DEATH OF LIONEL BROUGH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 6

DEATH OF LIONEL BROUGH.

■ v. , '. : AN APPRECIATION..' ••" A , press: Association cablo • mess™ received; ,: ' , yesterday reports .tlio 'death of •"Mγ... Lionel •■" : i trough, the well-known Londpn actor;".' . . ./■,■• .. Lionel Brpugh was a figure' Oμ the English,'■.> ■~ or—to. top, Londpn stage, 'He ■■£&.■■':'■;■..'-■■: a good rpbu'st.'actor, arid .'a cpmedian,.whpsj)\ •;';,- every .actipn, ,every ljup,. the .bpra: :'■'.;. Mime.-. Hc.has played'a' multitudo 6f parts, in';;, v, his tjttie, and his 'going hence . will ..feayp ■'' $ .'•■'.:'':.•■' ■ vacancy : that will .close less readily thau with :.•■..' fii.any another. Playgoers in the colony gained:.. A, ■ J, Sf e^] respect for tho Brough family through .>■<■■■-: the tnenibers who hijve vjsited us at differed ~ .tapes,-and with," iione mere'than'the late JMr,,'r .': ■libberi Breugh, whp,)vas a nephew of. tlip 'ds.-'. •.;■'..'-" ceased, Thpre .wer?.; others ivhpse relatipnshin .', ; v .,.■:'■; ■was, perhaps, hpt sp well kiiqwn, who ,e6n|r>bnte4 .'.":• much pleasure ■to playgoers,'"..of ; . these " pirts.'Y -" ■' V Lionel's 'brptjier, ", Jlobert Barnabas BrougbV '':■]}',' nmrrjed.Miss- Elisabeth Romcr, whpm : . many■'■'.' :'■ : . will'remember, as 'av chaining exponent"; of '' '.: . grande- daino" .'• with the ■ Brpugl»V . ..".;: Bbucicault Comedy' Go;-. Miss Ko.mer, on her'. ;.\' husband's an nctpr, , Mr.. J. P. ■ " ,' Gibsp'n, the issue pf which inarriage was Hist'-■'•■• ■ v Brenda Gibson,.the talented ingenue, whp. Iβ • ~: kindly remembered in many'performances, net .'.:: the:easiest to forget being in ; "The Aniazpni?/' ;. ;' Of Lionel'.Brpugh's own' , family, Pnly tlie.lite : ' I; 1 Mr. Percy-, Brpugh vjsited" '-New . Zealand.. •■ Sydney Brpugh, anpther: sp.n, is a capab)? :■; "■':■■:■ London actor,'and.deceased's "phly daughter, .1 *. Miss Mary Brougli,' is well known in a lesEer,-.; . • degree; P.erliaps the best-fcnewn,.most capablej;" ; ' ;. and popular member of the family now pn^the..... '■'■'■■■ stage is Mjss Fanny Brpughj-who was a niece . \;\ .of Mr. Lißhel Brpugji, aud a sister of the late- ; Mr. Ilibert BroughV ~: '. , ; '; ::r: : '-!;J . ; ~, " ; The ■ deceased : actor ".was & son ,pf the .-. ■■', lato .-Barnabas' , Brougli, a dranintip; , .author : -' : of repute., , ' He. wag -, born, at'.' Ponty- ■', .'•'•■ pool, ■..' on' 'Jfarch ."■ ,10, 1B3G;; : ' and. , ' was „;\ educated at the .MajicJ)esj:ei'- prammar Sphool ' • : •and, : nt, .a , private' academy ■ni IJpndon; ;He , • ■'; conjmencpjl i!)s .career ifi' the publishing office v ~■■'.,": ' pf':'tlie' I "; lllwstratpij' London • N(jws,"; .was '^. ,';■' ■:■•. nipjnbep'.of tlip .cpniiner.cial staff of the : ''Lon- '■'':.'■ dp|i ; lJaijy Telegraph "''.(and had ,a : "share 'in , ' the projection of , ;jsfirft 'number), Latpr Jie ' : joined the".lto^ning.Star," with whicli paper , : he remained, for..five.'years. 7 \Vhen'lß: years ,■■ : . of ago.jho 1 ijiis first. appefcrano,i, on -the, ■ London stnge at tho'Lyceum '|li,eatre jn "Prjpci} :" : Pet,"- -After four years; acting.-he ; ; , returned'to;'press !;wprk,' arid' "afto!r..jivo , 'y6'are ' '.. pf-'thei felt-thp.stago calling ' , Ifim'/agjjin., -He" , wgnt : pjf a' little "K "hij ■ own, Wlien ' acting" , "at,*an : v ~:y--'ehtc'rfainin'e'n t -' (with J' members' of \the.' Savage' .V '■ Club) at l jjjv',erppol,':ypung BrpugJ}' created-60;/ ;'-,'■ favpurable an juiprpssioii that lie was eft^red ' ■. ■ an! .''engagement by' ■Mγ.! Henderson,•■: of •" the ■'1 , Prince ,pf : Wales Theatre, Liverpool, w!u?h Jie ".' '■ accepted,; Lpndpn'"sftw,'hira: ojico lafire. in; 15857, , '.:, v • and ;.thp'..-Biicc?p^pi}. i .year" saw him . ntake , lijg ' ; .:■. first' ]iig Jiij in 1 "fearer' Than' Life " wjth tlifl ".'.•■■ late Jplin Tp6le/...,.1 , tp)n -.that'on he .leaped '. ff-ppi: success' to. Biicees.s,', two of ]iis gr.es.te.6.s .. V., hits': being.;Tpuy.pumpkin; and Bpb. ; Acre St;,' ';,' Farcical- comedy, high, comedyj '- }ow, comedy.' '„ ■ and the' fovjid him the man, v Ljghj. , ;"• ppera also ; ktw hini. Ho c'r?at«l tone Laur- ; / ; and inadp a npfable 6uc>; : :. cess'! in '" La' ,C)ga!c," '' He"' jrns'": a . favpprit? 'j.■ actor of'the Jatc Oueen yi'ctpria, whp on one ' pccasipiif presented liimwij;l» a gold monpgram'. breast-pin set with diamonds and,'rubies, and' ,' among his-best loved treasures was a meer ~'"-'• Echaum pipe; the giftpf : s|ng F4wd-YIJv .-. .:' ;