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Revision as of 17:15, 27 December 2023

Felice Lascelles (died 29 April 1961) was a musical comedy actress, singer and dancer who performed on stage in the UK from 1922 to 1939. She is best known for her leading role in the national tours of Sunny (1927–1930), in which she sang the hit song "Who?".

The following table is an incomplete list of shows performed by Felice Lascelles. The table provides the following information:

  • Title – the title of the show
  • Role – the role performed
  • Theatre – the venue where the show was performed
  • Location – the venue's location
  • Opening date – the date of the show's first performance
  • Closing date – the date of the show's last performance
  • # of perf. – the number of performances
  • Ref. – one or more reference(s) for the performance (this column is not sortable).

Musical theatre

Title Role Theatre Location Opening date Closing date # of perf. Ref.
The Cabaret Girl (Chorus girl) Prince's Theatre Bristol 1923 1924 ? [1]
The Beauty Prize Shinny Fane Theatre Royal Newcastle 18 February 1924 1 March 1924 14 [2]
Still Dancing One of the Ladies Pavilion London 19 November 1925 27 February 1926 114 [3]
Kid Boots (West End) (Chorus girl) Winter Garden London 2 February 1926 3 May 1926 160 [4]
18 May 1926 10 July 1926
Kid Boots (National tour) Polly Palace Theatre Manchester 30 August 1926 11 September 1926 14 [5]
Empire Theatre Liverpool 13 September 1926 25 September 1926 14 [6][7]
Beth King's Theatre Glasgow 27 September 1926 8 October 1926 14 [8]
King's Theatre Southsea 25 October 1926 30 October 1926 7 [9]
New Theatre Cardiff 1 November 1926 6 November 1926 7 [9]
King's Theatre Edinburgh 29 November 1926 11 December 1926 12 [10]
Empire Theatre Newcastle 17 January 1927 22 January 1927 8 [11]
Sunny Sunny Peters Hippodrome Theatre Margate 4 July 1927 9 July 1927 8 [12]
Pleasure Gardens Folkestone 11 July 1927 16 July 1927 8 [13][14]
Gaiety Theatre Hastings 18 July 1927 23 July 1927 8 [15]
Theatre Royal Chatham 1 August 1927 6 August 1927 8 [16]
Theatre Royal Plymouth 22 August 1927 3 September 1927 16 [17][18]
Grand Theatre Swansea 12 September 1927 17 September 1927 8 [19]
Lyceum Newport 19 September 1927 24 September 1927 8 [19][20]
Grand Theatre Hanley 19 September 1927 24 September 1927 8 [20]
Royal Opera House Leicester 31 October 1927 5 November 1927 8 [21]
Grand Opera House Belfast 06 December 1927 17 December 1927 14 [22]
King's Theatre Dundee 26 December 1927 7 January 1928 16 [23]
Theatre Royal Blackburn 5 March 1928 10 March 1928 8 [24]
Grand Theatre Derby 9 April 1928 14 April 1928 8 [25]
New Theatre Cambridge 23 April 1928 28 April 1928 7 [26]
Opera House Tunbridge Wells 14 May 1928 19 May 1928 8 [27]
Tower Pavilion Morecambe 27 August 1928 1 September 1928 8 [28]
Palace Theatre Burnley 17 September 1928 22 September 1928 8 [29][30]
Theatre Royal Huddersfield 24 September 1928 29 September 1928 7 [31]
Theatre Royal Exeter 5 November 1928 10 November 1928 8 [32]
Lyceum Theatre Newport 19 November 1928 24 November 1928 7 [33]
Theatre Royal Chatham 10 December 1928 15 December 1928 8 [34]
Theatre Royal Dewsbury 26 December 1928 12 January 1929 22 [35]
Empire Theatre Hartlepool 2 February 1929 7 February 1929 7 [36]
His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen 11 February 1929 16 February 1929 7 [37]
Empire Theatre Sheffield 1 April 1929 6 April 1929 7 [38]
Empire Chiswick 3 February 1930 8 February 1930 12 [39]
Palace Theatre Leicester 28 April 1930 3 May 1930 12 [40]
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Goldilocks Theatre Royal Birmingham 21 December 1929 1 February 1930 8 wks [41][42]
Darling, I Love You Peggy Sylvester Royal Court Theatre Liverpool 26 January 1931 31 January 1931 7 [43]
Hippodrome Manchester 23 February 1931 28 February 1931 12 [44]
Hippodrome Sheffield 2 March 1931 7 March 1931 12 [45]
Theatre Royal Hanley 13 April 1931 18 April 1931 7 [46]
Empire Theatre Chiswick 20 April 1931 25 April 1931 12 [47]
Goody Two-Shoes Goody Theatre Royal Exeter 26 December 1931 13 February 1932 69 [48]
Stand up and Sing Ena Grand Opera House Belfast 14 November 1932 18 November 1932 6 [49]
Gaiety Theatre Dublin 21 November 1932 26 November 1932 7 [50]
Empire Theatre Sheffield 28 November 1932 3 December 1932 12 [51]
Follow the Girl Girl Opera House Blackpool 20 November 1933 25 November 1933 12 [52]
Gaiety Whirl of 1936 Herself Gaiety Theatre Ayr 8 June 1936 "Summer Season" ?? [53][54]
Venus in Silk Mizzy King's Theatre Southsea 30 January 1938 4 February 1938 8 [55]
Embassy Theatre Peterborough 14 February 1938 19 February 1938 8 [56]
Alhambra Theatre Bradford 21 March 1938 26 March 1938 8 [57]
Grand Theatre Leeds 4 April 1938 ? April 1938 ? [57]
Going Greek ? Empire Theatre Johannesburg 9 June 1939 ? ?? [58]
The Fleet's Lit Up Tilly Hippodrome Birmingham 20 November 1939 25 November 1939 13 [59]
Empire Theatre Nottingham 4 December 1939 9 December 1939 13 [60]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Theatricalia Cast.
  2. ^ The Stage; 21 Feb. 1924.
  3. ^ Wearing 2014, p. 400.
  4. ^ Wearing 2014, p. 418.
  5. ^ The Stage; 2 Sep. 1926.
  6. ^ Liverpool Post & Mercury; 10 Sep. 1926.
  7. ^ Liverpool Post & Mercury; 14 Sep. 1926.
  8. ^ The Stage; 30 Sep. 1926.
  9. ^ a b The Stage; 28 Oct. 1926.
  10. ^ The Stage; 2 Dec. 1926.
  11. ^ Newcastle Daily Journal; 18 Jan. 1927.
  12. ^ Isle of Thanet Gazette; 9 Jul. 1927.
  13. ^ The Stage; 14 Jul. 1927.
  14. ^ Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald; 16 Jul. 1927.
  15. ^ Hastings Observer; 16 Jul. 1927.
  16. ^ Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser; 30 Jul. 1927.
  17. ^ The Stage; 25 Aug. 1927.
  18. ^ Western Morning News; 30 Aug. 1927.
  19. ^ a b The Stage; 15 Sep. 1927.
  20. ^ a b The Stage; 22 Sep. 1927.
  21. ^ Leicester Chronicle; 29 Oct. 1927.
  22. ^ Belfast News-Letter; 13 Dec. 1927.
  23. ^ Dundee Courier; 23 Dec. 1927.
  24. ^ Accrington Observer and Times; 6 Mar. 1928.
  25. ^ Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal; 6 Apr. 1928.
  26. ^ Newmarket Journal; 21 Apr. 1928.
  27. ^ Kent & Sussex Courier; 11 May 1928.
  28. ^ Morecambe Guardian; 25 Aug. 1928.
  29. ^ Burnley News; 12 Sep. 1928.
  30. ^ Burnley Express; 12 Sep. 1928.
  31. ^ Leeds Mercury; 25 Sep. 1928.
  32. ^ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette; 3 Nov. 1928.
  33. ^ Western Mail; 17 Nov. 1928.
  34. ^ Sheerness Guardian; 8 Dec. 1928.
  35. ^ Leeds Mercury; 20 Dec. 1928.
  36. ^ Northern Daily Mail; 3 Feb. 1929.
  37. ^ Aberdeen Press and Journal; 12 Feb. 1929.
  38. ^ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer; 2 Apr. 1929.
  39. ^ Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette; 31 Jan. 1930.
  40. ^ Leicester Mail; 28 Apr. 1930.
  41. ^ Birmingham Gazette; 21 Dec. 1929.
  42. ^ IBY.com 2022.
  43. ^ Liverpool Echo; 23 Jan. 1931.
  44. ^ Manchester Evening News; 23 Feb. 1931.
  45. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph; 3 Mar. 1931.
  46. ^ Staffordshire Sentinel; 14 Apr. 1931.
  47. ^ Richmond Herald; 18 Apr. 1931.
  48. ^ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette; 19 Dec. 1932.
  49. ^ Belfast News-Letter; 12 Nov. 1932.
  50. ^ Irish Independent; 22 Nov. 1932.
  51. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph; 29 Nov. 1932.
  52. ^ Blackpool Times; 17 Nov. 1933.
  53. ^ Daily Record; 28 May 1936.
  54. ^ Gaiety Whirl, Summer 1936.
  55. ^ Hampshire Telegraph; 28 Jan. 1938.
  56. ^ Mercury and Guardian; 11 Feb. 1938.
  57. ^ a b Yorkshire Observer; 22 Mar. 1938.
  58. ^ Going Greek (1939).
  59. ^ Birmingham Daily Gazette; 22 Nov. 1939.
  60. ^ Nottingham Journal; 5 Dec. 1939.

Sources

Books

  • Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (hardcover) (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8108-9301-6.

Theatre programs/playbills

Magazines and newspapers

  • "The Beauty Prize - Royal Theatre, Newcastle-On-Tyne". The Stage. No. 2, 240. London, UK. 21 February 1924. p. 20; col.4. Retrieved 16 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. The Beauty Prize Monday 18 February 1924 for two weeks. Royal Theatre, Newcastle-On-Tyne. The Beauty Prize made a most effective commencement in Newcastle on Monday of a two weeks' engagement, and the lovely and beautifully staged show was followed with warm applause. (...) Among others to be mentioned are (...) Felice Lascelles as Shinny Fane. [p. 14; col.5:] Mr John Hart will open the Spring dramatic season at the Grand Theatre, Leeds with (...) The Beauty Prize.
  • "Kid Boots - Palace Theatre, Manchester". The Stage. No. 2, 370. London, UK. 2 September 1926. p. 1; col.2. Retrieved 13 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Kid Boots Aug. 30 & Sep. 6, Palace, Manchester. [p. 4:] SONG: "The Two Of Us", sung by Felice Lascelles and Claude Bailey in Kid Boots.
  • "Kid Boots - Empire Theatre, Liverpool". Liverpool Post & Mercury. No. 22, 225. Liverpool, UK. 10 September 1926. p. 1; col.4. Retrieved 13 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Monday 13 September. Two Weeks. 7.30. Matinees: Saturdays 2.30. [p. 4; col.5:] Mr Leslie Henson will be at the Empire Theatre for two weeks in the musical Kid Boots. (...) Mr Stuart Kern, Mr Guy Fane, Mr Robert Naimby, Mr Eric Le Fre, Miss Viola Compton, and Miss Felice Lascelles are his chief associates.
  • "Kid Boots - Empire Theatre, Liverpool". Liverpool Post & Mercury. No. 22, 228. Liverpool, UK. 14 September 1926. p. 1; col.4. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Monday 13 September. For two weeks only. 7.30. Matinees: Saturdays 2.30. [13; col.3:] Mr Henson is in fine fettle, and has but to raise one of his mobile eyebrows to set everyone roaring. But he is not the only one in this delightful musical comedy. There is, for instance, Miss Felice Lascelles, the soul of daintiness as Polly, and all the better for being a Wallasey girl. A sweet singer and lissom dancer, she makes a fitting partner for Mr Claude Bailey, who, as the club "pro.", plays love better than golf.
  • "Kid Boots - King's Theatre, Glasgow". The Stage. No. 2, 374. London, UK. 30 September 1926. p. 1; col.2. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Kid Boots Sep. 27, King's, Glasgow (two weeks). [p. 23; col.1:] Leslie Henson presents Kid Boots here. (...) Annie Croft makes a charming Polly Pendleton. Claude Bailey as Tom Sterling renders some fine vocal numbers. Guy Fane and Robert Mainby give excellent support as Peter Pilsbury and Herbert Pendleton. Eric and René Le Fre show to advantage in eccentric dances. As Carmen Mendoza, Dora Dolaro sings charmingly. Viola Compton is good as Dr. Fitch. Guy Saunders, Felice Lascelles, Stuart Kemp and George A. Neill all work hard.
  • "Kid Boots - King's Theatre, Southsea & New Theatre, Cardiff". The Stage. No. 2, 378. London, UK. 28 October 1926. p. 1; col.2. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Kid Boots Oct. 25, King's, Southsea; Nov. 1, New, Cardiff. [p. 25; col.4:] Kid Boos returns to Southsea this week. (...) Leslie Henson, who plays the title role (...) is always in the limelight, and he causes unending rounds of laughter. (...) An attractive leading lady is Margaret Campbell, who plays Polly Pendleton. Claude Bailey appears as Tom Sterling, the golf club professional, and his duets with Miss Campbell are delightfully rendered. Dora Dolaro also plays capitally as Carmen Mendoza. Eric and René Le Fre introduce remarkable acrobatic dances as Manville and Jane. Guy Fane and Robert Nainby as the rival sporting goods manufacturers are an entertaining pair. Viola Compton (Dr. Josephine Fitch), Guy Saunders (Harold Regan), Felice Lascelles (Beth), and Stuart Kern (Frank Valentine) fill other important roles.
  • "Kid Boots - King's Theatre, Edinburgh". The Stage. No. 2, 383. London, UK. 2 December 1926. p. 4; col.4. Retrieved 13 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. On Monday [29 November 1926], the beginning of a fortnight's engagement in Edinburgh, Mr Leslie Henson carried his audience from one shriek of laughter to another. Claude Bailey as the millionaire acts and sings well, Margaret Campbell's Polly is attractive, and Viola Compton as the lady doctor, Dora Dolaro as Carmen, Felice Lascelles as Beth, and Eric and René Le Fre, in their dances, are all good. [p. 1; col.2:] Kid Boots Nov. 29, King's Edinburgh.
  • "Kid Boots & SUNNY - Empire Theatre, Newcastle". Newcastle Daily Journal. No. 25, 250. Newcastle, UK. 18 January 1927. p. 1; col.2. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. The Last Week [17 January – 22 January 1927] of Leslie Henson in the sensational success Kid Boots. With Margaret Campbell and Full London Company. Enormous Attraction to follow Kid Boots. Commencing Monday 24 January for Three Week Season [– 12 February 1927]. Once Nightly at 7.30. Matinees: Wed. and Sat. at 2.30. The Sensational London Hippodrome Success: SUNNY.
  • "SUNNY - Hippodrome, Margate". Isle of Thanet Gazette. Vol. 58, no. 2, 993. Margate, UK. 9 July 1927. p. 7; col.5. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Sunny, a musical comedy in two acts and fifteen scenes, has delighted large audiences at each presentation at the Hippodrome this week [4 – 9 July 1927]. The elaborate dresses and scene effects are all new, as the play's production at Margate constitutes its first week on tour. A dress rehearsal on Sunday night [3 July] was personally conducted by Mr. Jack Buchanan, the well-known actor. (...) As Sunny Peters, Felice Lascelles is a vivacious and very charming little person. Max Kirby gives an excellent performance in the role of Jim Demming, the husband. Considerable talent is shown by George Neill in the part of the circus proprietor, and as Sunny's father, Naylor Grimson creates many a laugh. (...)
  • "SUNNY - Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone". The Stage. No. 2, 415. London, UK. 14 July 1927. p. 1; col.2. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Sunny July 11, Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone. [p. 18; col.5:] Moss Empires Ltd., in conjunction with Lee Ephraim and Jack Buchanan, are presenting Sunny here. Felice Lascelles is very dainty and clever as Sunny Peters. Zoe Andrews plays Weenie Winters with natural grace and humour. Kathleen Burgess sings admirably as Marcia Manners. Max Kirby plays Jim Demming with delightful humour and dances ably. George Neill also dances cleverly as Wendell Wendell. Naylor Grimson gives an amusing study of Siegfried Peters. Tiller's Sunny Girls are expert dancers. The play is finely mounted and beautifully dressed.
  • "SUNNY - Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. No. 2, 120. Folkestone, UK. 16 July 1927. p. 10; col.3. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. (...) Miss Felice Lascelles is very charming in the title role, and Mr. Max Kirby scores a great success as Jim Demming. Miss Zoe Andrews, Miss Kathleen Burgess, Miss Dorothy Fenwick, Mr. Rex Rodgers, Mr. Naylor Grimson and Mr. George Neil all do excellently well, and Alfredo's "Sunny" Band give a turn which is very popular. To-day (Saturday) there will be performances both afternoon and evening.
  • "SUNNY - Gaiety Theatre, Hastings". Hastings and St Leonards Observer. No. 4, 542. Hastings, UK. 16 July 1927. p. 3; col.4. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. (...) The engagement is for six nights at 7.45, and owing to the tremendous interest, two matinees will be given on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30.
  • "SUNNY - Theatre Royal, Chatham". Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser. No. 3, 618. Sheerness, UK. 30 July 1927. p. 4; col.1. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Monday August 1 for six nights at 7.45. Matinee on Monday and Wednesday at 2.30. [p. 9; col.5:] A great musical play will be produced at the Theatre Royal, Chatham, next Monday. It will be played once nightly in its entirety exactly as it is now being played at the London Hippodrome, to houses so packed that it has beaten its own huge records night after night and day after day. (...) The company includes Felice Lascelles as "Sunny" (...).
  • "SUNNY - Theatre Royal, Plymouth". The Stage. No. 2, 421. London, UK. 25 August 1927. p. 24; col.5. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Sunny, presented by Moss Empires Ltd., in conjunction with Lee Ephraim and Jack Buchanan, started a two weeks' engagement here on Monday [22 August] before a packed house. In the title role, Felice Lascelles plays with great vivacity and charm.
  • "SUNNY - Theatre Royal, Plymouth". Western Morning News. No. 21, 040. Plymouth, UK. 30 August 1927. p. 6; col.1. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Nightly at 7.45 for 5 nights. Matinees Thursday and Saturday at 2.30.
  • "SUNNY - Grand Theatre, Swansea (12 Sep.) & Lyceum, Newport (19 Sep.)". The Stage. No. 2, 424. London, UK. 15 September 1927. p. 1; col.5. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. 'On Tour' SUNNY (B) Sept. 12, G[rand Theatre], Swansea; [Sept.] 19, Lyceum, Newport. [p. 8; col.3:] In the title role, Felice Lascelles plays with great vivacity and charm.
  • "SUNNY - Lyceum, Newport (19 Sep.) & Grand Theatre, Hanley (26 Sep.)". The Stage. No. 2, 425. London, UK. 22 September 1927. p. 1; col.4. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. 'On Tour' SUNNY (B) [Sept.] 19, Lyceum, Newport; [Sept.] 26, G[rand Theatre], Hanley.


  • "SUNNY - Grand Theatre, Derby". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. Vol. LXXXII, no. 3, 983. Derby, UK. 28 October 1927. p. 5; col.4. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Sunny (...) is presented at the Grand Theatre this week by a particularly good company. (...) The cast is well filled, Felice Lascelles being a happy, vivacious and temperamental Sunny. She is a delightful little actress, who sings and dances cleverly. (...) Matinee on Saturday.



Websites

  • "The Cabaret Girl (1923-1924)". theatricalia.com. Matthew Somerville. Cast & Crew. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  • "GOLDILOCKS: The Panto (1929-1930)". ibygreenroom.wordpress.com. It's Behind You Dot Com – Green Room. 15 November 2022. [Scroll down to "1929-30"]. Retrieved 7 October 2023. The Pantomime ran at Birmingham for eight weeks. Elsie Prince was Principal Boy, Felice Lascelles was Goldilocks, With Jack Morrison as Dame Diddlem. (...) The cast also included Harry Angers, as Handy Andy, Roy Barbour (of the Barbour dynasty- stilt walkers, puppeteers) as Count Wankipof, and featured Bert Escott.
  • "Going Greek (1939)". The Rand Daily Mail. 19 May 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT).


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