Charles Millward (1830–1892) was an English musician, composer, actor, journal proprietor and
monumental mason.
Compare entry on Sir William Schwenck Gilbert for correction of erroneous titles:
In 1865–66, Gilbert collaborated with Charles Millward on several pantomimes, including one called Hush-a-Bye, Baby, On the Tree Top, or, Harlequin Fortunia, King Frog of Frog Island, and the Magic Toys of Lowther Arcade (1866).
Biography
Charles Millward was a prolific composer of pantomimes and
comic opera
Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue.
Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...
. He collaborated with
W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most fam ...
(1836–1911) on "Hush A Bye, Baby, on the Treetop; or, Harlequin Fortunia, King of Frog Island, and the Magic Top of Lowther Arcade" (1866).
Charles Millward was a member of the
Savage Club and was father of English actress
Jessie Millward (1861–1932).
He also had a successful monumental masonry business. He died in 1892 and was buried in
Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for so ...
.
External links
*National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp93584/charles-millward
References
*OCLC Worldcat Identities http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83073715/
*Watson, Aaron. "The Savage Club: a medley of history, anecdote, and reminiscence."London: T.F. Unwin, 1907. https://archive.org/details/savageclubmedley00watsuoft
People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan
1830 births
1892 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
19th-century English composers
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