touchstone – Shakespeare and the Players at Emory University Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:25:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 124205043 Courtice Pounds /courtice-pounds/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:25:03 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1960 Read more]]> (1862-1927)

Charles Courtice Pounds began his career as a singer. Born in London, he studied music at various academies and institutions and his first stage appearance was in 1881 in the chorus of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience. Not until 1901 at His Majesty’s Theatre did he play a part in Shakespeare, as Feste in Twelfth Night. That same year he played Touchstone at the Prince’s Theatre in Manchester; in 1902 he played in The Merry Wives of Windsor. His ability as a Shakespearean is attested to by his being asked to perform his Touchstone and other parts in the 1907 Shakespeare Festival in London at His Majesty’s Theatre.

He returned later in his career to the musical theatre where he played the part of Ali Baba for nearly five years in Oscar Asche‘s Chu Chin Chow. In 1922 he starred in one of his most memorable roles as Franz Schubert in Lilac Time.

Courtice Pounds as Touchstone and Mirianne Caldwell as Audrey in "As You Like It" ]]> 1960 Arthur Grenville /arthur-grenville/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:01:18 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1691 Read more]]> Grenville joined Sir Frank Benson‘s company on tour in 1887. Between 1888 and 1899, he played in eighteen Shakespeare plays at Stratford-upon-Avon with Benson.

Claire Greet as Audrey and Arthur Grenville as Touchstone in "As You Like It" Claire Greet as Audrey and Arthur Grenville as Touchstone in "As You Like It" Arthur Grenville as a character in "Cymbeline" Arthur Grenville as Sir Andrew Augecheek in "Twelfth Night" ]]> 1691 Audrey and Touchstone /audrey-and-touchstone/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:37:24 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1472 Read more]]> Audrey and Touchstone are characters in As You Like It.

Claire Greet as Audrey and Arthur Grenville as Touchstone in "As You Like It" Claire Greet as Audrey in "As You Like It" Claire Greet as Audrey and Arthur Grenville as Touchstone in "As You Like It" Courtice Pounds as Touchstone and Mirianne Caldwell as Audrey in "As You Like It" ]]> 1472 Other /duke-senior-celia-touchstone-audrey/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:35:46 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1470 Read more]]> Duke Senior, Celia, Touchstone and Audrey are characters in As You Like It.

H. R. Highnett as Duke Senior in "As You Like It" Hilda Bruce Potter as Celia in "As You Like It" Courtice Pounds as Touchstone and Mirianne Caldwell as Audrey in "As You Like It"

 

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