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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 178 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YOKES  , the name of a

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

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