Felice Lascelles

{{short description|British musical comedy actress (1904–1961)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Felice Lascelles |title = |image = File:Felice Lascelles 1928 front.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Felice Lascelles ({{circa|1928}}) |birth_name = Felicia Madge Lessels |birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|07|19|df=y}} |birth_place = Wallasey, Merseyside{{efn-lr|name=birthpl |Lascelles' birth place is disputed: O'Toole has Lisburn, County Antrim;{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=35}} Lessels Yates—a professional genealogist and distant relative—built the family tree recording Lascelles' birth place as Wallasey, Merseyside,{{sfn|Lessels Yates|2024}} as she herself stated in an interview with the ''Liverpool Evening Express'' on 14 September 1926.{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}} Whenever she performed in the Liverpool area, local papers would often refer to her association with Wallasey as a past resident.{{sfn|''Liverpool Post & Mercury''; 29 Jul 1926}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Post & Mercury''; 14 Sep 1926}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Echo''; 23 Jan 1931}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Echo''; 27 Jan 1931}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Echo''; 28 Aug 1931}}}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|04|29|1904|07|19|df=y}} |death_place = London |spouse = |children = {{hlist|Susan Neil|Andy Irvine}} |occupation = Musical comedy actress |years_active = Early 1920s–1940 }}

'''Felice Lascelles''' ({{nee}} '''Felicia Madge Lessels'''; 19 July 1904 – 29 April 1961) was a British musical comedy actress, singer and dancer who performed on stage in the UK and Ireland from the early 1920s to 1940, under the managements of George Grossmith Jr., Jack Buchanan, Charles Cochran, Leslie Henson, and Lee Ephraim.{{sfn|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 10 Dec 1932}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 17 Dec 1931}}

She is best known for her leading roles in the national tours of ''Kid Boots'' (1926), ''Sunny'' (1927–1930), ''Darling, I Love You'' (1931), ''Stand Up and Sing'' (1932), and ''Venus in Silk'' (1939), among other shows. She took the lead in the pantomime adaptations of ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' (1930), ''Goody Two-Shoes'' (1931), and ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' (1939–1940). She was the mother of stage actress Susan Neil and folk musician Andy Irvine.

== Early life == Lascelles was born Felicia Madge Lessels on 19 July 1904, in Wallasey, Merseyside.{{sfn|Lessels Yates|2024}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}}{{efn-lr|name=birthpl}} Her father, William Lessels, was born in Leeds and her mother, Elizabeth Malvina Cunningham, in Salford. The couple settled in Merseyside, and Felicia was the fourth of their seven children, five of whom survived into adulthood.{{sfn|Lessels Yates|2024}} The eldest child, Leonie Margaret Isabel Lessels (b. 13 May 1893),{{sfn|Lessels Yates|2024}} who later adopted the stage name of '''Leonie Lascelles''', became a pianist and singer, and left Wallasey to start her career in London.{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}} One of Leonie's first advertised performances was in June 1912, in a sextet called The Gollies.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 13 Jun 1912}}

Felicia had performed at concerts from the age of five and, since she had always aspired to be an actress, also left Wallasey for London.{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}} In the early 1920s, after playing in silent films for three years from the age of 14,{{sfn|''Leicester Chronicle''; 21 Apr 1928}}{{sfn|ACT Playbill, 1939}} she decided to seek an engagement on the stage, even though she had no idea on how to obtain an audition.{{sfn|''Leicester Chronicle''; 3 May 1930}} She simply turned up at the Winter Garden Theatre in London, and was offered a place in the chorus where she gained experience in her chosen profession, under the stage name of '''Felice Lascelles'''.{{sfn|''Leicester Chronicle''; 3 May 1930}}

== Career == === 1922–1926: Chorus girl and understudy === Lascelles began her stage career touring in two plays by George Grossmith Jr. & J. A. E. Malone. First, as a chorus girl in ''The Cabaret Girl'' (1922–1923), starring Margaret Campbell and Norman Griffin, which opened at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1922,{{sfn|''Fleetwood Chronicle''; 29 Dec 1922}} and closed at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, on 8 December 1923.{{sfn|''London Daily Chronicle''; 4 Dec 1923}}{{efn-lr|name=cabaret |The touring schedule for ''The Cabaret Girl'' was split into two runs of 17 consecutive weeks each, with a break from 21 April (after the last show at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield{{sfn|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 16 Apr 1923}}) until 9 August (when the second run opened at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool{{sfn|''The Stage''; 9 Aug 1923}}). According to the ''Liverpool Evening Express'', Griffin had taken the opportunity of this break to return to the Winter Garden Theatre, London, and play his part of "Gravvins" there during the summer season.{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 10 Aug 1923}}}} In the second play, ''The Beauty Prize'' (1923–1924), which opened at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, on 24 December 1923{{sfn|''The Midlothian Journal''; 21 Dec 1923}} and closed at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester, on 3 May 1924{{sfn|''Manchester Evening News''; 29 Apr 1924}} for a total of 130 performances, she played the small role of Shinny Fane alongside Joan Lockton, Claude Hulbert and Peter Haddon. ''The Stage'' praised her performance in two reviews,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 7 Feb 1924}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 21 Feb 1924}} and the ''Liverpool Evening Express'' described her as "a young and promising Liverpool artiste."{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 5 Feb 1924}}

Lascelles toured with Jack Buchanan's company in both ''Toni'' (1924) and ''Boodle'' (1925).{{sfn|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}} She joined the chorus line in ''Toni'', which had initially been rehearsed during a trial week starting on 6 August 1923 at the Theatre Royal, Hanley,{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=211}}{{sfn|''Staffordshire Sentinel''; 7 Aug 1923}} followed immediately by a tour of 34 further venues{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=213}}{{efn-lr|name=charlot |Buchanan played the lead role in ''Toni'' from 6 August 1923 until the end of the shows at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 29 Nov 1923}} on Saturday 1 December 1923, when he left—temporarily—to join André Charlot's ''London Revue of 1924''.{{sfn|''Daily Mirror''; 1 Dec 1923}} This new show's trial week drew big audiences, including the Prince of Wales, at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, when it opened on Monday 3 December.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 6 Dec 1923}}{{sfn|''Leeds Mercury''; 7 Dec 1923}} The national tour of ''Toni'' resumed four weeks later at the Royal Theatre, Brighton, on Monday 24 December, with Leo Franklyn in the lead role.{{sfn|''Mid Sussex Times''; 25 Dec 1923}} On 17 December, André Charlot's company, numbering 42, with its principals—Buchanan, Beatrice Lillie, and Gertrude Lawrence—and its chorus of two dozen girls, left Waterloo station on the Southampton boat train,{{sfn|''Leeds Mercury''; 18 Dec 1923}} and sailed to America on the RMS ''Aquitania'' two days later.{{sfn|Moore|2005|p=79}} Their first performance was given at the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City on New Year's Eve, and relocated to the Times Square Theater, New York, a week later.{{sfn|''Leeds Mercury''; 7 Dec 1923}} Buchanan, having committed only to the minimum 16-week run, returned to London on 21 April 1924, for rehearsals of ''Toni'',{{sfn|Moore|2005|p=93}} scheduled to open its long run at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 12 May 1924.{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=213}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 15 May 1924}}}} that ended at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, on 5 May 1924,{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 1 May 1924}} right before its run of 248 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, from 12 May to 13 December 1924.{{sfn|UoL; ''Toni''}}{{sfn|Bulles Production; ''Toni''}}{{efn-lr|name=tonicast |Lascelles' role in ''Toni''{{sfn|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}} is not credited among the principal actors by Wearing,{{sfn|Wearing|2014|pp=213–214}} nor in any of the cast lists published for the trial week at the Theatre Royal, Hanley;{{sfn|''Staffordshire Sentinel''; 7 Aug 1923}} for the 34-venues nationwide tour; or for the London run at the Shaftesbury Theatre.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 15 May 1924}} She might therefore have been in the chorus line, either during the initial shows in late 1923, i.e. before the opening of ''The Beauty Prize'' on 24 December 1923 (in which she played Shinny Fane), or at the Shaftesbury Theatre during the second half of 1924, i.e. after the close of ''The Beauty Prize'' on 3 May 1924,{{sfn|''Manchester Evening News''; 29 Apr 1924}} and before the opening of ''Boodle'' on 26 December 1924 (in which she played Phyllis).{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Mar 1925}}}} Lascelles then played Phyllis in ''Boodle'',{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Mar 1925}} starring Buchanan, June Tripp and Elsie Randolph, which opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, on 26 December 1924, where it remained until 24 January 1925.{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Gazette''; 10 Jan 1925}} It then toured through Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hull, and Manchester, closing there on 7 March,{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=249}} and opened at the Empire Theatre, London, on 10 March{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Mar 1925}} for 94 performances, closing on 30 May 1925.{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=249}}

Later that year, Lascelles joined the cast of Charles B. Cochran's ''On With the Dance'', which starred Alice Delysia and Leonid Massine, and included songs by Noël Coward. In addition to playing a small, uncredited comedy part,{{efn-lr|name=uncredited |Lascelles' "small comedy part" in ''On with the Dance'' is not credited in Mander & Mitchenson.{{sfn|Mander|Mitchenson|2000|pp=128–139}}}} Lascelles understudied Hermione Baddeley for a year.{{sfn|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}} The show opened at the London Pavilion on 30 April and closed on 14 November, after 229 performances.{{sfn|Wearing|2014|pp=359–360}} Five days after its run ended, a new edition of this show—minus the Coward material—called ''Still Dancing'', opened at the same venue on 19 November, with the same cast, including Lascelles in several scenes, and Florence Desmond, with whom she was sharing a dressing room.{{sfn|ACT Playbill, 1939}} A preview, published in the ''Weekly Dispatch'' on 15 November, included her photo, captioned: "Felice Lascelles, to appear in ''Still Dancing'', the new revue at the Pavilion."{{sfn|''Weekly Dispatch''; 15 Nov 1925}} The show closed on 27 February 1926, after 114 performances.{{sfn|Wearing|2014|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=Felice+lascelles&source=bl&ots=egRGwJHfNM&sig=ACfU3U1hQdAAjhDJrdc0HjHctA1QYU6C2A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSvebf4MOBAxWtWEEAHQIEBOA4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=Felice%20lascelles&f=false 400–401]}}{{sfn|London Revues; ''Still Dancing''}}

=== 1926–1930: ''Kid Boots'' and ''Sunny'' === Lascelles was again part of a chorus in the 1926 run of ''Kid Boots'' at the Winter Garden, London,{{sfn|''Kid Boots'', London WGT}}{{sfn|Wearing|2014|p=[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_London_Stage_1920_1929/5vFEAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Felice+Lascelles%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA418&printsec=frontcover 418]}} when Leslie Henson saw her rehearsing as understudy to the leading lady and made her an offer of her first leading part as Polly{{sfn|''Daily Express''; 15 Jul 1926}}{{sfn|''Manchester Evening News''; 3 Aug 1926}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}}{{sfn|''Liverpool Post & Mercury''; 14 Sep 1926}} in that play's national tour,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Aug 1926}} which opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, on 16 August 1926,{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Gazette''; 9 Aug 1926}} and in which she sang "The Two Of Us" with Claude Bailey.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 2 Sep 1926}} In addition to Henson in the principal role, the initial cast included Robert Nainby, Guy Fane, Fedora Roselli, and Viola Compton, as well as the brother-and-sister duo of dancers, Eric & Rene Le Fre.{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Gazette''; 9 Aug 1926}} After the last show of ''Kid Boots'' at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, Lascelles switched to playing the part of Beth on 27 September at the King's Theatre, Glasgow{{sfn|''The Stage''; 30 Sep 1926}} and for the remainder of the tour,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 2 Dec 1926}}{{efn-lr |name=polly | The role of Polly was taken on by Annie Croft,{{sfn|''Daily Record''; 27 Sep 1926}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 30 Sep 1926}}{{sfn|''The Era''; 13 Oct 1926}} who held it until the last show in Bradford on 16 October 1926,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 14 Oct 1926}}{{sfn|''The Era''; 13 Oct 1926}} after which it was played by Margaret Campbell until the end of the tour.{{sfn|''Portsmouth Evening News''; 25 Oct 1926}}{{sfn|''Newcastle Daily Journal''; 18 Jan 1927}}}} which closed at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, on 29 January 1927,{{sfn|''Daily Express''; 25 Jan 1927}} for 157 performances.

Lascelles starred in the title role of Sunny Peters in the national tour of ''Sunny'' (1927–1930), presented by Jack Buchanan and Lee Ephraim,{{sfn|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 2 Jul 1927}} in which she sang "Who?", "Do You Love Me?", "The Wedding Knell", and "When we get our Divorce".{{sfn|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 28 Feb 1928}}{{sfn|''Sunny'', 1932}} After a dress rehearsal on Sunday night, 3 July 1927, personally conducted by Buchanan,{{sfn|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 9 Jul 1927}} the tour opened at the Hippodrome Theatre in Margate on 4 July.{{sfn|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 2 Jul 1927}} The cast included Max Kirby (in Buchanan's original role of Jim Demming{{sfn|Marshall|1979|p=248}}), Rex Rodgers, Naylor Grimson, George Neil, Ethel Stewart, Kathleen Burgess, and Iris White as principal dancer. The whole company was deemed about the strongest on the road, with over 70 people: performers, bandsmen, stage carpenters, baggage men, flymen, wardrobe women and dressmakers. Nineteen tons of scenery and electrical effects were carried in seven railway carriages, including one for the horse and the dogs.{{sfn|''Eastbourne Gazette''; 27 Jul 1927}} This musical comedy was so popular that the partnership of Ephraim and Buchanan had two companies—identified as companies A and B in ''The Stage''—touring it simultaneously in the provinces and some London boroughs.{{efn-lr |name=twocomps |'''Company A''', starring Lalla Collins—who had been understudy to Binnie Hale as "Sunny" at the London Hippodrome{{sfn|''London Evening News''; 24 Nov 1926}}—in the title role, was assembled in late 1926 and had a run of 24 consecutive weeks in 10 venues, opening at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, on 13 December 1926,{{sfn|''The Era''; 22 Dec 1926}} and closing at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on 28 May 1927.{{sfn|''The Era''; 25 May 1927}} After a break, that company resumed touring at the King's Theatre, Southsea, on 1 August 1927, with Elsa Brown taking over as "Sunny",{{sfn|''Portsmouth Evening News''; 9 Aug 1927}} during an intermittent run that closed on 28 April 1928 at the Borough Theatre, Stratford.{{sfn|''East London Observer''; 21 Apr 1928}} '''Company B''', starring Lascelles as "Sunny", was assembled in time to open at the Hippodrome Theatre, Margate, on 4 July 1927,{{sfn|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 9 Jul 1927}} for a long tour that closed at the Hippodrome Theatre, Ilford, on 31 May 1930.{{sfn|''Surrey Advertiser''; 21 May 1930}} In 1932, Lee Ephraim organised a new, one-week tour at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow (6–11 June 1932), with Lalla Collins returning as "Sunny".{{sfn|''The Stage''; 9 Jun 1932}} Lascelles reprised the role for a final time during Lee Ephraim's short, year-end seasonal run from 24 December 1932 to 21 January 1933.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 25 Dec 1932}}}} Lascelles' company B did so for nearly three years, closing at the Hippodrome in Ilford on 31 May 1930,{{sfn|''Surrey Advertiser''; 21 May 1930}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 29 May 1930}} with Lascelles performing throughout the whole run, except for an absence of ten weeks due to illness, from 26 December 1927 until 27 February 1928, during which Pearl Greene stood in for her.{{sfn|''Dundee Evening Telegraph''; 28 Dec 1927}}{{sfn|''Derby Daily Telegraph''; 11 Apr 1928}}{{efn-lr|name=unwell |Lascelles became unwell during the Monday, 26 December 1927 performance at the King's Theatre in Dundee and her understudy, a 17-year old chorus girl named Miss Boulson, stood in for part of the show and again full time the next day, when Lascelles was rushed to the Dundee Infirmary to undergo emergency surgery for appendicitis.{{sfn|''Dundee Evening Telegraph''; 28 Dec 1927}} On Saturday 7 January 1928, Pearl Greene took over the lead role of Sunny from Boulson for the last day of the Dundee run,{{sfn|''Dundee Evening Telegraph''; 6 Jan 1928}} and for the following eight weeks, at: the Empire in South Shields (9 January);{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Jan 1928|loc=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19280112/037/0015 p. 15; col.4]}} the Empire in West Hartlepool (16 January);{{sfn|''The Stage''; 12 Jan 1928|loc=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19280112/005/0001 p. 1; col.4]}} the Opera House in Middlesbrough (23 January);{{sfn|''Newcastle Daily Chronicle''; 24 Jan 1928}} the Hippodrome in Darlington (30 January);{{sfn|''The Stage''; 2 Feb 1928}} the Theatre Royal in York (6 February);{{sfn|''Yorkshire Post''; 8 Feb 1928}} the Grand Theatre in Hull (13 February){{sfn|''Hull Daily Mail''; 14 Feb 1928}} and the Hippodrome in Huddersfield (20 February),{{sfn|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 21 Feb 1928}} after which Lascelles returned to the role on 27 February 1928, at the Theatre Royal in Halifax.{{sfn|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 28 Feb 1928}} }}

=== 1930–1932: ''Goldilocks'' to ''Goody Two-Shoes'' === Lascelles' first leading appearance in pantomime was as Goldilocks in ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' (1929–1930),{{sfn|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}} in which she sang "Tip-Toes",{{sfn|''Evening Despatch''; 27 Dec 1929}} and Elsie Prince was Principal boy (Roland).{{sfn|''The Stage''; 5 Dec 1929}} This show opened at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 21 December 1929 and closed there on 1 February 1930, after eight weeks.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 5 Dec 1929}} One week into the run, the reviewer for the ''Sunday Mercury''—"Astra"—commented on Lascelles' performance: "''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' is her first experience in pantomime, and she has made good. It would be difficult to find a more graceful principal girl."{{sfn|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}}

For most of 1931, Lascelles joined the national tour of ''Darling, I Love You'', a musical comedy starring Gus McNaughton, in which she played Peggy Sylvester, the show's heroine, after taking over from Elsie Arnold{{sfn|''The Stage''; 4 Dec 1930}} for her first performance in that role at the Theatre Royal, Huddersfield, on 19 January.{{sfn|''Halifax Evening Courier ''; 20 Jan 1931}} When the show was at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, for the second week after Lascelles joined the tour, the reviewer for the ''Liverpool Echo'' reported that: "Miss Felice Lascelles, a pretty and graceful heroine in voice and presence, learned in a tribute of flowers how Merseyside rejoices in the success of its local talent."{{sfn|''Liverpool Echo''; 27 Jan 1931}} By the time the company reached the Empress Theatre, Brixton, on 23 November 1931, Lascelles had passed the role of Peggy on to Lillian Newman.{{sfn|''Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder''; 27 Nov 1931}}

For that year's winter season, she had been pre-announced for the role of principal girl in the pantomime adaptation of ''Robinson Crusoe''.{{sfn|''Huddersfield Daily Examiner''; 12 Nov 1931}} However, she joined another pantomime instead, ''Goody Two-Shoes'', which opened at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, on 26 December 1931.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 19 Nov 1931}} She played the lead role of Goody,{{sfn|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 10 Dec 1932}} and Irene Lister was the Principal boy (Colin).{{sfn|''The Stage''; 19 Nov 1931}} In that role, she sang solo: "Tie a little string about your finger", "Prince Charming", and "All Change for Happiness", as well as duets with Lister: "For You" and "Close Your Eyes".{{sfn|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 28 Dec 1932}} The show closed on 13 February 1932, after 69 performances.{{sfn|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 26 Jan 1932}}

=== 1932–1933: ''Stand Up and Sing'' to ''Follow the Girl'' === After taking a long break around the birth of her daughter in June 1932,{{sfn|''Liverpool Daily Post''; 16 Jun 1932}} Lascelles returned to the stage in October of that year, playing the role of Ena in the national tour of ''Stand Up and Sing'',{{sfn|''The Stage''; 8 Dec 1932}} in which she sang "Mercantile Marine" and "Take It or Leave It".{{sfn|''Belfast Telegraph''; 15 Nov 1932}} This run opened at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, on 31 October 1932,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 3 Nov 1932}} and was suspended after the 10 December show at the Empire Theatre, Leeds, to be merged into the Christmas season organised by Lee Ephraim at the Empire Theatre in Newcastle (see next paragraph).{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 8 Jan 1933}} On Saturday, 3 December 1932,{{sfn|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 3 Dec 1932}} Lascelles and Eric Fawcett—among other members of the cast of ''Stand Up and Sing'' and other theatrical companies—volunteered to appear in a charity special matinee performance at the Empire Theatre, Sheffield, in aid of Sheffield Council of Social Service, in which they sang the amusing duet "It's Not You".{{sfn|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 5 Dec 1932}}

During Lee Ephraim's ''Musical Comedy Season'', which took place from 24 December 1932 to 21 January 1933 at the Empire Theatre in Newcastle,{{sfn|''The Era''; 14 Dec 1932}} Lascelles was part of a company of 80 artists assembled to perform in three of Jack Buchanan's musical comedy shows in succession over four weeks: ''Sunny'', ''That's a Good Girl'', and ''Stand Up and Sing''.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 18 Dec 1932}} At the end of the first performance of ''Sunny'' on 24 December, after Lascelles had reprised her leading role of Sunny for the first time in nearly two years, the delighted audience called for repeated curtains and Eric Fawcett—who played Jack Buchanan's original part of Jim Demming—addressed the audience in appreciation.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 25 Dec 1932}} For the second of these three shows, opening on 2 January 1933, Lascelles debuted her role of Moya Malone in ''That's a Good Girl'', in which she sang "Fancy Our Meeting" with Eric Hodges as Francis Moray,{{sfn|''That's A Good Girl'', 1933}} and the principals were Fawcett as Bill Barrow and Ethel Stewart as Joy Dean.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 1 Jan 1933}} For the third show, opening on 9 January 1933, Lascelles played the role of Mary Clyde-Burkin in ''Stand Up and Sing'',{{sfn|''Stand Up and Sing'', 1933}} departing from her usual role of Ena which was, on this run, performed instead by Ethel Stewart, who had originally played it opposite Jack Buchanan.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 8 Jan 1933}} The fourth and final week, opening on 16 January 1933, was divided between re-runs of ''Sunny'' and ''That's a Good Girl'', with three consecutive days allocated to each play.{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 15 Jan 1933}} Later in 1933, Lascelles was "the girl" in ''Follow the Girl'', a show that was well received but ran for only three weeks, one each at the Palace Theatre in Halifax on 30 October,{{sfn|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 31 Oct 1933}} at the Opera House in Blackpool on 20 November,{{sfn|''Blackpool Times''; 17 Nov 1933}}{{sfn|''Blackpool Times''; 24 Nov 1933}} and at the Theatre Royal in Brighton on 27 November.{{sfn|''Mid Sussex Times''; 28 Nov 1933}}

=== 1935–1936: Concert party and Variety shows === On 17 June 1935,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 20 Jun 1935}} Lascelles and her husband George Neil joined one of Will Seymour's ''Bubbles'' concert party companies{{efn-lr |name=bubbles |Will Seymour was a theatre actor, producer and director who, in the spring and summer of 1935, ran two separate concert party companies presenting ''Bubbles''. '''Company 1''' played a trial week at the South Parade Pier in Southsea on 20 May,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 23 May 1935}} before opening for their third consecutive summer residency{{sfn|''The Stage''; 4 Apr 1935}} at the Grove Park Pavilion, Weston-Super-Mare, on 8 June,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 13 Jun 1935}} closing on 30 September.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 5 Sep 1935}} Its artists, directed by Will Seymour, were: Connie Clive, Helen Brothers, Madeline Rossiter, Douglas Young, Trevor Watkins, Harry Brunning, Peggy and Betty Nicholls, and Seymour himself, with Winifred Swinford at the piano.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 23 May 1935}} '''Company 2''' played a trial week at the Princess Pier in Torquay on 17 June,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 20 Jun 1935}} prior to opening their own summer season's residency at the Victoria Pavilion in Ilfracombe on 1 July,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 1 Aug 1935}} closing on 21 September.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 5 Sep 1935}} Its artists, directed by George Neil, were: Gwen Adeler, Eileen Cusack, Felice Lascelles, Harry Turner, and Neil himself, with Jacqueline & Leo Conriche at the pianos.{{sfn|''Western Morning News''; 9 Jul 1935}}}} for a trial week at the Princess Pier in Torquay, with Lascelles playing a soubrette and dancer, and Neil directing as well as performing light comedy. On 1 July,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 1 Aug 1935}} the show relocated to the Victoria Pavilion, Ilfracombe, for the summer season's residency, closing on 21 September after 12 weeks.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 5 Sep 1935}} Their performance was also relayed on regional radio, at 8pm on 9 July.{{sfn|''Western Morning News''; 9 Jul 1935}}{{sfn|BBC Archive; 9 Jul 1935}}

The following year, Lascelles appeared as herself, performing in the ''Gaiety Whirl of 1936'', a yearly variety show organised by Ben Popplewell & Sons Ltd. at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr for the whole summer, opening on 8 June and closing on 3 October, totalling 204 performances.{{sfn|''Gaiety Whirl'', Summer 1936}}{{sfn|''Daily Record''; 28 May 1936}}{{sfn|''Gaiety Whirl''; 28 Sep 1936}} However, she left the show on 26 September,{{sfn|''The Stage''; 17 Sep 1936}} before the final week at Ayr, where she was replaced by Caprice Proud{{sfn|''The Stage''; 24 Sep 1936}} who remained with the company when they went on a short tour at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh (5–17 October){{sfn|''The Stage''; 8 Oct 1936}} and at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow (19–31 October).{{sfn|''The Stage''; 22 Oct 1936}}

=== 1938–1940: ''Venus In Silk'' to ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' === Lascelles was Mizzi in ''Venus In Silk'' (1938),{{sfn|''Bradford Observer''; 22 Mar 1938}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 31 Mar 1938}} a musical comedy written by Robert Stolz and starring Carl Brisson, Kitty Reidy, Leo Franklyn, and Arthur Rigby.{{sfn|''Hampshire Telegraph''; 28 Jan 1938}} In this role, she sang three songs with Franklyn's Lt. Ladislaus: "One Will Do For Two", "Get Your Man", and "We'll Hire a Skiff".{{sfn|''Venus in Silk''; 15 Nov 1937}} Although it had been intended for a West End production, the show stayed away from London because of the war,{{sfn|Gänzl|1986|p=473}} but toured in the provinces, opening at the Kings Theatre, Southsea on 30 January 1938 and closing at the Opera House Theatre, Blackpool on 23 April, for a total of 96 performances.{{sfn|''Lancashire Evening Post''; 5 Apr 1938}}

When World War II broke out in September 1939, Lascelles had been in South Africa{{sfn|''London Evening News''; 20 Jun 1939}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 22 Jun 1939}}{{sfn|''The Stage''; 27 Jul 1939}} and Rhodesia{{sfn|''Huddersfield Daily Examiner''; 19 Jul 1939}} with Leslie Henson's Gaiety Company since June of that year,{{sfn|''Evening Despatch''; 10 May 1939}} performing in ''Going Greek''{{efn-lr |name=goinggreek |''Going Greek'' was a musical comedy in two acts, by Guy Bolton, Fred Thomson, and Douglas Furber, directed by Leslie Henson & Herbert Bryan, with lyrics and music by Sam Lerner, Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman, and choreography by Jack Donohue. It had been produced at Blackpool under the management of Leslie Henson on 30 August 1937 for two weeks, then opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 16 September 1937 for a run of 303 performances, closing on 11 June 1938.{{sfn|Gänzl|1986|p=475}} On the 1939 South African tour, the cast included Henson, Lascelles and her husband George Neil, Richard Hearne, Ivy Tresmand, Gavin Gordon, Rosalind Atkinson, Richard Caldicot, John E. Coyle, George Nelson, and Leslie Spurling, with choreography arranged by Pat Gaunt.{{sfn|''Swing Along'', 1939}}}} and ''Swing Along'',{{efn-lr |name=swingalong |''Swing Along'' was a musical comedy in two acts, also by Guy Bolton, Fred Thomson, and Douglas Furber, directed by Leslie Henson & Herbert Bryan, with lyrics by Graham John, music by Martin Broones, and choreography by Fred Lord. It had been produced at the Opera House, Manchester, under the management of Firth Shephard on 17 August 1936 for two weeks, then opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 2 September 1936 for a run of 311 performances, closing on 5 June 1937.{{sfn|Gänzl|1986|p=454}} On the 1939 South African tour, the cast was the same as in ''Going Greek'', with Lascelles playing the role of "Miami",{{sfn|''Swing Along'', 1939}} which had been performed by Zelma O'Neal in London.{{sfn|''Swing Along'', 1936}}}}{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 3 Dec 1939}} on a tour that was scheduled to end in late autumn.{{sfn|''The Stage''; 20 Jul 1939}} But on {{Nowrap|1 September}}, they left for England on a blacked-out liner, the ''Windsor Castle''.{{sfn|''Lincolnshire Echo''; 3 Oct 1939}} During the voyage, which ended on {{Nowrap|26 September}},{{sfn|''Lincolnshire Echo''; 3 Oct 1939}} the company entertained the other passengers,{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 3 Dec 1939}} as well as the crews of three naval vessels one afternoon on 15 September, during a stay in port at Sierra Leone for seven days while waiting for a warship to escort the liner back to England.{{sfn|''Lincolnshire Echo''; 3 Oct 1939}}{{sfn|''Sunday Sun''; 3 Dec 1939}}

Back in England, Lascelles played the role of Tilly alongside Billy Tasker and Helen Barnes in ''The Fleet's Lit Up'', which opened at the Hippodrome, Birmingham, on 20 November 1939,{{sfn|''Birmingham Gazette''; 22 Nov 1939}} and closed at the Empire Theatre, Nottingham, on 9 December, after 39 performances.{{sfn|''Nottingham Journal''; 5 Dec 1939}} Her final appearance on stage was as the Princess in that Christmas season's pantomime adaptation of ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, with Elsie Prince in the role of Aladdin; this show ran from 26 December 1939{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 27 Dec 1939}} to 27 January 1940, for 44 performances.{{sfn|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 16 Jan 1940}}

== Personal life == In January 1927, Lascelles secretly married actor George Anderson Neil in Newcastle when they were on tour in ''Kid Boots''{{sfn|''Derby Daily Telegraph''; 11 Apr 1928}} at the Empire Theatre, from 27 December 1926 until 22 January 1927.{{sfn|''Newcastle Daily Chronicle''; 6 Dec 1926}} At the time, Neil had been her fellow principal in that show, and later in ''Sunny''.{{sfn|''Derby Daily Telegraph''; 11 Apr 1928}} They had a daughter, Susan Neil, born on 13 June 1932,{{sfn|''Liverpool Daily Post''; 16 Jun 1932}} who also became an actress.{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=35}} From a second marriage to Archibald Kennedy Irvine in 1941, Lascelles gave birth on 14 June 1942 to a son, Andrew, who started out as a child actor in 1950 and performed on stage, in film, and on TV.{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=35–37}} As a teenager, he also studied classical guitar{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=36}} and eventually moved to Ireland in 1962, where he carried on acting for a while before changing careers to become a folk musician, known as Andy Irvine.{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|pp=41–43}}

Lascelles died of cancer on 29 April 1961.{{sfn|''A. Irvine Biography''}}{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=41}}

{{blockquote|text=She had a great collection of 78s, songs from long-forgotten musical comedies that I listened to on a wind-up gramophone. She was wonderful. Regretfully, I didn't listen enough to all the stories she had when she was alive. She always had to be the centre of attention. As I always say about her: she may have given up the stage, but she never stopped acting!|author=Andy Irvine|title=''The Humours of Planxty''|source="The Child Actor", by Leagues O'Toole (2006).{{sfn|O'Toole|2006|p=36}} }}

==Works== ===Musical theatre=== {{Further|List of performances by Felice Lascelles}} {{div col}} * ''The Cabaret Girl'' (1922–1923) – (Chorus girl) * ''The Beauty Prize'' (1923–1924) – Shinny Fane * ''Toni'' (1924) – (Small part, uncredited / Chorus) * ''Boodle'' (1925) – Phyllis * ''On with the Dance'' (1925) – (Small part, uncredited / understudy to Hermione Baddeley) * ''Still Dancing'' (1925–1926) – One of the Ladies * ''Kid Boots'' (1926–1927) – Chorus girl / understudy (London run); first Polly, then Beth (National tour) * ''Sunny'' (1927–1930) – Sunny Peters * ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' (1929–1930) – Goldilocks * ''Darling I Love You'' (1931) – Peggy Sylvester * ''Goody Two-Shoes'' (1931–1932) – Goody * ''Stand up and Sing'' (1932) – Ena / Mary Clyde-Burkin * ''That's a Good Girl'' (1933) – Moya Malone * ''Follow the Girl'' (1933) – Girl * ''Bubbles'' (1935) – Soubrette and dancer * ''Gaiety Whirl of 1936'' (1936) – As herself * ''Venus In Silk'' (1938) – Mizzi * ''Going Greek'' (1939) – (Unknown) * ''Swing Along'' (1939) – Miami * ''The Fleet's Lit Up'' (1939) – Tilly * ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' (1939–1940) – Princess {{div col end}}

===Partial filmography=== In an interview with the ''Liverpool Evening Express'' in September 1926, Lascelles said that she "has acted on many occasions for the films, but prefers the stage, and in particular musical comedy."{{sfn|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}} In an April 1928 interview with the ''Leicester Chronicle'', she stated having acted in film for three years and that, although quite young, she often played older roles, adding that, at 15, she played a mother of three.{{sfn|''Leicester Chronicle''; 21 Apr 1928}} In 1939, a theatre programme featuring her mini-biography mentioned that, at the age of 14, she was made up to look like a young woman of 28.{{sfn|ACT Playbill, 1939}} {{div col}} * ''Love and the Whirlwind'' (1922){{sfn|''The Motion Picture Studio''; 13 May 1922}} {{div col end}}

== References == === Explanatory footnotes === {{notelist-lr |colwidth=1 |refs= }}

=== Citations === {{reflist|25em}}

===Sources=== ====Books==== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite book |last= Gänzl |first= Kurt |author-link= Kurt Gänzl |title= The British Musical Theatre. 1915–1984 |volume= II |date= 1986 |edition= 1st |type= hardcover |location= Basingstoke & London |publisher= Macmillan Press Ltd |isbn= 978-0-333-39744-2 }} * {{cite book |last1= Mander |first1= Raymond |last2= Mitchenson |first2= Joe |authorlink= Mander and Mitchenson |others= Barry Day and Sheridan Morley |year= 2000 |orig-year= 1957 |title= Theatrical Companion to Coward |edition= 2nd |type= hardcover |location= London |publisher= Oberon Books |isbn= 978-1-84002-054-0 }} * {{cite book |last= Marshall |first= Michael |others= Foreword by Fred Astaire |year= 1979 |orig-year= 1978 |title= Top Hat and Tails - The story of Jack Buchanan |edition= 2nd |chapter= Career of Jack Buchanan  |type= hardcover |location= London |publisher= Elm Tree Books |isbn= 978-0-241-89602-0 }}

* {{cite book |last= Moore |first= James Ross |year= 2005 |title= André Charlot - The Genius of Intimate Musical Revue |edition= 1st |type= softcover |location= Jefferson, NC, and London |publisher= McFarland & Company |isbn= 978-0-7864-1774-2 }}

* {{cite book |last= O'Toole |first= Leagues |date= 2006 |title= The Humours of Planxty |edition= 1st |type= hardcover |location= Dublin |publisher= Hodder Headline |isbn= 978-0-340-83796-2 }} * {{cite book |last= Wearing |first= J. P. |author-link= J. P. Wearing |title= The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |date= 2014 |edition= 2nd |type= hardcover |location= Lanham, MD |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn= 978-0-8108-9301-6 }} {{refend}}

==== Theatre programmes/playbills ==== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Kid Boots |chapter= Cast list |date=  |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= London |publisher= Winter Garden Theatre |page= 9 |quote= Members of the Ensemble : Ladies : Felice Lascelles. |ref= {{sfnref|''Kid Boots'', London WGT}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Sunny |chapter= Cast list |date= 24 December 1932 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Newcastle |publisher= Newcastle Empire Theatre |page= (Unnumbered) |quote= 'Sunny Peters' : Felice Lascelles. |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunny'', 1932}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= That's A Good Girl |chapter= Cast list |date= 2 January 1933 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Newcastle |publisher= Newcastle Empire Theatre |page= (Unnumbered) |quote= 'Moya Malone' : Felice Lascelles |ref= {{sfnref|''That's A Good Girl'', 1933}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Stand Up and Sing |chapter= Cast list |date= 9 January 1933 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Newcastle |publisher= Newcastle Empire Theatre |page= (Unnumbered) |quote= 'Mary Clyde-Burkin' : Felice Lascelles |ref= {{sfnref|''Stand Up and Sing'', 1933}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Gaiety Whirl of 1936 |date= 1936 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Ayr, UK |publisher= Ayr Gaiety Theatre |page= 3 |quote= Throughout the Summer Season. Twice nightly 6.50 and 9.00 |others= Felice Lascelles |url= https://archive.thegaiety.co.uk/archive/programmes/1930s-0/t1-2-2-d/1155048 |access-date= 29 June 2023 |ref= {{sfnref|''Gaiety Whirl'', Summer 1936}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Swing Along |chapter= Cast list |date= 1936 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= London |publisher= Gaiety Theatre |page= (Unnumbered) |quote= 'Miami' : Zelma O'Neal |url= https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b70AAOSwEeFVAKar/s-l1600.jpg |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250303140845/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b70AAOSwEeFVAKar/s-l1600.jpg |archive-date= 3 March 2025 |access-date= 3 March 2025 |ref= {{sfnref|''Swing Along'', 1936}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Venus in Silk |date= 15 November 1937 |medium= Theatre programme |location= Birmingham |publisher= Theatre Royal |page= 3 |quote= Songs by Ladilsaus and Mizzi: "One Will Do For Two", "Get Your Man", "We'll Hire a Skiff". |url= https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153883716421 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240509110140/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/f5EAAOSwX9FZEixV/s-l960.jpg |archive-date= 9 May 2024 |ref = {{sfnref|''Venus in Silk''; 15 Nov 1937}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Swing Along |chapter= Cast list |date= 1939 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Johannesburg, SA |publisher= African Consolidated Theatres Limited |page= (Unnumbered) |quote= 'Miami' : Felice Lascelles.  |ref= {{sfnref|''Swing Along'', 1939}} }} * {{cite book |author=  |title= Swing Along |chapter= Felice Lascelles |date= 1939 |medium= Theatre programme/playbill |location= Johannesburg, SA |publisher= African Consolidated Theatres Limited |page= (Unnumbered) |id= Short biography  |ref= {{sfnref|ACT Playbill, 1939}} }} {{refend}}

==== Magazines and newspapers ==== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite news |title= The Gollies |date= 13 June 1912 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 1,630 |page= 19; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19120613/062/0019 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 9 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 13 Jun 1912}} }} * {{cite magazine |title= Where they are — and what they are doing |date= 13 May 1922 |magazine= The Motion Picture Studio |location= London |publisher= Odhams Press |volume= 1 |issue= 49 |page= 12; col.1  |url= https://archive.org/details/motionpicturestu01unse/page/n807/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date= 30 June 2023 |via= Internet Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Motion Picture Studio''; 13 May 1922}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Cabaret Girl' - Grand Theatre, Blackpool |date= 29 December 1922 |newspaper= Fleetwood Chronicle |department= Blackpool Entertainments. |location= Fleetwood |issue= 5,315 |page= 7; col.5–6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003239/19221229/104/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 20 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Fleetwood Chronicle''; 29 Dec 1922}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Cabaret Girl' - Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield |date= 16 April 1923 |newspaper= Sheffield Daily Telegraph |department= Theatres And Music Halls. |location= Sheffield |issue= 21,135 |page= 1; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19230416/012/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 16 Apr 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Toni' - Theatre Royal, Hanley |date= 7 August 1923 |newspaper= Staffordshire Sentinel |department= Amusements |location= Stoke-on-Trent |issue= 18,354 |page= 2; col.3–4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000347/19230807/038/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 14 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Staffordshire Sentinel''; 7 Aug 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Cabaret Girl' - Grand Theatre, Blackpool |date= 9 August 1923 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Provinces. |location= London |issue= 2,212 |page= 4; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19230809/017/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 18 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 9 Aug 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Cabaret Girl' - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool |date= 10 August 1923 |newspaper= Liverpool Evening Express |department= Round and About Stageland. |location= Liverpool |issue= 16,216 |page= 6; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000771/19230810/006/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 18 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 10 Aug 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Toni' - Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton |date= 29 November 1923 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Provinces. |location= London |issue= 2,228 |page= 24; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19231129/012/0024 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 29 Nov 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= For America |date= 1 December 1923 |newspaper= Daily Mirror |department= To-Day's Gossip |location= London |volume= |issue= 6,264 |page= 7; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19231201/085/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Daily Mirror''; 1 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Cabaret Girl' - King's Theatre, Hammersmith |date= 4 December 1923 |newspaper= London Daily Chronicle |location= London |issue= 19,272 |page= 10; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19231204/182/0010 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 20 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''London Daily Chronicle''; 4 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'André Charlot's London Revue of 1924' - Hippodrome, Golders Green |date= 6 December 1923 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Variety Stage - London Halls |location= London |issue= 2,229 |page= 12; col.4–5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19231206/029/0012 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 6 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= The Prince At A Revue |date= 7 December 1923 |newspaper= Leeds Mercury |location= Leeds |issue= 26,240 |page= 2; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19231207/015/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Leeds Mercury''; 7 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= Taking Revue to US |date= 18 December 1923 |newspaper= Nottingham Journal |location= Nottingham |issue= 30,595 |page= 5; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19231218/095/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Leeds Mercury''; 18 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Beauty Prize' - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh |date= 21 December 1923 |newspaper= The Midlothian Journal |department= |location= Portobello |volume= |issue= 2,558 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002721/19231221/018/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 10 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Midlothian Journal''; 21 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Toni' - Theatre Royal, Brighton |date= 25 December 1923 |newspaper= Mid Sussex Times |department= Brighton Amusements. |location= Chichester |issue= 2,242 |page= 7; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001598/19231225/155/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Mid Sussex Times''; 25 Dec 1923}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Beauty Prize' - Royal Court, Liverpool |date= 5 February 1924 |newspaper= Liverpool Evening Express |department= Plays and Players |location= Liverpool |issue= 16,368 |page= 3; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000771/19240205/003/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 8 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 5 Feb 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Beauty Prize' - Royal Court, Liverpool |date= 7 February 1924 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,238 |page= 17; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19240207/043/0017 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 7 Feb 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Beauty Prize' - Royal Theatre, Newcastle-On-Tyne |date= 21 February 1924 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Provinces |location= London |issue= 2,240 |page= 20; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19240221/020/0020 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 16 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 21 Feb 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Beauty Prize' - Prince's Theatre, Manchester |date= 29 April 1924 |newspaper= Manchester Evening News |department= Theatres &c. |location= Manchester |issue= 17,175 |page= 1; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000272/19240429/001/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Manchester Evening News''; 29 Apr 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Toni' - Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham |date= 1 May 1924 |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Post |location= Birmingham |issue= 20,557 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19240501/001/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 13 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 1 May 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Toni' - Shaftesbury Theatre, London |date= 15 May 1924 |newspaper= The Stage |department= London Theatres. |location= London |issue= 2,252 |page= 16; col.2–3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19240515/042/0016 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 14 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 15 May 1924}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Boodle' - Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham |date= 10 January 1925 |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Gazette |department= Stage Gossip |location= Birmingham |issue= 25,209 |page= 3; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19250110/065/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 14 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Daily Gazette''; 10 Jan 1925}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Boodle' - Empire Theatre, London |date= 12 March 1925 |newspaper= The Stage |department= London Theatres. |location= London |issue= 2,295 |page= 18; col.1–2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19250312/050/0018 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 13 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 12 Mar 1925}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Still Dancing!' - Pavilion, London |date= 15 November 1925 |newspaper= Weekly Dispatch |department= Vital Choice for Musical Comedy |location= London |issue= 6,474 |page= 11; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19251115/205/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Weekly Dispatch''; 15 Nov 1925}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - On Tour Again / Felice Lascelles in the lead |date= 15 July 1926 |newspaper= Daily Express |department= The Talk of London. |location= London |issue= 8,181 |page= 4; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004848/19260715/152/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 21 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Daily Express''; 15 Jul 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= Chorus to Lead |date= 29 July 1926 |newspaper= Liverpool Post & Mercury |location= Liverpool |issue= 22,188 |page= 9; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000649/19260729/009/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Post & Mercury''; 29 Jul 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= A New Leading Lady (+Photo) |date= 3 August 1926 |newspaper= Manchester Evening News |location= Manchester |issue= 17,877 |page= 3; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19260803/113/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 30 June 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Manchester Evening News''; 3 Aug 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham |date= 9 August 1926 |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Gazette |location= Birmingham |issue= 25,698 |page= 4; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19260809/060/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 21 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Daily Gazette''; 9 Aug 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - Palace Theatre, Manchester |date= 2 September 1926 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour |location= London |issue= 2,370 |page= 1; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19260902/005/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 2 Sep 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= WALLASEY GIRL STAR |date= 14 September 1926 |newspaper= Liverpool Evening Express |location= Liverpool |issue= 17,173 |page= 3; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000771/19260914/003/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 8 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Evening Express''; 14 Sep 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' Tour |date= 12 August 1926 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Chit Chat. |location= London |issue= 2,367 |page= 12; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19260812/047/0012 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 23 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 12 Aug 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - Empire Theatre, Liverpool |date= 14 September 1926 |newspaper= Liverpool Post & Mercury |location= Liverpool |issue= 22,228 |page= 1; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000649/19260914/001/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Post & Mercury''; 14 Sep 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - King's Theatre, Glasgow |date= 27 September 1926 |newspaper= Daily Record |department= The Theatres, Etc. |location= Glasgow |issue= 24,860 |page= 11; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19260927/011/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 21 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Daily Record''; 27 Sep 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - King's Theatre, Glasgow |date= 30 September 1926 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour. |location= London |issue= 2,374 |page= 23; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19260930/076/0023 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 19 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 30 Sep 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= Annie Croft sings "I'd climb the highest mountain" (Glasgow) |date= 13 October 1926 |newspaper= The Era |department= Songs and Singers. |location= London |volume= 90 |issue= 4,593 |page= 19; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19261013/230/0019 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 24 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Era''; 13 Oct 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - Alhambra, Bradford |date= 14 October 1926 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour. |location= London |issue= 2,376 |page= 20; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19261014/065/0020 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 24 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 14 Oct 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - King's Theatre, Southsea |date= 25 October 1926 |newspaper= Portsmouth Evening News |location= Portsmouth |issue= 17,196 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19261025/001/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 21 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Portsmouth Evening News''; 25 Oct 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= Talent in the Chorus |date= 24 November 1926 |newspaper= London Evening News |location= London |issue= 14,018 |page= 9; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003286/19261124/158/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 27 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''London Evening News''; 24 Nov 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - King's Theatre, Edinburgh |date= 2 December 1926 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,383 |page= 4; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19261202/015/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 13 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 2 Dec 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' - Empire Theatre, Newcastle |date= 6 December 1926 |newspaper= Newcastle Daily Chronicle |location= Newcastle |issue= 21,421 |page= 2; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001714/19261206/002/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 11 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Newcastle Daily Chronicle''; 6 Dec 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow |date= 22 December 1926 |newspaper= The Era |department= Looking Round. |location= London |volume= 90 |issue= 4,603 |page= 5; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19261222/052/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 27 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Era''; 22 Dec 1926}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' & 'Sunny' - Empire Theatre, Newcastle |date= 18 January 1927 |newspaper= Newcastle Daily Journal |location= Newcastle |issue= 25,250 |page= 1; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002444/19270118/174/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 19 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Newcastle Daily Journal''; 18 Jan 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Kid Boots' & 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Golders Green |date= 25 January 1927 |newspaper= Daily Express |location= London |issue= 8,345 |page= 8; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004848/19270125/184/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 11 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Daily Express''; 25 Jan 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Palace Theatre, Manchester |date= 25 May 1927 |newspaper= The Era |department= The Provinces. |location= London |volume= 90 |issue= 4,625 |page= 6; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19270525/095/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 28 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Era''; 25 May 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Margate |date= 2 July 1927 |newspaper= Isle of Thanet Gazette |department= Entertainments, Etc. |location= Margate |volume= 58 |issue= 2,992 |page= 7; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001772/19270702/096/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 2 Jul 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Margate |date= 9 July 1927 |newspaper= Isle of Thanet Gazette |location= Margate |volume= 58 |issue= 2,993 |page= 7; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001772/19270709/108/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 20 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Isle of Thanet Gazette''; 9 Jul 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne |date= 27 July 1927 |newspaper= Eastbourne Gazette |location= Eastbourne |issue= 3,340 |page= 6; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001928/19270727/070/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 9 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Eastbourne Gazette''; 27 Jul 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - King's Theatre, Southsea |date= 9 August 1927 |newspaper= Portsmouth Evening News |department= Round Of The Theatres |location= Portsmouth |issue= 17,441 |page= 6; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19270809/120/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 11 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Portsmouth Evening News''; 9 Aug 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= Principal Actress In 'Sunny' Removed to Dundee Infirmary. Undergoes an Operation. |date= 28 December 1927 |newspaper= Dundee Evening Telegraph |location= Dundee |issue= 15,939 |page= 1; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19271228/007/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 28 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Dundee Evening Telegraph''; 28 Dec 1927}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' |date= 6 January 1928 |newspaper= Dundee Evening Telegraph |location= Dundee |issue= 15,947 |page= 3; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19280106/036/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 28 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Dundee Evening Telegraph''; 6 Jan 1928}} }} * {{cite news |last= Glover |first= James M. |title= The Music Box |date= 12 January 1928 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,441 |page= 15; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19280112/037/0015 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 12 Jan 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Opera House, Middlesbrough |date= 24 January 1928 |newspaper= Newcastle Daily Chronicle |location= Newcastle |issue= 21,772 |page= 7; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001714/19280124/007/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Newcastle Daily Chronicle''; 24 Jan 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Darlington |date= 2 February 1928 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Provinces |location= London |issue= 2,444 |page= 6; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19280202/023/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 2 Feb 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Theatre Royal, York |date= 8 February 1928 |newspaper= Yorkshire Post |location= Leeds |issue= 25,141 |page= 14; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19280208/263/0014 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Yorkshire Post''; 8 Feb 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Grand Theatre, Hull |date= 14 February 1928 |newspaper= Hull Daily Mail |department= Before the Footlights |location= Hull |issue= 13,215 |page= 4; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19280214/019/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Hull Daily Mail''; 14 Feb 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Halifax |date= 21 February 1928 |newspaper= Halifax Evening Courier |location= Halifax, UK |issue= 13,928 |page= 6; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19280221/145/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 21 Feb 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Theatre Royal, Halifax |date= 28 February 1928 |newspaper= Halifax Evening Courier |location= Halifax |issue= 13,935 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003295/19280228/004/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 28 December 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 28 Feb 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= Well-kept Secret of 'Sunny' Principal's Wedding Revealed |department= Stage Gossip |date= 11 April 1928 |newspaper= Derby Daily Telegraph |location= Derby |volume= LXXVIII |issue= 14,041 |page= 5; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19280411/088/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 4 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Derby Daily Telegraph''; 11 Apr 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Mother of Three' |date= 21 April 1928 |newspaper= Leicester Chronicle |department= Stage Gossip. |location= Leicester |issue= 675 |page= 22; col.4–5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003133/19280421/209/0022 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 28 February 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Leicester Chronicle''; 21 Apr 1928}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Borough Theatre, Stratford |date= 21 April 1928 |newspaper= East London Observer |department= Entertainments. |location= London |issue= 3,454 |page= 8; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000442/19280421/137/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 1 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''East London Observer''; 21 Apr 1928}} }}  * {{cite news |title= 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' - Theatre Royal, Birmingham |date= 5 December 1929 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Pantomime Forecasts - Provinces |location= London |issue= 2,540 |page= 21; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19291205/069/0021 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 January 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 5 Dec 1929}} }} * {{cite news |title= Midlands Give Welcome to the Great Season of Christmas Shows / 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' |date= 27 December 1929 |newspaper= Evening Despatch |location= Birmingham |issue= 12,021 |page= 3; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19291227/003/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 26 April 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Evening Despatch''; 27 Dec 1929}} }} * {{cite news |author= Astra |title= Stars of Pantomime / Her First Lead |date= 29 December 1929 |newspaper= Sunday Mercury |location= Birmingham |issue= 573 |page= 10; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003825/19291229/010/0010 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 17 May 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Mercury''; 29 Dec 1929}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' |date= 3 May 1930 |newspaper= Leicester Chronicle |department= Behind the Footlights |location= Leicester |issue= 781 |page= 7; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003133/19300503/065/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 1 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Leicester Chronicle''; 3 May 1930}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Empire Theatre, Kingston |date= 21 May 1930 |newspaper= Surrey Advertiser |location= Guildford & Kingston, UK |volume= CXXII |issue= 9,253 |page= 5; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000727/19300521/005/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 21 April 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Surrey Advertiser''; 21 May 1930}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Hippodrome, Ilford |date= 29 May 1930 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour |location= London |issue= 2,565 |page= 1; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19300529/006/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 22 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 29 May 1930}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' - The Wimbledon, London |date= 4 December 1930 |newspaper= The Stage |department= London Theatres |location= London |issue= 2,592 |page= 16; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19301204/070/0016 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 4 Dec 1930}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' - Theatre Royal, Huddersfield |date= 20 January 1931 |newspaper= Halifax Evening Courier |location= Halifax |issue= 14,983 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19310120/054/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 26 April 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Halifax Evening Courier ''; 20 Jan 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' |department= In The Limelight Next Week |date= 23 January 1931 |newspaper= Liverpool Echo |location= Liverpool |issue= 15,928 |page= 10; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19310123/252/0010 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 2 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Echo''; 23 Jan 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool |date= 27 January 1931 |newspaper= Liverpool Echo |location= Liverpool |issue= 15,931 |department= This Week in Stageland |page= 4; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19310127/145/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 27 April 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Echo''; 27 Jan 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' |department= In The Limelight Next Week |date= 28 August 1931 |newspaper= Liverpool Echo |location= Liverpool |issue= 16,113 |page= 10; col.2,4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19310828/363/0010 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 4 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Echo''; 28 Aug 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= This Year's Panto: 'Robinson Crusoe' |department= In and About |date= 12 November 1931 |newspaper= Huddersfield Daily Examiner |location= Huddersfield |issue= 20,261 |page= 2; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19311112/002/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Huddersfield Daily Examiner''; 12 Nov 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Goody Two-Shoes' - Theatre Royal, Exeter |date= 19 November 1931 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Pantomime Forecasts |location= London |issue= 2,611 |page= 11; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19311119/045/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 19 Nov 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Darling, I Love You' - New Empress Theatre, Brixton |date= 27 November 1931 |newspaper= Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder |department= Theatres and Halls |location= London |volume= LXI |issue= 3,311 |page= 5; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004755/19311127/092/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder''; 27 Nov 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Goody Two Shoes' - Attraction of Exeter's Christmas Pantomime |date= 10 December 1931 |newspaper= Exeter and Plymouth Gazette |location= Exeter |volume= CLIX |issue= 26,668 |page= 5; col.1-2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000511/19311210/039/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 10 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= Felice Lascelles |date= 17 December 1931 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,646 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19311217/003/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 4 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 17 Dec 1931}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Goody Two Shoes' - Theatre Royal, Exeter |date= 28 December 1931 |newspaper= Exeter and Plymouth Gazette |department= Devon's Pantomime |location= Exeter |volume= CLIX |issue= 26,681 |page= 7; col.1-3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000511/19311228/045/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 28 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Goody Two-Shoes' |date= 26 January 1932 |newspaper= Exeter and Plymouth Gazette |location= Manchester |volume= CLX |issue= 26,706 |page= 7; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000511/19320126/051/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 June 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette''; 26 Jan 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Sunny' - Alhambra, Glasgow |date= 9 June 1932 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,671 |page= 9; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19320609/043/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 12 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 9 Jun 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= LASCELLES-NEIL |department= Births |date= 16 June 1932 |newspaper= Liverpool Daily Post |location= Liverpool |issue= 24,013 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000649/19320616/001/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Liverpool Daily Post''; 16 Jun 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Stand Up and Sing' - Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton |date= 3 November 1932 |newspaper= The Stage |department= The Provinces |location= London |issue= 2,692 |page= 19; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19321103/080/0019 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 3 Nov 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Stand up and Sing' - Grand Opera House, Belfast |date= 15 November 1932 |newspaper= Belfast Telegraph |location= Belfast |issue= (None printed) |page= 2; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19321115/044/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 5 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Belfast Telegraph''; 15 Nov 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= A Grand Matinee - Empire Theatre, Sheffield |date= 3 December 1932 |newspaper= Sheffield Daily Telegraph |department= Theatres and Music Halls |location= Sheffield |issue= 24,126 |page= 1; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19321203/002/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 3 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= An Enjoyable Matinee - Empire Theatre, Sheffield |date= 5 December 1932 |newspaper= Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location= Sheffield |issue= 24,127 |page= 2; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000250/19321205/147/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sheffield Daily Telegraph''; 5 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Stand up and Sing' at the Empire Theatre, Leeds |date= 8 December 1932 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,697 |page= 20; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19321208/084/0020 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 2 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 8 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= Lee Ephraim's 'Musical Comedy Season' - Empire, Newcastle |date= 14 December 1932 |newspaper= The Era |department= Next Week's Calls. Monday December 19, 1932 |location= London |volume= 96 |issue= 4,915 |page= 19; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19321214/189/0021 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Era''; 14 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= Empire's Innovation |date= 18 December 1932 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |department= North's Yuletide Feast of Entertainment Fare |location= Newcastle |issue= 699 |page= 12; col.3-4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19321218/012/0012 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 18 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= Big Audience Delighted At Empire |date= 25 December 1932 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |department= |location= Newcastle |issue= 700 |page= 3; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19321225/003/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 25 Dec 1932}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Good Girl' — Good Show |date= 1 January 1933 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |location= Newcastle |issue= 701 |page= 4; col.5-6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19330101/004/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 1 Jan 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= A Plucky Fight |date= 8 January 1933 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |department= Round the Theatres |location= Newcastle |issue= 702 |page= 4; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19330108/004/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 8 Jan 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= Musical Comedies |date= 15 January 1933 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |location= Newcastle |issue= 703 |page= 4; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19330115/004/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 15 Jan 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Follow the Girl' - Palace Theatre, Halifax |date= 31 October 1933 |newspaper= Halifax Evening Courier |department= Stage and Screen |location= Halifax |issue= 15,993 |page= 6; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19331031/103/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 8 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Halifax Evening Courier''; 31 Oct 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= Love and Laughter: 'Follow the Girl' |department= Blackpool's Week of Laughter Shows: STAGE. |date= 17 November 1933 |newspaper= Blackpool Times |location= Blackpool |issue= 6,485 |page= 5; col.5-6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001836/19331117/097/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Blackpool Times''; 17 Nov 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Follow the Girl' |date= 24 November 1933 |newspaper= Blackpool Times |location= Blackpool |issue= 6,486 |page= 5; col.6 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001836/19331124/108/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 June 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Blackpool Times''; 24 Nov 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Follow the Girl' - Theatre Royal, Brighton |date= 28 November 1933 |newspaper= Mid Sussex Times |department= Let's Go To A Show! |location= Chichester |issue= 2,756 |page= 11; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001598/19331128/231/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 9 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Mid Sussex Times''; 28 Nov 1933}} }} * {{cite news |title= Will Seymour's 'Bubbles' Co. |date= 4 April 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= London Artists Available |location= London |issue= 2,818 |page= 11; col.3-4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350404/054/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 31 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 4 Apr 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - South Parade Pier, Southsea |date= 23 May 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 2,825 |page= 7; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350523/031/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 1 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 23 May 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - Grove Park Pavilion, Weston Super-Mare |date= 13 June 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 2,828 |page= 13; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350613/065/0013 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 1 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 13 Jun 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - Princess Pier, Torquay |date= 20 June 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 2,829 |page= 7; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350620/035/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 29 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 20 Jun 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - Victoria Pavilion, Ilfracombe |date= 9 July 1935 |newspaper= Western Morning News |department= Broadcasting |location= Plymouth |issue= 23,568 |page= 8; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19350709/109/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 30 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Western Morning News''; 9 Jul 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - Victoria Pavilion, Ilfracombe |date= 1 August 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 2,835 |page= 13; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350801/058/0013 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 31 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 1 Aug 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Bubbles' - Victoria Pavilion, Ilfracombe |date= 5 September 1935 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Concert and Entertainment Notes |location= London |issue= 2,840 |page= 7; col.3-4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19350905/023/0007 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 31 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 5 Sep 1935}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Gaiety Whirl of 1936' - Gaiety Theatre, Ayr |date= 28 May 1936 |newspaper= Daily Record |department= This Morning's Gossip |location= Glasgow |issue= 27,877 |page= 13; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19360528/122/0013 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 9 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Daily Record''; 28 May 1936}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Gaiety Whirl of 1936' - Gaiety Theatre, Ayr |date= 17 September 1936 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Calls for next week. |location= London |issue= 2,894 |page= 6; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19360917/017/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 18 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 17 Sep 1936}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Gaiety Whirl of 1936' - Gaiety Theatre, Ayr |date= 24 September 1936 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Calls for next week. |location= London |issue= 2,895 |page= 6; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19360924/014/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 18 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 24 Sep 1936}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Gaiety Whirl of 1936' - Theatre Royal, Edinburgh |date= 8 October 1936 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour. |location= London |issue= 2,897 |page= 1; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19361008/002/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 19 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 8 Oct 1936}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Gaiety Whirl of 1936' - Pavilion, Glasgow |date= 22 October 1936 |newspaper= The Stage |department= On Tour. |location= London |issue= 2,899 |page= 1; col.4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19361022/006/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 19 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 22 Oct 1936}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Venus in Silk' - King's Theatre, Southsea |date= 28 January 1938 |newspaper= Hampshire Telegraph |location= Portsmouth |issue= 8,095 |page= 19; col.3-4  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001973/19380128/388/0019 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 10 October 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Hampshire Telegraph''; 28 Jan 1938}} }} * {{cite news |title= Happy Charm of 'Venus in Silk' |date= 22 March 1938 |newspaper= Bradford Observer |location= Bradford |issue= 23,173 |page= 4; col.6 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003150/19380322/102/0004 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 30 June 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Bradford Observer''; 22 Mar 1938}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Venus in Silk' at Theatre Royal, Nottingham |date= 31 March 1938 |newspaper= The Stage |location= London |issue= 2,974 |page= 11; col.1 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19380331/133/0011 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 2 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 31 Mar 1938}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Venus in Silk' - Opera House Theatre, Blackpool |date= 5 April 1938 |newspaper= Lancashire Evening Post |location= Preston |issue= 15,966 |page= 1; col.1  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19380405/285/0001 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 9 May 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Lancashire Evening Post''; 5 Apr 1938}} }} * {{cite news |last= Rickard |first= Doreen |title= Some day this stage star will rule over Sark |date= 10 May 1939 |newspaper= Evening Despatch |department= Back-Stage |location= Birmingham |issue= 14,929 |page= 8; col.3  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19390510/160/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Evening Despatch''; 10 May 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Going Greek' - Empire Theatre, Johannesburg |date= 20 June 1939 |newspaper= London Evening News |location= London |issue= 17,915 |page= 3; col.6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003286/19390620/065/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''London Evening News''; 20 Jun 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Going Greek' - S.A. Tour |date= 22 June 1939 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Chit Chat. |location= London |issue= 3,038 |page= 9; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19390622/044/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 22 Jun 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Going Greek' & 'Swing Along' - Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |date= 19 July 1939 |newspaper= Huddersfield Daily Examiner |location= Huddersfield |issue= 23,050 |page= 9; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19390719/009/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Huddersfield Daily Examiner''; 19 Jul 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Sitting Pretty |date= 20 July 1939 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Chit Chat |location= London |issue= 3,042 |page= 8; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001179/19390720/051/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 20 Jul 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'Going Greek' & 'Swing Along' - Durban, S. A. |date= 27 July 1939 |newspaper= The Stage |department= Chit Chat. |location= London |issue= 3,043 |page= 9; col.5  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19390727/046/0009 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 March 2025 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''The Stage''; 27 Jul 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Lincoln woman tells of voyage |date= 3 October 1939 |newspaper= Lincolnshire Echo |location= Lincoln |issue= 13,570 |page= 3; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19391003/053/0003 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 3 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Lincolnshire Echo''; 3 Oct 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= 'The Fleet's Lit Up' |date= 22 November 1939 |newspaper= Birmingham Gazette |location= Birmingham |issue= 29,822 |page= 2; col.1 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19391122/019/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 30 June 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Gazette''; 22 Nov 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Successful Play: 'The Fleet's Lit Up' |department= Lewis Ashley's Pageant |date= 3 December 1939 |newspaper= Sunday Sun |location= Newcastle |issue= 1,062 |page= 2; col.5-6  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19391203/002/0002 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 7 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Sunday Sun''; 3 Dec 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Empire: 'The Fleet's Lit Up' |date= 5 December 1939 |newspaper= Nottingham Journal |location= Nottingham |issue= 85,548 |page= 5; col.1 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19391205/106/0005 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 1 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Nottingham Journal''; 5 Dec 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Pantomime's Excellent Beginning: 'Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp' |date= 27 December 1939 |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Post |location= Birmingham |issue= 25,411 |page= 6; col.5 |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19391227/258/0006 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 6 July 2023 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 27 Dec 1939}} }} * {{cite news |title= Pantomime at Wolverhampton |date= 16 January 1940 |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Post |location= Birmingham |issue= 25,428 |page= 8; col.2  |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19400116/262/0008 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 12 June 2024 |via= British Newspaper Archive |ref= {{sfnref|''Birmingham Daily Post''; 16 Jan 1940}} }} {{refend}}

==== Websites ==== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite web |last= Lessels Yates |first= Lynly |date= 10 June 2024 |title= The family history of John LESSELS and Elizabeth Hamilton MURRAY |pages= 8, 15 |quote= 7-1-1-4 Felicia Madge LESSELS, born 19 July 1904, Wallasey, Cheshire, England |access-date= 21 April 2024 |url= https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20160427193735/http://www.lynly.gen.nz/#lessels |website= lynly.gen.nz }} * {{Cite web |title= Biography |at= Chapter 1. 21 YEARS A-GROWING |quote= Cisco {{bracket|Houston}} died of cancer. Same day [29 April 1961] as my mother died of the same disease. |website= andyirvine.com |url= https://www.andyirvine.com/bio/chapter1.html |access-date= 5 July 2023 |ref= {{sfnref|''A. Irvine Biography''}} }} * {{cite web |title= Toni |date= n.d.  |url= https://golny.leeds.ac.uk/archive/productions-2/ |publisher= University of Leeds - German Operetta in London, New York, and Warsaw |at= Operetta Productions [Scroll down to "Hirsch, Hugo"] |quote= ''Toni'', Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 12 May 1924 (with Jack Buchanan as Toni, 248 perfs).  |website= golny.leeds.ac.uk |access-date= 13 May 2024 |df= dmy-all |ref= {{sfnref|UoL; ''Toni''}} }} * {{cite web |title= London Musicals 1920-1924: Toni |date= n.d.  |url= https://www.bruxellons.be/Images/YYHistoMusicals/Mati%C3%A8re/London%20Musicals%201920-1924.pdf |publisher= Bulles Production |at= [Scroll down to p.37] |quote= ''Toni''. London run: Shaftesbury, May 12th – December 13th (248 performances) (...) |website= bruxellons.be |access-date= 13 May 2024 |df= dmy-all |ref= {{sfnref|Bulles Production; ''Toni''}} }} * {{Cite web |title= Still Dancing |department= London Revues |at= [Scroll down to pp. 354–358] |publisher= The Guide to Musical Theatre |website= guidetomusicaltheatre.com |url= https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/Revue/London-Revues/ |access-date= 28 June 2023 |ref= {{sfnref|London Revues; ''Still Dancing''}} }} * {{cite web |title= Bubbles (Regional Programme) |series= BBC Programme Index |location= London |publisher= BBC Archive |url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Felice+Lascelles#top |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240601151040/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Felice+Lascelles#top |url-status= dead |archive-date= 1 June 2024 |access-date= 1 June 2024 |quote= First broadcast: Tue 9th Jul 1935, 20:00 on Regional Programme Western |ref= {{sfnref|BBC Archive; 9 Jul 1935}} }} * {{cite web |title= Popplewells "Gaiety Whirl" of 1936 - 7th Annual production |page= 1 |quote= 17th programme - week commencing Monday 28th September 1936. |publisher= National Library of Scotland |url= https://digital.nls.uk/catalogues/theatre-programmes/theatre/?t=155&chron=1 |access-date= 9 May 2024 |ref= {{sfnref|''Gaiety Whirl''; 28 Sep 1936}} }} {{refend}}

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