In the next decade, Streatfeild worked in different parts of England and even traveled to South Africa and Australia.Īfter these years in the theater, Streatfeild was less enchanted with being an actress and was encouraged by her mother (and others) to write. Jakes’ love of Shakespeare and use of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Ballet Shoes. For two years she toured with a Shakespearean Company, which may be reflected in Dr. Though her plans for the future were interrupted by World War I, in 1919 Streatfeild began pursuing her dreams of being an actress by studying at London’s Academy of Dramatic Art. Afterwards, she and her older sister Ruth “talked and dreamed about those marvelous children” (Bull, 48) In 1913, the Little Wonders repertoire included a ballet piece by their rising star, Ninette de Valios, which deeply impressed Streatfeild. In her autobiography, she recalls the delight of seeing Lila Fields "Little Wonders", a children’s troupe, perform.
The daughter of a clergyman, Streatfeild and her sisters helped produce children’s plays as church fundraisers and she wrote some of the plays herself. (Jordan, "Childhood") Yet she didn't consider writing as a career until sometime later. Streatfeild seemed interested in writing at an early age she started a class magazine at age 14, writing most of it herself. Streatfeild drew on her own life experiences on the stage in creating Ballet Shoes, a story of three young girls who attend a special school for stage and ballet training and work to help support their struggling family. Grand-Nannie was the model for kindly, loyal, strict and loving Nana of Ballet Shoes. Raised in a vicarage, Streatfield also visited her grandparents often. Streatfield was the second of five children born to William and Janet Streatfeild. Mary Noel Streatfeild was born December 24, 1895* in Frant, Sussex, England.
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