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Winifred Emery (1 August 1861 – 15 July 1924), born Maud Isabel Emery, was an English actress and actor-manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the wife of the actor Cyril Maude. Born into a family of actors, Emery began acting as a child. Her career grew through the 1880s and 1890s as she played leading roles in the West End of London. After a period away from the stage, she returned with leading roles in the company of Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre. She continued to act steadily in her own touring theatre company with her husband and in London theatres until 1922. ==Early life and career== Emery was born in Manchester, Lancashire, the daughter of Samuel Anderson Emery and granddaughter of John Emery, both well-known actors in their day. Her first stage appearance was in 1870, aged 8, in J. B. Buckstone's ''The Green Bushes'' at the Alexandra Theatre in Liverpool. Her first London appearance was on 23 December 1874 when she played Happy New Year in the pantomime ''Beauty and the Beast'' at the Princess's Theatre. In 1879 she joined Marie Litton's company before appearing with Wilson Barrett at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. She moved with Barrett to the Court Theatre in London in October 1879.〔C. M. P. Taylor, (Emery, Winifred (1861–1924) ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed., January 2008, accessed 7 June 2011〕 There she was first noticed by the critics when she appeared in the one-act play ''A Clerical Error''.〔Interview in ''The Sketch'', 7 December 1911〕 Emery appeared in ''A Bridal Tour'' at the Haymarket Theatre in August 1880, and performed at the St James's Theatre with Sir John Hare, William Hunter Kendal and Madge Kendal. In July 1881 she joined the company of Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, and there she appeared in ''The Bells'' and ''The Merchant of Venice''. She later played at Toole's Theatre and at the Vaudeville Theatre with Thomas Thorne in ''The Rivals''. In 1884 she became the understudy for Ellen Terry at the Lyceum Theatre and toured the United States with Henry Irving, playing in ''Twelfth Night'', ''Much Ado about Nothing'' and ''The Merchant of Venice''. Also for Irving, in October 1885 Emery played the title role in ''Olivia'' by W. G. Wills, and toured the United States again in 1887–8.〔 Emery married the actor Cyril Maude on 28 April 1888 at Kensington Register Office, and they had another marriage ceremony at the Savoy Chapel on 2 June 1888. She next appeared at the Vaudeville Theatre and, for Augustus Harris, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Returning to the Vaudeville Theatre in February 1890, she played the title role in ''Clarissa'', adapted by Robert Williams Buchanan from the novel by Samuel Richardson.〔''Clarissa'', ''The Times'', 7 February 1890〕 In the same year, and at the same theatre, she played leading roles in ''The School for Scandal'' and ''She Stoops to Conquer'', among others.〔 She starred in ''Judah'' by Henry Arthur Jones at the Shaftesbury Theatre in September 1890 before appearing at the Olympic Theatre with Wilson Barrett in December 1890. May 1891 saw Emery back at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and in February 1892 she took the title role in the original production of Oscar Wilde's ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' at the St James's Theatre. Between 1893 and 1895 Emery played the lead female roles for J. Comyns Carr at the Comedy Theatre, where she appeared in Grundy's ''The New Woman'' and ''Sowing the Wind'' and Pinero's ''The Benefit of the Doubt''. Such was her fame by this time that her portrait was drawn by Aubrey Beardsley, appearing in the January 1895 edition of ''The Yellow Book''.〔(Winifred Emery ), Collector's Post website, accessed 7 June 2011〕 In February 1896 she appeared at the Lyceum Theatre under the management of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.〔 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「Winifred Emery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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