Sorry, Neal I'm not the one who asked about Edna May. Regards. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Dench" <ndench@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:59 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Re: Lookup > Hi Louise, > > Here's the entry for Edna MAY: > > May, Edna (Pettie), actress and vocalist; b. Syracuse, New York, 2 Sept > 1878; m. Oscar Lewisjohn; made her first appearance on any stage at her > native town of Syracuse, in the Spring of 1883, as Little Willie Allen in > "Dora"; in 1885 appeared in Syracuse in children's opera company in "HMS > Pinafore" and as Mabel in "The Pirates of Penzance"; studied music at the > New York Conservatoire, made her first appearance on the New York stage at > Hammerstein's, 14 Sept 1896, as Clairette in "Santa Maria", under her own > name of Edna May Pettie; at Hoyt's Theatre, 4 Jan 1897, she appeared as > Calliope Ayre in "A Contented Woman" and was then engaged at the New York > Casino by George W Lederer; she appeaered there on 25 May 1897 in a small > part in "The Whirl of the Town" and was then selected to play the part of > Violet Gray in "The Belle of New York", first produced on 28 Sept 1897; she > made her first appearance on the London stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 12 > Apr 1898, in the same part; at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 25 Apr 1900, she > played Gabrielle Dalmonte in "An American Beauty"; she then returned to the > United States; at the Herals Square Theatre, New York, 7 Jan 1901, she > played Olga in "The Girl From Up There" and reappeared in London at the Duke > Of York's, 23 Apr 1901, in the same part; in Sept 1901 she joined George > Edwarded at the Apollo, playing the Baroness de Trégue in "Kitty Grey", and > afterwards Edna Branscombe in "Three Little Maids"; she was next seen at the > Prince Of Wales's, 9 May 1903, as Lillian Leigh in "The School Girl", and > appeared in the same part at Daly's Theatre, New York, 1 Sept 1904, > afterwards touring in the piece; at the Prince Of Wales's, during 1904, she > played Alesia in a revival of La Poupée", at Daly's, New York, 28 Aug 1905, > she played Angela Crystal in "The Catch of the Season"; she reappeared in > London at the Vaudeville Theatre, 11 Apr 1906, as Julia Chaldicott in "The > Belle of Mayfair"; her sudden resignation of the part, in Sept, caused a > newspaper sensation; at the Aldwych Theatre, 10 Jan 1907, appeared as Nelly > Neil in the play of that name; this proved to be her last professional > engagement, as shortly afterwards she was married and quitted the stage; she > appeared at the Savoy Theatre, in Feb 1911, for one week, in her old part in > "The Belle of New York", in a series of performances given in aid of the > Prince Francis of Teck Memorial Fund. Address: Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, W1 > > All the best > > -- > Neal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CoakleyL@aol.com > To: ndench@tinyworld.co.uk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:49 AM > Subject: Lookup > > > Hi Neal, > > Many thanks for your offer of a lookup in the 1930 Who's Who. > > Would you mind looking up Edna May PETTIE (known as Edna MAY), or she may > be under her married name of LEWISOHN...? > > I feel a bit greedy asking, as I've been very lucky in that I've > previously received a lookup from the 1947 edition, but I was hoping the > content might be a little different 17 years earlier, when she was still > alive. Edna was born in 1878 New York, and I think she died about 1938. > > Kind regards, Louise > Melbourne, Australia >