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The Lady Slavey
''The Lady Slavey'' was an 1894 operetta in two acts with a score by John Crook (with contributions by Henry Wood and Letty Lind, among others), to a libretto by George Dance (with additional lyrics by Adrian Ross, among others) which opened at the Royal Avenue Theatre in London on 20 October 1894 and which featured May Yohé and Jennie McNulty.''The Lady Slavey'' British Musical Theatre website at the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2020 After a major rewrite to make it more suitable for American audiences it opened at the Casino Theatre on Broadway on 3 February 1896 where it ran for 128 performances with additional lyrics by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Slavey 1894 Poster
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Charles Danby
Charles Clemson Percy Danby (1858 – 7 September 1906) was a British actor, singer and comedian of the late Victorian era who regularly appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in London. During his career he made 37 tours of the United States and three of Australia. Early life and first marriage Danby was born in Newport, Monmouth, Wales, the son of Susan ''née'' Hickman and Charles Danby, an architect. On the 1881 Census he is listed as an "Actor Comedian". On 16 January 1882 he married Frances "Fanny" David (1859–after 1918) at the church of St John the Evangelist in Leeds, Yorkshire. Their son was Charles David Danby MC (1887–1918) who was killed in a flying accident having served as a captain in the RFC during World War I. Fanny began divorce proceedings against him in 1890, gaining a decree absolute in 1892 on account of his physical cruelty to her and his adultery with various women throughout their marriage, including the actress Florence Levey, with whose parents he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaiety Theatre, London
The Gaiety Theatre was a West End theatre in London, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was first established as the Strand Musick Hall in 1864 on the former site of the Lyceum Theatre. In 1868, it became known as the Gaiety Theatre and was, at first, known for music hall and then for musical burlesque, pantomime and operetta performances. From 1868 to the 1890s, it had a major influence on the development of modern musical comedy. Under the management of John Hollingshead until 1886, the theatre had early success with ''Robert the Devil'', by W. S. Gilbert, followed by many other burlesques of operas and literary works. Many of the productions starred Nellie Farren. Hollingshead's last production at the theatre was the burlesque '' Little Jack Sheppard'' (1885–86), produced together with his successor, George Edwardes. Edwardes's first show, '' Dorothy'', became a long-running hit. In the 1880s and 90s, the theatre had further succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer Lutz
Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (19 May 1829 – 31 January 1903) was a German-born British composer and conductor who is best known for light music, musical theatre and Victorian burlesque, burlesques of well-known works. Emigrating to the UK at the age of 19, Lutz started as an organist and soon became a theatrical conductor in London. After serving from 1850 to 1855 as music director of the Surrey Theatre, Lutz conducted touring opera companies and composed some serious music and music for the Christy Minstrels. In 1869, he was engaged as the music director of the Gaiety Theatre, London, arranging and later composing a series of popular burlesques over the next 25 years. Lutz continued to compose songs into the 20th century. Life and career Lutz was born in Münnerstadt, Bavaria, Germany. His parents were Joseph Lutz (1801–1879), a music professor, and Magdalena (1809–1862). His older brother, Baron Johann Lutz, became the prime minister of Bavaria under King Ludwig II of Bavaria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Jack Sheppard
''Little Jack Sheppard'' is a burlesque melodrama written by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley, with music by Meyer Lutz, with songs contributed by Florian Pascal,Florian Pascal was a pseudonym for Joseph Williams, Jr. (1847-1923), a music publisher and composer. SeFlorian Pascal profile at the Gilbert and Sullivan Archiveand ttp://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Pascal,%20Florian,%201847-1923%22&iknowwhatimean=1 Songs by Florian Pascal/ref> Corney Grain, Arthur Cecil, Michael Watson, Henry J. Leslie, Alfred Cellier and Hamilton Clarke. The comedy lampooned the serious plays based on the life of Jack Sheppard, especially the popular 1839 play by John Buckstone, which was in turn based on the novel of that year by William Harrison Ainsworth. The piece opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London on 26 December 1885 and initially ran for 155 performances. It featured Nellie Farren as Jack Sheppard, Fred Leslie as Jonathan Wild, David James as Blueskin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wapping Old Stairs
''Wapping Old Stairs'' is an 1894 comic opera in three acts, with music by Howard Talbot, which played at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. It included D'Oyly Carte Opera Company regulars Courtice Pounds, Richard Temple and Jessie Bond in the cast. J. P. Wearing''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel'' Rowman & Littlefield (2014) – Google Books, p. 200 Production ''Wapping Old Stairs'' had a lot of competition in London in 1894, which saw the openings of ''The Chieftain'' by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand, ''His Excellency'' by F. Osmond Carr and W. S. Gilbert, ''Go-Bang'' by Adrian Ross and Carr, ''The Lady Slavey'' by John Crook and George Dance, a revival of ''Little Jack Sheppard'' by Meyer Lutz and H. P. Stephens at the Gaiety Theatre, '' Mirette'' by André Messager and Ross, and ''The Shop Girl'', an extremely successful musical comedy by H. J. W. Dam, Ivan Caryll, Lionel Monckton and Ross. Written around the title of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go-Bang
''Go-Bang'' is an English musical comedy with words by Adrian Ross and music by F. Osmond Carr. The piece was produced by Fred Harris and opened at the Trafalgar Square Theatre on 10 March 1894. It ran for 159 performances. The show starred Harry Grattan, George Grossmith, Jr., Arthur Playfair, Jessie Bond, and dancer Letty Lind. The American child prodigy " Baby Costello" danced in the interval between acts. Whereas Ross generally acted as lyricist only, in this case he created the book as well as the lyrics. Synopsis Dam Row, the Boojam-elect of the Asian country of Go-Bang, visits England to learn Western manners, escorted by Sir Reddan Tapeleigh. There, he finds that he is not Boojam after all. He falls in love with a dancer after seeing her performance, although he generally finds it difficult to grasp Western ways. He returns to Go-Bang as prime minister to the new chief, a humble greengrocer (previously Sir Reddan's footman), who is to be formally installed as Booj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Osmond Carr
Frank Osmond Carr (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916), known as F. Osmond Carr, was an English composer who wrote the music for several Victorian burlesques before turning to the new genre of Edwardian musical comedy, and also composing some comic operas. He often worked with the lyricist Adrian Ross, and several of his pieces were created for the producer George Edwardes. Life and career Carr was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.F. Osmond Carr profile at the British Musical Theatre website of The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive (2004) His parents were George Saxton Carr, a schoolmaster and Margaret Durden Carr, née Painter.Lamb, Andrew. "Carr, Frank Osmond (1858–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Excellency (opera)
''His Excellency'' is a two-act comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by F. Osmond Carr. The piece concerns a practical-joking governor whose pranks threaten to make everyone miserable, until the Prince Regent kindly foils the governor's plans. Towards the end of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership, Arthur Sullivan declined to write the music for this piece after Gilbert insisted on casting his protege, Nancy McIntosh, in the lead role; Sullivan and producer Richard D'Oyly Carte, proprietor of the Savoy Theatre, did not feel that McIntosh was adequate. The opera premiered instead under the management of George Edwardes in 1894 at the Lyric Theatre, running for 162 performances. It starred many of the Savoy Theatre regulars, such as George Grossmith, Rutland Barrington and Jessie Bond, as well as Ellaline Terriss, who was to become a major West End star. It was also produced in New York in 1895, and in German translation at the Carltheater, Vienna, in both 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', '' The Pirates of Penzance'' and '' The Mikado''. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include " Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord". The son of a military bandmaster, Sullivan composed his first anthem at the age of eight and was later a soloist in the boys' choir of the Chapel Royal. In 1856, at 14, he was awarded the first Mendelssohn Scholarship by the Royal Academy of Music, which allowed him to study at the academy and then at the Leipzig Conservatoire in Germany. His graduation piece, incidental music to Shakespeare's '' The Tempest'' (1861), was received with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chieftain
''The Chieftain'' is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand based on their 1867 opera, ''The Contrabandista''. It consists of substantially the same first act as the 1867 work with a completely new second act. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 12, 1894, under the management of Richard D'Oyly Carte, for a run of 97 performances (by Sullivan's standards, a flop). The opening cast included Florence St. John, Courtice Pounds, Walter Passmore, Richard Temple, Scott Russell, Florence Perry, Emmie Owen, R. Scott Fishe and Rosina Brandram. Background In 1894, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte needed a new piece for the Savoy Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Utopia Limited'' had closed in June after a comparatively short (by G&S standards) nine-month run. André Messager's '' Mirette'' was an unsuccessful stop-gap, and Carte had to close the theatre in August. Desperate for a new work, he commissioned Sullivan and Burnand to patch up ''The Contraba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Talbot
Richard Lansdale Munkittrick, better known as Howard Talbot (9 March 1865 – 12 September 1928), was an American-born, English-raised conductor and composer of Irish descent. He was best known for writing the music to several hit Edwardian musical comedies, including ''A Chinese Honeymoon'', '' The Arcadians'' and '' The Boy'', as well as a number of other successful British musicals during the first two decades of the 20th century. Life and career Of Irish descent, Talbot was born in America in Yonkers, New York but moved to London at the age of four. His parents were Alexander Munkittrick and his wife, Lillie. Originally planning to enter the medical profession, he studied at King's College, London but switched to music and pursued a musical education at the Royal College of Music.''The Times'' obituary, 13 September 1928, p. 7 There he studied under Sir Hubert Parry, Sir Frederick Bridge and Sir Walter Parratt.Standing, Percy Cross."Chiefs of the Orchestras" ''The Crown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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