Adeline Bourne
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8 January 1873
Adeline Bourne | |
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| Born | Selina "Lena" Manson 8 January 1873 British India |
| Died | 8 February 1965 (aged 92) Thurston, Suffolk, England |
| Occupations | actress, suffragette and charity worker |
| Employer | Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps |
| Organization(s) | Actresses' Franchise League, Royal Star and Garter Home |
Adeline Bourne (8 January 1873 – 8 February 1965) was a British Anglo-Indian actress, suffragette and charity worker.[1][2]
Bourne was born Selina "Lena" Manson[3] in British India in 1873. She was sent to private schools in Eastbourne and Blackheath, though after expulsion from three schools was educated by a governess.[4]
Acting career
She studied drama under Sarah Thorne and adopted the stage name Adeline Bourne.[3] She became a member of Thorne's company before leaving to tour America with Mrs Patrick Campbell. She then worked for J. E. Vedrenne and Harley Granville-Barker at the Court Theatre, and for Olga Nethersole.[5]
At the start of the 20th century Bourne appeared in avant-garde and feminist plays.[4] She was known for playing "orientalist" heroines,[6] such as titular character Salome in Oscar Wilde's play,[7][8] who she played as an "emancipated virago" and "political princess";[9] Antistia in John Masefield's The Tragedy of Pompey the Great;[10] and Ftatateeta and later Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.[11][12] Other roles included Gertrude in Hamlet.[13]
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