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BOURCHIER, ARTHUR (1864- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 329 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURCHIER, See also:ARTHUR (1864- ) , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:Berkshire in 1864, and educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford. At the university he became prominent as an See also:amateur actor in connexion with the O.U.A.D.C., which he founded, and in 1889 he joined Mrs See also:Langtry as a professional. He also acted with See also:Charles See also:Wyndham at the Criterion, and was for a while in See also:Daly's See also:company in See also:America. In 1894 he married the actress See also:Violet See also:Vanbrugh, See also:elder See also:sister of the no less well-known actress See also:Irene Vanbrugh, and he and his wife subsequently took the leading parts under his management of the See also:Garrick See also:theatre. Both as tragedian and comedian Mr Bourchier took high See also:rank on the See also:London See also:stage, and his career as actor-manager was remarkable for the See also:production of a number of successful See also:modern plays, by Mr Sutro and others.

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