Hi, List, Seeking information on Thomas Burdeth HOWE, who died in Chiswick, London, on 9 Mar 1908 at age 79. I find him in the 1881 and 1891 census returns, where he lists his birthplace as Pimlico. I have information that he was born as "James Burdeth (or Burdette) HOWE" and assume he changed his name for the stage. His second wife was Julia SKINNER (mar. c. 1885), but I don't know who his first wife was. Family tradition holds that his father was in the theater, too, but doesn't give a first name. Any help is appreciated. Lou I eat me peas with Honey I've done it all me life It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps 'em on me knife

Hi, List, I'm not sure if I've got this spelled correctly, but me Mum used to dance with a troupe called either Klifton Cabaret Corps or Klifton Cabaret Kids when she was 15 back in the 1930's. Does anyone have any information on this group? Photos? Lou

Hi Dave,thanks for the web site addresses re; Bessie,I had seen it before but not the pen and ink of BB,I saw a picture of her years ago that one of my cousins had it was signed,I would really like to get a picture of her the book I have "The Melodies Linger On" has a lot of pictures of different stars but none of BB,do you know where I would find a picture of her? Carole. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 9:57 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Re BELLWOOD > Carole, > Have you seen the following web-sites. There's some fascinating stuff > about Bessie. > http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/simonsheridan/musichall/SWOH/bellwood.htm > or there's an ink portrait of her on > http://www.npg.org.uk/live/hh3968.asp > Dave Jassie - List Administrator THEATRE-UK > [email protected] > > Greetings from Lincoln, England > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please DO NOT send virus warnings to the list. > Send them to me at [email protected] and I will take > the appropriate action. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

Has anybody got any knowledge of a comedy double act called Ferguson and Mack around the 1910 era? James

At 09:20 AM 20/05/2001 EDT, you wrote: >I am writing to see if anyone on the list can offer information about the >popular nigger minstrel troupes (somewhat politically *incorrect* as a term >today!:-) who were performing in the UK during the 1880s through to the turn >of the century. > I found some ROGERS in the 1881 census for Birmingham (WAR) who had their occupation as 'Nigger Comedian'. Can anyone tell me if this was the same or something different to the Minstrels please? Thanks, Mary Mary Rogers <[email protected]> Bendigo Australia

Dear List, Family gossip has it that my paternal Grandfather's first wife was a close relation of the "Count", does any kind soul out there have any info on his family at all. Most of the info on the internet is concerned with his singing career. Many thanks in advance Sue Newman Sunny Cirencester in the Cotswolds England.

----- Original Message ----- From: P Holland To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:20 PM Subject: Carrie Holt or Holland Hi, I am reposting this message sent when the list first started in the hope someone has some information. I am trying to find out about a Carrie Holt born 1883 who died 1968 in Clayton area of Bradford. A family member has told me that she was on the stage probably as a dancer. She may have performed at the Bradford Alhambra. She was the daughter of James Holt. Carrie married Joseph Holland in 1903 in Bradford.and had 3 children. She lived in the Clayton area all her life and worked as a boxmaker. If anyone has heard of Carrie/ Carolyne Holt/Holland I would love to hear from them. Many thanks Pat

I had 4 Great Aunts in the British Music Hall, Hettie, Lydia, Ruth and Florence ZILLWOOD. I have transcribed a playbill and also reproduced it with Coreldraw! Below is the text only version. Perhaps someone will recognise a name or two or have some info on my Aunts... The City Palace of Varieties (Leeds) Limited Top of Briggate & Upperhead Row, Leeds Proprietors........................The City Palace of Varieties (Leeds) Ltd Managing Director..................John Pell Kirby, 50, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds General Manager.......Sam Jones Asst. Manager....F.W. Taylor All Communications should be Addresses:- MANAGING DIRECTOR, CITY VARIETIES, BRIGGATE, LEEDS. Telephone 20063 Telegrams:- "CITY VARIETIES, LEEDS." 7 | MONDAY, JAN. 31st, 1927 | 9 | and during the week | MATINEE every Wednesday at 2-30 Doors open at 2-0 PERCY MAVIS Presents THE GRAND COMEDY PANTOMIME IN TEN SCENES BABES IN THE WOOD Invented and Arranged by Percy Mavis HETTIE ZILLWOOD as "Robin Hood" DORIS VI DRISCOLL as "Maid Marion" CHARLIE ROYLATT as "Lucky Lucas" 8 BRUM-E-GEM BUTTONS in specialty dances JACK DENNY TONY FREEDMAN as "Baron Badlot" as "Tired Tim" WINNIE REEVES ANITA WILLIAMS MAUDIE REEVES as "Little Miss Muffet as "Jack" as "Jill" HELEN SONNEX REX LESLIE as "Fairy Queen" as "Demon King" NEL O"DETTE as "Little John" [email protected] Chilliwack, BC icq: 2360148

The Bournemouth Winter Gardens is very much in the news at the present time as its future hangs in the balance. Just thought you might like to know. Pauline, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 6:47 PM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Bournemouth Winter Gardens and Theatre Royal, St. Hellier, Jersey. > Hi folks - new to the list, and researching my great uncle, Arthur > Christan KNIGHT, who was apparently manager at the Bournemouth Winter > Gardens around about 1923, at the time Pavlova performed there, and > latterly (about 1927?) at the Theatre Royal, St, Hellier, Jersey. Does > anyone have any information which could help me find out more about > him? > Most grateful for any assistance! > Dick Williams > in Cheltenham, Glos, UK > http://www.rkwilli.mcmail.com > > ______________________________

Have you seen this site yet? It may well have the info you need. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~paulln/index.htm Josephine Allen Kemper ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Taylor <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:00 PM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] SWANBOROUGH's > Hi Listers, > > I,m new to this list but I am hoping someone can provide information on > any of the following Swanborough's who were actors/actresses in London, > I believe. > > Augusta Edward Swanborough 1863 - 1910 > Ada Vere Swanborough 1862 - 1937 > Louisa Jane Swanborough 1857 - ? > Bessie Swanborough 1861 - ? > Eleanor Bufton known as Mrs. Swanborough 1840 - 1893 > and her husband Arthur Henry Kent Smith known as Mr. Swanborough 1837 - > 1895 who is listed as an acting manager. > > Any information on any of the above would be most welcome. > > Thanking you in anticipation, > > Brian Taylor > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please DO NOT send virus warnings to the list. > Send them to me at [email protected] and I will take > the appropriate action. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Hi, I am looking for my paternal grandmother, Lillian Sledge,who was an actress. Unfortunately I have no dates. She married my grandfather, Milton William DeVaughn in Maryland or Washington,D.C.in late 1800's. They had one child, William Milton DeVaughn, my father, born 1892. Any help is gratefully accepted. Thank you, Florence DeVaughn-Gertsen >From: "Dave Jassie" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [THEATRE-UK] POSTING INTERESTS >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 21:46:44 +0100 > >Hi everybody, >THEATRE-UK now has 133 subscribers. I think now would be a good time to >let everyone know what information you are seeking, or what your field >of expertise is. >Don't be shy - I've seen some very interesting and informative messages >posted to the list. >We are very fortunate in having such a wealth of knowledge available >within our 'Troupe' and I would like to thank those who have provided >answers and pointers to the various queries. >Regards, >Dave Jassie - List Administrator THEATRE-UK >[email protected] > >Greetings from Lincoln, England > > > > > >==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== >Why not visit the Circus, Theatre and Music Hall Families Page at - >http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~paulln/index.htm > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi again, Having done my bit of grovelling, I really should practice what I preach. My grandfather's occupation on his marriage certificate in 1909 is given as 'Actor' He was living in Leeds, Yorks at the time. He obviously wasn't a very successful actor as he eventually became a cobbler, but would there have been much work in the theatres in Leeds at that time? Regards Dave Jassie - List Administrator THEATRE-UK [email protected] Greetings from Lincoln, England

Hi everybody, THEATRE-UK now has 133 subscribers. I think now would be a good time to let everyone know what information you are seeking, or what your field of expertise is. Don't be shy - I've seen some very interesting and informative messages posted to the list. We are very fortunate in having such a wealth of knowledge available within our 'Troupe' and I would like to thank those who have provided answers and pointers to the various queries. Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator THEATRE-UK [email protected] Greetings from Lincoln, England

William Bain GILL was a playwright. He wrote a musical which (depending how you count) broke the Broadway long-run record, and several more which ran decades round America. He also did some work in England. Willie ended up living in the Bronx, in a place called West Farms, working as an inspector of public highways. He has been found in the 1910 census, with Elinor, Willie was only 58. Did he end his days in the Bronx? Did Elinor? And also what happened to their two actress daughters. I am assisting someone in their searches and any sight of them anywhere would assist in finding another lead Regards - Dianne Carroll ==================================== High Country Heritage Research Centre http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/omeo ==================================== Pioneer Portraits of Australia http://www.angelfire.com/my/pioneer/ ====================================

Hello Listers, Mary MAGUIRE, my mother`s cousin, was an Australian born actress who went to Hollywood in 1936 under contract to Warner Bros. to make films, she was 17 at the time. In 1938, Mary moved to England, arriving on the "Queen Mary" in May of that year. In 1939 she married Robert GORDON-CANNING and was divorced from him sometime in the 1940`s In 1942 she made her last film in England, and i am told, she returned to America where she died sometime in the 1980`s. Does anyone on the list know anything of Mary MAGUIRE. Did she return to America, did she remarry, did she die in America. Would anyone know what studio she worked for in England and also, was she strictly a film actress. TIA from Norman A. in OZ.

Hi PAM, it may be a sideways way of getting the info you want, but have you tried following up Felicity KENDALL. [she was in The Good Life ], abig hit on BBC TV. Felicity,about whom there is sure to be a web site or at least a bio, was brought up in India. Her parents were in a touring theatre coy, mostly in India. Hope this helpsDorothy in Dunedin NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "AE & PG de Grussa" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Hilda FAIRFAX > Hi, > I am new to the list. My husband's grandmother had a stage career in > England and possibly touring to India & Burma. Born 1877 in Hampshire > England as Hilda Annie GIBBINS. Seems to have adopted the name Hilda > FAIRFAX found on a programme of a performance of One Summers Day, by H.V. > Esmond by the London Comedy Company. I presume this performance was in > India as the admittance charge was in rupees. Think the time frame would be > late 1890s early 1900s. Nothing is known about her acting career. Do not > think she was a major star. Any help appreciated > Pam > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please avoid posting Virus warnings, seasonal greetings > and private 'chit-chat' to the list. Some subscribers have > to pay for their Internet connection by the minute. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hi Listers, I,m new to this list but I am hoping someone can provide information on any of the following Swanborough's who were actors/actresses in London, I believe. Augusta Edward Swanborough 1863 - 1910 Ada Vere Swanborough 1862 - 1937 Louisa Jane Swanborough 1857 - ? Bessie Swanborough 1861 - ? Eleanor Bufton known as Mrs. Swanborough 1840 - 1893 and her husband Arthur Henry Kent Smith known as Mr. Swanborough 1837 - 1895 who is listed as an acting manager. Any information on any of the above would be most welcome. Thanking you in anticipation, Brian Taylor

Hi Lauren, thanks for the reply, I have the"Trouperdour" picture, but will go to the site anyway for a browse. Adrienne. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] MARIE STUDHOLME > Hi Adrienne > > Re your Marie. > > I have just been trawling and stumbbled across this <A HREF="http://www.theatrelibrary.org/links/ActorsHistory.html">Performing Arts Links - > Theatre, 1</A> If you go here scroll down and come to Local. and then click on > English Acts in the turn of the 20 th centruy. You will come across MARIE > STUDHOLME. And yes she is very striking. It is a picture of her in "The > Troupedour". > > Hope it gets you somewhere. > > Lauren > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Why not visit the Circus, Theatre and Music Hall Families Page at - > http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~paulln/index.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Thanks Barbara, I have seen many post cards on the net which I have down loaded and compiled quite a picture gallery. She certainly had a lovely round fresh faced complexion and could see why she was very popular. Just need to find out her early days and what happened to her after her hey day. Thanks all the same for your reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Stow <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] MARIE STUDHOLME > > > > I have been told that a MARIE STUDHOLME (MARION LUPTON) edwardian musical > comedy actress was a relative. Possibly the illigitimate daughter of my Gt > Grandads sister. I'm doing family research and would like to know more. I > would love > > Hello Adrienne, > > I don't have any information on MARIE STUDHOLME but I bought some old > postcards at a boot fair last Sunday and one is of her. It is a beautiful > full face photo so you would be able to see any family resemblance. The > stamp on the back is dated 1905 so the photo must have been taken prior to > that. If you are happy to receive a jpeg attachment I can scan it and email > it to you. > > Best regards, > Barbara > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Post your interests regularly - new subscribers are joining every day. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Thanks Kay for taking the time to write with this bit of info. Much appreciated. Carrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Feltham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Gladys Cooper > Hello Carrie, > Just a silly bit of info for you - in our family if my sister > or I were being a bit "above ourselves" my mother used to > refer to us as "Gladys Cooper". > Gladys was a very great lady of the theatre and a famous > beauty. > My father played the clarinet in the orchestra pit at the Lyceum > Theatre in Sheffield for over thirty years. He met my mother > whilst playing in the orchestra in a cinema in Chesterfield where > she was the cashier. It is often believed that during the silent > movie era a piano accompanied the film, but many cinemas also > had orchestras. > Good luck with your research. > K > > http://willgooseweb.accessgenealogy.com > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Why not visit the Circus, Theatre and Music Hall Families Page at - > http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~paulln/index.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >