardback Covering 12 Leading Ladies: Sybil Thorndike, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Herminone Gingold, Joan Greenwood, Celia Johnson, Elsa Lancaster, Beatrice Lillie, Rachel Roberts, Flora Robson, Margaret Rutherford, Estelle Winwood. | ||
The Old Vic Company - 1914-1963
?: Published ? by 1963?, 36 pages, paperback Includes photographs of Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Cason, Russell Thorndike, Lilian Baylis, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Marius Goring, Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Alastair Sim; Judi Dench, Leo McKern | ||
Theatrical Anecdotes
Hal Burton: Published 1987 by Oxford University Press, 392 pages, hardback About Sybil Thorndike, Tennessee Williams, Ellen Terry, Sarah Siddons, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Vivien Leigh, Abraham Lincoln, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Hamlet, Katharine Hepburn, Noel Coward, Richard Burton and many more | ||
There is Nothing Like a Thane! - The Lighter Side of Macbeth
Compiled and illustrated by Clive Francis: Published 2001 by Chrysalis Books, 96 pages, paperback Featuring Sybil Thorndike, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Orson Wells, Charles Dickens, Charles Laughton etc |
DVDs with Sybil Thorndike
DVD:
Region 2 |
Gone To Earth - This is a Region 2 disk - for Europe, Middle East & Japan only
Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger; starring: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Sybil Thorndike, George Cole, Gerald Lawson, et al., 1950 Parental Guidance. Some scenes may be unsuitable for young children | |
DVD:
Region 1 |
The Prince and the Showgirl - This is a Region 2 disk - for Europe, Middle East & Japan only
Director: Laurence Olivier; starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, David Horne, Jeremy Spenser, et al., 1957 Parental Guidance. Some scenes may be unsuitable for young children |
LPs with Sybil Thorndike
LP, 78 | The Death of Nelson (Descriptive ballad)
Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Robert Carr: Published ?, Columbia Words by Arnold, music by Braham, sung by Francis Russell (Tenor) & narrated by Stuart Hibberd with full chorus & orchestra Recorded in the central hall at Westminster | |
LP | An Evening with Sybil Thorndike - with John & Jane Casson
Sybil Thorndike: Published 1972 by Argo 1186 | |
LP | The Family Reunion - T.S. Eliot
Sybil Thorndike, Flora Robson, Paul Scofield and Alan Webb, directed by Howard Sackler: Published 1965 by Caedmon / Theatre Recording Society TRS 308 S 3 LP box set | |
LP | Henry VIII
Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Lewis Casson, Ralph Truman, Frank Tickle, Lionel Harris, Peter Fawcett etc: Published 1952 by ffrr, LL-578, mono | |
LP | Homage to Shakespeare
Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Bates, Judi Dench, Edith Evans, John Geilgud, Richard Johnson, Peter McEnery, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Paul Scofield etc: Published 1964, Argo ZNF 4 | |
LP | Living Shakespeare
Sybil Thorndike, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Finch, John Neville, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Vivien Leigh etc: Published c1962 25 LP box set, with 25 booklets in 4 burgundy presentation cases Box 1 Julius Caesar, King Henry V, King Lear, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest Box 2 As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew Box 3 All's Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Love's Labour's Lost, Troilus and Cressida, The Winter's Tale Box 4 King Henry IV Part 1, King Henry IV Part 2, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, King Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra. | |
LP | Living Shakespeare
Sybil Thorndike, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Finch, John Neville, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Vivien Leigh etc: Published c1965 15 LP box set, with 15 booklets Hamlet, King Lear, MacBeth, Othello, Anthony & Cleopatra, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Henry IV, Henry V, Love's Labors Lost, The Comedy of Errors, The Winters Tale, Coriolanus, and Troilus & Cressida | |
LP | Living Shakespeare
Sybil Thorndike, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Barbara Jefford, Maggie Smith, Nigel Davenport, Anna Massey, Peter Finch etc: Published ? 7 LP box set, with 7 booklets in burgundy presentation case Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, Coriolanus, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida | |
LP | People Past and Present - Ellen Terry 1848-1926 recreated by Sybil Thorndike
Sybil Thorndike, Programme arranged by John Carrol: Recorded live at the National Portrait Gallery, Published 1969, Fontana 4FP 9503 | |
LP | Poetry of Tennyson - The Lady of Shalott, Ulysses, Crossing the Bar, Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and others
Sybil Thorndike, also Lewis Casson: Published Caedmont L1080 | |
LP | Talking about the Theatre - with Noel Coward, Albert Finney, Peter Hall, Sean Kenny, Siobhan McKenna, Harold Pinter, Sybil Thorndike, Kenneth Tynan, Peter Ustinov
Interviews by Walter Harris: Published 1962 by Argo 5717 | |
LP | That was the week that was - The British Broadcasting Corporation's Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy - The BBC Telecast Saturday 23 November 1963
David Frost, Millicent Martin, Kenneth Cope, David Kenan, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Levin, Lance Percival, William Rushton, Sybil Thorndike; compiled and produced by Ned Sherrin: Published 1963? by Brunwick Decca LAT 8566?, Decca DL 9116? | |
LP | Uncle Vanya by Antov Chekhov
Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Max Adrian, Joan Plowright, Michael Redgrave; produced by Laurence Olivier: Published 1963 by Philips AL 3448 Double LP |
Cassettes with Sybil Thorndike
Audio Cassette |
Kind Hearts and Coronets starring Robert Powell & Arsenic and Old Lace
Sybil Thorndike: Published by BBC | |
Audio Cassette |
Readings from the Bible - The authorized version
Sybil Thorndike, Brian Glover, Wendy Hiller, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr, Roger Rees |