Record

Performance TitleConcert, in aid of The French Wounded Emergency Fund (West Theatre) [Private]
Performance Date5 April 1916
Performance DayWednesday
Main PerformersMavis Yorke,
Shelia Geere,
Bonifacio - dancers,
Gladys Rolfe,
Florence Geere,
Fernande Pironnay,
Nellie Evans,
Coryn,
Angela Baddeley - vocals,
Cecile Stevens - violin,
N Watts,
F Falkner - strings,
Cecily Muggeridge - pianoforte
Secondary PerformersPaul Kochs
Set ListString Quartette (Cecile Stevens, N Watts, F Falkner),
'Friend O' Mine', W Sandersen (Gladys Rolfe),
Recitation: 'The Nightingale', Hans Andersen (Florence Geere),
Dance: 'A Dancing Lesson' (Mavis Yorke, Shelia Geere, Bonifacio)
'Renouveau', Castillon (Fernande Pironnay),
'Ariette', Gretry,
Recitation, 'The Famine' from Hiawatha, Longfellow
INTERVAL
Violin Solo: 'Humoresque', Dvorak (Cecile Stevens),
Dance: 'The Swan', Saint-Saens (Mavis Yorke),
'Selected' (Nellie Evans),
'Chanson Triste', Duparc (Coryn),
'L'Heure Exquise', Reynoldo Hahn (Coryn),
Dance: 'The Storm' (Mavis Yorke),
Recitation: 'Child Studies', F Geere (Florence Geere),
Dance Scena: 'The Wanderers' (Mavis Yorke, Shelia Geere)
INTERVAL
Selection: 'The Herd Girl', Labitsky (Cecile Stevens, N Watts, F Falkner),
'Selected' (Nellie Evans),
'Les Cloches de Flandres', Paul Kochs (Coryn, Paul Kochs),
'Softly Awakes My Heart', Saint-Saens (Gladys Rolfe),
'Grandmother!', F Geere (Florence Geere, Angela Baddeley, Mavis York),
'La Marseillaise',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesDances arranged and produced by Mrs Yorke.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1916/16)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1916/17[Variety Performance] in aid of the French Wounded Emergency Fund (West Theatre)5 April 1916
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IotabeabisitepConcert, in aid of The French Wounded Emergency Fund (West Theatre) [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5293Yorke; Mavis (fl.1910s); [British] child actress and dancer
DS/UK/5294Rolfe; Gladys (fl 1916-1920); British singer
DS/UK/5295Geere; Florence (fl 1916-1918); British singer
DS/UK/5296Pironnay; Fernande (fl 1910s); French? mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/5297Stevens; Cecile (fl 1910s); British violinist
DS/UK/5298Evans; Nellie (fl 1916); British singer
DS/UK/5299Baddeley; Angela (4 July 1904-22 February 1976); CBE; English stage and television actress
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