Arthur Pelham Collins was an English playwright and theatre manager. He was perhaps best known for his many Christmas pantomimes produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which he managed during the
"The Guv'nor", caricature by Wallace Hester in Vanity Fair, 1910
Frederick Solomon
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Frederick Charles Solomon, sometimes given as Fred Solomon or Frederic Solomon, was a British-born American composer, conductor, actor, librettist, playwright, theatre director, and multi-instrumental
Photograph of Edward Solomon, Frederick's younger brother.
Frederick Solomon (left) as Margrave of Bobrumkorff and James T. Powers (right) as Faragas in Nadjy. A studio photograph by Napoleon Sarony made to promote Powers and the 1888 production of Nadjy at the Casino Theatre.
Front cover of sheet music for the 1903 Broadway musical Mr. Bluebeard. It was one of several musicals adapted for the Broadway stage by Solomon and the playwright John J. McNally from pantomimes created by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.