George Edwardes
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George Joseph Edwardes was an English theatre manager and producer of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond.
George Edwardes
Souvenir programme from Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué
Poster for A Gaiety Girl
Souvenir – 1st anniversary performance of The Shop Girl
Edwardian musical comedy
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Edwardian musical comedy is a genre of British musical theatre that thrived from 1892 into the 1920s, extending beyond the reign of King Edward VII in both directions. It began to dominate the English
George Edwardes
…In the early 1890s, Edwardes recognised the changing tastes of musical theatre audiences and led the movement away from burlesque and comic opera to Edwardian musical comedy. Edwardes was born at Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the eldest of four sons and three daughters of James Edwards, comptroller of customs…
The Geisha was a popular Edwardian musical comedy
Phyllis Dare in The Arcadians
Souvenir program cover, 1900