[4] Her first stage appearance occurred in April 1908 after she approached a manager in London who asked, "What can you do, little girl?"
"[5] In 1908 Roache began acting "as an ingénue with wavy reddish-blonde hair and dark hazel eyes".
[3] The tour lasted a year, with the company traveling by train, automobile, and camel to English-speaking areas of the continent and to the Dutch veldt.
for the next four years she performed with Henry Jewett's Repertory Company, after which she worked in stock theater in Boston.
Also in the early 1930s she directed and performed with Clare Tree Major's Children's Theatres in the United States.
Boyd Martin wrote in the (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier Journal about Roache's performance in Blithe Spirit,As the medium, a role rich in vulgar but wholly natural and delightful comicalities, Roache captivated the audience last evening.
[9]Photographs and reviews related to Roache and Bevans are held in the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library's archives and manuscripts.