Peg Woffington (1912 film)

Peg Woffington is a 1912 British silent historical film directed by A. E. Coleby and starring Leslie Howard Gordon.[1] The film is based on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. The play had previously been turned into a 1910 American film, and several further adaptations followed. It features the eighteenth century Irish actress Peg Woffington as a major character.

Peg Woffington
Directed byA. E. Coleby
Written by
StarringLeslie Howard Gordon
Production
company
Britannia Films
Distributed byPathé Pictures International
Release date
  • August 1912 (1912-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

References

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  1. ^ Klossner p.289

Bibliography

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  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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