Mary Ure

[didi-5]

It's a sad story for sure. Their son Ian acts occasionally and resembles both his parents. As for Mary Ure she was also highly regarded for her Desdemona on stage opposite Paul Robeson, and was formerly the wife of John Osbourne, perhaps cursed more than anyone in his choice of wives or his treatment of them.

[cornershop15]

I'm not a fan AT ALL of the Theatre (too ephemeral) and yet, as everyone knows, love actors and actresses

from days gone by. My obsession with images at least creates enough interest in these two pictures from

Mary's theatrical career, but I can't help wishing the plays had been filmed as they are now forgotten.



Mary Ure in the title role of Titania in Peter Hall's production of A Midsummer

Night's Dream at Stratford-upon-Avon (Photo - Central Press/Getty Images):





Mentioned by didi in the previous post ...

African-American singer-actor Paul Robeson (1898 - 1976) in the

role of Othello at Stratford-upon-Avon with Mary Ure as Desdemona.

(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





It's only while transcribing that caption, from the JAMD website, that

I've realised Paul Robeson actually outlived Mary Ure by three years.

I wonder how he reacted to the early death of one of his co-stars?