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YOKES , the name of a See also:family of See also:English actors . See also:FREDERICK See also:MORTIMER VOKES (1846-1888), the son of a costumier, made his first See also:appearance on the See also:stage in 18J4 . In 1861 he, his sisters Jessie (1851-1884), See also:Victoria (1853–1894) and Rosina (1858–1894), and See also:Walter Fawdon (Vokes), first as the " Vokes See also:Children " and then as the " Vokes Family," began to perform at See also:music halls and at the pantomimes, and by their agility and See also:humour made the name well known to English and See also:American See also:theatre-goers . Fred Vokes was a See also:man of real inventiveness as well as rare acrobatic skill . |
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