Philip Tonge

Philip Asheton Tonge was an English actor. Born into a theatrical family, he was a child actor, making his stage debut at the age of five. Among the stars with whom he performed while he was a boy were Henry Irving, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry and Johnston ForbesRobertson. His colleagues as child actors included Hermione Gingold, Mary Glynne, Esm WynneTyson and Nol Coward.

Tonge was born in Hampstead, London, the son of the actor H. Asheton Tonge and his wife Lillian, ne Brennard, an actress He made his first appearance on the stage at His Majestys Theatre in October 1902, as Joseph in Hall Caines The Eternal City. In December of that year he took the part of Donald in A Little UnFairy Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, in 1903 he played Ib in Ib and Little Christina at Terrys Theatre and Egil in Ibsens The Vikings under Ellen Terrys management at the Imperial. Other child roles included Cupid in a revival of Ben Jonsons masque The Hue and Cry After Cupid , Geoffrey in Tennysons Becket, starring Henry Irving and Eilif in An Enemy of the People starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree . In 1906 he had his first Shakespeare roles Robin in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Mamillius in The Winters Tale later in the year he went to Manchester to play Michael in Peter Pan. On tour and in London he played Ptolemy in Shaws Caesar and Cleopatra, starring Johnston ForbesRob

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