... All in good fun I might add . Don Worts The Close Eastcote Pinner Middlesex Questions of theatre quest I am researching variety theatres after the war . I am particularly in the Moss Theatre Group and Howard and Wyndham Theatres during the fifties and early ...

... role village hall dance schools played in providing a local amenity and creating professional dancers the days of the variety theatres – when they were a vibrant part of our culture – a popular way of your daughter on the stage was to enrol her in the ...

... and boasting a cast of almost 30, it is a tremendous showcase for the sort of speciality acts which used to abound in variety theatres. Roberts himself has three features. He is helped by his grand daughter Summer in showstopping routines with two elephants ...

... Melissa seems to have caused quite a stir with her first appearencc in the Good Old Days in Leeds . Audiences at the City Varieties theatre were agog as were the other artists . Instead of sitting in their dressing rooms they all crouched in the wings , admiring ...

... was brought up as Rex Coster , he cast Shuff as an intoxicated old slapper , who was “ broadminded to the point of . As variety theatres closed down , Shuff was rescued by The Stage columnist Patrick Newley , who managed him for the last years of his life ...

... Letters Magic touch Can anyone help with information about David Lemmy , who between 1945 and the electrified British variety theatres as Ali Bey – the Great Arabian Wizard . Ali Bey made his appearance from inside a curtained cabinet and immediately ...

... and his name , I know very little else . Looking for He was Jack Kellaway , a song and dance man , possibly working in variety theatres . He must have been in his twenties when I was born in . The liaison was not encouraged , hence my scanty knowledge ...

... there who staggered bravely through his act , but ended with the words : “ Ladies and gentlemen , played some of the variety theatres in the country , but I can truthfully say that this is the worst dump I have ever come across . ” A beer bottle narrowly ...

... Denny Willis I saw this classic item when performed in the Fol de Rols shows . It was on television filmed at the City Varieties Theatre in Leeds and if could lend me their copy for me to duplicate , then I should be so grateful . all expenses will be met ...

... first engagement was at Coliseum with Silver Songsters , a renowned group of boy singers . With this group he toured the variety theatres of Great Britain . He later joined an act called Dead End Kids , a burlesque of a BBC music hall programme of the time ...

... people like Max Miller , who was an idol of mine . He was also on the radio a lot . Everybody in those days went to the variety theatres and listened to radio . It until years later that people began to get worried and said that television would kill variety ...

... climate ot present day Kingston , . Dales are : November - Corn Exchange , Bedford ( ...