Arthur Cecil, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British actor, comedian and theatre manager
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About Arthur Cecil
- Arthur Cecil Blunt (1 June 1843 – 16 April 1896), better known as Arthur Cecil, was an English actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager.
- He is probably best remembered for playing the role of Box in the long-running production of Cox and Box, by Arthur Sullivan and F.
- C.
- Burnand, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. Born in London, Cecil took up amateur dramatics at an early age.
- In 1869, he made his professional debut in the one-act comic opera Cox and Box at the Gallery of Illustration in the role of Mr.
- Box, a part that became his signature role.
- There Cecil started a successful association with the German Reed Entertainments, appearing in numerous comedies, farces, operettas and burlesques, such as Beggar My Neighbour: A Blind Man's Bouffe and Charity Begins at Home in 1872.
- He remained with the company for five years. Cecil appeared at many London theatres during his career including the Globe, the Gaiety, and Prince of Wales's Theatre.
- He appeared in such successful pieces as Peril as Sir Woodbine Grafton, Duty, The Vicarage, as Noel Haygarth and Caste by T.
- W.
- Robertson with the Bancrofts also in the cast, all in 1879, and later in other Robertson pieces.
- Cecil joined a company at the Royal Court Theatre in 1881 and was a co-manager of that theatre from 1883.
- There, he played in farces including The Rector, The Magistrate, The Schoolmistress and Dandy Dick, as well as the title role in The Cabinet Minister in 1890.
- Later productions there included The Millionaire, as Mr.
- Guyon, and Mamma, as Miles Henniker.
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