Frank Curzon

[1] After this, Curzon concentrated on his managerial career, though he made a brief return to acting in 1923 in The Inevitable, a play written by and starring his wife, Isabel Jay.

[1] Curzon was a founder member of the Society of West End Theatre Managers, along with Helen Carte, George Edwardes, Arthur Bourchier and sixteen others.

[6] Some of his biggest successes as a producer and theatre manager included Monsieur Beaucaire (1902), A Chinese Honeymoon (1903), Sergeant Brue (1904), The White Chrysanthemum (1905), The Girl Behind the Counter (1906), See-See (1906), Mr. Hopkinson (1906), Miss Hook of Holland (1907), King of Cadonia (1908), My Mimosa Maid (1908), Dear Little Denmark (1909), and The Balkan Princess (1910; co-written by Curzon).

Many of Curzon's shows were filled with spectacle, using exotic sets, elaborate costumes and beautiful chorus girls.

He also produced a number of plays starring Ivor Novello, including Enter Kiki (1923), The Firebrand (1926) and Downhill (1926).

Curzon, who in fact allowed his ex-wife £25 a week (equivalent to about £2,000 in 2007 values),[9] won the case but was awarded only nominal damages.

She had refused to remove her hat despite vociferous protests from a male spectator, and Curzon had physically prevented her from re-entering the auditorium after the interval.

As the actress Eva Moore noted, "everyone heard of the fight to the death between Frank Curzon and the matinée hat.