Adele Dixon ( Eng. Adele Dixon ; June 3, 1908 , London - April 11, 1992 , Manchester ) [2] [3] - British singer and actress of the universal genre. She sang in musicals in the USA (on Broadway) and in England in the 1930s and 40s, and starred in several musical films. It went down in history on November 2, 1936 , performing the song “Television” [* 1] during the first broadcast of high-resolution television by BBC [3] [4] [5] .
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 Adele Dixon in costume for the annual ball at the Chelsea Arts Club (December 21, 1939) | |
| Birth name | Adela helena dixon |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | London |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Manchester |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Profession | actress |
| Years of activity | 1921 - 1953 |
| Amplois | musical , drama , comedy , travesty , pantomime |
| Theater | Old Vic , |
| Roles | Principal in musical performances, female in Shakespearean plays |
| IMDb | |
Biography
Born in central London, in the area [2] . Parents: Frederick Dixon ( born Frederick Dixon ) and Elizabeth (nee Barett, born Elizabeth Barett ) [3] .
Adele studied at the . She began performing at the age of 13, playing the First Elf in the children's play “ Where the Rainbow Ends ” [3] [6] . Then there were several more roles, after which Adele received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , where she studied for 2 years. By the time she graduated from the Academy, she had already played leading adult roles, and in 1927 went on tour to Egypt, playing Olivia in “ Twelfth Night, ” Jessica in “The Merchant of Venice ”, Marianne in “ Measure for Measure ” and Bianca in “ Othello ” [7 ] .
In August 1928, Adele Dixon married Ernest Schweiger, an expert in jewelry, with whom she lived until 1976. The couple remained childless [3] .
A month after the wedding, Mrs. Dixon entered the Old Vic Theater, where for the next two seasons she played roles mainly in Shakespearean plays. In addition, she was involved in productions of Sheridan , Moliere and Shaw . Then she managed to play the role of Sleeping Beauty [* 2] in "Adam's Opera" to the music of . This performance was not well received by the public, but Adele impressed the composer, which played a decisive role in her fate [3] .
Adele Dixon had a pleasant soprano that was equally good in both dramatic and comedic roles. As a result, in 1930, after leaving Old Vick, on the recommendation of Richard Adinsell, she was taken to the for the main female role as Susie in the theatrical adaptation of John Priestley novel [* 3] . This production lasted on stage for almost a year in 1931 and 1932 [9] .
Around the same time (1931), Adele Dixon starred in her first film [10] Over the next five years, she was involved in many performances, starred in another film and even participated in the first BBC television broadcasts [3] [4] [5] . Adele was popular and exploited the image of youth, energy and pressure. The Times wrote in 1934: "... Miss Adele Dixon invariably provides what the game requires first of all - swiftness, composition and glamor ..." [* 4] .
At the peak of her popularity, Mrs. Dixon went to America to participate in the Broadway production of “Between the Devil” [13] (1937) ( Eng. Between the Devil ). This is not the first creative visit to New York. Although biographers do not mention this, Broadway posters show Adele as a member of the choir staged by Nikki , which was staged in October 1931 [* 5] [13] . This time the plans are grander, but despite the high-quality musical material, the musical was not successful. In 1938, Dixon returned to England and successfully participated in the musical The Fleet Glowed [* 6] [* 7] [14] , which, however, was her last music show for the next 5 years.
Until 1944, Adele participated in pop revues, acted in films [10] , and also actively played in pantomime in the role of travesty [3] [7] . In the future, she had roles in musical performances, however, in general, her star in the theatrical horizon gradually rolled up. There was the last movie ( Woman to Woman , 1946) [10] , the last and unsuccessful performance on Broadway ( Don't Listen Ladies!, 1948) [13] and the last and very successful personal performance in the title role in the musical Belinda Fair with which Adele said goodbye to the musical theater [3] . The last time viewers saw Mrs. Dixon on the West End scene as a prince in a 1953 production of Cinderella. After that, Adele appeared several times on the stage of provincial theaters until in the late 50s she completed her theatrical career finally [16] .
Mrs. Dixon was very attached to her husband, so she hard suffered his death in 1976. After about 10 years, she moved from London to Sale to a nursing home, where she died on April 11, 1992 from pneumonia [3] .
See also
- Glamor
- John Gilgood
- Musical
- Broadway
Notes
Comments
- ↑ The sources give a different name for this song: “Television”, “Television coming to you” [3] or “Television march” [4] .
- ↑ According to other sources, the character was called the “Princess of Beauty” [8] .
- ↑ A record of one of the scenes of the play has been preserved. You can listen to it by clicking on the link from the corresponding section of the article: Scene from “The Good Companions”, 2011
- ↑ This article in The Times [11] was written on the eve of the premiere of the musical , who went to the Drury Lane Theater , in which the standard first performed. [12]
- ↑ And this is surprising, since traveling to America then meant a long ocean voyage.
- ↑ The authors defined their musical as musical frolic ( English musical frolic ) [14] , and he walked in the premises of the [15]
- ↑ There is an opportunity to listen to one of the compositions from this musical performed by Adele Dixon's partner Francis Day. The link is indicated in the corresponding section of the article: It's D'Lovely, 2010 .
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 AllMusic , Date and Place of Birth and Death Adele Dixon: “... b. Adela Helena Dixon, 3 June 1908, Newington, London, England, d. April 11, 1992, Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, England ... ”
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Obituary in The Times , 1992 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 A Brief History of British Television, 2004 , From the 1936 Television Program, p. 20: “... Variety (2 Nov 1936) - Official opening show, with dancers Buck and Bubbles, jugglers the Lai Founs, singer Adele Dixon and the Television Orchestra playing Eric Coates' Television March . Producer: Cecil Madden ... ".
- ↑ 1 2 Sydney-Smith, 2002 , On Dickson's speech at the opening of British television broadcasting at Alexandra Palace , p. 25: "... British television opened, if the words of Adele Dixon's song in the opening program are at all representative, on 2 November 1936," in a mighty maze of mystic rays all about us of blue “.".
- ↑ AllMusic : "... Dixon ... made her London stage debut in 1921 at the age of 13 as the First Elf in Where The Rainbow Ends ...".
- ↑ 1 2 Who is who in the theater, 1967 .
- ↑ AllMusic : "... her first singing role as Princess Beauty in Adam's Opera ...".
- ↑ Memoirs of John Gilgud, 2000 , p. 144.
- ↑ 1 2 3 IMDb , List of movies featuring Adele Dixon.
- ↑ The Times , Drury Lane, 1934 .
- ↑ AllMusic , About the play “Three Sisters”: “... [Three Sisters] Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's lovely score for this original musical, which was presented at Drury Lane, contained the future standard, 'I Won't Dance', on which Dixon duetted with Richard Dolman ... ".
- ↑ 1 2 3 Broadway Database , List of Adele Dixon's works on Broadway.
- ↑ 1 2 AllMusic , About participating in the musical: “... Back home in 1938, Dixon continued to triumph in the 'musical frolic', The Fleet's Lit Up, which had a Vivian Ellis score, plus Frances Day, Lupino, and Ralph Reader ... ".
- ↑ Dictionary of English Idioms, 1998 , In an article about the phrase “Fleet's lit up” ( Eng. Fleet's Lit Up ), among other things, it is said, p. 90: "... In the following year" a musical frolic "at London Hippodrome was entitled" The Fleet's Lit Up "...".
- ↑ AllMusic : "... West End audiences saw Dixon for the last time as Prince Charming in the 1953 production of Cinderella ... [and hereinafter].".
Literature
- Currie, Tony. A Concise History of British Television, 1930-2000 [Text]: [ eng. ] / T. Currie. - 2nd edition. - Tiverton, Devon: Kelly Publications, 2004 .-- P. 20. - 122 p. : ill., portraits. - ISBN 9781903053171 .
- Gielgud, John. Gielgud on Gielgud [Text]: [ eng. ] : biogr. / J. Gielgud. - London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000 .-- 500 p., 14 p. plates. - Ex cont .: Early stages; Backward glances. - ISBN 0340795026 . - OCLC 45315551 .
- Parker, John. Who's who in the theater: a biographical record of the contemporary stage [Text]: [ eng. ] / John Parker; Freda Gaye. - 14th ed. - New York: Pitman Pub., 1967. - P. 544-555. - 1720 p. - OCLC 5997224 .
- Partridge, Eric. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day [Text]: [ eng. ] : words / ; P. Beale. - New York: Scarborough House, 1998 .-- xxiii, 384 p. - ISBN 0812885368 . - OCLC 26628502 .
- Sydney-Smith, Susan. Beyond Dixon of Dock Green: Early British Police Series [Text]: [ eng. ] . - London: IBTauris, 2002. - P. 25. - 269 p. : ill. - ISBN 9781860648243 .
- Adele Dixon [Text]: [ eng. ] : gas. Art. // The Times . - London: Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 .-- April 30. - P. 15. - ISSN 0140-0460 .
- Drury Lane [Text]: [ eng. ] : gas. Art. // The Times . - London: Times Newspapers Limited, 1934 .-- April 10. - P. 12. - ISSN 0140-0460 .
- Adele Dixon: Actress : [ arch. 11/20/2016 ]: [ eng. ] // IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities : site. - Seattle, WA: IMDb.com, Inc., 1990—2016. - Date of appeal: 11/20/2016. (Database of actors and movies.)
- Adele Dixon: Biography & History : [ arch. 11/20/2016 ]: [ eng. ] // AllMusic : site. - AllMusic. - Date of appeal: 11/20/2016. (A database of audio albums, bands, musicians and songs.)
- Adele Dixon: Broadway Cast & Staff : [ arch. 11/21/2016 ]: [ eng. ] // IBDB : official site. - New York: The Broadway League, 2001—2016. - Date of appeal: 11/20/2016. ( Broadway Internet Database .)
Links
- Kern, Jerome. I Won't Dance : song / music D. Kern O. Hammerstein II ; execution F. Sinatra // Frank Sinatra [Sound Recording]: [ eng. ] : CD / © Membran Music Ltd .. - Germany: Documents, 2009. - Vol. ten.
- Priestley, John. Scene from "The Good Companions" Going Home / Slipping Round the Comer : soundtrack / music. R. Adinsell, op.: D. Priestley and ; Performer: D. Gilgud , D. Wells, L. Baskcombe, A. Dixon // Early Stars of International Film [Sound Recording]: [ eng. ] : CD. - Leicester, UK: Broken Audio, 2011.
- Ellis, Vivian. It's D'Lovely : song / music. ; execution Theater Showstoppers [Sound Recording]: [ eng. ] : CD. - UK: , 2010. - Vol. 2.
- Adele Dixon And Gyles Isham: Actors Gyles Isham as “Bottom” and Adele Dixon as “Titania”, during rehearsals for the play “A Midsummer Nights Dream” at the Old Vic Theater, London, circa 1929 : [ arch. 11/25/2016 ] // Getty Images : stock photography. - Paul Popper / Popperfoto / Getty Images, 1999—2016. - Date of appeal: 11.25.2016. (Actors as Basics and Adele Dixon as Titania during a rehearsal of Midsummer Night's Dream at Old Wick Theater, London, circa 1929.)
- Adele Dixon: 2nd March 1936: Actress Adele Dixon, a star of Charles B Cochran's production, 'Anything Goes' at London's Palace Theater. : [ arch. 11/26/2016 ] // Getty Images : stock photography. - Sasha / Getty Images, 1999—2016. - Date of appeal: 11.26.2016. (March 2, 1936: Adele Dixon shines in the musical at the London .)