... was The Harmonica Kid. He proved to be a hit, which led him to join the touring show. After active service during the Second World War, Yorke formed the Monarchs, which consisted of himself, Les Henry, Jimmy Prescott and Johnny Crowe. After six months ...

... regularly 'cleaned up' at the local drama festivals. Walk- ons with the Court Players and Nottingham Playhouse before the Second World War drew her into the stage as a profession. While serving in the ATS she became a member of Stars in Battledress and (as ...

... though he presented Liberace for the first time in Britain. One of Britain's most renowned dance teachers before the Second World War and the owner of the Regent Street club which bore his name, SANTOS CASANI has died aged 85. Born in South Africa, he ...

... theatre under the successive managements of Rich Waldron and Harry McKelvie for 23 consecutive years. During and after the Second World War he toured with James Shirvell's companies, and managed Mr. Shirvell's tour of June Mad. He also toured the Scottish ...

... er for Lilian Baylis and Lena Ashwell He toured with companies in almost every part of the British Isles. During the Second World War he was director of the Byre, St. An drews, and kept the little theatre alive. Until his last illness he regu larly visited ...

... to become a shining light in the Leningrad Ballet, but in 1944 moved over to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. After the Second World War, when the company began to tour, she was acclaimed throughout Europe before she made her London debut. Ulanova remained ...

... MADELEINE GORMAN Madeleine Gorman, who died aged 96 on August 8, was one of the great stalwarts of showbusi- ness during the Second World War. As head of artist welfare for ENSA in the Middle East from 1944 until 1949, she was responsible for looking after some ...

... BBC in Edinburgh before joining the Corporation's fledgling tele vision service at Alexandra Palace in 1938. During the Second World War, he served for two years as a marine radio officer in the Merchant Navy, and also played the part of 'Sparks' in the ...

... with composition, achieving considerable success with his Octet (1933), still regarded as his finest work. During the Second World War he helped the celebrated pianist Myra Hess with the organisation of the famous daily chamber con certs at the National ...

... AUBREY RICHARDS Aubrey Richards was born in Swansea on June 6, 1920. Having served in the RAF during the Second World War, he started his acting career in The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Alec Guinness at the Lyric Theatre. He joined Laurence Olivier ...

... the problems being encountered in the rebuilding of the city of Plymouth following the devastation suffered during the Second World War. Craigie was subsequently widely acclaimed for Blue Scar (1948), a drama set in a South Wales mining village, but there ...

... producers specialising in pre senting female impersonation. Lawrence culled most of his artists from ENSA shows during the Second World War and gave them dates in touring shows dur ing the early fifties. Some of the most famous were names such as Ford and Sheen ...