243883 Lt. Daniel J. R. Thorndike British Army Royal Armoured Corps from:Surrey Daniel Thorndike (nephew of famous actress, Dame Sybil Thorndike), was stationed at Catterick Garrison during WW2. He had suffered an accident with a motorbike and was unfit for front line duty, so was posted on administrative duties throughout the war.
He brought a troop of actors to the Georgian Theater Royal at Richmond for the Holidays at Home week in August 1944, performing excerpts from Shakespeare's plays, taking a role in each excerpt.
Subsequently, he became an accomplished actor, appearing in many Shakespearean plays with the National Theater and others throughout his life and had some success in TV (notably Crossroads and as Lord Whiteadder in Blackadder).
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