Roy Limbert

Roy Limbert (1893–1954) was a prominent London West End theatre director and producer between the 1930s and the 1950s.

Biography

The son of Charles Limbert and Florence Strahan Campbell, Roy Limbert was born in 1893 and educated at Bedford School.[1]

In 1929, Limbert established the Malvern Festival, at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, with Sir Barry Jackson. He was joint director of the festival with Jackson until 1938, when he assumed sole control. Between 1929 and 1949, the Malvern Festival was primarily a festival of the work of George Bernard Shaw, producing twenty-two of his plays, six of them for the first time in England, one a world premiere.[2]

Between 1932 and 1952, Limbert directed and produced a large number of highly successful London West End theatre productions.

Roy Limbert died on 29 November 1954.

London West End stage productions directed and produced by Roy Limbert
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References
  1. "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. Bernard F. Dukore, Bernard Shaw on Cinema, 1997, ISBN 0-8093-2154-8, p.61
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