Edward James Lauri

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Contributor Edward James Lauri
Other Names Teddy
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 7 November 1869
Place Of Birth London
Date of Death 9 January 1919
Place Of Death London
Functions Actor, Dancer, Actor and Singer
Notes The son of Edward “Ted” Lauri (the Original Little Lump of Fun), Teddy was perhaps the third most well-known Lauri of his generation. His first performance was with his father in the Clown, Cat and Dog at the Theatre Royal in 1887, where they played a dog and cat fighting on the housetops. Throughout most of the 1890s, Teddy was steadily employed in musical theatre and pantomime in London and the United Kingdom. He signed up for a tour of India with the Gaiety Company and then decided to accept a contract with George Musgrove to perform in Australia and New Zealand for a year. One year would turn into five years. Teddy not only got headline roles and tremendous reviews, but more importantly he started arranging, directing, writing, and managing complex theatrical productions that often had more than 100 actors, singers, and dancers. When he returned to England in 1906, he was ready to become a theatrical manager in addition to a star performer. Teddy debuted in New Zealand in Thirty Thieves in 1902. In the cast was May Beatty, a local girl who had made good in New Zealand’s Pollard Opera Company. May became Teddy’s protegé, as he taught her to dance well and arranged for voice training. When Teddy returned to England, she came back with him, where they immediately went to work in a variety of productions and venues throughout England. Emily, Teddy’s wife, died in 1907 of peritonitis from a burst appendix. A year later, May and Teddy were married.
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J Campbell - Actor and Singer

Foster Courtenay - Actor and Singer

Ethel Dale - Actor and Singer

George Dance - Playwright

W Flanagan - Actor and Singer

C Francisco - Actor and Singer

L Green - Actor and Singer

Henry Hallam - Actor and Singer

H Hardy - Actor and Singer

Victor Herbert - Composer

Frank Hill - Actor and Singer

G A Johnson - Actor and Singer

D Lambert - Actor and Singer

J Marks - Actor and Singer

Edward Marris - Playwright

May Martin - Actor and Singer

D Montague - Actor and Singer

Isabel Morton - Actor and Singer

George Musgrove - Administrator

J C Piddock - Actor and Singer

Dudley Powell - Composer

Lempriere Pringle - Actor and Singer

C Rattray - Actor and Singer

Harrington Reynolds - Actor and Singer

W R Shirley - Actor and Singer

Slapoffski - Actor and Singer

Gustav Slapoffski - Musical Director

Harry B Smith - Librettist

Annis Stevens - Actor and Singer

H Stevoni - Actor and Singer

E Sutton - Actor and Singer

Howard Talbot - Musician

J Turnbull - Actor and Singer

John Wallace - Stage Manager

Bessie White - Actor and Singer

W White - Actor and Singer

E Whitelock - Actor and Singer

Mr George Stephenson's Comedy Company
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Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 451937