Hi folks, Shelley wrote ~ The link you sent won't work. It comes up URL not found. In the best pantomine tradition - OH, YES IT DOES. Just make sure you copy the *whole* URL including the 'photos/index-page3.htm' part http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/photos/index-pag e3.htm Best wishes, Dave Jassie - dave.jassie@ntlworld.com (List Administrator) For information regarding mailing lists, web sites and look-up resources I have, Visit Gen-Links at - http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~jassie/index.html

The link you sent won't work. It comes up URL not found. Derek was kind enough to bid on eBay for a Theatre program for me, and sent it to me as a gift, so I could have a picture of my mother's cousin Leslie Henson , who played in "Harvey" at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and I would love to have a picture of Derek. Could you please send the link again. Shelley Cameron Canada Dave Jassie wrote: > Hi folks, > Having noticed that Derek Ive has been very helpful to fellow > subscribers, I thought I'd remind everyone, particularly our newer > subscribers that there is a wonderfully seasonal photo of him on the > Theatre-UK website. Click on the link below and you'll be able to put a > face to the name. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/photos/index-pag > e3.htm > Remember - If anyone has any photos, especially Christmassy ones, I > would love to include them in the Gallery. > Best wishes, > Dave Jassie - dave.jassie@ntlworld.com (List Administrator) > For information regarding mailing lists, web sites and look-up resources > I have, > Visit Gen-Links at - > http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~jassie/index.html

Hi John, the book doesn't say what criteria it uses for putting people into the Obits section. No sign of a Howard I'm afraid. Do ask if you ever need another lookup. Good luck with the research. regards Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: John Townsend <books@johntownsend.demon.co.uk> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Theatrical Names > >Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed) has in the Obituary section > > > >TEMPLETON John vocalist died 1st July 1886 (age 83) > >TEMPLETON John Actor and manger died 10 dec 1907(age 69) > >TEMPLETON Fay Actress and Vocalist died 3rd Oct 1939 (age 73) > >>Derek Ive > > > Thank you, Derek, for pointing this out. Who's Who in the Theatre seems > quite useful, and the obituaries section goes back into Victorian times, or > earlier sometimes. > > The reference I most want is to Howard Templeton. Maybe entries don't get > into the obituaries section unless date of death is known? Or I wonder if > Howard Templeton could conceivably have been the stage name used by John > Templeton, senior? > > Best wishes, > > John Townsend > > > >

>Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed) has in the Obituary section > >TEMPLETON John vocalist died 1st July 1886 (age 83) >TEMPLETON John Actor and manger died 10 dec 1907(age 69) >TEMPLETON Fay Actress and Vocalist died 3rd Oct 1939 (age 73) >>Derek Ive Thank you, Derek, for pointing this out. Who's Who in the Theatre seems quite useful, and the obituaries section goes back into Victorian times, or earlier sometimes. The reference I most want is to Howard Templeton. Maybe entries don't get into the obituaries section unless date of death is known? Or I wonder if Howard Templeton could conceivably have been the stage name used by John Templeton, senior? Best wishes, John Townsend

Hi All, I recently purchased a Living Era CD " You have to Laugh, Don't You?" ( Amazon.co.uk) that has recordings made be the likes of Nellie Wallace, Rob Wilton and Max Miller and who can forget Trains by Reginald Gardiner. The one track that came as a big surprise, as I had never heard it before, was called "Everything is Fresh Today" by Jack Hodges who was known as "The Raspberry King". The recording was originally made on September 24, 1933. I understand that in one of the recent tribute TV programs to Spike Milligan shown in the UK, Milligan was shown dressed with large red lips and a fright wig performing "Everything is Fresh Today". Does anyone have information, or could point me in the direction where I could find more about Jack Hodges, who he was, how long he performed in the Music Halls and was he known for anything other than this "Everything is Fresh Today." etc.? John Favill, Wisconsin, USA

Hi Lauren, sorry no luck, the book covers Actors/Actresses/Managers/Vocalists/dramatic Authors etc and doesn't stretch as far as Dance Bands. I'm afraid I have nothing else that does either. It's an area that I know nothing about I'm afraid. Glad you liked the photo, do send some more in, as Dave says it's good to put a face to a name, even if it is one like mine! Good luck with your research regards Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: <HubieBirch@aol.com> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Theatrical Names > Hi Derek > > Loved the photo, I am just plucking up courage to send ours!! Go on Dave > laugh!! Just wondering if I have time to mess around before Christmas maybe > no!! > > Just wondering if in your vast book collection of Who's Who if you have > anything at all on Billy Wood's and the Ohios.?? A Lancashire based Dance > Band. Or saying that W H Broadhead who had 19 places around the North West, I > have only got names for 3. > > Dont know if it contains Dance Bands of the 30's. But looking for any > information what so ever on me Gramps "Jazzy" Harry Birch and my great > grandfather Arthur Birch plus anything at all on Emma Birch/Barker/Healley > she might have gone by any of these names. > > Plus I know its asking a lot and maybe someone else out there can answer this > as well. Pierotts?? ~Does anyone know where I can get any information what > ever small about any Lancashire based Pierotts especially around Blackpool?? > Circa 1910's to 1916! Just before me Gramps went off to the War and that is > another story! Little Devil! And he brought me up!! What I have learnt > about him and what he never told me! Or did! God love him. And I do. I > loved me Gramps a lot, just wished I listened more. Like we do. > > So if anyone can point me in the right direction I will be a happy bunny. > Thanks Go and have a great Christmas everyone. Love to you all Laurenx > >

Hi folks, Having noticed that Derek Ive has been very helpful to fellow subscribers, I thought I'd remind everyone, particularly our newer subscribers that there is a wonderfully seasonal photo of him on the Theatre-UK website. Click on the link below and you'll be able to put a face to the name. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/photos/index-pag e3.htm Remember - If anyone has any photos, especially Christmassy ones, I would love to include them in the Gallery. Best wishes, Dave Jassie - dave.jassie@ntlworld.com (List Administrator) For information regarding mailing lists, web sites and look-up resources I have, Visit Gen-Links at - http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~jassie/index.html

Many thanks for the information, Derek.

Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed) has in the Obituary section TEMPLETON John vocalist died 1st July 1886 (age 83) TEMPLETON John Actor and manger died 10 dec 1907(age 69) TEMPLETON Fay Actress and Vocalist died 3rd Oct 1939 (age 73) regards Derek Ive ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary <mairibeth@iprimus.com.au> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Theatrical Names > At 08:01 AM 17/12/2002, you wrote: > >I see an interesting list of theatrical names appears on the website of the > >Templeman Library, Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, Special Theatre Collections > > > >http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/namet.htm > > > >Does anyone know of sources of biographical reference for actors? I am > >especially interested in a certain Mr. Templeton who I think was an actor in > >the 1830s. I think he once played Lorenzo to Edmund Kean's Shylock. The > >list of theatrical names includes "Templeton, Mr. Howard", but I don't know > >if it's the same one, as no time frame is mentioned. > > I found our ancestor through the Templeman Library initially but was unable > to get more detailed information. Eventually found more about him through > this book (which is apparently available in English libraries) Modern > English Biography - Containing Many Thousand Memoirs of Persons Have Have > Died Since the Year 1850 with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter , > Boase, Frederic. > > A lot more was discovered through the following book which is basically the > diary entries of a well known Theatre critic in London in the 1800's . Title: > The life and reminiscences of E.L. Blanchard : with > notes from the > diary of Wm. Blanchard by Clement Scott and Cecil Howard. > Author / Creator: Blanchard, E. L. (Edward L.), 1820-1889 > Imprint / Date: London : Hutchinson, 1891. > > I used an OPAC search of library databases with theatre related keywords to > find the books that might be relevant. > You might also find reference to him in the ERA magazines for that time > frame. You are in the most fortunate of places.....being 'on the > spot'. It is very hard to research from here in Australia but I have been > amazed at what I have been able to glean even from this distance. Once I > had the basic framework, it allowed more indepth searches and the Kingston > library historian helped by looking through their archives too. > > Hope this helps, > > Mary > > > > > > > Bendigo Australia > <mairibeth@iprimus.com.au> > http://home.iprimus.com.au/mairibeth/ > > > >

Hi Derek Loved the photo, I am just plucking up courage to send ours!! Go on Dave laugh!! Just wondering if I have time to mess around before Christmas maybe no!! Just wondering if in your vast book collection of Who's Who if you have anything at all on Billy Wood's and the Ohios.?? A Lancashire based Dance Band. Or saying that W H Broadhead who had 19 places around the North West, I have only got names for 3. Dont know if it contains Dance Bands of the 30's. But looking for any information what so ever on me Gramps "Jazzy" Harry Birch and my great grandfather Arthur Birch plus anything at all on Emma Birch/Barker/Healley she might have gone by any of these names. Plus I know its asking a lot and maybe someone else out there can answer this as well. Pierotts?? ~Does anyone know where I can get any information what ever small about any Lancashire based Pierotts especially around Blackpool?? Circa 1910's to 1916! Just before me Gramps went off to the War and that is another story! Little Devil! And he brought me up!! What I have learnt about him and what he never told me! Or did! God love him. And I do. I loved me Gramps a lot, just wished I listened more. Like we do. So if anyone can point me in the right direction I will be a happy bunny. Thanks Go and have a great Christmas everyone. Love to you all Laurenx

At 08:01 AM 17/12/2002, you wrote: >I see an interesting list of theatrical names appears on the website of the >Templeman Library, Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, Special Theatre Collections > >http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/namet.htm > >Does anyone know of sources of biographical reference for actors? I am >especially interested in a certain Mr. Templeton who I think was an actor in >the 1830s. I think he once played Lorenzo to Edmund Kean's Shylock. The >list of theatrical names includes "Templeton, Mr. Howard", but I don't know >if it's the same one, as no time frame is mentioned. I found our ancestor through the Templeman Library initially but was unable to get more detailed information. Eventually found more about him through this book (which is apparently available in English libraries) Modern English Biography - Containing Many Thousand Memoirs of Persons Have Have Died Since the Year 1850 with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter , Boase, Frederic. A lot more was discovered through the following book which is basically the diary entries of a well known Theatre critic in London in the 1800's . Title: The life and reminiscences of E.L. Blanchard : with notes from the diary of Wm. Blanchard by Clement Scott and Cecil Howard. Author / Creator: Blanchard, E. L. (Edward L.), 1820-1889 Imprint / Date: London : Hutchinson, 1891. I used an OPAC search of library databases with theatre related keywords to find the books that might be relevant. You might also find reference to him in the ERA magazines for that time frame. You are in the most fortunate of places.....being 'on the spot'. It is very hard to research from here in Australia but I have been amazed at what I have been able to glean even from this distance. Once I had the basic framework, it allowed more indepth searches and the Kingston library historian helped by looking through their archives too. Hope this helps, Mary Bendigo Australia <mairibeth@iprimus.com.au> http://home.iprimus.com.au/mairibeth/

Hullo to everyone looking for info like this Lister. Try http://www.thestage.co.uk/ and ask for help in the "chat" room. You might strike lucky. Cheers Josephine Protected by Panda Antivirus Titanium ----- Original Message ----- From: <STUDIOLLIJ@aol.com> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] ERA information needed ...please > Hello, > > I am looking for information on some theatrical ancestors and wondered if > they may appear in the ERA directories. > > Stage name LILY (or LILAC KATE) > (could have been spelt with a C) was a BURLESQUE DANCER from about 1890. On > the 1891 census she is listed as actress. Her surname was WISEMAN. > > Her husband was JOHN KINGSBURY DUNLOP, a singer who I know appeared in GREAT > YARMOUTH, NORFOLK. May have been know as JOHN KINGSBURY or JOHN DUNLOP. > > Also I'm looking for a great aunt who's name was ELIZABETH UNWIN. This was > her single name and I am not sure of her married name. ELIZABETH was an OPERA > SINGER with the CARL ROSA COMPANY probably at the beginning of the 1900s.. I > have written to them but unfortunately they don't have anyone who could > search the records for me. > > I hope someone may be able to point me in the right direction. > Many thanks > JILL > >

I'd be very grateful indeed for any information at all regarding on an Edwardian acrobatic dancer ...stage name Lily Flexmore...(yes it really was). Lily was born in 1890, so she could have been on the stage from somewhere about 1906 until she retired (injured) in 1913. She has been traced working at The Palace, Blackpool in December 1911 and again in June 1913 where she performed something called a "Bite my Toe" Dance. Family memory has it that, at some point during her career, circa 1906-1913, she toured Germany; "perhaps" as part of a circus. Any detail, however small, would be very much appreciated.

Hello, I am looking for information on some theatrical ancestors and wondered if they may appear in the ERA directories. Stage name LILY (or LILAC KATE) (could have been spelt with a C) was a BURLESQUE DANCER from about 1890. On the 1891 census she is listed as actress. Her surname was WISEMAN. Her husband was JOHN KINGSBURY DUNLOP, a singer who I know appeared in GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK. May have been know as JOHN KINGSBURY or JOHN DUNLOP. Also I'm looking for a great aunt who's name was ELIZABETH UNWIN. This was her single name and I am not sure of her married name. ELIZABETH was an OPERA SINGER with the CARL ROSA COMPANY probably at the beginning of the 1900s.. I have written to them but unfortunately they don't have anyone who could search the records for me. I hope someone may be able to point me in the right direction. Many thanks JILL

I see an interesting list of theatrical names appears on the website of the Templeman Library, Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, Special Theatre Collections http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/namet.htm Does anyone know of sources of biographical reference for actors? I am especially interested in a certain Mr. Templeton who I think was an actor in the 1830s. I think he once played Lorenzo to Edmund Kean's Shylock. The list of theatrical names includes "Templeton, Mr. Howard", but I don't know if it's the same one, as no time frame is mentioned. Best wishes, John Townsend (Wokingham, England)

Hi Listers, Charles RUBERY married Margaret STEBBING of Nottingham in 1782, but died and was buried at Brimingham St Philip on 18 February 1801. He was in some way connected with Birmingham theatres. Does anyone know in what capacity? Regards, Mo (The LONGMORE Pages at www.msheppard.com)

Dear Derek, Many thanks for your look up for me. They were obviously very minor actors! Ann

Hi Barbara found the following in Who Who (10th Ed 1947) In the obituary section ROMER Anne (Mrs William Brough) Actress and vocalist died 1st Feb 1852 (Age 23) ROMER Emma Actress and Vocalist died 14th April 1868 (age 54) ROMER Robert actor died 5th April 1874 (age 66) LAKE Lew Comedian and manager died 5th Nov 1939 (age 65) ANDREWS Elizabeth Actress died 30th Mar 1910 (age 89) main section there is a ROHMER Sax, dramatic author and novelist born Birmingham 15 feb 1886 educated Kings College author of... it then gives various plays do let me know if he's the right one and you need details. Good luck with your research regards Derek Ive Gosport England derek@ive999.fsnet.co.uk Researching IVE (London/Middx/Bucks) WHIPPE(Oxford) GRAVESTOCK(London/Beds) LIMBERT (Gravesend Kent) THOMAS (London/Ontario) ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara <bmcnish2@mts.net> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Look up please > Hi > Could you please check for the following in Who's Who in the theater > Alfred Ernest ANDREWS stage name ROMER actor photographer and author > Rebecca Grace Lake actress they were married > She may have gone by Grace Rebecca Lake > Early 1900's until 1949 > Thanks > Barbara bmcnish2@mts.net > > > >

I found A.ROMER playing in the D'oyly Carte D company in 1898/9 season around the provinces. The D company disbanded in September 1899. Janice

Sorry "Miss Marie ADAMS (1843 - 1905)" should read Miss Annie ADAMS (1843 - 1905) Regards, Mo (The LONGMORE Pages at www.msheppard.com)