Press Clippings for the week ending
Saturday, 2 March 2002

A random selection of cuttings
from newspapers and magazines

* * * * * * * * French Can-Can dancers in London, 1868 'La Quadrille Parisienne. - This Unique and Popular Dance is creating a furore. A Talented Quartette of Dancers just arrived [in London] from Paris, including Mdlle. FRISETTE (a Paris Celebrity), ALIDA, LOUISE, and FADETTE may be Engaged on application to Messrs. Corbyn and Parravicini, 49, Duke Street, St. James's.' (The Era, London, Sunday, 15 March 1868, p.16d) * * * * * * * * Millie Zara, the ‘double-voiced’ songstress from the United States, 1887 Deacon's music hall, London 'Miss Millie Zara is described on the programme as a "double-voiced Creole." Whether this lady is endowed with a couple of voices, we do not care to argue; but we have much pleasure in recognising the good quality of her one vocal organ, which asserts itself in pleasing media. Miss Zara's personality, too, is more winning than is that of most ladies of her nationality.' (The Entr’acte, London, Saturday, 24 September 1887, p.11a) * * * * * * * * Leah Russell, ‘The Belle of the Ghetto,’ 1908 ‘Known as "The Belle of the Ghetto," Leah Russell, who recently achieved so much success at the Tivoli, has made a big reputation for herself in America. Her impersonations of Hebrew characters, as well as her clever and well told stories, are indeed brilliant contributions to any programme. Leah Russell has appeared as the star in the leading American vaudeville houses, and recently in South Africa – at Johannesburg and Cape Town – she made an emphatic hit. Her studies are indeed lifelike and she claims the distinction of not only being an actress but also an authoress and song writer.’ (The Magnet, Leeds, Saturday, 14 March 1908, p.5c) * * * * * *

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