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4 unusual facts about The Eight Lancashire Lads


The Eight Lancashire Lads

Brothers Richard, Eric and Clem White went to Sydney, Australia in the 1910s and formed theatre companies including Edgley and Dawe.

As they became more successful, they recruited other members such as Charlie Chaplin, who got his first professional break with them at the age of ten.

Michael White (aka Wijaya) an exotic dancer and humorist, who has been resident in Bali since 1973, is Richard White's grandson.

His brother, Richard White was for a period the choreographer of the female chorus at the Tivoli revue theatre in Sydney.



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