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Doria Paston (née Dorothy Paston Fisher, 1893, Kandy – 1989, East Lambrook) was an English actress and set designer who worked with Terence Gray at the Cambridge Festival Theatre in the 1920s and 1930s.[1] With Gray she co-published the programmes for the plays they put on as the Cambridge Festival Theatre Review.
Early life
[edit]Born Dorothy Fisher, she was the daughter of Lionel Paston Fisher and his wife Emma Wood Locket, who were married in Kandy, Ceylon in 1893.[2]
Work at Cambridge Festival Theatre
[edit]The architect Hugh Casson learnt set design from her, although he did not share her commitment to abstract and cubist set design.[3]
Godfishers
[edit]Doria settled in East Lambrook with her friend Molly Godlonton. The two women were known as the Godfishers and played a role in the community life the Kingsbury Episcopi, where East Lambrook is located. Doria provided paintings while Molly took photographs, many of which have been archived by a local resident. They organised a number of exhibitions of their pictures to raise money for guide dogs for the blind.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Digitally Archiving Photographs, Films, Maps & Documents". Kingsbury Time Travellers. Kingsbury Time Travellers. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur, eds. (1900). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 8. London: Priv. printed. p. 20.
- ↑ Casson, Hugh; Courtney, Cathy. "Sir Hugh Casson Interviewed by Cathy Courtney" (PDF). British Library. Britidsh Library. Retrieved 7 March 2022.