Alice Grein

Alice Grein
Born
Alix Augusta Greveen

1874 (1874)
Camberwell, England, UK
Died1944 (aged 69–70)
Kensington, England, UK
Occupations
  • Actress
  • playwright
  • translator
  • theatre producer
Known forActress with independent Theatre Society
SpouseJ.T. Grein (m 1904-)

Alice Augusta Grein, nee Graveen (1874-1944) was an English actress, playwright, translator and theatrical producer, who wrote under the pseudonym Michael Orme and as Alix Graveen.

Life

Alix Augusta Greveen was born in Camberwell in 1874, the daughter of German-born parents Maria and Ernst Graveen, a silk merchant. She became an actress with J. T. Grein's' Independent Theatre Society, and in 1904 married Grein.

As well as writing and producing plays, she continued to act. In 1913 she played Mother Wolff in a production of Gerhart Hauptmann's Der Biberpelz at the Queen's Theatre. In 1917 she appeared in the London Repertory's performance of Elizabeth Baker's play Partnership.

She died in Kensington, England in 1944.

Works

Plays

Biography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alice Grein". Great War Theatre.
  2. ↑ Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 688. ISBN 978-0-521-12947-3.
  3. ↑ ""Der Biberpelz" at the Queen's Theatre". The Times. 10 February 1913.
  4. ↑ "Miss Baker's new play". The Times. 6 March 1917. p. 9.