Gertrude Kingston

thumb|A portrait of Gertrude Kingston by Ottilie Roederstein. Gertrude Kingston (born Gertrude Angela Kohnstamm; 24 September 1862 – 7 November 1937) was an English actress, an actor-manager, illustrator, artist in lacquer work, journalist, and teacher of public speaking. Quotes There are two sides to every question. There are two sides to every Theater drapes and stage curtains stage curtain—what is termed the ' back ' and the ' front of the house,' or more generally known as ' before and behind the footlights '—and if of late years both sides of the curtain have been made familiar to the public gaze, it is not because it is the fashion to court observation, but on account of a passionate national curiosity to know the truth. The public as seen from the stage The Nineteenth century and after : a monthly review; London 57 338 April 1905 601–614 https://www.proquest.com/openview/08c06d70597623ea/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1017 (quote from p. 601) ... for sheer beauty, the Quantocks, to my mind, between Bridgwater and Williton, are infinitely more exquisite, with alternating well-watered combes and moorland and Exmoor in the distance, than any part of Devonshire. Curtsey While You're Thinking Williams & Norgate 1937 https://books.google.com/books?id=pOM8AAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=sheer+beauty 33 Quotes about Gertrude Kingston ... People still talk of Gertrude Kingston's The Trojan Women Helen as a piece of acting to treasure in the memory; and readers of The Trojan Women the play who considered it contained a too great monotony of sorrow to be effective on the stage, found themselves, to their astonishment, almost unendurably moved. Desmond MacCarthy, The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism Arthur Henry Bullen A. H. Bullen 1907 https://books.google.com/books?id=jvo1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA9 9 External links Portrait of Kingston (1905) by John Singer Sargent Category:1862 births Category:1937 deaths Category:Actresses from England Category:Jews from the United Kingdom Category:People from London Category:Women born in the 19th century