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Tearle began her acting career with the help of her aunt MLR after she...
Occupation
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Along with acting, MLR
continued to work as a producer. On 15 March 1920 her production of Come out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller
opened at the Strand Theatre
. This domestic comedy...
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which based itself on a bond of union between all women in the Theatrical profession who are in sympathy...
Textual Production
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
The play starred Johnston Forbes-Robertson
and Gertrude Elliott
. MLR's husband, J. H. Ryley
, also played a minor role as a parishioner. The production had thirty-two performances.
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Wealth and Poverty
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
MLR
left bequests of a thousand pounds each to her surviving sister and her niece Madeleine (Roberts) Tearle
, along with 500 pounds to her housekeeper with a life annuity of 104 pounds. She also...
Timeline
10 December 1908: The inaugural meeting of the Actresses' Franchise...