Graham Payn

Graham Payn
Born	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Died	Les Avants, Switzerland
Occupation	actor, singer
Years active	1931–73
Partner	Noël Coward (1945–1973; Coward's death)

Graham Payn (25 Eprel 1918 - 4 Nọvemba 2005) bụ onye omere na onye na-agụ abụ amụrụ South Africa, makwaara maka ịbụ onye mmekọ ndụ nke onye na-ede egwuregwu Noël Coward . Malite dị ka nwa nwoke soprano, Payn mechara rụọ ọrụ dịka onye na-agụ egwú na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na ọrụ nke Coward na ndị ọzọ. Mgbe Coward nwụsịrị, Payn gbara ụlọ Coward estate afọ 22.

Ndụ mbido

A mụrụ Payn na Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, nwa Francis Dawney Payn na nwunye ya, Sybil, née Graham. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na South Africa na, mgbe nne na nna ya gbara alụkwaghịm, na England.

Ọrụ

Payn mere ngosipụta nke mbụ ya, ọ dị afọ 13, na London Palladium, dị ka Curly na Peter Pan . N'October 1931, ọ na-agbasa ozi dị ka nwa nwoke soprano na BBC na mmemme na-egosi Derek Oldham na Mabel Constanduros, ma mee ka mgbasa ozi ọzọ na 1932 na 1933.

Mgbe ọ dị afọ 14, ọ gbara akwụkwọ maka Noël Coward na Charles B. Cochran revue Words and Music (1932). Mpempe akwụkwọ ngosi ya, na-abụ " Chineke m dị nso n'ebe ị nọ " ka ọ na-agba egwu mgbata, dị oke egwu nke na Payn meriri akụkụ abụọ dị nta na ntinye akwụkwọ. N'ihi na 163 ngosi, ọ na-egwuri a busker ntụrụndụ a cinema kwụ n'ahịrị dị ka onye na-eduga na ballad " Mad About the Boy ", na mara ọkwa, na n'elu okpu, na-acha ọcha jaket na mkpirisi, ihe nkiri ọzọ hit song" Mad Dogs na Englishmen ".

O bu ụzọ pụta na fim dị ka nwa nwoke soprano n'otu afọ ahụ. Mgbe revue mechiri, Payn bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta izu itoolu nke ịbụ abụ na sinima gburugburu Britain, mana a kagburu njem ahụ mgbe olu ya dara na mberede. N'ịbụ onye na-enweghị ọrụ dị ka nwa nwoke soprano, ya na nne ya laghachiri South Africa. N'oge a na-agba ọsọ nke Okwu na egwu, Payn amụtala ịgba egwu ịgba egwu na onye na-eme ihe nkiri, Buddy Bradley . Iji kpata ndụ na South Africa ọ kụziri n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ịgba egwu na Durban na Johannesburg, na-emegharị usoro Bradley.

Nlaghachi na England na 1936, Payn na-agbasa ozi ugboro ugboro dị ka ọkụ baritone na redio yana na ọrụ telivishọn ọhụrụ dị iche iche na-egosi na 1938 na 1939; a na-etinyekwa ya na egwuregwu redio. Ọrụ okenye mbụ ya na West End bịara izu abụọ tupu ntiwapụ nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, na egwu Douglas Furber na egwu egwu, Sitting Pretty, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e mechiri ụlọ ihe nkiri niile. Payn wepụtara onwe ya maka ndị agha mana a tọhapụrụ ya n'ihi ahụike ka izu ole na ole gachara n'ihi hernia.

Na 1941 na 1942, ọ pụtara na Up and Doing, a revue, na Leslie Henson, Binnie Hale, Cyril Ritchard na Stanley Holloway, na onye nọchiri ya Fine na Dandy, na nkedo na-agbanweghi agbanwe ma e wezụga Dorothy Dickson dochie Binnie Hale. Na ngosi ikpeazụ Payn na Patricia Burke bụrụ abụ Rodgers na Hart 's " Nke a enweghị ike ịbụ ịhụnanya " na emesia, Coward's " London Pride ". Otu abalị, Coward bịara azụ azụ ka emechara ihe omume ahụ. Payn mechara dee, sị, "Echetara m na m na-atụ ụjọ nke ukwuu, na-ahụghị ya maka akụkụ kachasị mma nke afọ 10, ọ bụ ezie na enwere m obi ụtọ dị ka ọkpọ ka a ghọtara m n'onwe m." Mkpebi Ụjọ bụ, "Ọ dị ezigbo mma. mara mma."

Na Magic Carpet, Payn pụtara na Sydney Howard na mgbe ahụ, mgbe The Lilac Domino (1944), na-egwuri Lewis Carroll, Mock Turtle na Tweedledum na Clemence Dane na Richard Addinsell 's musical version of Alice in Wonderland (1944). Na ihe ngosi Leslie Henson Gaieties (1945) Payn na Walter Crisham bụrụ abụ ma gbaa egwu "White Tie and Tails". Ụjọ bịara azụ azụ mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ ma nye Payn onye na-eduga na ihe ngosi ya na-abịanụ, Sigh No More, nke, Payn dere na ncheta ya, "ka akara mmalite nke mmekọrịta onwe onye na nke ọkachamara n'etiti Noël na onwe m nke ga-adịgide ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ."

Mmekọrịta na ụjọ

Ụjọ nọgidere na-akwalite ọrụ Payn. A na-echekarị na ọ ga-akacha nkà nna ya ukwu. Payn na-enweta ọkwa dị mma mgbe niile maka arụmọrụ ya, mana enweghị mbanye na àgwà kpakpando, dịka ya onwe ya maara. Ụjọ mechakwara bịa ghọta ya, na-ede, sị: "Ọ bụ, m na-atụ egwu, onye drifter mụrụ. Amaara m na ọrụ egwuregwu ya abụwo ọdịda ma e nwere atụmatụ ndị ọzọ ọ ga-aga. Ọ na-ehi ụra ma na-ehi ụra, na ụbọchị na-aga. M hụrụ ya n'anya nke ukwuu na ruo mgbe ebighị ebi, ma nke a enweghị mbanye n'akụkụ ọ bụla bụ ihe ọjọọ augury maka ọdịnihu. M dị njikere, ma ọ ga-enwe obi ụtọ ilekọta ya ihe. "

Na 1951, Payn laghachiri na revue na Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith . Lyric Revue nwere ihe ọtụtụ ndị ntinye aka, gụnyere Coward, Flanders na Swann na Payn n'onwe ya; ya na Cole Lesley, onye enyemaka Coward, nyere aka na egwu "Nke a yiri ka ọ bụ oge". Ihe ngosi ahụ bụ ihe ịga nke ọma na Hammersmith nke mere na ọ gafere na West End. N'afọ sochirinụ, e nwere mbipụta nke abụọ, The Globe Revue, nke gbara ọnwa isii. Ụjọ tụbara Payn na mmụgharị America nke ụfọdụ n'ime ihe nkiri abalị a na egwuregwu 8.30, ya na Gertrude Lawrence . A nabatara ha nke ọma na njem mana ha dara na Broadway . Na London, Payn pụtara na ọrụ ọhụrụ nke Coward, Pacific 1860, Ace of Clubs, After the Ball, na Ichere na Wings . A tụlere ihe ngosi Payn nke ọma, mana ihe ngosi ahụ agaghị nke ọma. Na 1960s, ọ rụrụ ọrụ nkwado nke Morris Dixon na Ọchị Ugbu a . When the revue closed, Payn signed a nine-week contract to sing in cinemas around Britain, but the tour was cancelled when his voice suddenly broke. Unemployable as a boy soprano, he returned with his mother to South Africa. During the run of Words and Music, Payn had studied tap dancing with the show's choreographer, Buddy Bradley. To make a living in South Africa he taught at dancing schools in Durban and Johannesburg, reproducing Bradley's routines.<ref>

Ihe nkiri

Payn rụkwara ọrụ ihe nkiri. Na 1949, ọ nọ na ihe nkiri Borstal Boys na Brown, ya na Dirk Bogarde na Richard Attenborough . Ọ pụtara na ihe nkiri abụọ ya na Coward: The Astonished Heart (1950) na The Italian Job (1969), nke Coward ji Payn mee onye omekome dị ka onye enyemaka ya.

Ihe nkiri

Afọ	Aha	Ọrụ	Ihe ndetu
1949	Ụmụ nwoke na Brown	Plato Cartwright
1950	Obi Ijuanya	Tim Verney
1962	Jigsaw	Maazị Blake	Ekwughị ya
1969	Ịtali ọrụ	Keats	(ọrụ ihe nkiri ikpeazụ)

Mgbe e mesịrị ndụ na ọnwụ

Mgbe Coward nwụsịrị na 1973, ọrụ Payn maka oge ndụ ya niile ghọrọ nchịkwa nke Coward estate. Ndị isi ụjọ Barry Day dere, sị, "Ọ bụghị ọrụ ọchọrọ ma ọ bụ tụrụ anya ya mana o wetara ya nraranye na ilekwasị anya na Noël ga-eju ya anya ma nwee obi ụtọ ịhụ. [Ọ] etinyere n'ọrụ ya kacha ukwuu wee kpọọ ya dị ka ọ maara na Noël ga-achọ ka ọ rụọ ya. Ọ bụ arụmọrụ kwesịrị ekwesị nke ọma. " Onye na-ede akụkọ ndụ Coward, Philip Hoare, dere, sị, "Graham gọnarịrị nyocha nke onye òtù ọlụlụ ya banyere onwe ya dị ka 'obere sod na-agụghị akwụkwọ' site n'ibipụta ihe ncheta ya na site n'ịchịkwa ụlọ nke Coward. Ọ bụ onye na-emesapụ aka, onye na-enweghị mgbagwoju anya, ọtụtụ ndị enyi ya ga-atụkwa ya anya. "

Payn dere Noël Coward na ndị enyi ya (1979) ya na Sheridan Morley na Cole Lesley, na, ya na Morley, bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke Noël Coward Diaries (1982), nke ha raara nye Lesley. Payn dere akụkọ ndụ ya, My Life With Noël Coward, na 1994.

Na 1988, afọ 15 ka Coward nwụsịrị, Payn, bụ onye "na-enweghị obi iji ya ọzọ", nyere ụlọ Jamaican ha, Firefly Estate, na Jamaica National Heritage Trust . Ọ debere ụlọ ha ọzọ, Chalet Covar, na Les Avants na Switzerland, ebe ọ nwụrụ na 2005, ọ dị afọ 87.

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