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Peg of Old Drury

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.

Top Cast

  • Anna Neagle

    Anna Neagle

    Peg Woffington

  • Cedric Hardwicke

    Cedric Hardwicke

    David Garrick

  • Jack Hawkins

    Jack Hawkins

    Michael O'Taffe

  • Robert Atkins

    Robert Atkins

    Dr. Samuel Johnson

  • Leslie French

    Leslie French

    Alexander Pope

  • Margaretta Scott

    Margaretta Scott

    Kitty Clive

  • Maire O'Neill

    Maire O'Neill

    Mrs. Woffington - Peg's Mother

  • Dorothy Robinson

    Dorothy Robinson

    Mrs. Margaret Dalloway

  • Polly Emery

    Polly Emery

    Martha the Maid

Overview

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.

Rating

6.8 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jun 19, 2022

    Herbert Wilcox assembled a pretty strong cast for this historical romance. Anna Neagle is the eponymous "Peg" who comes to London from Ireland with her beau "Michael" (Jack Hawkins). He promptly dumps her and she decides to make a career on the stage. With the assistance of impresario David Garrick (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) she is an huge success wowing crowds at the famous "Theatre Royal" in Drury Lane - and enticing Garrick to fall for her... Her success brings back the now unwanted attentions of her erstwhile beau and also some serious health issues at which point the story becomes a touch too melodramatic. It is fortunate that much of this is set in/around the theatre as the performances are very much in that mould - intentionally or not. Small sets, narrow-focus photography and jauntily composed music keep this jolly drama rolling along well enough, though the dialogue meanders at times. There are some quite decent visual effects here, for 1935, too.

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