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Obituary: CLARA JECKS

... One Hundred and Two, and first appeared as an adult as early as 1873 in Kissi Kissi at the Optra Comique. She appeared at Drury Lane in pantomime and drama, and j subsequently at nearly all the West End theatres in leading soubrette and character parts ...

Published: Thursday 11 January 1951
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 95 | Page: 10 | Tags: notices 

obituary: IVOR NOVELLO

... Fields, Proscenium and Murder in Mayfair. Glamorous Night He really came into his own in 1935, when Glamorous Night, at Drury Lane, began the striking series of musical plays in which he ap peared as actor, author and com poser, and which, more than any ...

Published: Thursday 08 March 1951
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 860 | Page: 10 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: HARRY GRATTAN

... his j acting career at the Old Adelphi in 1&75, playing juvenile parts there and at the Princess's until 1877. He was at Drury Lane in 1879, aitd appeared the same year at the Lyceum, with Irving, when The Trial of Pickwick was put on there with Two ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1951
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 174 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: SIGMUND ROMBERG

... May- time. Blossom Time. Mav Wine, and Melody. His. best- known works were two that scored outstanding successes at Drury Lane The Desert Song in 1927 and New Moon in 1929 and The Student Prince. produced at His Majesty's in 1926. Altogether he ...

Published: Thursday 15 November 1951
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 133 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: SHELAGH FURLEY

... End stage about 12 years ago. Before the war she ap peared in several musicals, her first London stage part being in the Drury Lane production of The Sun Never Sets. Later she was in Summer in December at the Comedy, and. after louring in Lisbon Story ...

Published: Thursday 06 December 1951
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 148 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: BOYLE LAWRENCE

... wilh Mr. Terry and Miss Neilson in the leading pans. Other lesser successes were his adaptations of Decameron Nights at Drury Lane in 1922 and of The First Kiss at the New Oxford in 1924. Obituary ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 209 | Page: 13 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: WINIFRED NATHAN

... other organisations. She was the daughter of the late William Morgan, assistant to Sir Augustus Harris, who became lessee of Drury Lane Theatre in 1879. She was an aunt of the brothers Henry and William Kendall. ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 88 | Page: 13 | Tags: notices 

Obituary

... that moment her remarkable beauty was unforget table. Further parls in London were Lady Cholmondcly in Cheer Boys, Cheer at Drury Lane, 1895, Marcclle in A Night Out at the Vaudeville, 1896, and Lady Gerrard in Who's Who at the Savoy. 1904. Returning to America ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 431 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices 

Obituary: MRS. BILL BAILEY

... failing eyesight. Mrs. Bailey, born in London, was i niece of Sleadman. of the Dancing \cademy, and began her theatre ife in Drury Lane dramas. In her youth she was also a showgirl. She famous for her conversational rlichtfs. which included a favourite ;xpression ...

Published: Thursday 03 April 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 907 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices 

A. E. FOURNIER

... 1931 to 1946. .and a director of Associated Theatre Pro perties. The son of Maurice Four nier. a former master carpenter at Drury Lane, he always maintained a strong bond with the West End theatre, and was associated with various managements, including the ...

Published: Thursday 12 June 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 146 | Page: 13 | Tags: notices 

FRANCESCA ZANFRETTA!

... Jane May, creating a deep impression by the eloquence of her silent acting. Previously she had been a premifcre danseuse at Drury Lane, but after L'Enfant Prodigue she won a popular reputation for her dancing at the Empire, particularly as Mephistopheles ...

Published: Thursday 26 June 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 188 | Page: 13 | Tags: notices 

Ian Hay, the novelist and play- wrighl, died at Peterstield on Sep tember 22, aged 76. His real name was

... early nineties, died on September 17. aged 90. Besides appearing in Caval cade and the musical play, Three Sisters. at Drury Lane, she did con siderable work as an agent. She was the mother of Marjorie Benneit, now wiih the Court Players at the Hippodrome ...

Published: Thursday 25 September 1952
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 730 | Page: 11 | Tags: notices