PLUCKY ACTRESS.
PERFORMED DESPITE HUSBAND'S DEATH. (S» CABLE—JUSS ASSOCIATION—COPTHJOHT.) (AUSTBAMAW AHD- H.2. CABLE ASSOCIATION^ (Received December 30th, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 29. Laughing audiences at a Cardiff pantomime applauding the vivacious humour of Miss Lynda Martell did not realise that there was a tragedy behind her performance. She has for a year been the bride of Lord Lyveden, and received news of his death as she entered, the theatre for. the matinee. Although greatly distressed, Miss Martell performed her part without a hitch and repeated her success at night. Lord Lyveden had a remarkable career and was successively actor, artilleryman, waiter in a New York eating house, steward on an American coastal vessel, a nurseryman who introduced a new tomato, army contractor, caterer to a shipping company, purser, tourist agent, lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, theatrical manager, and variety artist. His father was 72 when he married a pretty Hastings shop girl of eighteen.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 15
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154PLUCKY ACTRESS. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 15
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