OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 5

OBITUARY.

A> NOTED COMEDIAft.

«Y TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COFYRIGI^ , London, April 15. The death .is announced of Willis Edouin, the well-known actor.; One of the brightest of England's merry- ' makers has passed away in: the person of Willio Edouin, "a man .of infinite jest" He ' was -'a member of a famous theatrical family, soino.of.whonr have been well-known on. this side ofthe globo. Mr!" .William Edouin,, Bryer, manager of the.''Herbert Flemming CoinpanJv which his just concludod a;'s6ason at the local Opera* House, was.a.nephew ,of the deceased'actor, hnd his"sister in. Mrs. . G. B. W.' Lewis, the experienced actress and ■ iteaeher of the'dramatic art in Melbourne. Mr. Edouin, who was 07 years of. aae, was horn ' at Brighton, and with his brothers and' sis- I tersmudo his. fir.'.'t appearance*: oil the ; fi-igo with, "The Living Marionettes"/ at tho Adelaide Gallery in 188. After a tour through the J . provinces and several appearanicfl in ■ pantomime ,in 'Loudon ? : ; the ; family: left for, ' Australia in 1856, "prior to which' Master: "Willio Edouin"': (a name that: has never :. , merged :into-the severer William), was: tendered a benefit at the .Strand Theatre, 'where lie was destined to achieve such fame later, in' , life.; ■. l'ho family made its first -Australian appearance at tho old • Theatre . Coral, Mel--bourne,, and after visiting the gold fields and • touring generally for a year they returned to Melbourne, to: settle down. He subsequently went: to America, joined, Lydia -Thompson's stocky company, .and.'with that'" actress , , . turned to England, where he took i-oot, and his laughter-impelling -luinlour. has' always been warmly welcomed season 1 after season, year', after year.: His , successes have, been " many, but here are a few—Principal c6median ' iii " Our' Plat," -".Turned, Up," "Tho Late Lamented," Hilarius in"LaPoupee,"Twecdlopunch in "Floradora," Hoggenhoimer in "Tho Girl; from .Kay's," the goncral in "The Little', Michus, v -and Moolraj ■in "The Blua\ Moon.',': , , . 1 . . ...