Lydia Thompson (born Eliza Thompson; 19 February 1838 – 17 November 1908), was an English dancer, comedian, actor and theatrical producer. From 1852,...

the 1840s. Burlesque in the United States is believed to have begun in New York with the arrival from England of Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe, "The...

the Devil (1868). In the 1870s, Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe, with Willie Edouin, became famous for their burlesques, by such authors as H. B. Farnie...

popularised by a visiting British burlesque troupe, Lydia Thompson and the "British Blondes", beginning in 1868. New York burlesque shows soon incorporated elements...

Neo-burlesque, or new burlesque, is the revival and updating of the traditional American burlesque performance. Though based on the traditional burlesque...

who performed in America with Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe, and was one of Thompson's "British Blondes". Thompson recruited Weber from Covent Garden...

subtitled Striking Oil in Family Jars, is an 1869 Victorian burlesque that Lydia Thompson's company debuted at Niblo's Garden in New York City on February...

275 Gänzl, Kurt. Lydia Thompson in Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre, Blackwell/Schirmer (1994) Lydia Thompson: Queen of Burlesque, Kurt Ganzl, Routledge...

(1882), page opposite 32 (picture), 38-39 (bio) Ganzl, Kurt. Lydia Thompson: Queen of Burlesque, p. 104 (2014) (11 September 1910). Melancholy End of noted...

Australia and elsewhere, Edouin moved to America, where he joined Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe, performing with this company both in the US and Britain...

a music hall and burlesque performer as well as appearing in pantomime and musical theatre. In America in 1877, with Lydia Thompson's Company, she appeared...

a relationship with Alex Henderson (1828-1886) (spouse of burlesque producer Lydia Thompson). That relationship produced a daughter, Helen Massey. Massey...

worldwide. The British Lydia Thompson became a leading dancer and actress in burlesques on the London stage. She introduced Victorian burlesque to America with...

Brougham) and William Melfington Thompson, a linen merchant. Her "aunt" was the Victorian burlesque actress and dancer Lydia Thompson. She made her stage début...

year, she played in the United States in 1875, as a dancer in Lydia Thompson's Burlesque Troupe in Broadway shows. After returning to England, she married...

the Princess Theatre in London. He subsequently joined the burlesque company of Lydia Thompson and traveled with her to the United States in 1868. In later...

Lydia Thompson to New York as a member of her British Blondes, opening at Wood's Museum (Broadway at 30th Street) on September 28, in the burlesque of...

of drama, burlesque and operetta. Among the authors of its burlesques were W. S. Gilbert and H. B. Farnie. Its stars included Lydia Thompson, Lionel Brough...

Bessie joined a burlesque troupe, the "British Blondes", with the stage name of Bessie Sudlow. The troupe was led by Lydia Thompson, an English dancer...

popular burlesque show of the 1870s though the 1920s referred to a raucous, somewhat bawdy style of variety theater. It was inspired by Lydia Thompson and...

performed by several musical artists and theatrical entertainers, including Lydia Thompson, who featured the song in her traveling operetta Bluebeard. Though Leybourne...

She gave up management in 1870, acting in New York for a time with Lydia Thompson's troupe, but soon retired from the stage. Oliver was born at Salisbury...

thanks to the Worrell trio (Playbill). Burlesque became increasingly popular with the arrival of Lydia Thompson and her British Blondes. This added to...

association with Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The song was sung by Lydia Thompson, for the burlesque adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Bluebeard, with...

discovered by Lydia Thompson, an English dancer, comedian, actress, and theatrical producer, who is recognized for introducing Victorian burlesque to the United...

2009, she participated in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, exhibit called "Burlesque As Art".[citation needed] Elise graduated from Boston Latin School in...

musical comedy, he and J. Cheever Goodwin saw the Lydia Thompson production of Farnie and Reece's burlesque Oxygen, and agreed that they could do better....

and singer best known for her roles as the "principal boy" in musical burlesques at the Gaiety Theatre in London. Born into a theatrical family, Farren...

show with aspects of Lydia Thompson's all-female troupe's show, vaudeville, and musical travesty. He called the new genre "burlesque". The troupe, later...

memorable early success was another musical burlesque, Ixion, or the Man at the Wheel (1863), starring Lydia Thompson in the title role, which found audiences...