Arthur Anderson (dramatist)
Arthur Anderson (1873–1942) was an English
Edwardian musical comedies
.
Biography
Anderson was born in London, the son of James H. Anderson and Lydia Warren Townley. He attended the Leys School for Boys in Cambridge. He married Helen Peel Massy (died 1947) in 1908, and they had one child, Aileen Peel Anderson (born 1912).
He collaborated on the libretti for
The Marriage Market (1913) and The Beauty Spot (1917).[4][5] He also contributed lyrics for the Broadway production of Chu Chin Chow (1917) and wrote the lyrics to many popular songs. His musical burlesques included The Bill-Poster (1910, with music by Herman Finck
), and his comedy plays included John Berkeley's Ghost (1910 with Hartley Carrick).
References
- ^ "The White Chrysanthemum" at The Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed 11 December 2009
- ^ The Girl Behind the Counter at the Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed 8 December 2010
- ^ Farrell, Scott (2009). The C. H. Workman Productions: A Centenary Review of the Final Savoy Operas. Scott Farrell. pp. 74–77.
- ^ The Marriage Market at the Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed 8 December 2010
- ^ Gaiety Theatre production of The Beauty Spot (1917) Archived 19 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Over the Footlights, p. 21
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