Peg Woffington (1912)

Directed by

A.E. Coleby

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

32 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent comedy is set in 18th century London. It follows an Irish actress as she navigates the theater world and social circles of the time.

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What happens

Peg Woffington is a 1912 British silent historical film directed by A. E. Coleby and starring Leslie Howard Gordon. The film is based on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. The play had previously been turned into a 1910 American film, and several further adaptations followed. It features the eighteenth century Irish actress Peg Woffington as a major character. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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