... London appearances, but none to match these. She was born in Woodford, Essex, and made her first appearance in pantomime at Drury Lane in 1905, and later was a walk-on in Tree's company and a pupil of Ellen Terry. After some years which seemed to be establishing ...

... began work as a casual stagehand at Bristol in 1 944 and moved to London in 1948 to be a stagehand al the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane A year later he returned to Bristol as first dayman, being promoted to stage manager in 1962, a post he held until his ...

... Prince Edward, and the spectacular John Murray Anderson Bow Bells at the Hippodrome. She was in Jack and the Beanstalk at Drury Lane and Home and Beauty at the Adelphi A brilliant revue artist, with incisive wit and penet rating comment in her impersonations ...

... The sudden collapse and death of JOE DAVIS within a couple of hours of conducting a lighting rehearsal for42nd Street at Drury Lane last Thursday will shock but not surprise everyone wh knew him. If ever there was a theatre man who was certain to die in ...

... after war service in Armed Forces Radio and quickly built up a list of prestigious clients. He will be remembered for his Drury Lane production of Billy and two years ago staged the Broadway comedy Twice Around the Park, seen at this years Edinburgh ...

... 1927 She stayed two years, working in Paris cabaret and in London in variety and cabaret, plus a part in Show Boat at Drury Lane. She was back in London again in the mid-thirties, when she appeared with Jack Jackson's band at the Dorchester, recording ...

... repertory, he had spells with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre and had a long association with the Drury Lane production of My Fair Lady understudying the role of Doolittle. RAY ABBOTT, resident photographer at the Lyric, Hammersmith ...

... his release he resumed a career which brought him into all branches of show business. He was, for example, in the original Drury Lane productdion of Showboat in 1926 and worked in revue and musical comedy as well as variety. Sarony was also one of the ...

... and Shall We Re verse?, at the Comedy, and The Town Talks at the Vaudeville. She was an enchanting Cinderella at Drury Lane. The town talked about her short-lived marriage to Lord Inverclyde; June had a touch of Tallulah Bankhead about her. There ...

... all her friends and admirers, spanning the world of song from Covent Garden opera and the concert platform to the stage at Drury Lane Theatre. Her most notable operatic work in this country was as Carmen at the Garden, when she gave a performance memorable ...

... twenties and thirties. Trained as a dancer, she made her debut in the chorus of Andre Chariot revues in 1925, was then in the Drury Lane chorus of Rose Marie and The Desert Song and next became one of C.B. Cochran's celebrated Young Ladies at the London Pavilion ...

... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 You taught me to muck, to wttt. ERNEST KINGDON /.^w-- SOPHIE RETIRED ASSISTANT MANAGER Theatre Royal Drury Lane GORDON ROLLINGS Died peacefully at 7 June 1985 Denmark Hill Hospital Fond Emories MAY 27th 1986 charlie NAT BERLIN Gm> From ...