Beatrice Lillie

On stage 15 productions, 40 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on2 works

Andre Charlot’s Revue Of 1924
Inside U.S.A.

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In the literature8 passages

• Some famous performers who are, or have been able to hold forth alone because of the interesting repertoire they present, are Beatrice Lillie, An Evening with Beatrice Lillie (1952); Victor Borge, Comedy in Music (1953); Anna Russell, Anna Russell’s Little Show (1953); Maurice Chevalier; Josephine Baker, (1967) and (1974); Bette Midler, C…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
• Cast : Beatrice Lillie , Reginald Gardiner, Eadie and Rack (Pianos), John Philip (Singer), Xenia Bank, Florence Brayebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: Overture (Eadie and Rack); Reginald Gardiner; “A Star’s First Night” (sketch by Robert MacGunigle; as “The Girl Friend,” the sketch had originally been seen in the 1932 revue Walk a Little Faster ) (The Star: Xenia Bank; The Maid: Florence Bray; The Star’s Friend: Beatrice Lillie); “One in Three” (monologue) (Reginald Gardiner);…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: Eadie and Rack; Reginald Gardiner; Beatrice Lillie (with Rack and John Philip); Finaleebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Beatrice Lillie’s intimate revue An Evening with Beatrice Lillie (which could have been subtitled Lady Peel’s Greatest Hits ) began touring in summer stock, and when it opened in New York to rave reviews it played for the entire season and then embarked on a national tour. It later opened in London at the Globe Theatre on November 24, 195…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The first act consisted of comic sketches, many of which had been introduced by Beatrice Lillie and Reginald Gardiner in previous Broadway and London outings. The second act was primarily devoted to a concert-like evening of songs by Lillie; many of the numbers were ones she had introduced in various revues over the years.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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