Owen Hall
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Owen Hall was the principal pen name of the Irish-born theatre writer, racing correspondent, theatre critic and solicitor, James Davis, when writing for the stage. After his successive careers in law
Owen Hall
Hall (seated left) with George Edwardes (c) and Sidney Jones
The Geisha vocal score
Hall's grave in Highgate Cemetery
The Geisha
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The Geisha, a story of a tea house is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts. The score was composed by Sidney Jones to a libretto by Owen Hall, with lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Additional songs were
Gaiety Girls in The Geisha: Alice Davis (left), Blanche Massey (centre), Hetty Hamer (right)
Hayden Coffin as Reginald Fairfax
Poster advertising a 1906 production in Scarborough