Mary Hinton
Mary was a stage name. She was
Emily Rachel Forster (1896 – 1979) the first wife of Capt. G.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers. They divorced in 1930.
He was wounded in WWI, inherited a huge estate, including the Pitt-Rivers Museum at Oxford, had been aide de champ to his ex-father-in-law the Governor-General of Australia – and was one of the wealthiest men in England. He wrote several books on politics and was interned for 2 years during WWII as a Fascist supporter.
His son, Michael Pitt-Rivers served as a major during the war. Later arrested and convicted of “buggery” ("conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons”) along with 2 others: A young peer, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, and a “charming solicitor” and journalist Peter Wildeblood. The highly publicized case and Wildeblood’s legal campaign and book, Against the Law, helped lead to the decriminalizing of homosexuality in England in 1967. The infamous “Montagu Trial” was made into a BBC movie.
Past productions
- Paint Myself Black
- Lady Bountiful, The Beaux’ Stratagem
- Mother Gregory, On a Clear Day You Can See Canterbury, Co-Star Productions Ltd, Letitia Echlin, and Peter Cookson
- Margaret Owen-Smith, Breakfast for One
- Mrs Warwick, The Unexpected Guest
- Victoria Verity, All My Own Work
- Oh! My Papa!, Bristol Old Vic Company
- Mrs Higgins, Pygmalion
- Great Expectations
- Sheila Prescott, One Bright Day
- Rose Padley, The Mulberry Bush, Bristol Old Vic Company
- Nina Trafford, A Question of Fact, Tennent Productions Ltd
- Leonie, Intimate Relations, London Arts Theatre Committee Ltd
- Marie Daubek, The Ivory Tower
- The Countess of Lister, Yes, M’Lord
- Christine (replacement), Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell
- Mrs Tabret, The Sacred Flame
- Mrs Ellis, Great Day
- Mrs Brown, Claudia
- Madeleine
- Madeleine
- Clarisse, The Springtime of Others, The Arts Theatre Group of Actors
- The Intruder
- Margaret Campbell, Mary Goes to See, Alec L Rea
- Jane Dormer, Mary Tudor
- Sarah, Family Affairs
- Mrs Hammond (Replacement), While Parents Sleep
- Mrs Hammond, While Parents Sleep
- Three Flats