Mr HA Saintsbury
H. A. Saintsbury [ Harry Arthur Saintsbury ] 1869 – 1939
actor & playwright [ Jay Nibb ]
Opera Comique 1887
Miss Mary Austin’s ‘ Passions Power ‘ 1894
Appeared in Cymbeline with Irving & Terry from 22 Sept 1896 to 27 Jan 1897
In 1903 he took the thirteen year old Charlie Chaplin under his wing.
Played Sherlock Holmes more than a thousand times onstage and once in a film
of 1916, now lost.
He acted with Irving, wrote a book about him and was an authority on him.
Past productions
- Prince Kandos, Passion’s Power, Miss Mary Austin’s Tour