Henry Sherek

Jules Henry Sherek (1900–1967) was a British theatrical manager, known for producing the plays of T. S. Eliot.^[1][2]

Sherek (left)

Henry Sherek
Born	23 April 1900  London
Died	23 September 1967  (aged 67) Venice
Occupation	Theatre manager
Spouse(s)	Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona (aka Pamela Carme) ​ ​ (m. 1937)​
Parent(s)	Bernard Sherek
Relatives	Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth (father-in-law)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1939-1944
Rank	Major
Unit	The Rifle Brigade
Battles / wars	World War II

Sherek was born on 23 April 1900, at 2 Guilford Street, London, to Bernard a merchant (and later an international theatrical agent), and Margarette (née Jacoby).^[1] He was educated at the Waren Gymnasium in Germany, where he became fluent in German, and at a school in Switzerland, where he learned to speak French.^[1] He was severely wounded while in the Near East during World War I, having lied about his age in order to enlist while only 15.^[1]

Following the war, and after a period in the United States working for David Belasco and at a theatrical agency, he took over his father's agency.^[1]

In 1937, he married the actress Pamela Carme (real name Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona Boscawen; 1902–1995), who was the daughter of the Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth.^[1] She retired from acting to be her husband's business partner.^[1]

During World War II, he again served in the British army, becoming a major before being invalided out in 1944.^[1]

He produced the T.S. Eliot plays The Cocktail Party, The Confidential Clerk, and The Elder Statesman.^[1] All were directed by E. Martin Browne.^[1]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1959.^[3]

Examples of his correspondence with Sir Cecil Beaton are included in the latter's papers, in the library of St John's College, Cambridge.^[2]

After spending his retirement in Geneva, he died in Venice on 23 September 1967.^[1]

Bibliography

• —— (1959). Not in Front of the Children or Malice in Wonderland. Heinemann.

References

1. Darlington, W. A. (2004). "Henry Sherek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. "Janus: Sherek, Jules Henry (1900-1967) theatre manager". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Henry Sherek". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.