Dora Tulloch
{{Short description|English stage performer, actor and playwright}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dora Tulloch
| image = DoraTulloch1893.tif
| alt = A young white woman, wearing hair long and loose, wearing a wide white circle collar.
| caption = Dora Tulloch as a young woman, from an 1893 publication.
| other_names = Dora Senior, Dora Clement Salaman
| birth_name = Dora Lilian Tulloch
| birth_date = 5 November 1878
| birth_place = Maida Vale, Middlesex
| death_date = 30 December 1945
| death_place = Treborough, Somerset
| nationality = English
| occupation = Actress, playwright
}}
Dora Lilian Tulloch (5 November 1878 – 30 December 1945) was an English stage performer, actor and playwright known as Dora Tulloch, Dora Senior and Dora Clement Salaman. She appeared in the 1899 film King John, adapted by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the first film adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
Early life
Dora Tulloch was born in Maida Vale, Middlesex, London, the daughter of Conrad William A. Tulloch and Kate Wentworth Tulloch. Her father was a chartered accountant born in India.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p62725.htm#i627243|title=Person Page: Dora Lilian Tulloch|date=18 September 2013|website=The Peerage|access-date=2020-03-01}} Her sisters Edith, Olive, Ada, and Beryl were also performers.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tDBIAQAAMAAJ&dq=Clara%20Jecks&pg=PA564 "A Quintette of Talent: The Misses Tulloch at Home"] The Sketch (11 October 1893): 564.{{Cite journal|date=16 December 1892|title=London Concerts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuEqAAAAYAAJ&q=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PA581|journal=Musical News|volume=3|pages=581}}
Career
As a girl "still in the period of loose hair and comparatively short frocks",{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45912712/the-misses-tullochs-recital/|title=The Misses Tulloch's Recital|date=1892-02-20|work=The Era|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=12|via=Newspapers.com}} Tulloch recited poetry in performances with her sisters, especially Edith.{{Cite journal|date=1894|title=The Grindelwald Conference, 1894|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZ3_NYcTVrUC&q=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PR2|journal=The Review of the Churches|volume=6|pages=ii}}{{Cite journal|date=May 1894|title=Our Holiday Conference in Switzerland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dd46AQAAMAAJ&dq=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PA150|journal=The Young Man|pages=150}} An 1892 review referred to her as "most interesting" and "a very clever child".{{Cite journal|date=June 4, 1892|title=Concert Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uow_AQAAIAAJ&dq=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PA657|journal=The Saturday Review|volume=73|pages=657}} In 1895 she was a speaker on the program for the Proms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ev8rbp|title=Prom 31|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}} Stage appearances by Tulloch included roles in The Little Minister (1898),{{Cite journal|date=August 24, 1898|title=Theatrical Gossip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUNIAQAAMAAJ&q=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PA221|journal=Sketch|volume=23|pages=221}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45912874/amusements-in-plymouth/|title=Amusements in Plymouth|date=1898-10-15|work=The Era|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=8|via=Newspapers.com}} King John (1899), and The Weavers (1901). She was billed as "Dora Senior" when she played Prince Henry in a short silent film version of King John in 1899, directed by and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree; this was the first film adaptation of a Shakespeare play.{{Cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-king-john-1899-online|title=Watch King John|website=BFI Player|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}{{Cite book|last=Parrill|first=William B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr7eCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Dora+Senior%22+actress&pg=PA205|title=European Silent Films on Video: A Critical Guide|date=2015-06-08|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1021-4|pages=205–206|language=en}}
After she left the London stage, Dora Salaman continued working in theatre as a playwright, founder and director of the Roadwater Players, and as a judge in theatrical competitions.Wallis, Mick. (2006) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Soo3EXb-5F4C&dq=Dora+Salaman&pg=PA108 "Drama in the Villages: Three Pioneers"] in Paul Brassley, Jeremy Burchardt, Lynne Thompson, eds., The English Countryside Between the Wars: Regeneration Or Decline? Boydell Press. p. 108. {{ISBN|9781843832645}} Published works by Salaman included The Lesson (1928),{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadwaterplayers.org/History-of-the-Players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026082117/http://www.roadwaterplayers.org/History-of-the-Players.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 October 2015|title=History of the Players|website=Roadwater Players|access-date=2020-03-01}} The Tale of a Cat, and Other Plays (1931),{{Cite book|last=SALAMAN|first=Dora Clement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTtxwAEACAAJ|title=The Tale of a Cat, and Other Plays|date=1931|publisher=G. Allen & Unwin|language=en}} The Haunted Road, or Dead Woman's Ditch (1931),{{Cite book|last=Salaman|first=Dora Clement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ko5UNAAACAAJ|title=The Haunted Road Or Dead Woman's Ditch|date=1931|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|language=en}} Flood Time (1936),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45912977/praise-is-given-director-of-play-in/|title=Praise is Given Director of Play in Ottawa Group|date=1936-02-28|work=The Ottawa Journal|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=2|via=Newspapers.com}} A Pottle o' Brains (1938), Son for the Sea (1938), The Three Sillies (1939),{{Cite book|last=Salaman|first=Dora Clement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCYhxwEACAAJ|title=The Three Sillies|date=1939|language=en}} and Always a Prisoner (1939).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45913058/one-act-plays-featured-at-armstrong/|title=One-Act Plays Featured at Armstrong|date=1947-05-30|work=The Province|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=17|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41ljAAAAIAAJ&q=Dora+Clement+Salaman&pg=PA299|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series|date=1938|pages=94, 103, 147, 299|language=en}}
Personal life
Dora Tulloch married Clement Isaac Salaman in 1901{{Cite book|last1=Holroyd|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdvoDAAAQBAJ&q=Dora+Tulloch&pg=PT71|title=The Good Bohemian: The Letters of Ida John|last2=John|first2=Rebecca|date=2017-05-04|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4088-7360-1|language=en}} and retired from acting. She had five children: Barbara, Bettie, Adam, Sebastian, and Oliver. She was widowed in 1935, lost her son Adam in World War II in 1942,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2690716/salaman,-adam-herbert-basil-clement/|title=Pilot Officer SALAMAN, ADAM HERBERT BASIL CLEMENT|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|access-date=2020-03-01}} and she died in 1945, in Treborough, Somerset, aged 67 years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784327/bio|title=Dora Tulloch|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-03-01}}
Her grandson Clement Salaman (1932–2018) was a translator and expert on philosopher Marsilio Ficino.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/05/21/clement-salaman-authority-philosopher-ficino-obituary/|title=Clement Salaman, authority on the philosopher Ficino – obituary|date=2018-05-21|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} Her nieces included actress Merula Salaman (1914–2000), wife of Sir Alec Guinness.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1371479/Lady-Guinness.html|title=Lady Guinness|date=2000-10-23|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0784327}}
- {{Find a Grave|id=196931664|name=Lilian Dora Clement Salaman}}
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Category:Actors from the City of Westminster
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English silent film actresses
Category:20th-century English actresses