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Edith Elizabeth ("Evie") Greene (1875 – 11 September 1917)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Evie Greene (1878–1917) )〕 was a much-photographed English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. She is most notable for starring as Dolores, the central character in the international hit musical ''Florodora''. She also sang on the world's first original cast album, recorded for this musical.〔. Musicalheaven.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.〕 ==Life and career== Greene was born at 82 Fratton Road in Portsmouth, England, in 1875〔(Record as 'Edith Elizabeth Green', English General Record Office Birth Index, March Quarter 1875, Portsea, 2b 421 )〕 (the 1881 census gives her age as 6).〔 She was the daughter of Richard Bentley Greene, a retired naval officer, and his wife Edith. The 1891 census states that she was a sixteen-year-old "teacher of music". Early in her career, Greene starred in pantomime in the provinces. She went on to star in hit musicals, most notably ''Florodora'' at the Lyric Theatre in London beginning in 1899,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Floradora )〕 as well as the title roles in ''Kitty Grey'' in 1900 and 1901 (Apollo Theatre), also starring Mabel Love and Edna May,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Press Clippings for the week ending Saturday, 13 July 2002 )〕 ''A Country Girl'' in 1903 (at Daly's Theatre),〔(Information from ''The Play Pictorial'' website ) 〕 as Madame Sans-Gene in ''The Duchess of Dantzic'' in 1903 (at the Lyric Theatre) and in 1905 on Broadway,〔. From the book Sullivan and His Satellites by Alan Hyman, Chappell and Company, 1976. boisestate.edu〕 and as Molly Montrose in ''The Little Cherub'' in 1906 (Prince of Wales's Theatre), with Lily Elsie, Gabrielle Ray and Zena Dare.〔(The Little Cherub ). Myweb.tiscali.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.〕 Greene sang the role of the Plaintiff in a 1902 benefit performance of ''Trial by Jury'', alongside Hayden Coffin and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company stars, with Lionel Monckton playing the mute role of the Associate.〔(Gilbert & Sullivan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia ). C20th.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.〕 She also starred in operettas such as ''The Duchess of Dantzic'' at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1904 and at Daly's Theatre in New York in 1905,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Duchess of Dantzic )〕 ''Les Merveilleuses'' in 1906 at Daly's Theatre in London, and ''L'Amour Mouillé'' at the Lyric Theatre.〔''The English Illustrated Magazine'', Vol. 25, no. 216 (September 1901).〕 She also starred in the successful ''Havana'' in 1908 at the Gaiety Theatre, London.〔 Greene appeared in 1915 in a revival of ''Florodora'', earning good notices,〔, ''Footlight Notes''〕 and performed through 1916, at least as late as 22 November of that year, at the London Palladium.〔, ''Footlight Notes''〕 She married twice:〔 first in 1896 to Richard Temple, Jr., the son of the D'Oyly Carte principal bass, Richard Temple〔''The English Illustrated Magazine'', Vol. 25, no. 216 (September 1901), (p. 560 )〕 (divorced – abandonment), and then in 1910 to Captain Ernest Kennaway Arbuthnot. Her nephew was the actor Richard Greene, best known for playing Robin Hood in the 1950s British TV series ''The Adventures of Robin Hood''.〔 Greene died at the age of 42 at her parent's home at Parnholt, Southsea, Hampshire. Her husband became Chief Constable of Oxfordshire in 1921, remarried and fathered children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evie Greene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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