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Jill Stanford remembers her father Jack Stanford and Streatham Hill Theatre 📺
Jill Stanford is the daughter of Jack Stanford the Dancing Fool, who was an eccentric tap dancer mime artist.
She has wonderful memories of going to the Streatham Hill Theatre to see her father in a production of the Arcadians, which she recounts in this interview with our Memories project lead Stephanie Black. There’s a transcript available (PDF).
There’s more about Jack Stanford in The Dancing Fool Facebook Group
Thank you for sharing your story.it’s wonderful
Thank you for sharing this Wonderful family history!! It makes a person wonder if Michael Jackson watched him for ideas! Fabulous Entertainer. Great legacy for you
I guess Andrew Rolla wasn’t so far off when he dubbed us Mata Hari and Fred. What an exciting father you had .
He was way ahead of is time , fabulous innovator, we can see many have copied parts of his routine 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏