Ernita Lascelles Explained

Ernita Lascelles
Other Names:Ernita Lascelles Ranson
Birth Date:May 1, 1890
Birth Place:Chile
Death Date:June 23, 1972 (aged 82)
Death Place:New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Actress, playwright, novelist
Spouse(S):Herbert Walter Ranson (m. 1908-1970; his death)
Children:2

Ernita Lascelles Ranson (May 1, 1890 – June 23, 1972) was an English actress, novelist, and playwright.

Early life and education

Lascelles was born to English parents in Chile. She studied acting with Richard Boleslavski in 1923.[1]

Career

Lascelles was a stage actress in New York City and London. Her stage credits included roles in Much Ado About Nothing (1904), Doctor Faustus (1904), The Comedy of Errors (1904), Love and a Half-Pence (1906),[2] When Knights Were Bold (1907),[3] Lady Windemere's Fan (1911),[4] The Miniature (1911), The Double Game (1912), A Gauntlet (1913),[5] The Son and Heir (1913)[6] Disraeli (1914),[7] [8] The Philanderer (1914),[9] Plaster Saints (1914),[10] When the Young Vine Blooms (1915), Gamblers All (1917),[11] The Tragedy of Nan (1919),[12] Polly with a Past (1919),[13] The Madras House (1921), From Morn til Midnight (1922), Back to Methuselah (1922),[14] The Dice of the Gods (1923), The Living Mask (1924),[15] The Mongrel (1924),[16] Adam Solitaire (1925), Fanny's First Play (1932),[17] One Wife or Another (1933),[18] The Silver Box (1935),[19] and Murder with Pen and Ink (1935).[20] She later starred in a 1944 production of Medea at Columbia University, but a reviewer found her performance "appalling, though admirably consistent in its misreading".[21]

Her first novel, The Sacrificial Goat (1923),[22] was set in the London theatre world, with a working actress as the main character, and another character based on George Bernard Shaw.[23] [24] Plays by Lascelles included a farce, Listen to Me (1926),[25] The Bride Confesses (1932),[26] Oh Youth! (1934)[27] and historical plays Fire (1942), about Thomas Cranmer,[28] and Lucretia (1927), about Lucrezia Borgia.[29]

In 1953, Lascelles was on the staff of a girls' camp in Vermont.[30]

Personal life

Lascelles married fellow English actor Herbert Walter Ranson in 1908. They had daughters Joan and Naomi.[31] Her husband died in 1970,[32] and Lascelles died in 1972, aged 82, in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stangeland, John . Aline MacMahon: Hollywood, the Blacklist, and the Birth of Method Acting . 2022-11-08 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-9608-4 . Chapter 3, note 8 . en.
  2. Book: Wearing, J. P. . The London stage, 1900-1909 : a calendar of plays and players . 1981 . Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-8108-1403-5 . 281, 323, 335, 488.
  3. News: 1907-09-14 . The Opera House: 'When Knights Were Bold' . 13 . The Cheltenham Looker-on . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Book: Wearing, J. P. . The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel . 2013-12-19 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-9300-9 . en.
  5. News: 1913-11-09 . Attractions at the Theatres . 60 . The Boston Globe . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  6. March 15, 1913 . Miss Ernita Lascelles . Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News . 79 . 104.
  7. News: 1914-11-10 . Arliss Returns After 7 Years in East . 6 . Los Angeles Evening Express . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1915-04-13 . Academy: 'Disraeli' . 7 . The Baltimore Sun . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  9. West . Stanley . January 24, 1914 . An Antiquity of the Nineties . The Bellman . 16 . 116–117.
  10. Book: Zangwill, Israel . Plaster Saints: A High Comedy in Three Movements . 1914 . W. Heinemann . en.
  11. 1917 . Gamblers of London and Troubadours of France . Life . 69 . 62.
  12. News: 1919-12-21 . Mid-Winter Stage . 56 . Star Tribune . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1919-08-12 . Ernita Lascelles is New Princess Leading Woman . 46 . The Des Moines Register . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  14. Book: Mantle . Burns . The Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America . Sherwood . Garrison P. . 1923 . Dodd, Mead . 450, 517-518, 548-549 . en.
  15. February 21, 1924 . Ernita Lascelles . Midweek Pictorial . 18 . 26 . 12 . Internet Archive.
  16. Book: Mantle . Burns . The Best Plays . Chapman . John Arthur . Sherwood . Garrison P. . 1925 . Dodd, Mead . 505–506 . en.
  17. News: 1932-07-04 . Theatre Notes . 147 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1933-02-02 . Theatre Notes . 119 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1935-07-16 . The Silver Box . 5 . The Portsmouth Herald . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1935-07-26 . Theatre Notes . 89 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1944-02-21 . About Town a la Brander Matthews . 2 . Barnard Bulletin . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  22. Book: Lascelles, Ernita . The Sacrificial Goat . 1923 . Boni and Liveright . en.
  23. February 1924 . Ernita Lascelles, The Sacrificial Goat . Book Review Digest . 19 . 293–294.
  24. News: Coleman . Dave . 1923-11-11 . Bernard Shaw Portrayed in Recent Novel . 4 . Salt Lake Telegram . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  25. Book: Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures . 1926 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 520 . en.
  26. News: 1932-06-20 . Laurette Taylor to Try Out New Play, 'Finale' . 241 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  27. News: 1934-06-16 . Summer Theatres Lean Heavily on Established Plays as Well as Stars . 202 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  28. News: Lawrence . Marcia . 1942-11-05 . About Town . 2 . Barnard Bulletin . 2022-09-10.
  29. News: 1927-03-22 . Chevalier May Arrive for Broadway Revue . 37 . Daily News . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  30. News: 1953-07-04 . First Concert at Norfleet Trio Camp for Girls to be Given Tuesday, July 7 . 3 . The Burlington Free Press . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  31. News: Kovalenko . Ann . 1960-01-17 . Bucks County Woman Authors Novel Work . 50 . The Morning Call . 2022-09-10 . Newspapers.com.
  32. News: 1970-11-14 . Herbert Walter Ranson, 87, Actor in Character Roles . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-10 . 0362-4331.

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