lesley manville played mrs thornton in north and south.
lesley manville played mrs thornton in north and south.
who played mrs thornton in north and south?
lesley manville
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in early 1869, she played a season at the royal alfred theatre in 1869 as hectae in "macbeth" and bleuzabella in "the invisible prince". she then joined mrs. john wood's company, in which brough also appeared, at the st james's theatre and on tour. among various other roles, evarard made an impression there in a burlesque, "la belle sauvage", as the over-the-top schoolmistress kros-as-can-be. in 1870 she played one of the undergraduates in gilbert's play "the princess". she returned to the queen's theatre in an adaptation of "the last days of pompeii" and was at the royalty theatre in "bohemia and belgravia" and as mme deschapelles in "the lady of lyons". she also appeared with brough in james planché's "babil and bijou" at the royal opera house in covent garden. at the princess's theatre in 1873, she appeared as the spirit of memory in "undine", among various other roles, and as queen of catland in "little puss in boots", where she was called "one of the best things in the pantomime". after this, she received enthusiastic reviews as aurore in "giroflé-girofla" and played mrs bundle in "the waterman". in 1875, she appeared at the charing cross theatre in a season of comedies and played mrs o'kelly at the theatre royal, drury lane in the london premiere of "the shaughraun". the following year, she was in gilbert's "pygmalion and galatea" at the alexandra palace and later at the charing cross played mrs winkle in "young rip van winkle" and mrs grimley in "20 pounds a year". she also toured with joseph eldred and played in the company of the strand theatre.
harriett everard