Corinne Malvern a character supposed to be three years old), a 1907 New York Evening Telegram article and ships' passenger records, make it clear she was born in 1901. Malvern performed in the Henry W. Savage New English Grand Opera Company in the American premiere of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly in the role of the child "Dolore" ("Sorrow," or "Trouble" in English), Butterfly's son, in front of an audience that included the Viscount Aoki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and John Luther Long, author of the novella on which the opera was based, on October 15, 1907, and subsequently toured with
A Show Called Fred and "Son of Fred". The 1995 convention of the Goon Show Preservation Society was billed as "A Weekend Called Fred", followed in 2003 by its successor, the "Great Grandson of a Weekend Called Fred", held in Egham, Surrey. A Show Called Fred A Show Called Fred was the successor series to "The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d". It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in the London area. It was 25 minutes plus adverts. It was predominantly a sketch comedy attempting to translate the audio antics of "The Goon Show" into visual antics in bizarre and often surreal comedy sketches