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Sylva Stuart Watson

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Sylva Stuart Watson (her married name) was licensee and manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in London, England, from 1963.

Having been a child singer, she began her adult career singing opera and in music hall, and worked as an actress, once performing with Sybil Thorndike.[1]

She formed the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company which included Ralph Richardson and Flora Robson.[1]

Her father-in-law Horace Watson was previously manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.[1]

In 1969, she campaigned against the opening of theatres on Sundays, and was quoted in the House of Lords by Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby on the matter, in 1971.[2]

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 August 1971.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sylva Stuart Watson". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Actors and Actresses Petition for Protection". Hansard. 14 December 1971. Retrieved 14 August 2014.