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Lauri de Frece (3 March 1880 – 25 August 1921) was an English actor and singer who appeared in
Born in Liverpool, Lauri de Frece was one of four sons of Harry de Frece, of the Gaiety Music Hall, Liverpool, a prosperous theatrical manager and agent from a Jewish theatrical family. The four sons were well educated at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, in the hope of keeping them out of the theatre. However, Frece's brother Jack became the manager of the Alhambra Wooden Theatre, Liverpool, his brother Isaac managed the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and in 1890 his brother Walter gave up an apprenticeship with a Merseyside architect to marry Vesta Tilley, taking a job in the office of Warner's Theatrical Agency, and going on to become a leading theatrical impresario.
At the Liverpool Institute, de Frece was a contemporary of Albert Coates.
In 1910, de Frece appeared as Blatz in the musical '' The Balkan Princess''. In 1912, he sang the part of Brissard in an Edinburgh production of Franz Lehár's
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2019. In his ''Idols of the "Halls"'', Henry Chance Newton (1854–1931) recalled that "I knew many de Freces, both of the Liverpudlian, and of the London brand; for example, that wonderful old couple, Isaac and Maurice de Frece, Walter's brother Jack, a big variety agent, also that late fine comedian, poor Lauri de Frece, who was the second husband of that brilliant young actress, Fay Compton."
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musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...
and in films of the silent era. His original name was Maurice de Frece. He was the younger brother of Walter de Frece and the husband of Fay Compton.
He was sometimes been confused with a cousin called Lawrence Abraham de Frece, who was born in 1881 and died later the same year.
Life
Born in Liverpool, Lauri de Frece was one of four sons of Harry de Frece, of the Gaiety Music Hall, Liverpool, a prosperous theatrical manager and agent from a Jewish theatrical family. The four sons were well educated at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, in the hope of keeping them out of the theatre. However, Frece's brother Jack became the manager of the Alhambra Wooden Theatre, Liverpool, his brother Isaac managed the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and in 1890 his brother Walter gave up an apprenticeship with a Merseyside architect to marry Vesta Tilley, taking a job in the office of Warner's Theatrical Agency, and going on to become a leading theatrical impresario.
At the Liverpool Institute, de Frece was a contemporary of Albert Coates.
In 1910, de Frece appeared as Blatz in the musical '' The Balkan Princess''. In 1912, he sang the part of Brissard in an Edinburgh production of Franz Lehár's operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
'' The Count of Luxembourg'', when he was one of the five principals, together with Daisy Burrell, Phyllis le Grand, Eric Thorne, and Robert Michaelis, collectively described by the ''Musical News'' as "all consummate artists in their own style".
In 1914, after the death of the producer H. G. Pelissier
H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet.
H may also refer to:
Musical symbols
* H number, Harry Halbreich reference mechanism for music by Honegger and Martinů
* H, B (musical note)
* H, B major
People
* H. (noble) (died after 1279 ...
, de Frece married his young widow, Fay Compton, with whom he later starred in ''The Labour Leader
''The Labour Leader'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Fred Groves, Fay Compton and Owen Nares. The film was based on an original screenplay by Kenelm Foss.Low p.70
Plot summary
After his friend imp ...
'' (1917).
Death
He died in August 1921, aged 41, from undisclosed causes, in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy. In February 1922 his widow remarried, toLeon Quartermaine
Leon Quartermaine (24 September 1876 – 25 June 1967) was a British actor whose stage career, in Britain and the United States, extended from the early 1900s to the 1950s.
He was born in Richmond, London, and educated at the Whitgift School ...
.
Trewin, J. C.
John Courtenay Trewin (4 December 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a British journalist, writer and drama critic.
Trewin was born in Plymouth, Devon, although both his parents were Cornish. He was educated at Plymouth College and in 1926 join ...
br>"Compton, Fay ( Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie; 1894–1978), actress"''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2019. In his ''Idols of the "Halls"'', Henry Chance Newton (1854–1931) recalled that "I knew many de Freces, both of the Liverpudlian, and of the London brand; for example, that wonderful old couple, Isaac and Maurice de Frece, Walter's brother Jack, a big variety agent, also that late fine comedian, poor Lauri de Frece, who was the second husband of that brilliant young actress, Fay Compton."
Musical theatre
*'' The Balkan Princess'' (1910) as Blatz *'' The Count of Luxembourg'' (1912) as Brissard *'' To-Night's the Night'' (1914) as Henryat broadwayworld.com, accessed 26 March 2019 *'' The Happy Day'' (1916) as Walter *'' The Maid of the Mountains'' as Tonio
Films
:''Incomplete list'' *''The Labour Leader
''The Labour Leader'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Fred Groves, Fay Compton and Owen Nares. The film was based on an original screenplay by Kenelm Foss.Low p.70
Plot summary
After his friend imp ...
'' (1917)
*'' Once Upon a Time'' (1918)
*''All the Sad World Needs
''All the Sad World Needs'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Hubert Herrick and starring Lauri de Frece, Joan Legge and Lennox Pawle.Low p.328
Cast
* Lauri de Frece as Peep O'Day
* Joan Legge as Rhoda Grover
* Lennox Pawle ...
'' (1918)
Notes
External links
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National Portrait Gallery, London
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