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Mary Casson
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'''Mary Casson''' (22 May 1914 – 22 September 2009) was an English theatre access who made her name in portraying characters in the plays of [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Wendy Darling]] in ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]''. Born into a theatrical family, she was in the theatre until the late 1930s before she switched to a career in music touring the United Kingdom.
==Biography==
Mary Casson was born on 22 May 1914 in the British capital of London. She was the daughter of the actor and director [[Lewis Casson]] and the actress [[Sybil Thorndike]]. Casson was part of a theatrical family that included her brother [[Christopher Casson|Christopher]], John and [[Ann Casson|Ann]].<ref name=DWWBio></ref> She was educated at home until she was seven years old when she was sent to the [[Francis Holland School]] in [[Sloane Square]]. Casson made her debut in the theatre at the age of six when she appeared as Belinda Cratchit in a 1921 production of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]].'' She appeared alongside her mother as Astyanax in ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' in 1922 and was Warwick's page in [[Saint Joan (play)|''Saint Joan'']] in Paris in 1924.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> Three years later, Casson made the first of six successive appearances as [[Wendy Darling]] at the Christmas performance of [[Peter and Wendy|''Peter Pan'']] in the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] and returned there in 1928.<ref name="GuardianObit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="PeterPanSandS"></ref> That year, she also toured South Africa with her parents, playing in [[Medea (play)|''Medea'']], ''[[Jane Clegg]]'', ''The Lie'', and ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]''.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1929, she appeared opposite [[Gerald du Maurier]] in [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''Dear Brutus,''<ref name="GuardianObit" /> and made another appearances as Wendy Darling in ''Peter Pan'' at the [[St James's Theatre|St. James's Theatre]] from 1929 to 1931. Casson played the same character twice more in the same play at the [[Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh|Palladium Theatre]] between 1931 to 1933.<ref name="PeterPanSandS" /> She played the Second Witch in ''[[Macbeth]]'' in April 1932 at the [[Novelty Theatre|Kingsway Theatre]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and went on to portray more of [[William Shakespeare]]'s characters, such as Juliet, Ophelia, Olivia in ''[[Twelfth Night]],'' Nerissa in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]] and'' Bianca in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' for which her performances were praised for "their sincerity and freshness."<ref name="GuardianObit" /> From 1936 to 1948, Casson was married to the actor [[William Devlin (actor)|William Devlin]] and the couple had a daughter.<ref name="MarriageNotice">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Afterwards, she began a second career as a musician touring the United Kingdom and accompanied herself on the [[virginals]]. In 1952, Casson married her daughter's primary school teacher, Ian Haines, and worked as a accompanist in schools in [[Barking, London|Barking]], [[East London]] until she retired in the mid-1970s. She began to play the organ at the age of 70 and continued to play the instrument at the St Andrews Church in [[Wickhambreaux]] near [[Canterbury]] a few weeks before her death.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> Casson died on 22 September 2009.<ref name=":0" />
==Personality==
The journalist [[Jonathan Croall]] described Casson as "a lively, intelligent woman, full of the zest for life that characterised her mother" and had "a clear-sighted view of her parents".<ref name="GuardianObit" />
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses from London]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English Shakespearean actresses]]
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
'''Mary Casson''' (22 May 1914 – 22 September 2009) was an English theatre access who made her name in portraying characters in the plays of [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Wendy Darling]] in ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]''. Born into a theatrical family, she was in the theatre until the late 1930s before she switched to a career in music touring the United Kingdom.
==Biography==
Mary Casson was born on 22 May 1914 in the British capital of London. She was the daughter of the actor and director [[Lewis Casson]] and the actress [[Sybil Thorndike]]. Casson was part of a theatrical family that included her brother [[Christopher Casson|Christopher]], John and [[Ann Casson|Ann]].<ref name=DWWBio></ref> She was educated at home until she was seven years old when she was sent to the [[Francis Holland School]] in [[Sloane Square]]. Casson made her debut in the theatre at the age of six when she appeared as Belinda Cratchit in a 1921 production of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]].'' She appeared alongside her mother as Astyanax in ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' in 1922 and was Warwick's page in [[Saint Joan (play)|''Saint Joan'']] in Paris in 1924.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> Three years later, Casson made the first of six successive appearances as [[Wendy Darling]] at the Christmas performance of [[Peter and Wendy|''Peter Pan'']] in the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] and returned there in 1928.<ref name="GuardianObit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="PeterPanSandS"></ref> That year, she also toured South Africa with her parents, playing in [[Medea (play)|''Medea'']], ''[[Jane Clegg]]'', ''The Lie'', and ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]''.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1929, she appeared opposite [[Gerald du Maurier]] in [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''Dear Brutus,''<ref name="GuardianObit" /> and made another appearances as Wendy Darling in ''Peter Pan'' at the [[St James's Theatre|St. James's Theatre]] from 1929 to 1931. Casson played the same character twice more in the same play at the [[Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh|Palladium Theatre]] between 1931 to 1933.<ref name="PeterPanSandS" /> She played the Second Witch in ''[[Macbeth]]'' in April 1932 at the [[Novelty Theatre|Kingsway Theatre]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and went on to portray more of [[William Shakespeare]]'s characters, such as Juliet, Ophelia, Olivia in ''[[Twelfth Night]],'' Nerissa in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]] and'' Bianca in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' for which her performances were praised for "their sincerity and freshness."<ref name="GuardianObit" /> From 1936 to 1948, Casson was married to the actor [[William Devlin (actor)|William Devlin]] and the couple had a daughter.<ref name="MarriageNotice">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Afterwards, she began a second career as a musician touring the United Kingdom and accompanied herself on the [[virginals]]. In 1952, Casson married her daughter's primary school teacher, Ian Haines, and worked as a accompanist in schools in [[Barking, London|Barking]], [[East London]] until she retired in the mid-1970s. She began to play the organ at the age of 70 and continued to play the instrument at the St Andrews Church in [[Wickhambreaux]] near [[Canterbury]] a few weeks before her death.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> Casson died on 22 September 2009.<ref name=":0" />
==Personality==
The journalist [[Jonathan Croall]] described Casson as "a lively, intelligent woman, full of the zest for life that characterised her mother" and had "a clear-sighted view of her parents".<ref name="GuardianObit" />
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses from London]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English Shakespearean actresses]]
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