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Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« on: Friday 15 January 21 17:57 GMT (UK) »
I wonder if anybody could help me with this search as I am trying to find out what I can about this man.

Stanley Carlton was a reasonably well known actor and theatre company manager in the late 1890s and well into the 1900s and in the 1930s he became the manager of the Cinema de Lux in Brighton.  He also lived in the Twickenham area about 1918/20.

The problem is that I don't know whether Stanley Carlton was his real name as opposed to a stage name.  On the 1911 census he is shown under this name as a married theatrical manager, lodging in Leicestershire with a birth date of 1882 and birthplace Redcar, Yorkshire.

In 1929, he placed a notice in the stage to say that his wife had died on 14 April 1927.  Now that notice, I believe refers to Rachel Maud Lawson, born Rachel Mussett in 1868 who did die on that date.  She was an actress who went under the stage name of Rubie Maude and she did live with Stanley for a while, although they were never married.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be most welcome.

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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 January 21 19:35 GMT (UK) »
I can see him the newspapers in 1900 as Stanley Carlton and around 1901 census seems to be performing in London.

That was a long way of saying I cannot see him in the 1901 census as Stanley Carlton.  I tried people born Redcar in London of the right age, but none that I found are theatrical.

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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 January 21 21:56 GMT (UK) »
Is he on the 1939 register?

Do you have a death date for him?

What is your interest in him?  Is he an ancestor?

You say - "on the 1911 he is shown as a married theatrical manager"   He is not shown as married on the 1911 entry
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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 January 21 21:58 GMT (UK) »
Just going to ask if you have a death for him under that name?

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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 January 21 22:03 GMT (UK) »
Would the death certificate for Rachel have any information - if "Stanley" was the informant it might have another name for him - especially if it said husband.
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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 16 January 21 00:17 GMT (UK) »
Have you tried contacting Equity? They have records from 1930 onwards, and he would almost certainly have needed an Equity Card to work in British theatre at that time.
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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 16 January 21 00:34 GMT (UK) »
The 1939 register has 12 entries in Sussex for males born 1881-1883 with an occ of theatr*

You could try checking the names given to see if any match a birth in Guisborough which was the registration district for Redcar

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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 16 January 21 09:32 GMT (UK) »
The 1911 census transcript say married, but the actual form says single - thanks for that.  There is no reference to Stanley on Rachel's death certificate and I don't have a date of death for him.

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Re: Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 16 January 21 10:05 GMT (UK) »
What is your interest in him?  Is he an ancestor?
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