11 Facts About Elsie Fogerty

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Elsie Fogerty was founder and principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 1906 to 1942.

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Elsie Fogerty went on to teach English and Elocution at the Crystal Palace School of Art and Literature from 1889, Roedean School from 1908 to 1937, and was tutor of diction at Sir Frank Benson's London School of Acting.

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Elsie Fogerty began teaching Saturday speech classes at the Royal Albert Hall in the 1890s.

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Elsie Fogerty gave university extension lectures at the Albert Hall, and for many years took evening classes for London County Council teachers.

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Many of Elsie Fogerty's pupils had successes in the Poetry Reading Competition at Oxford before the Second World War and many alumni went on to become teachers in speech and the management of theatres.

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Whilst at the Royal Albert Hall Elsie Fogerty trained notable actors including:.

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Elsie Fogerty was a pioneer in the cure of stammering and in 1912 opened a speech clinic at St Thomas' Hospital, London, of which she became superintendent, and consequently one of the first speech therapists.

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Elsie Fogerty was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1934 Birthday Honours for services to speech training and dramatic arts.

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Elsie Fogerty was a member of the Council of the British Drama League from its foundation until her death, and was a keen supporter for the establishment of the Royal National Theatre, London.

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Elsie Fogerty never married but devoted her entire life to her work.

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Elsie Fogerty died in 1945 in a nursing home at Leamington Spa.