“Judith”
Ernest Thesiger as Bagoas
Eastbourne
April 5, 1919
Kingsway Theatre, London
April 30 - ?, 1919
“Judith”
Ernest Thesiger as Bagoas
Eastbourne
April 5, 1919
Kingsway Theatre, London
April 30 - ?, 1919
“Apart from Miss McCarthy, Mr. Thesiger, whose performance as Bagoas must have astonished those who only knew him on the stage as a frivolous flaneur, was the sole character who conveyed any sense of the general uncanniness of things.”
“Ernest Thesiger, the Bagoas, grew sterner as the hour of performance came nearer. I don't think he smiled on Monday at all. He is really an artist. He gave a magnificent performance.”
Arnold Bennett, author of the play “Judith.”
Punch, May 14, 1919
“...Mr. Ernest Thesiger is a sinuous and slimy eunuch of Holofernes’ harem, a Dulac caricature, whose posturing is a delicious commentary on the movements of our oriental danseuses.”
The Cambridge Magazine, May 10, 1919
“And the weary Thesiger was admirably depraved as a cross between a Chief Magician and a very wicked butler.”
The Sketch, June 4, 1919
“...the eunuch of Mr. Ernest Thesiger is a whole-hearted study in viciousness that will cause most playgoers to shudder, so vile and evil a thing does he look.”
The London Illustrated News, May 10, 1919
“Mr. Ernest Thesiger as the Chief Eunuch suggested very cleverly a sort of impish foppishness which could not have been bettered. He has moved a long step forward now that he is released from the bonds of a particular type of farcical character.”
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 10, 1919