Person: SCOTT-GATTY, Alex (1876-1937)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Alexander John SCOTT-GATTY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

actor and subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

3 October 1876

born at

Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

6 November 1937

died at

London, England

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Laertes: 'For Hamlet and the trifling of his favour'

slide image -- Polonius: 'Yet here Laertes? Abroad, abroad, for shame'

slide image -- Ophelia: ''Tis my memory lock'd'

Slide set reference

image appears in: Hamlet (story: Newton & Co., 32 slides, 1913-1925)

Notes

His name at birth was Alexander John Scott Gatty, though he appears to have adopted the surname Scott-Gatty at some stage.

Lucerna ID 6005256

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 12 April 2019

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Person: SCOTT-GATTY, Alex (1876-1937)