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Lisa Weber

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Weber's fortunes declined over time. The general reports were that had gained weight over time and faded from the limelight. See performed in and managed lesser touring burlesque companies, also at times doing some minstrel and vaudeville work. From October 1885 until her death in 1887, she would
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in New York in January 1870 and travelled as well. She married W.S. Mullaly in 1871, a musical and minstrel director. She divorced him in 1875 and later married Robert Britton. In 1878 she returned for a time to England and appeared as Mazeppa at Astley's.
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Said to be the best vocalist of the troupe, Weber was also the first to "spin-off", returning to England in June 1869 to recruit her own troupe, which debuted at
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Thompson recruited Weber from Covent Garden. She first appeared in America in the role of Mercury in
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The New York mirror annual and directory of the theatrical profession for 1888
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Lisa Weber's Death: The Last of One of the Original Lydia Thompson Troupe
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American popular songs : from the Revolutionary War to the present
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travel by herself and join with local talent to organise shows.
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Lisa Weber's death and burial, Buffalo, New York, October 1887
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when Thompson came to America in September 1868, followed by
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troupe, and was one of Thompson's "British Blondes".
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Index


Jeremiah Gurney
Buffalo, New York
Lydia Thompson
burlesque
Forty Thieves
Charles E. Pratt
William Lingard
Wood's Museum
Buffalo, New York
Forest Lawn Cemetery
American popular songs : from the Revolutionary War to the present
The British Blondes
The Birth of Burlesque in America


Lydia Thompson: Queen of Burlesque


The New York mirror annual and directory of the theatrical profession for 1888
Paine and Miss Webber
The New York Times
Lisa Weber's Death: The Last of One of the Original Lydia Thompson Troupe
The New York Times
Lisa Weber's death and burial, Buffalo, New York, October 1887
Both Sides of the Curtain
Lisa Weber
Internet Broadway Database
Categories
1887 deaths

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