Eunice Crowther
Eunice Crowther (21 July 1916 – 13 October 1986) was a British singer, dancer, and choreographer, who in the early part of her career worked on stage, before moving on to television work for the BBC in the late 1940s. In the 1950s she became a dance director. Life Born in the Shanghai International Settlement, China, as Eunice Beryl Cock, she came to England as a child after the Great War of 1914–1918 and was educated at Bournemouth High School."Boscombe" in ''Bournemouth Graphic'' dated 16 October 1936, p. 6 From the age of eighteen, between 1935 and 1936, Crowther originated the part of Dora in the first stage production of '' This'll Make You Whistle'', a musical comedy by Guy Bolton, Al Goodhart, and Maurice Sigler. This was staged at Southsea in December 1935,J. P. Wearing, ''The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel'' (The Scarecrow Press, 1990), p. 545 before a long run in London, arriving at the Streatham Hill Theatre in Jan ...
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Shanghai International Settlement
The Shanghai International Settlement () originated from the merger in the year 1863 of the British and American enclaves in Shanghai, in which British subjects and American citizens would enjoy extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction under the terms of treaties agreed by both parties. These treaties were abrogated in 1943. The British settlements were established following the victory of the British in the First Opium War (18391842). Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, the five treaty ports including Shanghai were opened to foreign merchants, overturning the monopoly then held by the southern port of Canton (Guangzhou) under the Canton System. The British also established a base on Hong Kong. American and French involvement followed closely on the heels of the British and their enclaves were established north and south, respectively, of the British area. Unlike the colonies of Hong Kong and Macau, where the United Kingdom and Portugal enjoyed full sovereignty i ...
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