Mabel Burnege (born about 1880 – died July 2, 1972) was an English actress in musical comedies and operettas.
Mabel Burnege | |
|---|---|
| Died | July 2, 1972 |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Mabel Burnage, Mabel Burnedge |
| Occupation(s) | actress, singer in musical comedies |
Early life edit
Burnege graduated from the Royal College of Music in London.[1]
Career edit
Mabel Burnege toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, performing in Gilbert and Sullivan productions, from 1903 to 1907, including a tour in South Africa.[2] She appeared on the London stage,[3] including roles in Bob (1903),[4] The Mountaineers (1909), Fallen Fairies (1909),[5] The Islander (1910),[6][7] The Chocolate Soldier (1910-1911),[8] Nightbirds (1912), The Laughing Husband (1913),[9] and Within the Law (1913-1914).[10][11]
Burnege had one Broadway credit, in The Merry Countess (1912),[12][13] with an English company.[14][15] She also toured North America with this show, for about a year. She was considered "an English beauty" and "very clever" by one 1913 reviewer.[16] She was also described as the "special chum" of the star of that show, Jose Collins.[17]
Personal life edit
Mabel Burnege died in 1972, aged about 90 years.
References edit
- ^ "Plays and Players". The Journal Times. October 5, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "About the Players: Miss Mabel Burnege". The Playgoer and Society Illustrated: 80. 1910 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Stone, David. "Mabel Burnege". gsarchive.net. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (2013-12-05). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press. pp. 146, 500. ISBN 9780810892941.
- ^ Harcourt, Cecil (September 1911). "The Passing of W. S. Gilbert". The Green Book Magazine. 6: 594.
- ^ Hazell's Annual. Hazell, Watson and Viney. 1911. pp. 509–510.
Mabel Burnege.
- ^ Morton, Edward (1910). "The Islander at the Apollo Theatre". The Playgoer and Society Illustrated: 68.
- ^ Straus, Oscar; Jacobson, Leopold; Bernauer, Rudolf; Stangé, Stanislaus (1909). The chocolate soldier : an opera bouffe in three acts. Harold B. Lee Library. New York: M. Witmark.
- ^ Kennedy, Matthew (2004). Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy. Terrace Books. p. 13. ISBN 9780299197704.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (2013-12-19). The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810893009.
- ^ "Drama of the Month: Within the Law". The Playgoer and Society Illustrated: 79–80. 1913 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow Jr, Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (October 1912). "The New Plays". Theatre Magazine. 16: 99.
- ^ Hanaford, Harry Prescott; Hines, Dixie (1914). Who's who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men and Women in Music and the Drama. H.P. Hanaford. p. 442.
- ^ "New York Audiences Through English Eyes". The New York Times. September 1, 1912. p. 63. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mabel Burnege Seeks Lost Purse". The New York Times. October 26, 1912. p. 11. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Merry Countess is Great Musical Comedy". The Morning Post. March 13, 1913. p. 13. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fur-Clad Beauties". The Boston Globe. January 6, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- A cigarette card featuring Mabel Burnege, from the George Arents Collection, New York Public Library.
- Mabel Burnege at the Internet Broadway Database