Rosemary Frances Rees (c.1875 â€" 19 August 1963) was a New Zealand
actress, playwright, theatre producer and novelist. She worked in New
Zealand, Australia and England. After her career in theatre she became
a romantic novelist.Rosemary Frances Rees was born in Auckland, New
Zealand in 1875 or 1876 to William Lee Rees, a barrister and MP.[1][2]
From a young age she was determined to become an actress.[3]Rees
worked as an actress in New Zealand before moving to England in about
1900 or 1901.[1][3] In 1901 she joined Fanny Brough's theatre company
becoming Brough's understudy after one month.[3][4] Her first one act
play 'The New Gun' was performed as a curtain raiser to 'Uncles and
Aunts', by William Lestocq and Walter Everard, in 1902.[5] She also
toured with the companies of Mr and Mrs Lewis Waller, Fred Ash, Walter
Melville and Mr Van Biene among others.[3][4] She wrote articles and
short stories for the magazines Madame, The King and M.A.P.[4] Several
of her one act plays were produced in this period: in 1907 'A Judicial
Separation' in Manchester[6] and 'Her Dearest Friend' in London;[7] 'A
Desperate Marriage' in Brighton in 1908;[8] 'The Happiest Woman in the
World' in Bournemouth in 1909.[9]In 1908 she returned to New
Zealand.[10] In 1909 she presented, at His Majesty's Theatre in
Gisborne, an evening's entertainment which included three of her own
one act plays: the comedy 'A Judicial Separation', the drama 'The New
Gun'' and the comedietta 'Her Dearest Friend'.[3][11]
actress, playwright, theatre producer and novelist. She worked in New
Zealand, Australia and England. After her career in theatre she became
a romantic novelist.Rosemary Frances Rees was born in Auckland, New
Zealand in 1875 or 1876 to William Lee Rees, a barrister and MP.[1][2]
From a young age she was determined to become an actress.[3]Rees
worked as an actress in New Zealand before moving to England in about
1900 or 1901.[1][3] In 1901 she joined Fanny Brough's theatre company
becoming Brough's understudy after one month.[3][4] Her first one act
play 'The New Gun' was performed as a curtain raiser to 'Uncles and
Aunts', by William Lestocq and Walter Everard, in 1902.[5] She also
toured with the companies of Mr and Mrs Lewis Waller, Fred Ash, Walter
Melville and Mr Van Biene among others.[3][4] She wrote articles and
short stories for the magazines Madame, The King and M.A.P.[4] Several
of her one act plays were produced in this period: in 1907 'A Judicial
Separation' in Manchester[6] and 'Her Dearest Friend' in London;[7] 'A
Desperate Marriage' in Brighton in 1908;[8] 'The Happiest Woman in the
World' in Bournemouth in 1909.[9]In 1908 she returned to New
Zealand.[10] In 1909 she presented, at His Majesty's Theatre in
Gisborne, an evening's entertainment which included three of her own
one act plays: the comedy 'A Judicial Separation', the drama 'The New
Gun'' and the comedietta 'Her Dearest Friend'.[3][11]
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