Background
VEDRENNE, JohnE. was born on July 13, 1867. Son of E. Vedrenne, merchant.
VEDRENNE, JohnE. was born on July 13, 1867. Son of E. Vedrenne, merchant.
Newiort; Paris.
Formerly occupied as Vice-Consul, Concert Agent, and Company Director. Has managed Comedy Theatre, Saint George’s Hall, the German Theatre, Avenue, Court, Savoy, Queen's, et cetera Manager for F. R. Benson, Forbes Robertson, National Goodwin, and J. H. Leigh.
Was lessee and joint manager of the Court Theatre (with Granville Barker, 1904, where the productions have included among others Professor Murray’s translations of the Hippolytus, Troades, and Electra of Euripides.
Maeterlinck’s Aglavaine and Selysette. George Bernard Shaw’s John Bulletin’s Other Island, You Never Can Tell, Manitoba and Superman, Candida, Major or Barbara, The Doctor’s Dilemma.
Galsworthy’s Silver Box. Hankin’s Charity that begau at Home, The Return of the Prodigal.
Elizabeth Robins’s Votes for Women.
The Vedrenne Barker management transferred to Savoy Theatre, 1907. Opened Queen's Theatre, 1907. Director of the Society of West End Theatre Managers.
Theatrical Manager.
Club: Green Room.