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Lilian Mary Baylis

British theatrical manager
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May 9, 1874, London, Eng.
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Nov. 25, 1937, London (aged 63)
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Lilian Mary Baylis (born May 9, 1874, London, Eng.—died Nov. 25, 1937, London) was an English theatrical manager and founder of the Old Vic as a centre of Shakespearean productions. As a child, Baylis studied the violin, and she performed in concert with her parents, who were singers. In 1890 the family moved to South Africa, where Baylis later became a music teacher. She returned to England in 1898 to assist her aunt, Emma Cons, who had turned the Victoria Theatre (originally the Royal Coburg Theatre) into a temperance hall under the name of the Royal Victoria Hall and Coffee ...(100 of 180 words)

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