Robert Courtneidge, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Courtneidge

British theatre manager and playwright

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1859

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1939

Profession: playwright, librettist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Robert Courtneidge

  • Robert Courtneidge (29 June 1859 – 6 April 1939) was a British theatrical manager-producer and playwright.
  • He is best remembered as the co-author of the light opera Tom Jones (1907) and the producer of The Arcadians (1909).
  • He was the father of the actress Cicely Courtneidge, who played in many of his early 20th century productions. Courtneidge began as a comic actor in the late 1870s, working with Kate Santley, George Edwardes and others.
  • In the early 1890s, he toured in Australia with Edwardes and J.
  • C.
  • Williamson companies.
  • In 1896, he became a theatre manager in Manchester and then a West End theatre producer.
  • In the first years of the 20th century, he began to direct musical theatre pieces and to write or co-write the book for some of his productions, including Tom Jones (1907).
  • His most popular productions included The Arcadians (1909), Princess Caprice (1912), Oh! Oh! Delphine (1913) and The Cinema Star (1914).
  • He directed the hit musical The Boy in 1917. After the war, he presented Paddy the Next Best Thing, which had a long run, and then took a touring company to Australia, presenting a repertory of comedies.
  • In the 1920s, he returned to producing British provincial tours and became the lessee of the Savoy Theatre, presenting a mixture of productions ranging from Shakespeare to farce.
  • A lifelong socialist, he joined with other managers in campaigning for fair pay and treatment of actors.
  • He also returned briefly to acting.
  • Later in the decade, he presented more West End musicals and operettas, producing his last show in 1930.
  • In 1933 he wrote a novel, Judith Clifford.

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