Hi Derek Thanks for your kind offer. Does it give anything on William Edwin BLATCHLEY and/or Herbert MANSFIELD, please? Thanks very much. Joanna > > According to Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > ASCHE, Oscar, Actor, Manager, Dramatic Author and Producer died 23 Mar 1936 > (Age 65). It also says that he only left £20 in his will. > > Just in case their are any new people on the list, I am quite happy to do > lookups in Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > > Hope this helps > regards > Derek Ive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Goddard <chris@webrarian.co.uk> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:54 AM > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Oscar Asche > > > Asche and his wife Lily Brayton are both buried in the churchyard of All > Saints, Bisham, Berkshire, England. You can see a photo of the church here: > > http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/bisham.html > > Source:http://www.btinternet.com/~david.greenwood45/mas/reports/20010701_mar > low_bisham_graveyards.htm > > "Oscar Ashe and Lily Brayton, whose musical, Chin Chin Chow, was popular on > the West End stage. (Later we were to see photographs of the theatrical > couple from Patricias archives.) We heard that Lily found her husband, > Oscar, in a compromising position with a chorus girl, and from that day > forward refused to live with him. Later Oscar fell on hard times. Lily, > comfortably retired with her faithful dresser for a companion, felt sorry > for her erring husband and supported him financially (but still in a > separate abode) until he died in 1936. Lily died in 1952 and they lie, > finally together, in Bisham churchyard." > > > There's more about the church, and who else is buried there, here: > > http://parishes.oxford.anglican.org/marlow/bish.htm > > > Chris > > -- > Chris Goddard > Plymouth, U.K > www.webrarian.co.uk > > > I use ARCHIVE CD BOOKS for my research http://www.archivecdbooks.org

Hi Joanna, No Herbert MANSFIELD but it does mention the following in the Obits section MANSFIELD Alfred F Actor and Manager died 19 Apr 1938 (Age 60) MANSFIELD Alice Actress died 17 Feb 1938 (Age 80) MANSFIELD Richard Actor and Manager died 30 Aug 1907 (age 53) no mentuion of BLATCHLEY at all I'm afraid regards Derek Ive ----- Original Message ----- From: <joanna.blatchley@btinternet.com> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Oscar Asche Hi Derek Thanks for your kind offer. Does it give anything on William Edwin BLATCHLEY and/or Herbert MANSFIELD, please? Thanks very much. Joanna > > According to Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > ASCHE, Oscar, Actor, Manager, Dramatic Author and Producer died 23 Mar 1936 > (Age 65). It also says that he only left £20 in his will. > > Just in case their are any new people on the list, I am quite happy to do > lookups in Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > > Hope this helps > regards > Derek Ive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Goddard <chris@webrarian.co.uk> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:54 AM > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Oscar Asche > > > Asche and his wife Lily Brayton are both buried in the churchyard of All > Saints, Bisham, Berkshire, England. You can see a photo of the church here: > > http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/bisham.html > > Source:http://www.btinternet.com/~david.greenwood45/mas/reports/20010701_mar > low_bisham_graveyards.htm > > "Oscar Ashe and Lily Brayton, whose musical, Chin Chin Chow, was popular on > the West End stage. (Later we were to see photographs of the theatrical > couple from Patricias archives.) We heard that Lily found her husband, > Oscar, in a compromising position with a chorus girl, and from that day > forward refused to live with him. Later Oscar fell on hard times. Lily, > comfortably retired with her faithful dresser for a companion, felt sorry > for her erring husband and supported him financially (but still in a > separate abode) until he died in 1936. Lily died in 1952 and they lie, > finally together, in Bisham churchyard." > > > There's more about the church, and who else is buried there, here: > > http://parishes.oxford.anglican.org/marlow/bish.htm > > > Chris > > -- > Chris Goddard > Plymouth, U.K > www.webrarian.co.uk > > > I use ARCHIVE CD BOOKS for my research http://www.archivecdbooks.org