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Prince Frank Littler CBE (25 July 1901 – 1973) born Prince Frank Richeux, was an English theatre proprietor, impresario, and television executive. Life and career [ edit ] Littler was born in Ramsgate , Kent , in the south east of England, the elder son in the family of five children of Jules Richeux (1863–1911), a cigar importer, and his ...
In 1945 Prince Littler, already chairman of Stoll Theatres Corporation, joined the board of Moss Empires. The largest competitor to the Stoll circuit was the Moss Empire Circuit- and by 1947 Littler became chairman of Moss Empires, and the largest producing management in the world.
- Introduction
- The Prince
- Hudson’s Bay Company
- French-Canadian Cabin Design
- Moving & Restoring The Cabin
The Prince’s cabin is thought to be the oldest standing cabin in the state of Washington. It originally stood at a Cayuse wintering place just upstream of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman’s Presbyterian mission, two miles east of the Frenchtown Historic Site. Narcissa Whitman refers to its presence in a letter from January 1844, telling of the recent mo...
The Cayuse name of thePrince was not recorded. “Prince” was often used in fur trade culture to refer to a headman or trading partner’s younger brother or son. The Prince was a younger brother of Hiyumtipin, headman at Pašx̣ápa (pronounced Pash-KA-pah), the Cayuse village just east of the Whitman Mission. It was Hiyumtipin who discovered the drowned...
In contrast with the industrial Frenchtowns of New England, western Frenchtowns were a by-product of the fur trade, established by former employees of the North West Company (NWC) and the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). Upon retirement (or termination) from the companies, these French-Canadian men and their Native American or Métis wives often settled ...
The Prince’s cabin displays prominent characteristics of homes of French-Canadian/ Métis design of the 1830s. These features include the cabin’s size (16’ x 24’), original hinges, door (Fig. 1), and interior paint color, as well as the design of the interior wall (Figs. 2 & 4). Its hand-hewn, squared log construction uses the angled dovetail joint ...
At the time of donation in 2012, the upper floor of the cabin was intact and in relatively good condition while the lower walls were partially dismantled and actively deteriorating. The Frenchtown Historical Foundation consulted with archaeologists, contractors, craftsmen, historians, tribal representatives, and professional movers to plan the relo...
Sep 14, 1973 · LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI)— Prince Littler, the British im presario and theater owner, died today at his home in Sus sex. He was 72 years old. The cause of death was not dis closed.
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Prince Frank Littler Commander of the Order of the British Empire born Prince Frank Richeux, was an English theatre proprietor, impresario and television executive. Background Littler was born in Ramsgate, Kent, in the south east of England, the elder son in the family of five children of Jules Richeux (1863–1911), a cigar importer, and his ...
Jan 7, 2023 · The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy, Prince of Washington - POLITICO. Culture Club. The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy, Prince of Washington. Warring factions, a man...
Prince Littler. by George Beckles. “Everybody’s Magazine January 10th 1952. Up and down the country, Dames and Demons, Broker’s men and Principal Boys play their roles in the most characteristic English entertainment: And the majority are subjects of the Littler Theatrical Empire.
