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Christopher Casson, the Glossary

Christopher T. Casson (20 March 1912 – 9 July 1996) was an English-born actor who became a citizen of Ireland in 1946.^[1]

40 relations: Attracta (film), Australia, Broth of a Boy, Captain Lightfoot, Church of Ireland, Dublin, Educating Rita (film), Egypt, England, Frankie Starlight, Gate Theatre, Hilton Edwards, Jacob's Awards, James Joyce, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Johnny Nobody, Julius Caesar (play), Lancashire, Lewis Casson, Micheál Mac Liammóir, New Zealand, Palestine (region), Prestwich, Radio Éireann Players, Republic of Ireland, Royal Albert Hall, RTÉ Radio, Sandymount, Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film), Sybil Thorndike, The Devil's Agent, The Irish R.M., The Old Vic, The Riordans, The Siege of Sidney Street, The Sleep of Death, The Treaty (film), Ulysses (broadcast), Ulysses (novel), Zardoz.
Actors from Prestwich
British emigrants to Ireland

Attracta (film)

Attracta is a 1983 Irish drama film directed by Kieran Hickey, co-produced by Douglas Kennedy, and starring Wendy Hiller, Kate Thompson and Joe McPartland.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Broth of a Boy

Broth of a Boy is a 1959 Irish comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Harry Brogan and June Thorburn.

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Captain Lightfoot is a 1955 American CinemaScope Technicolor adventure film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush and Jeff Morrow and is Sirk's adaptation of a book by W. R. Burnett written in 1954.

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Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann,; Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Educating Rita (film)

Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Frankie Starlight

Frankie Starlight is a 1995 drama–romantic war film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

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Gate Theatre

The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland.

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Hilton Edwards

Hilton Edwards (2 February 1903 – 18 November 1982) was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer, and theatrical producer. Christopher Casson and Hilton Edwards are Irish male film actors and Naturalised citizens of Ireland.

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Jacob's Awards

The Jacob's Awards were instituted in December 1962 as the first Irish television awards.

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James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic.

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John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.

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Johnny Nobody

Johnny Nobody is a 1961 British drama film made in Ireland and directed by Nigel Patrick, starring Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix and Aldo Ray.

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Julius Caesar (play)

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often abbreviated as Julius Caesar, is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Lewis Casson

Sir Lewis Thomas Casson MC (26 October 187516 May 1969) was an English actor and theatre director, and the husband of actress Dame Sybil Thorndike.

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Micheál Mac Liammóir

Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Lee Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer, and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Christopher Casson and Micheál Mac Liammóir are 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights, English male dramatists and playwrights, Irish male film actors, Irish male stage actors and Naturalised citizens of Ireland.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Palestine (region)

The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.

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Prestwich

Prestwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester, north of Salford and south of Bury.

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Radio Éireann Players

The Radio Éireann Players (RÉP) were a repertory company for radio in Ireland, formed in 1947, which performed in regular drama productions for Irish broadcaster, Radio Éireann.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.

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RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio is a division and service of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), which broadcasts four analogue channels and five digital channels across Ireland and beyond.

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Sandymount

Sandymount is a coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.

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Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 1959 British-Irish film produced and directed by Michael Anderson and starring James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns and Michael Redgrave.

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Sybil Thorndike

Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, (24 October 18829 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969.

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The Devil's Agent

The Devil's Agent (Im Namen des Teufels) is a 1962 drama film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Peter van Eyck, Marianne Koch, Christopher Lee and Macdonald Carey.

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The Irish R.M.

The Irish R.M. is a trilogy of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross and a 1983 television comedy-drama series based on them.

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The Old Vic

The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England.

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The Riordans

The Riordans was the second Irish television drama serial made by Telefís Éireann.

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The Siege of Sidney Street

The Siege of Sidney Street, also known as The Siege of Hell Street, is a 1960 British historical drama film co-directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, and starring Donald Sinden, Nicole Berger and Kieron Moore.

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The Sleep of Death

The Sleep of Death (a.k.a. The Inn of the Flying Dragon) is a 1980 Swedish-Irish historical horror film written and directed by Calvin Floyd and starring Per Oscarsson, Curd Jürgens, Patrick Magee and Marilù Tolo.

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The Treaty (film)

The Treaty is a 1991 Irish historical television film written by Brian Phelan and directed by Jonathan Lewis.

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Ulysses (broadcast)

The Ulysses broadcast began on 16 June 1982 (Bloomsday) when the Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ Radio, transmitted an uninterrupted 30-hour dramatised radio performance, by 33 actors of the RTÉ Players, of the entire text of James Joyce's epic 1922 novel, Ulysses, to commemorate the centenary of the author's birth (born 2 February 1882).

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Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce.

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Zardoz

Zardoz is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Casson

Also known as Casson, Christopher.

Christopher Casson, the Glossary

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See also

Actors from Prestwich

British emigrants to Ireland

References