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Lily Brayton
Lily Brayton, Melbourne, 1909–1910
Born
Elizabeth Brayton

(1876-06-23)23 June 1876
Hindley, Greater Manchester, England
Died30 April 1953(1953-04-30) (aged 77)
Dawlish, Devon, England
OccupationActress
Years active1896–1932
Spouses
  • Oscar Asche
    (m. 1898; died 1936)
  • Dr. Douglas Chalmers Watson
    (m. 1936; died 1946)

Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (23 June 1876 – 30 April 1953) was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her nearly 2,000 performances in the First World War hit musical Chu Chin Chow.

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Lily Brayton

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Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (23 June 1876 – 30 April 1953) was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her...

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Chu Chin Chow

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one of his victims). Besides Asche, the production starred his wife, Lily Brayton, and the former D'Oyly Carte Opera Company star Courtice Pounds. Costumes...

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Dornford Yates

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of the Shrew, a production which included the professional actresses Lily Brayton as 'Katherine', and her sister Agnes as 'Bianca'. Among the many useful...

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Measure for Measure

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Hoffman as Isabella, and the same text was used when Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton staged it at the Adelphi Theatre in the following month. William Poel...

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Oscar Asche

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roles including important Shakespearean parts. He married the actress Lily Brayton in 1898, and the two were often paired onstage for many years. He played...

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Mabel Hackney

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at His Majesty's Theatre (1911) that included Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lily Brayton, Evelyn Millard, Lillie Langtry, Clara Butt, Lena Ashwell and Lilian...

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May and Mina Moore

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paper. Their services were sought after by visiting performers such as Lily Brayton and New Zealand performers like Mākereti Papakura. After only a few years...

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Douglas Chalmers Watson

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Disease and The Book of Diet. Watson married a second time, to the actress Lily Brayton, in 1938. He died at Fenton Barns in 1946. His main work Food and Feeding...

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Harry Brodribb Irving

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Theatre, with Oscar Asche as Claudius, Walter Hampden as Laertes and Lily Brayton as Ophelia. After his father's death, he established his own company...

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Oxford University Dramatic Society

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participated in OUDS productions. For example, in 1907 professional actresses Lily Brayton and her sister Agnes appeared as Katherine and Bianca in The Taming of...

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Bisham

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clearly visible in the background. Theatrical couple Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton are buried in the graveyard of All Saints Church. A Ham class, minesweeper...

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1953 in music

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"The Queen of Montparnasse", 51 (drug- and alcohol-related) April 30 – Lily Brayton, musical theatre star, 76 May 10 – Marie Kunkel Zimmerman, soprano, 88...

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The Taming of the Shrew in performance

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who had a long and successful run with the play was Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton. First staged in 1899 in the Theatre Royal in Wigan, the play became...

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Rita Martin

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background. Her main subjects were actresses (Winifred Barnes, Lily Elsie, Julia James, Lily Brayton and Violet Vanbrugh) and children (Gladys Cooper's two children)...

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Edward Joseph Tait

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Moore, Tittell Brune, Wilson Barrett, Oscar Asche, Emélie Polini and Lily Brayton. Stage people gave nicknames to the young Tait brothers: "Hesitate" (E...

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Matheson Lang

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Comyns Carr's play Tristram and Iseult at the Adelphi Theatre, with Lily Brayton as Iseult and Oscar Asche as King Mark; Lang's wife played Arganthael...

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1953 in British music

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Runrig 18 January – Arthur Wood, conductor and composer, 78 30 April – Lily Brayton, musical theatre star, 76 15 May – Mabel Love, dancer, 78 19 May – Frank...

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Otho Stuart

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Hamlet with H. B. Irving in the title role, Under Which King? (1905) with Lily Brayton and Measure for Measure (1906) with Asche as Lucentio. The Graphic of...

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Leedham Bantock

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(1914) Kismet (1914) - film of the 1911 play starring Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton From Flower Girl to Red Cross Nurse (1915) A Prehistoric Love Story (1915)...

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Gervais Rentoul

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the Shrew (1907), a production including the professional actresses Lily Brayton as Katherine (and her real-life sister Agnes as her character's sister...

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Bertie Alexander Meyer

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death. Meyer then went on two tours of Australia with Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton. He returned to London in 1913, and in October of that year, he was appointed...

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Charles Doran

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During 1909–10 he toured England and Australia with Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton (both former members of Benson's troupe). His parts included the title...

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