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55:, Wylie was the son of Henschel and Bertha Samuelson, tobacconists originally from Prussia. Although Wylie's parents used the name Samuelson, between 1876 and 1889 the births of their five children were registered under the name Metzenberg, with Samuelson as a middle name. In fact, the name of Samuelson was a patronymic drawn from Henschel's father, Samuel Metzenberg, of
422:"Metzenberg, Sydney Samuelson / Ormskirk 8b 744a" (1876); "METZENBERG Julian Ulric S / Ormskirk 8b 788" (1878); "METZENBERG Maurice Laurence S / Ormskirk 8b 785" (1880); "METZENBERG Rahleen May S / Ormskirk 8b 782 (1887); "Metzenberg George Berthold S / Ormskirk 8b 787" (1889); in General Index to Births in England and Wales
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The death was registered in
Kensington in the name of Julian U. Samuelson, but on 14 December probate on the will was granted in the name of Julian Wylie to his widow, who was named as Kate Maud Wylie. His estate was valued at £9,345, and everything he had was left to Mrs Wylie, including his
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Southport in about 1873. The surname of Wylie, later adopted by some of his children, was an anglicisation of Mrs Samuelson's name before her marriage. A daughter of Solomon Weile, she was Bertha Weile when marrying Henschel Metzenberg in
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as "An Ideas Agent". In March 1912, he was "Julian Wylie, the
Contracts Agent", and his Ideas Department was closed until 1 July. In July 1912 he was "Julian Wylie, an Agent with an Ideas Department" and was at 18,
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Wylie died suddenly on 6 December 1934 at 3:15 in the morning, aged 56. He had been in normal health the day before, and was at the Drury Lane
Theatre until almost midnight. The funeral was on 9 December at the
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in August 1913. By 1915 Wylie was producing plays written by his younger brother Lauri Wylie, who had developed into a writer. Wylie was an enthusiast for lighting and always planned it carefully himself.
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was briefly brought back to Drury Lane in 1929. By the end of his life he had produced over a hundred pantomimes and was known as "the King of pantomime", a title also given to others later.
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Wylie's father died in 1889, and his death was recorded in the name of
Henschel Samuelson Metzenberg. In the 1891 and 1901 censuses, his widow Bertha Samuelson was still carrying on the
673:, 29 October 1936, p. 1: "Mr. Tom Arnold has taken over the productions with which the late Julian Wylie was formerly associated, and is presenting nine pantomimes this season."
99:, who was first active as an actor in the late 1890s, and G. B. Samuelson, who operated cinemas. About 1910, Julian Wylie became the business manager and agent of
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