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Mark Melford (c.1850 - 4 January 1914) born in Fareham, Hampshire, was a British "dramatic author, actor and variety artiste". His career encompassed the era of the late Victorian farce, the music halls and early British cinema. Mark Melford was a prolific playwright and wrote not only dramas, farces, melodramas and comic sketches, but also a musical drama, and a comic opera. He was also an accomplished comic actor often taking the leading role in his own works. As a playwright, the genre in which he was most prolific was farce; Jeffrey H. Huberman in his ''Late Victorian Farce'' writes that Mark Melford wrote and had produced more full-length original farces than any other Victorian playwright.〔Huberman, Jeffrey H. ''Late Victorian Farce'' Michigan:UMI Research Press 1986〕 The hand-list of plays in Allardyce Nicoll's six-volume ''A History of English Drama, 1660-1900'' lists thirty nine works by Mark Melford up to 1900.〔Nicoll, Allardyce, ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century Drama, Part II, page 484.〕 From 1912 onwards he also wrote, directed, and acted in many short silent films.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577658/?ref_=tt_ov_wr〕 == Early life == Born George Smith in Fareham, Hamphshire, England, he was the son of Joseph Smith, a provisions merchant, and Priscilla Hill the daughter of a farmer. From humble beginnings working in the family business he became well-known under his stage name, Mark Melford, as an actor and dramatic author. He and his brother Alfred (later to become Austin Melford) were known in the Portsmouth area as the 'Humerous Brothers'.〔Portsmouth Evening News - Wednesday 23 February 1881 p.2 © 2015 brightsolid Newspaper Archive Ltd〕 Alfred first appeared as an amateur in Portsmouth, carrying off all prizes at singing contests with character songs, written by his brother Mark.〔The Era - Saturday 04 June 1898 p.11 © 2015 brightsolid Newspaper Archive Ltd〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Melford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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