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The Blue Moon (musical)
''The Blue Moon'' is an Edwardian musical comedy with music composed by Howard Talbot and Paul Rubens, lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Rubens and a book by Harold Ellis and by Alexander M. Thompson. It is set in India during the days of the British Raj, and concerns the love of a singing girl for a young British army officer. It ran in London in 1905, starring Courtice Pounds, and was then played in the English provinces and in America and Australia. History ''The Blue Moon'' was originally staged in Northampton on 29 February 1904, with a book by Harold Ellis. By the time of the London production, Ellis had died, and the book was revised by Alexander M. Thompson (credited as "A. M. Thompson"). The lyrics were by Percy Greenbank and Paul Rubens, and the music by Rubens and Howard Talbot."The Blue Moon", ''The Play Pictorial'', May 1905, pp. 121–36 The London production, produced by Robert Courtneidge, opened at the Lyric Theatre on 28 August 1905. Despite generally f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Blakiston
Clarence Blakiston (23 April 1864 – 21 March 1943) was a British film and stage actor, comedian and singer who during his career across five decades played the title role in the Sherlock Holmes parody ''Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him Off'' at Terry's Theatre (1901–02) which ran for 138 performances and who appeared in the original production of ''The Admirable Crichton'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1902. Early life He was born at Giggleswick in North Yorkshire in England, one of five children of Marie Jane ''née'' Simon (1825–1908) and John Richard Blakiston (1829–1917), HM Chief Inspector of Schools and Headmaster of Giggleswick School (1858–1866). In 1880 aged 16 Clarence Blakiston joined the Merchant Navy (United Kingdom), Merchant Navy as an apprentice at Cardiff while in 1884 he was awarded a Certificate of Competency to serve as Second Mate. In 1888 he married Glasgow-born Clementina Lindsay ''née'' Low (1864–1936) and they had a daughter, Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
