Lydia Mamreoff von Finkelstein Mountford | |
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.jpg) Lydia Mamreoff von Finkelstein in Costume in 1885 | |
| Born | Mary Olive 1855[a] |
| Died | 1917[2] |
Lydia Mamreoff von Finkelstein Mountford (born Mary Olive, 1855[a]-1917) was an elocutionist and performer who became known for her visits to the holy land, her productions of biblical plays and lectures.[1]
Name and claimed origin
editMountford claimed a wide variety of ancestry, choosing her name to match: Russian (Mamreoff), Austrian (Finkelstein), British (Mountford) and even the biblical tribes of Mamre and Ephraim. According to her own account, she was born in Jerusalem, in 1885, to Nondenominational protestant parents.[1]
References
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edit- ^ a b c Long, Burke O. (2003). Imagining the Holy Land: Maps, Models, and Fantasy Travels. Indiana University Press. pp. 22–25. ISBN 978-0-253-34136-5.
- ^ Long, Burke O. (2003). "American 'Orientals' and their Theatrical Bible". In Sandoval, Timothy J.; Mandolfo, Carleen; Buss, Martin J. (eds.). Relating to the Text: Interdisciplinary and Form-critical Insights on the Bible. A&C Black. pp. 333–348. ISBN 978-0-8264-7049-2.