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In 1908 she began her own repertory theatre, the Gaiety, in Manchester. Good plays—from Greek tragedy to works by Shaw, John Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, Harley Granville-Barker, and St. John Ervine—a first-rate company, and her own managerial talents made Horniman’s Gaiety famous. The company toured England and the United States, stimulating the formation of other repertory groups....
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