Name Norrie Woodhall | Died October 25, 2011 | |
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The Last of the Hardy Players
Norrie Woodhall (18 December 1905 – 25 October 2011) was an English stage actress and the last surviving member of the Hardy Players, a theatrical group based around the work of poet Thomas Hardy, whom Woodhall knew personally after an encounter in 1924. The Hardy Players became defunct in 1928, shortly after Hardy's death, but after its reformation in 2005 she decided to return to the stage at the age of 100.
In 2010 it was revealed that a collection of Hardy's work was to be sold at charity events. Woodhall, along with support from institutions such as the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum, launched a campaign to raise £58,000 to buy the collection.
Woodhall died at the age of 105. On its website the group said it would miss her "inspiration and guidance".