Hi Louise, Here's the Who's Who entry for Joseph CAWTHORN. Cawthorn, Joseph, actor; b New York 29 Mar 1867; s of Alfred Cawthorne and his wife Sarah (Willett); m Queenie Vassar; made his first appearance on the stage as a child at Robinson's Music Hall, New York, 1871; in 1872 was with Haverley's Minstrels; at the age of 9 he was taken to England, and for four years appeared in various music halls; during 1883 toured the United States in"Little Nugget"; has for many years been a prominent comedian in musical plays; his most noted appearances have been made in "Excelsior, Jr", "Nature", "Miss Philadelphia", "The Singing Girl" and "The Fortune Teller"; at the New York Amsterdam Theatre, New York, Dec 1903, played Mother Goose in the piece of that name; in 1905, played Fritz Von Swobenfritz in "Fritz of Tammany Hall"; at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 16 Apr 1906, played Siegmund Lump in "The Free Lance", subsequently touring (1906-7) in the same piece; in Nov 1907, appeared at the Knickerbocker Theatre, in "The Hoyden"; Oct 1908, appeared at the New Amsterdam Theatre as Doctor Pill in "Little Nemo"; subsequently toured in the same part; at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 1910, played Oscar Spiel in "Girlies"; at the Globe, New York, 1911, played Louis Von Schloppenhauer in "The Slim Princess"; and same theatre, 1911, Marky Zinsheimer in "A Star For A Night"; in 1912, toured in "The Slim Princess"; at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Feb 1913, played Schlump in "The Sunshine Girl"; at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Aug 1914, played Trimpel in "The Girl From Utah"; at the Liberty Theatre, Jan 1916, Otto Spreckles in"Sybil"; at the Empir, New York, Seot 1917, Joseph Guppy in "Rambler Rose"; at the Globe, New York, Nov 1918, Timothy in "The Canary"; and toured in this part, 1919-20; at the Liberty, Nov 1920, appeared as the Hon Hudson Jobson in "The Half-Moon"; subsequently played in "The Bunch and Judy"; at the Selwyn Theatre, Jan 1922, played Theodore Vanderpop i "The Blue Kitten"; at Chicago, Mar 1923, played in "Light Wines and Beer"; at the New Amsterdam, Sept 1925, played Siegfried Peters in "Sunny". Address: Deal, NJ, USA All the best -- Neal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Croyden" <lcroyden@worldchat.com> To: <ndench@tinyworld.co.uk> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Lookups > Hi Neal, > > Thank you for the kind offer of a look-up from the 1930 ed. I would be > interested to know if there is a Joseph CAWTHORN(E), in particular (or > possibility a Herbert or Alfred) or Queenie VASS(AR). > > Thanks again. > > Regards. > > Louise Croyden > Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neal Dench" <ndench@tinyworld.co.uk> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 1:05 AM > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Lookups > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > It's been a quiet list lately. > > > > I've just managed to pick up a 1930 edition of Who's Who in the Theatre > (6th > > Ed) by John Parker, published by Pitman. I know someone else on the list > has > > offered to do lookups from another old edition, but different editions of > > books like these can vary quite a bit with new and updated information. So > > if anyone would like me to do lookups for them, I'm more than happy to -- > > just drop me a line. > > > > I have also borrowed, and am busily scanning, a whole bunch of theatrical > > pictures from my Mum. As well as including pictures of my own family > > (primarily my Dad, but also my Mum and her father), this obviously > includes > > dozens of pictures of other people in the theatre. Sadly, many are > > unidentified at the moment, but I know the names of just as many. > > > > Once I've finished scanning (there's a lot to go!), I'll catalogue all the > > names I have, and I'm happy to pass on photos to anyone that's interested. > I > > also hope to put up a sort of rogues gallery of unidentified faces on the > > web at some point. All this might take a long time, so in the meantime, if > > anyone has a relative that they know worked with either Bertram DENCH, > > Stella DIXON, or Paul DIXON (or possibly Paul HEATON -- same person, > > different stage name), drop me a line. > > > > All the best everyone > > > > -- > > Neal Dench > > >