... roaming career before settling to the comparatively prqjaic but none the less distinguished business of im presario. From sailing the seven seas in a clipper and establishing a lobster-cannery in New Brunswick, he became manager to Lily Langtry and Maud ...

... notable included A Majority o( One' at the Phoenix. Variation on a Theme' at the Globe. Damn Yankees at the Co liseum. Sail Away at the Savoy, and The American Dream and Or pheus Descending at the Royal Court She had a Broadway success in Philadelphia ...

... Kirkcaldy, Stirling and Harlow. She was also prominent in his touring productions, including Verdict, Dial M for Murder, Murder Sails at Midnight, Candida, Something to Hide, Spider's Web, The Secretary Bird, Middle Age Spread, Abigail's Party and two tours ...

... artists appearing overseas, please state the country. Those on cruise ships should name the vessel and the area where it is sailing. Please send to: The Stage, 47 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XT. Fax: 0171-357 9287 ...

... in orchestras since the age of 17. and had toured extensively throughout the world. After 10 years as bandmaster on liners sailing to the Far East, he went to America and played theatres on the famous Keith Orpheum cir cuit. Returning to this country, he ...

... of Music in 1906, later securing highest marks for contralto solo at the National Eisteddfod of South Africa. In 1912 she sailed for England. where she was given a free scholar ship at the Guildhall School of Music. She sang at the Albert Hall, the Queen's ...

... with great dignity and courage He was 41. Over a period of 14 years he was associated with Make Me An Offer, The Music Man, Sail Away, the Dutch produc tion of The Sound of Music, Instant Marriage, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Ambassador ...

... The Shifting Heart Down Under, nlavcd the rflle of Elinor Spencer-Bollard in the Australian production of Noel Coward's Sail Away and her last part was that of Ada in the Australian comedy The Golden legion of Cleaning Women last June. ELSIE PRICE ...

... Waiting in the Wings, his play about stage players in retirement, and in 1962 he cast her as Mrs, Sweeney in his musical, Sail Away! at the Savoy. JOSEPHINE MIDDLETON JOSEPHINE MIDDLETON, the actress, died at Denville Hall on April 8, aged 88. Born ...

... semi-professional basis for several years. Last year the Badger Press of Westbury, Wiltshire published JO Blake's memoir No Sails on Huttoft Mill, which dealt interest ingly and comprehensively with his family, which originated from the Stamford and Pe ...

... interest in that country, and he eventually settled there some 20 years ago, able to indulge his favourite recreation of sailing. He also appeared frequently on television, especially in the series Up Pompeii, and in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Almost ...

... to land on the Normandy beaches on D-Day. When he returned to civilian life he spent a couple of happy and carefree years sailing the Mediterranean with his lifelong friend and naval author, Ernie Bradford. His first experience of theatrical life was as ...