Hi Carole, Pam from Adelaide Australia here....anything on Clarice Mayne and James W.Tate would be much appreciated by myself and my genie cousin........ every tit bit helps. Regards and thanks for the nice offer. Pam from Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Cumber" <cdcumber@sprint.ca> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 19 February 2003 00:38 Subject: [THEATRE-UK] "The Melodies Linger On" > Hello everyone, > I made this offer some time ago and I am repeating as per Dave's suggestion. > I have a rather battered copy of the above book which I am willing to do look-ups from. > The Melodies Linger On,the story of Music Hall by W.MACQUEEN-POPE,pb W.H.Allen,London app; 1950 > Carole Cumber,Canada. >

Hi Pam, Chris has quite a bit for you on your James.W.Tate here is what is in the book I have, "Clarice Mayne was also something quite apart.She was the perfect principal boy;to see her entrance as"Prince Charming"in the ballroom scene of Cinderella,clad in black and silver,her truly lovely legs in silken tights,all of her sparkling with silver lace and diamonds,(none brighter than her own smile)was to understand what a principal boy and pantomine should be. Her carriage and deportment were amazing,she walked indeed as a Prince of Fairyland should walk,and an attractive husky voice,combined with perfect diction,made her a great singer of songs. On the halls she was a double act,the other half being her husband,the late James.W.Tate,who was always referred to as"That". He composed the songs and accompanied her on the piano and his clever by play and facial expression as he made silent love to her,was real artistry. The by-play was never allowed to interfere with the songs,but at the end of the last one,she would flash a smile of invitation to"That"and he would rise from the piano,his face one huge smile,put his tie straight,stick his hands in his pocket and swagger off,the complete picture of the triumphant male. The songs that these two consummate artists gave to music hall hold a place still,such songs as"I was a good Little Girl till I met you";"I'm Looking For Someone To Love Me" and "Joshua"for example.Tate died in 1922,a victim of overwork,his great achievement uncompleted. He was a partner with Julian Wylie in pantomine productions and to his own dying day,Julian Wylie never produced a pantomine unless he had some of Jimmie Tate's music in it;he kept his memory green to the last. Clarice Mayne is married again,and happily,to that splendid comedian,Teddie Knox.But though she no longer performs,she is still the same gracious lady of charm,whose songs will always be remembered". Hope you enjoy this little insight into these two lovely people as much as I did, Carole in Cold Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Hillier" <pamhillier@iprimus.com.au> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] "The Melodies Linger On" > Hi Carole, > Pam from Adelaide Australia here....anything on Clarice Mayne and James > W.Tate would be much appreciated by myself and my genie cousin........ > > every tit bit helps. > > Regards and thanks for the nice offer. > Pam from Adelaide > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Cumber" <cdcumber@sprint.ca> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 19 February 2003 00:38 > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] "The Melodies Linger On" > > > > Hello everyone, > > I made this offer some time ago and I am repeating as per Dave's > suggestion. > > I have a rather battered copy of the above book which I am willing to do > look-ups from. > > The Melodies Linger On,the story of Music Hall by W.MACQUEEN-POPE,pb > W.H.Allen,London app; 1950 > > Carole Cumber,Canada. > > >

Pam > anything on Clarice Mayne and James > W.Tate would be much appreciated by myself and my genie cousin........ I wonder if you've got this (from the booklet with the Hyperion recording of "The Maid of the Mountains"): Born in Wolverhampton, the son of a publican, James William Tate (1875 - 1922) was the eldest brother of the operatic soprano Maggie Teyte. In 1902 he had married Jose Collins's mother, the dancer-singer Lottie Collins (1865 - 1910). After Lottie Collins's death, he married Clarice Mayne, and served as her accompanist in a variety act known as "Clarice Mayne and 'That'". [During the production of "The Maid"], Tate wired his lyricist partners Frank Clifford Harris (1875 - 1949) and 'Valentine' (Archibald Thomas Pechey, 1876 - 1961), to join him in Manchester. Altogether Tate and his lyricists added four songs of which three ("My life my love", "A bachelor gay" and "A paradise for two") became outstanding hits... The show's success was something which none of its participants could hope to repeat. James W Tate lived only a short time longer, dying in Stoke-on-Trent on 5th December 1922, aged 46, of pneumonia caught while travelling the country with his touring reviews. And if the name "Pechey" sounds vaguely familiar to those of us in the UK, it's because Valentine's daughter was called Phyllis Nan Ortain Primrose-Pechey. Rather better known as TV cook extraordinaire of the 1950s and 60s, Fanny Cradock. Chris -- Chris Goddard Plymouth, U.K www.webrarian.co.uk