Peters, (Charles) Rollo, (III)

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Peters, [Charles] Rollo, [III] (1892–1967), actor and designer. The son of the California painter Charles Rollo Peters, he was born in Paris but raised in California and later studied art in Europe. When Peters returned to America he served as designer and performer with the Washington Square Players and, after that group was disbanded, with the young Theatre Guild. He designed many of the company's early productions, using only odds and ends and materials from closed shows. His designs were seen in Bonds of Interest (1919), in which he played Leander, and in John Ferguson (1919), in which he portrayed Andrew Ferguson. Among his subsequent roles were Romeo to Jane Cowl's Juliet (he also designed the sets for the 1923 production), Antony to her Cleopatra (again designing the sets), Tom Wrench in Trelawny of the Wells (1927), Julian Beauclerc in Diplomacy (1928), Newland Archer in The Age of Innocence (1928), and Jack Absolute in The Rivals (1930). Later Peters appeared in and designed the sets for revivals of The Streets of New York (1931) and The Pillars of Society (1931).

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