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Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (23 June 1876 – 30 April 1953) was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her nearly 2,000 performances in the First World War hit musical ''Chu Chin Chow''. ==Early life and career== Brayton was born in Hindley, Lancashire, the fourth daughter of a Lancashire doctor,〔''The Times'' obituary, 2 May 1953〕 John Grindal Brayton (1842-1892).〔''The Times'' obituary of her brother-in-law Edward Rawdon Smith, 9 December 1957〕 Little is known of her early life. Her first stage performance was in Manchester in 1896, when she was in the cast of a production of Shakespeare's ''King Richard II''. She joined the F. R. Benson company, and in June 1898 she married Oscar Asche, a fellow member of it. Her sister Agnes Brayton (1878–1957) was another member of the same company. In 1900 Brayton was chosen by Herbert Beerbohm Tree to create the part of Mariamne in his production of ''Herod''.〔 In 1904 she and Asche formed their own theatrical company. In 1906 she played Iseult in Joseph Comyns Carr's play ''Tristram and Iseult'' at the Adelphi Theatre, with Matheson Lang as Tristram and Asche as King Mark. Her sister Agnes also had a part in this production. In 1907 Lily, as Katherine, and Agnes, as Bianca, appeared in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' with Gervais Rentoul as Petruchio.〔''The Times'' review, 7 February 1907〕 In 1907, Brayton became co-manager, with her husband, of His Majesty's Theatre, London, which was owned by Tree, in association with whom they managed a number of Shakespeare and other plays, including Laurence Binyon’s ''Attila'', in which she played the part of Ildico. In 1909-1910, while Brayton and Asche were touring Australia, the Australian musician Wayne Jones composed a piece entitled "The Lily Brayton Valse". In 1911 at the Garrick Theatre, Brayton starred with Asche in the play ''Kismet''.〔(''Kismet'' ) in ''The Play Pictorial'' Vol. XVIII, No. 106 (1911), accessed at the Stagebeauty website on 22 December 2009〕 They toured Australia again in 1912-13 and also visited South Africa at the end of the tour in 1913. Several Shakespeare plays were given during these visits, as well as ''Kismet''. In 1914, she appeared as Marsinah in the silent film adaptation of ''Kismet''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lily Brayton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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