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 > >