Peg Woffington (1912 film)

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Peg Woffington
Directed by A. E. Coleby
Written by
Starring Leslie Howard Gordon
Production
company
Britannia Films
Distributed by Pathé Pictures International
Release date
  • August 1912 (1912-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Peg Woffington is a 1912 British silent historical film directed by A. E. Coleby and starring Leslie Howard Gordon. [1] The film is based on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. The play had previously been turned into a 1910 American film, and several further adaptations followed. It features the eighteenth century Irish actress Peg Woffington as a major character.

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  1. Klossner p.289

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