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{{Short description|English stage actor (1875–1967)}}
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| birth_name = John St. Clair Roberts
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| birth_date = August 2, 1875
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| birth_place = [[Cheltenham]], [[England]]
| birth_place = [[Cheltenham]], England
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| spouse = {{marriage|Kathleen Weatherley|1945}}
| parents = George Bayfield Roberts<br>Ida Roberts
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| partner = [[Florence Foster Jenkins]]<br />(1909–1944)
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'''St. Clair Bayfield''' (2 August 1875 – 19 May 1967) was an [[English people|English]] stage actor,<ref>[http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11260282 St. Clair Bayfield papers] accessed 5/28/2015</ref> best known as the long-term companion and manager of amateur operatic soprano [[Florence Foster Jenkins]].
'''St. Clair Bayfield''' (2 August 1875 – 19 May 1967) was an English stage actor, best known as the long-term companion and manager of amateur operatic soprano [[Florence Foster Jenkins]].


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Bayfield was born in [[Cheltenham]], [[England]], the son of George Bayfield Roberts, an Oxford-educated country [[parson]], and his wife Ida, the eldest of three illegitimate daughters of [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough]], a prominent politician and [[Governor-General of India]] in the years preceding the [[Indian Mutiny]]. St. Clair's maternal great-grandfather was [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice of England]].<ref>Florence Foster Jenkins, Nicholas Martin & Jasper Rees, Pan, 2016, p. 73</ref> Little is known of Bayfield's early life in England, but as a young man he sailed to [[New Zealand]], where he served as a sailor and soldier: ar his 90th birthday party, he sang some of the [[sea shanties]] from that period of his life.{{cn|date=January 2017}} While there, he tried farming.
Bayfield was born John St. Clair Roberts on 2 August 1875 in [[Cheltenham]], England,<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Clair Bayfield Papers |url=https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/thebayfi.pdf |publisher=New York Public Library |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> the son of George Bayfield Roberts, an Oxford-educated country parson, and his wife Ida, the eldest of three illegitimate daughters of [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough]], a prominent politician and [[Governor-General of India]] in the years preceding the [[Indian Mutiny]]. St. Clair's maternal great-grandfather was [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice of England]].<ref>Florence Foster Jenkins, Nicholas Martin & Jasper Rees, Pan, 2016, p. 73</ref>


With a fine voice and physical presence, he became involved in amateur theatricals, leading eventually to his joining a professional company touring to [[Australia]]. His diary of time spent in [[Melbourne]] is included in the "Bayfield Archive" preserved at [[Lincoln Center]], [[New York City|New York]]. He next acted with a company headed by the impresario William Ben Greet, who abandoned his cast to penury in a remote corner of the United States. That led to the establishment of [[Actors' Equity Association|Actor's Equity]], of which Bayfield was a founding member.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caroline McWilliams wins Bayfield Award|work=Equity News|date=February 1977|page=84|quote=...St. Clair Bayfield, who died in 1967 at nearly 92 years of age, was a charter member of Equity, having joined in 1913.}}</ref> His subsequent stage career involved regular appearances on Broadway for several decades, usually in works by British playwrights. In 1909 he began a vague "common law" relationship with amateur operatic soprano [[Florence Foster Jenkins]], seven years his senior, that lasted the remainder of her life. The couple lived for many years in an apartment on [[List of streets in Manhattan|37th Street]] in [[Manhattan]], New York.<ref name="peters">Peters, Brooks, "[http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/601/ffjenkins.601.html Florence, The Nightingale?]", 15 June 2006 (also appeared, but in slightly different format, in ''[[Opera News]]'' magazine)</ref> Bayfield joined the [[Ben Greet]] Players in a revival of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' that took the troupe to 56 [[Pennsylvania]] towns in 65 days during the summer of 1914. Also in the group was [[Sydney Greenstreet]].<ref>Sperdakos, Paula, "[http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/bin/get.cgi?directory=vol10_1/&filename=sperdakos.htm Dora Mavor Moore: Before the New Play Society]," ''Theatre Research in Canada'', Vol 10, No 1, Spring 1989</ref>
With a fine voice and physical presence, he became involved in amateur theatricals, leading eventually to his joining a professional company touring Australia. His diary of time spent in Melbourne is included in the "Bayfield Archive" preserved at [[Lincoln Center]], [[New York City|New York]]. He next acted with a company headed by the impresario William Ben Greet, who abandoned his cast to penury in a remote corner of the United States. That led to the establishment of [[Actors' Equity Association|Actor's Equity]], of which Bayfield was a founding member.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caroline McWilliams wins Bayfield Award|work=Equity News|date=February 1977|page=84|quote=...St. Clair Bayfield, who died in 1967 at nearly 92 years of age, was a charter member of Equity, having joined in 1913.}}</ref> His subsequent stage career involved regular appearances on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] for several decades, usually in works by British playwrights. In 1909, he began a vague "common law" relationship with amateur operatic soprano [[Florence Foster Jenkins]], seven years his senior, that lasted the remainder of her life. The couple lived for many years in an apartment on [[List of streets in Manhattan|37th Street]] in Manhattan, New York.<ref name="peters">Peters, Brooks, "[http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/601/ffjenkins.601.html Florence, The Nightingale?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316175913/http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/601/ffjenkins.601.html |date=2010-03-16 }}", 15 June 2006 (also appeared, but in slightly different format, in ''[[Opera News]]'' magazine)</ref> Bayfield joined the [[Ben Greet]] Players in a revival of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' that took the troupe to 56 [[Pennsylvania]] towns in 65 days during the summer of 1914. Also in the group was [[Sydney Greenstreet]].<ref>Sperdakos, Paula, "[http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/bin/get.cgi?directory=vol10_1/&filename=sperdakos.htm Dora Mavor Moore: Before the New Play Society]," ''Theatre Research in Canada'', Vol 10, No 1, Spring 1989</ref>


Bayfield lived with Jenkins and managed her career for 36 years.<ref name="peters" /><ref>''[http://www.maxbass.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins.htm Coronet]'', Dec. 1957</ref> After Jenkins' death in 1944, he married a piano teacher, Kathleen Weatherley, in 1945. They lived in [[Larchmont, New York]], where he died in 1967. He did not have children.
Bayfield lived with Jenkins and managed her career for 36 years.<ref name="peters" /><ref>''[http://www.maxbass.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins.htm Coronet]'', Dec. 1957</ref> After Jenkins' death in 1944, he married a piano teacher, Kathleen Weatherley, in 1945. They lived in [[Larchmont, New York]], where he died in 1967.


==Achievements==
==Achievements==
The [[Actors' Equity Association]] bestows the annual [[St. Clair Bayfield Award]] to an actor or actress in a non-featured role in a Shakespearean production.<ref>[http://www.actorsequity.org/aboutequity/EquityAwards/bayfield_award2012.asp award information] accessed 5/28/2015</ref>
The [[Actors' Equity Association]] bestows the annual [[St. Clair Bayfield Award]] upon an actor or actress in a non-featured role in a Shakespearean production.<ref>[http://www.actorsequity.org/aboutequity/EquityAwards/bayfield_award2012.asp award information] accessed 5/28/2015</ref>


==Theatre credits==
==Theatre credits==
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| ''For Heaven's Sake, Mother!'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''For Heaven's Sake, Mother!'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Henry Wheeler
| Henry Wheeler
| November 16–20, 1948
| 16–20 November 1948
|-
|-
| ''Hand in Glove'' (Original, Play, Thriller)
| ''Hand in Glove'' (Original, Play, Thriller)
|Mr Forsythe
|Mr Forsythe
| December 4, 1944 – January 6, 1945
| 4 December 1944 – 6 January 1945
|-
|-
| ''The Night Before Christmas'' (Original, Play)
| ''The Night Before Christmas'' (Original, Play)
| Endicott
| Endicott
| April 10–27, 1941
| 10–27 April 1941
|-
|-
| ''The Old Foolishness'' (Original, Play)
| ''The Old Foolishness'' (Original, Play)
| The Canon
| The Canon
| December 20–21, 1940
| 20–21 December 1940
|-
|-
| ''Day in the Sun'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''Day in the Sun'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Judge Livingstone
| Judge Livingstone
| May 16– May 1939
| 16 May - May 1939
|-
|-
| ''Jeremiah'' (Original, Play)
| ''Jeremiah'' (Original, Play)
| Nahum
| Nahum
| February 3 – March 1939
| 3 February – March 1939
|-
|-
| ''Glorious Morning'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''Glorious Morning'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| Rutzstein
| Rutzstein
| November 26 – December 1938
| 26 November – December 1938
|-
|-
| ''Father Malachy's Miracle'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''Father Malachy's Miracle'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Robert Gillespie, Bishop of Milothian
| Robert Gillespie, Bishop of Milothian
| November 17, 1937 – March 1938
| 17 November 1937 – March 1938
|-
|-
| ''Field of Ermine'' (Original, Play)
| ''Field of Ermine'' (Original, Play)
| The Duke of Santa Olalla
| The Duke of Santa Olalla
| February 8 – February 1935
| 8 February – February 1935
|-
|-
| ''Judgment Day'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''Judgment Day'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| Count Leonid Slatarski
| Count Leonid Slatarski
| September 12 – December 1934
| 12 September – December 1934
|-
|-
| ''They Shall Not Die'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''They Shall Not Die'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| Att'y General Cheney
| Att'y General Cheney
| February 21 – April 1934
| 21 February – April 1934
|-
|-
| ''Criminal at Large'' (Original, Play, Mystery)
| ''Criminal at Large'' (Original, Play, Mystery)
| Rawbane
| Rawbane
| October 10, 1932 – February 1933
| 10 October 1932 – February 1933
|-
|-
| ''Wild Waves'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''Wild Waves'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Whelpley
| Whelpley
| February 19 – March 1932
| 19 February – March 1932
|-
|-
| ''The Lady with a Lamp'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''The Lady with a Lamp'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| Dr. Sutherland
| Dr Sutherland
| November 19 – November 1931
| 19 November – November 1931
|-
|-
| ''Old Man Murphy'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| ''Old Man Murphy'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| Hopkins
| Hopkins
| September 14 – October 1931
| 14 September - October 1931
|-
|-
| ''[[London Calling (play)|London Calling]]'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''[[London Calling (play)|London Calling]]'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Staight
| Staight
| October 18 – October 1930
| 18 October - October 1930
|-
|-
| ''Lady Dedlock'' (Original, Play, Romance, Melodrama)
| ''Lady Dedlock'' (Original, Play, Romance, Melodrama)
| Sir Leicester Dedlock
| Sir Leicester Dedlock
| December 31, 1928 – February 1929
| 31 December 1928 – February 1929
|-
|-
| ''[[Escape (1927 play)|Escape]]'' (Original, Play)
| ''[[Escape (1927 play)|Escape]]'' (Original, Play)
| The Captain; The Laborer
| The Captain; The Laborer
| October 26, 1927 – March 1928
| 26 October 1927 – March 1928
|-
|-
| ''The Beaten Track'' (Original, Play)
| ''The Beaten Track'' (Original, Play)
| Dafydd Evans Y Beddau
| Dafydd Evans Y Beddau
| February 8 – February 1926
| 8 February - February 1926
|-
|-
| ''A Bit of Love'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''A Bit of Love'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| Trustaford
| Trustaford
| May 12 – May 1925
| 12 May - May 1925
|-
|-
| ''Two By Two'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''Two By Two'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| E. Lorrilard Price
| E. Lorrilard Price
| February 23 – March 1925
| 23 February – March 1925
|-
|-
| ''Lass O'Laughter'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''Lass O'Laughter'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Davie Nicholson
| Davie Nicholson
| January 8 – February 1925
| 8 January - February 1925
|-
|-
| ''We Moderns'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''We Moderns'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Sir William Wimple
| Sir William Wimple
| March 11 – March 1924
| 11 March - March 1924
|-
|-
| ''The Lady Cristilinda'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''The Lady Cristilinda'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| Father Reaney
| Father Reaney
| December 25, 1922 – January 1923
| 25 December 1922 – January 1923
|-
|-
| ''Bulldog Drummond'' (Original, Play, Melodrama)
| ''Bulldog Drummond'' (Original, Play, Melodrama)
| Jas. Handley
| Jas. Handley
| December 26, 1921 – May 1922
| 26 December 1921 – May 1922
|-
|-
| ''Deburau'' (Original, Play, Comedy, Tragedy)
| ''Deburau'' (Original, Play, Comedy, Tragedy)
| A Journalist
| A Journalist
| December 23, 1920 – June 1921
| 23 December 1920 – June 1921
|-
|-
| ''By Pigeon Post'' (Original, Play)
| ''By Pigeon Post'' (Original, Play)
| Blondel
| Blondel
| November 25 – December 1918
| 25 November - December 1918
|-
|-
| ''The Wild Duck'' (Original, Play, Drama)
| ''The Wild Duck'' (Original, Play, Drama)
|
|
| March 11 – April 1918
| 11 March - April 1918
|-
|-
| ''[[As You Like It]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| ''[[As You Like It]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
|
|
| February 8–9, 1918
| 8-9 February 1918
|-
|-
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
|
|
| January 25–26, 1918
| 25-26 January 1918
|-
|-
| ''[[Colonel Newcome (play)|Colonel Newcome]]'' (Original, Play)
| ''[[Colonel Newcome (play)|Colonel Newcome]]'' (Original, Play)
|
|
| April 10 – May 1917
| 10 April - May 1917
|-
|-
| ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Revival, Play, Tragedy)
| ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Revival, Play, Tragedy)
| [[Polonius]]
| [[Polonius]]
| April 23, 1912
| 23 April 1912
|-
|-
| ''Hans, the Flute Player'' (Original, Musical, Opera)
| ''Hans, the Flute Player'' (Original, Musical, Opera)
|
|
| September 20 – November 26, 1910
| 20 September – 26 November 1910
|-
|-
| ''The King of Cadonia'' (Original, Musical, Comedy)
| ''The King of Cadonia'' (Original, Musical, Comedy)
| Laborde
| Laborde
| January 10–22, 1910
| 10–22 January 1910
|-
|-
| ''The Debtors'' (Original, Play)
| ''The Debtors'' (Original, Play)
|
|
| October 12 – October 1909
| 12 October – October 1909
|-
|-
| ''The Prima Donna'' (Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera)
| ''The Prima Donna'' (Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera)
| Colonel Dutois
| Colonel Dutois
| November 30, 1908 – January 30, 1909
| 30 November 1908 – 30 January 1909
|-
|-
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
|
|
| March 4, 1907 – (unknown)
| 4 March 1907 – (unknown)
|-
|-
| ''The Two Mr. Wetherbys'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
| ''The Two Mr Wetherbys'' (Original, Play, Comedy)
|
|
| August 23 – September 1906
| 23 August - September 1906
|-
|-
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Revival, Play, Comedy)
|
|
| February 22 – March 1904
| 22 February – March 1904
|-
|-
| ''[[Everyman (play)|Everyman]]'' (Original, Play)
| ''[[Everyman (15th-century play)|Everyman]]'' (Original, Play)
|
|
| October 12, 1902 – May 1903
| 12 October 1902 – May 1903
|}
|}


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[[Category:1875 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Cheltenham]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:British emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:20th-century American diarists]]
[[Category:American people of English descent]]
[[Category:American people of English descent]]
[[Category:American male Shakespearean actors]]
[[Category:American male Shakespearean actors]]
[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:English emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Law family|St Clair]]
[[Category:Male actors from Cheltenham]]
[[Category:Male actors from New York City]]
[[Category:Florence Foster Jenkins]]

Latest revision as of 22:45, 27 July 2024

St. Clair Bayfield
Born
John St. Clair Roberts

(1875-08-02)2 August 1875
Cheltenham, England
Died19 May 1967(1967-05-19) (aged 91)
Larchmont, New York, U.S.
OccupationStage actor
Spouse
Kathleen Weatherley
​
(m. 1945)​
Partner(s)Florence Foster Jenkins
(1909–1944)

St. Clair Bayfield (2 August 1875 – 19 May 1967) was an English stage actor, best known as the long-term companion and manager of amateur operatic soprano Florence Foster Jenkins.

Life and career

[edit]

Bayfield was born John St. Clair Roberts on 2 August 1875 in Cheltenham, England,[1] the son of George Bayfield Roberts, an Oxford-educated country parson, and his wife Ida, the eldest of three illegitimate daughters of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, a prominent politician and Governor-General of India in the years preceding the Indian Mutiny. St. Clair's maternal great-grandfather was Lord Chief Justice of England.[2]

With a fine voice and physical presence, he became involved in amateur theatricals, leading eventually to his joining a professional company touring Australia. His diary of time spent in Melbourne is included in the "Bayfield Archive" preserved at Lincoln Center, New York. He next acted with a company headed by the impresario William Ben Greet, who abandoned his cast to penury in a remote corner of the United States. That led to the establishment of Actor's Equity, of which Bayfield was a founding member.[3] His subsequent stage career involved regular appearances on Broadway for several decades, usually in works by British playwrights. In 1909, he began a vague "common law" relationship with amateur operatic soprano Florence Foster Jenkins, seven years his senior, that lasted the remainder of her life. The couple lived for many years in an apartment on 37th Street in Manhattan, New York.[4] Bayfield joined the Ben Greet Players in a revival of Twelfth Night that took the troupe to 56 Pennsylvania towns in 65 days during the summer of 1914. Also in the group was Sydney Greenstreet.[5]

Bayfield lived with Jenkins and managed her career for 36 years.[4][6] After Jenkins' death in 1944, he married a piano teacher, Kathleen Weatherley, in 1945. They lived in Larchmont, New York, where he died in 1967.

Achievements

[edit]

The Actors' Equity Association bestows the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award upon an actor or actress in a non-featured role in a Shakespearean production.[7]

Theatre credits

[edit]

Bayfield's credits in Broadway theatre include:[8]

Production Role Dates of Production
For Heaven's Sake, Mother! (Original, Play, Comedy) Henry Wheeler 16–20 November 1948
Hand in Glove (Original, Play, Thriller) Mr Forsythe 4 December 1944 – 6 January 1945
The Night Before Christmas (Original, Play) Endicott 10–27 April 1941
The Old Foolishness (Original, Play) The Canon 20–21 December 1940
Day in the Sun (Original, Play, Comedy) Judge Livingstone 16 May - May 1939
Jeremiah (Original, Play) Nahum 3 February – March 1939
Glorious Morning (Original, Play, Drama) Rutzstein 26 November – December 1938
Father Malachy's Miracle (Original, Play, Comedy) Robert Gillespie, Bishop of Milothian 17 November 1937 – March 1938
Field of Ermine (Original, Play) The Duke of Santa Olalla 8 February – February 1935
Judgment Day (Original, Play, Drama) Count Leonid Slatarski 12 September – December 1934
They Shall Not Die (Original, Play, Drama) Att'y General Cheney 21 February – April 1934
Criminal at Large (Original, Play, Mystery) Rawbane 10 October 1932 – February 1933
Wild Waves (Original, Play, Comedy) Whelpley 19 February – March 1932
The Lady with a Lamp (Original, Play, Drama) Dr Sutherland 19 November – November 1931
Old Man Murphy (Revival, Play, Comedy) Hopkins 14 September - October 1931
London Calling (Original, Play, Comedy) Staight 18 October - October 1930
Lady Dedlock (Original, Play, Romance, Melodrama) Sir Leicester Dedlock 31 December 1928 – February 1929
Escape (Original, Play) The Captain; The Laborer 26 October 1927 – March 1928
The Beaten Track (Original, Play) Dafydd Evans Y Beddau 8 February - February 1926
A Bit of Love (Original, Play, Drama) Trustaford 12 May - May 1925
Two By Two (Original, Play, Comedy) E. Lorrilard Price 23 February – March 1925
Lass O'Laughter (Original, Play, Comedy) Davie Nicholson 8 January - February 1925
We Moderns (Original, Play, Comedy) Sir William Wimple 11 March - March 1924
The Lady Cristilinda (Original, Play, Comedy) Father Reaney 25 December 1922 – January 1923
Bulldog Drummond (Original, Play, Melodrama) Jas. Handley 26 December 1921 – May 1922
Deburau (Original, Play, Comedy, Tragedy) A Journalist 23 December 1920 – June 1921
By Pigeon Post (Original, Play) Blondel 25 November - December 1918
The Wild Duck (Original, Play, Drama) 11 March - April 1918
As You Like It (Revival, Play, Comedy) 8-9 February 1918
The Merchant of Venice (Revival, Play, Comedy) 25-26 January 1918
Colonel Newcome (Original, Play) 10 April - May 1917
Hamlet (Revival, Play, Tragedy) Polonius 23 April 1912
Hans, the Flute Player (Original, Musical, Opera) 20 September – 26 November 1910
The King of Cadonia (Original, Musical, Comedy) Laborde 10–22 January 1910
The Debtors (Original, Play) 12 October – October 1909
The Prima Donna (Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera) Colonel Dutois 30 November 1908 – 30 January 1909
The Merchant of Venice (Revival, Play, Comedy) 4 March 1907 – (unknown)
The Two Mr Wetherbys (Original, Play, Comedy) 23 August - September 1906
Twelfth Night (Revival, Play, Comedy) 22 February – March 1904
Everyman (Original, Play) 12 October 1902 – May 1903

In the media

[edit]

Bayfield’s relationship with Jenkins was the basis for the biographical drama Florence Foster Jenkins, with Hugh Grant portraying Bayfield and Meryl Streep portraying Jenkins. The film, directed by Stephen Frears, premiered in London on 12 April 2016.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "St. Clair Bayfield Papers" (PDF). New York Public Library. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ Florence Foster Jenkins, Nicholas Martin & Jasper Rees, Pan, 2016, p. 73
  3. ^ "Caroline McWilliams wins Bayfield Award". Equity News. February 1977. p. 84. ...St. Clair Bayfield, who died in 1967 at nearly 92 years of age, was a charter member of Equity, having joined in 1913.
  4. ^ a b Peters, Brooks, "Florence, The Nightingale? Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine", 15 June 2006 (also appeared, but in slightly different format, in Opera News magazine)
  5. ^ Sperdakos, Paula, "Dora Mavor Moore: Before the New Play Society," Theatre Research in Canada, Vol 10, No 1, Spring 1989
  6. ^ Coronet, Dec. 1957
  7. ^ award information accessed 5/28/2015
  8. ^ IBDB
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