Baliol Holloway

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Baliol Holloway
Baliol Holloway, Theater Guild Acting Company (Nov 1927) (cropped).png
Holloway in 1927
Born
Died (aged 83)
London, England
OccupationStage actor
Years active1899–1949

Baliol Holloway (died 15 April 1967) was an English Shakespearean actor.

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Early life

Baliol Holloway was born in Brentwood, Essex. [1] He was educated at Denstone in Staffordshire. He was a pupil of Hermann Vezin. [2]

Career

Holloway began his stage career in 1899 as a boy in the production of The Merchant of Venice . [3] In 1907, Holloway joined the Benson Company. [1] Holloway played the leading part in several Stratford-upon-Avon festivals and was leading man at The Old Vic in London from 1925 to 1928. [3] He retired from The Old Vic in 1949. He also performed at the Open Air Theatre. He acted for the Phoenix Society. He worked alongside Edith Evans and also worked as an actor-manager. [2] In America, he worked alongside Walter Hampden in Othello as Iago. [2]

Holloway was known for his portrayal of Richard III in Richard III . [4]

Personal life

Holloway married and his wife died in 1959. In 1965, Holloway refused to leave his home of 52 years in Marylebone and halted a construction project. [3] Holloway went by the nickname "Bay". [2]

Holloway died on 15 April 1967, at the age of 83, at his home in London. [3]

Plays

Holloway as Parolles in a 1922 production of All's Well That Ends Well Baliol Holloway as Parolles.jpg
Holloway as Parolles in a 1922 production of All's Well That Ends Well

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Trewin, J. C. (22 April 1967). "J. C. Trewin Remembers Baliol Holloway". The Birmingham Post. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Actor Baliol Holloway Dies at 83". Guardian Journal. 17 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Richard III: 15 actors who have played the hunchback king". The Telegraph . 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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