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Theodore And Co.
''Theodore & Co'' is an English musical theatre, musical comedy in two acts with a book by H. M. Harwood and George Grossmith Jr. based on the French comedy ''Théodore et Cie'' by Paul Armont and Nicolas Nancey, with music by Ivor Novello and Jerome Kern and lyrics by Adrian Ross and Clifford Grey. It was produced by Grossmith and Edward Laurillard and directed by Austen Hurgon, opening at the Gaiety Theatre, London, Gaiety Theatre on 19 September 1916 and running for 503 performances. It starred Grossmith, Fred Leslie and Leslie Henson. ''Theodore & Co'' opened during World War I in the same year as two other tremendously successful shows in London: ''Chu Chin Chow'' and ''The Bing Boys are Here'', and the successful ''The Happy Day''. Audiences wanted light and uplifting entertainment during the war, and these shows delivered it. Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bing Boys Are Here
''The Bing Boys Are Here'', styled "A Picture of London Life, in a Prologue and Six Panels," is the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I. The series included ''The Bing Boys on Broadway'' and ''The Bing Girls Are There''. The music for them was written by Nat D. Ayer with lyrics by Clifford Grey, who also contributed to ''Yes, Uncle!'', and the text was by George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson based on Rip and Bousquet's ''Le Fils Touffe''. Other material was contributed by Eustace Ponsonby, Philip Braham and Ivor Novello. ''The Bing Boys Are Here'' opened in 1916 in the West End and ran for 378 performances. It was one of the three most important musical hits of the London stage during World War I (the other two being ''The Maid of the Mountains'' and ''Chu Chin Chow''); music or scenes from all of these have been included as background in many films set in this period, and they remain intensely evocat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicals By Ivor Novello
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and those of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by the numerous Edwardian musical comedies and the musical theatre wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Musicals
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Musicals
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * February 9 – 6.00 p.m. – Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Barbour
Joyce Barbour (1901–1977) was an English actress. She was the wife of the actor Richard Bird. Barbour was born in Birmingham on 27 March 1901 the daughter of Horace and Miriam Barbour, her father was an assurance clerk and later a hotel manager. She made her first stage appearance in Birmingham as a pantomime fairy in 1914. She first appeared on the London stage in 1925 at the Gaiety Theatre in the chorus. Her theatre work included the original productions of Rodgers and Hart's '' Present Arms'' (1928), and ''Spring is Here'' (1929) on Broadway; and the musical ''Ever Green'' (1930) in London's West End. She also played in the original production of Noël Coward's '' Words and Music'' at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1932. In 1950 she appeared in Esther McCracken's ''Cry Liberty''. Barbour married actor Richard Bird in 1931 in London. She died on 16 March 1977 in Hospital at Northwood, Middlesex, aged 75. Selected filmography * '' Enchantment'' (1920) - Sophie Desmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maudie Dunham
Maudie Dunham (1902 in Doddinghurst, Essex - 1982) was a British actress. Filmography * '' The Beetle'' (1919) * ''The Winning Goal'' (1920) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1920) * '' Love in the Wilderness'' (1920) * '' The Night Riders'' (1920) * '' A Temporary Gentleman'' (1920) * '' All the Winners'' (1920) * '' The Magistrate'' (1921) * '' Mr. Pim Passes By'' (1921) * '' Love Maggy'' (1921) * ''Sinister Street'' (1922) * ''What Money Can Buy ''What Money Can Buy'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Edwin Greenwood and starring Madeleine Carroll, Humberston Wright and John Longden. The screenplay concerns a man who makes a bet that he can seduce a woman. Plot A rake ...'' (1928) References External links * 1902 births 1982 deaths British film actresses People from the Borough of Brentwood British actresses 20th-century British actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Stocker
Doris Mary Stocker (Lady Segrave) (1886 – 16 December 1968) was a British actress and singer, especially in Edwardian musical comedy. Early life and career She was born in Bombay in India in 1886, the second of three children of George Stocker (1857–1929), an engineer, and Mary Dunn ''née'' Johnston (1862–1946). While her father remained in India for work her mother returned to England with the children where they lived in London from at least 1891 to 1911. Her older sister Blanche Stocker was also a stage actress and singer. Stocker began her career as a chorus girl under George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre in London and soon played roles in West End theatres: Grace Hufnagle in ''Captain Kidd'' at Wyndham's Theatre (1904); J. P. Wearing''The London Stage 1910–1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel'' Rowman & Littlefield (2014), Google Books Angy Loftus in ''The Cingalee'' at Daly's Theatre (1904); Pepzi in '' A Waltz Dream'' at Daly's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia James
Julia James (1890–1964) was an English actress of the 1900s Edwardian era, the leading lady at the Gaiety Theatre. Biography Julia James was born in London in 1890. In 1905 she began her career in ''Supper Belle in Blue Bell'' at the Aldwych Theatre under Seymour Hicks. She was the leading lady at the Gaiety Theatre, appearing in ''The Girls of Gottenburg'', ''Havana'', and ''Our Miss Gibbs''. In 1913 she had the role of Sombra in '' The Arcadians'' at L'Olympia The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing La ..., Paris. In 1916 she performed at the London Opera House in '' Christmas in the Trenches''. In 1919 she played as Mabel Mannering in '' Yes, Uncle!''. She died in 1964. References {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Julia 1890 births 1964 deaths Actresses from London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Raynham
Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era. . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk (16 April 2009). Retrieved on 7 January 2014. Selected filmography * '''' (1919) * '''' (1921) * '''' (1922) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Nainby
Robert Nainby (1869–1948) was an Irish male actor. Filmography References External links * 1869 births 1948 deaths Male actors from Dublin (city) Irish male film actors 20th-century Irish male actors {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy Burnaby
George Davy Burnaby (7 April 1881 – 18 April 1949) was a British actor who appeared in more than thirty films between 1929 and 1948. He was born in Buckland, Hertfordshire and made his screen debut in the 1929 film ''The Devil's Maze''. He died on 18 April 1949, age 68, the same date as comedian Will Hay with whom he had previously acted. Career Burnaby attended Haileybury College before reading law at Cambridge University but failed his first exam - so he turned to the Stage. He made his professional debut at a command performance for King Edward VII. He formed The Co-Optimists a London concert party which was very successful. Burnaby was renowned on the London Stage and on wireless. His films include ''Calling All Stars'', '' Song of the Forge'', ''Talking Feet'' and ''Leave It to Me''. Partial filmography * '' The Devil's Maze'' (1929) * ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1933) * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1933) * '' That's My Wife'' (1933) * '' Strike It Rich'' (1933) * '' Cleanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
