21:41, 27 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Esmeralda (Battista)(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) ((italic title)) '''''Esmeralda''''' is an 1856 grand opera in four acts with a score by the Italian composer Vincenzo Battista. With a libretto in English by Charles Jeffreys, it was based on Battista’s Italian version Ermelinda (1851), which in turn was based on Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. ==References== ((reflist)) ((authority control)) ((DEFAULTSORT:Esmeralda)) Category:Operas Cate...')
00:23, 22 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Vincenzo Battista(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) ((short description|Italian composer and conductor)) Vincenzo Battista (5 October 1823–14 November 1873) was an Italian composer and conductor.<ref>[https://www.digitalarchivioricordi.com/it/people/display/9511/Vincenzo%20Battista Vincenzo Battista], The Ricordi Archive: Digital Collection</ref><ref name=:0>Battista, Vincenzo, Enciclopedia universal ilustrada Europe-americana, vol. 7: B - Bell. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1975, p....')
21:35, 19 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Lucy Escott(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) DEATH OF LUCY ESCOTT. AN OPERATIC FAVOURITE OF THE SIXTIES. To the younger generation of playgoers the announcement of the death of Lucy Escott will probably convey nothing more than would the mention of the passing away of a perfect stranger; but many persons in the whole of these colonies will feel a revival of some old and very pleasant memories and will associate her name with what was undoubtedly the most brilliant period of gra...')Tag: Disambiguation links added
22:16, 18 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Talk:Aynsley Cook(←Created page with '((WikiProject banner shell|class=B|blp=no|listas=Cook, Aynsley| ((WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan|importance=Low)) ((WikiProject Classical music|importance=)) ((WikiProject Biography|musician-work-group=yes)) )) ~~~~')Tag: New topic
14:03, 17 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Aynsley Cook(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Thomas Aynsley Cook (1832–16 February 1894) was a British operatic bass-baritone of the Victorian era. Born in London, studied voice in Germany and began his singing career there. Returning to the United Kingdom, Cook made his stage début in Manchester in 1856 where he appeared with the National English Opera Company managed by Lucy Escott. Cook next toured the United States with the same company. ==References== {...')
06:56, 15 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Fanny Moody(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Fanny Moody was an operatic soprano of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With her husband Charles Manners she formed the successful Moody-Manners Opera Company. ==References== ((reflist)) https://cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk/content/fanny-moody-the-cornish-nightingale/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RLlRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&ci=214,468,497,296&redir_esc=y https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63485600 {...')Tag: Disambiguation links added
19:26, 8 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Jill Goldston(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Jill Goldston is the most prolific film and television extra in those media histories, having made 1,951 appearances between 1960 and 2009, a feat which has gained her a place in the Guinness Book of Records.<ref name=Guinness>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/742465-most-appearances-by-an-extra-background-actress Jill Goldston], Guinness World of Records website</> During her long and prolific career, Gol...')
18:00, 6 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Margot Marshall(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Margot Marshall (1 May 1918–23 September 2010) was the first British woman officer to set foot in occupied Europe after D-Day. She later helped to organise the British delegation at the Potsdam Conference. <ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8154831/Margot-Cooper.html Obituary for Margot Cooper], The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2010</ref> ==References...')
23:23, 3 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page James Vaughan (magistrate)(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Sir James Vaughan (1814– ) was a magistrate at Bow Street Police Court. He was knighted by Queen Victoria for services to the Law. desth took place at his residence, 121, Globooster terrace, Hyde-park, on Sunday of Sir James Vaughan, who for 35 years was a magistrate at Bow-Street Police Court. Sir James, who was in his 93rd year and had been in poor health for some little time, died in his sleep, death being due to heart f...')
22:14, 1 March 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Ernest Parke(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) Ernest Parke (1860–1944) was a political writer, editor and newspaper proprietor. In 1889, as the editor of the North London Press, he was imprisoned for libel for his reporting of the Cleveland Street scandal.<ref name=Blog>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/tag/ernest-parke/ Unlock the Story of the Cleveland Street Scandal], British Newspaper Archive, 1 August 2023</ref> ==References== ((reflist)) ((authority co...')
12:47, 25 February 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Arthur Moreland (artist)(←Created page with '((inuse)) Arthur Moreland (1867–1951) was an artist of the early 20th-century remembered today for his humorous depictions of early British life. Initially, Moreland was employed as a commercial traveller before moving to London where, in about 1890, he commenced work in the advertising department of the London evening newspaper the Star. His striking caricature the newspaper’s executive Ernest Parke was seen by Parke who, instead of s...')Tag: Disambiguation links added
22:08, 15 January 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page John Forrest (actor)(←Created page with '((underconstruction)) John Forrest (14 May 1931–28 March 2012) was an American-born British actor and stage magician probably best remembered today for playing the young Herbert Pocket in the film Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean.<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-forrest-actor-painter-and-magician-who-worked-with-david-lean-and-lord-olivier-7786238.html Jo...')
23:55, 4 January 2024Jack1956talkcontribs created page Talk:Viola Savoy(←Created page with '((Wikiproject banner shell|1= ((Talkheader)) ((WikiProject Biography |living = no |class = C |a&e-work-group = yes |a&e-priority = low |filmbio-work-group = yes |filmbio-priority = low |listas =Savoy, Viola )) ((WikiProject Women's History|class=C|importance=low)) ((WikiProject Women| class=C)) ((WikiProject Theatre|class=C|importance=low)) ((WIR)) )) ~~~~')Tag: New topic
18:44, 9 July 2023Jack1956talkcontribs created page Alfred Ellis (photographer)(←Created page with '((inuse)) ((short description| English photographer (1854-1930))) Alfred Ellis (1854-1930) was an English photographer. He had a studio on Baker Street, London from 1884 until 1898. From 1883, he was a member of the Photographic Society (which later became the Royal Photographic Society). He was one of the founders of the Professional Photographers' Association and at various times was Secretary, President and General Secretary. He specialised in theatrical...')
21:39, 6 July 2023Jack1956talkcontribs created page The Turn of the Screw (1999 film)(←Created page with '((inuse)) ((italic title)) The Turn of the Screw is a 1999 television film based on the 1898 novel The Turn of the Scew by Henry Janes. The production starred Colin Firth as the Master, Jodhi May as the governess and Pam Ferris as Mrs Grose.<ref name=BFI>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b83ebcc10 The Turn of the Screw (1999)], British Film Institute (BFI) database </ref> ==References== ((reflist)) ==External links== *[h...')