Grace Lane (1876-1956)

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Grace Lane (1876-1956)

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Some known facts:
  • Born 13th January 1876 - (England).
  • Died 14th January 1956 - Hove, East Sussex (England).
  • Full Name Grace Mabel Lane.
  • Daughter of Pierrpont G. Lane and his wife Rosina Grace (Lilley).
  • Sister of Dorothy Lane (actress) and Horace Lane (actor).
  • Married Kenneth Douglas.
  • Mother of actor/dramatist Gerald Savory.
  • Movie Credits - Mrs Lambert in 'The Honeypot' (1920), Mrs Moore in 'Owd Bob' (1924), Lady Devenish in 'Taxi for Two' (1929), Nun in 'The Feather' (1929), Mrs Stanhope in 'The Mad Hatters' (1935), 'Twelve Good Men' (1936).
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"Beau Brocade"
By Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow.
Revived at the Globe Theatre on 31st December, 1910.

Mr. Bertram Wallis, Miss Grace Lane, Miss Gillian Scaife, Messrs. Edward Ferris, Richard Neville, J. J. Bartlett, Horton Cooper, Chas. A, White, J. Plumpton Wilson, Bassett Roe, E. lrwin, C. Weir, and H. Greville.

The Earl of Stretton, disguised as a black­smith, is hiding in the shop of John Stick from his enemies. He has papers that will save him if only they can be seen by the King.

His sister, Patience, sets out to deliver them to His Majesty, when her coach is stopped by Beau Brocade, the highwayman, on the lonely heath. He forces her to dance a minuet with him, and when doing so Sir Humphrey Challoner creeps to the coach and steals the papers. With these he hopes to compel Lady Patience to marry him. Yes, marry him or see her brother shot! Ha! ha!

When he discovers what he has done by holding up her coach, Beau Brocade swears to recover the papers for her dear sake. We don't know what on earth he does to find them, but when fearing capture he changes clothes with a village idiot and finds the papers in the fellow's smock. Challoner, it may be observed, had given the papers to the idiot to deliver to his confederates.

Once again the papers are in the hands of the Lady Patience, when Challoner snatches them from her, and her brother's death would have been sealed had not the Duke of Cumberland arrived upon the scene. It then transpires that Beau Brocade is an officer who has been unjustly dismissed from the King's service. The Duke restores him to his rank, and, it being demonstrated that Lord Stretton has not joined the ranks of the Pretender his life is saved. Lady Patience and Beau Brocade are, presumably, married in the near future and all ends happily.

"Beau Brocade" was the last play of the old year and must be included in the list of mediocre productions of the period. It was pretty, romantic, and all that sort of thing, but it didn't grip. The performance of Mr. Bertram Wallis was not a bad one, but he is obviously more at home in comic opera. Mr. J. J. Bartlett gave an interesting interpretation of the villainous Challoner and Miss Grace Lane was very sweet as Lady Patience. An excellent setting did much for the play.

Playgoer and Society Illustrated, Vol III, No 17, January 1911.

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