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Ivor Novello. Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals. Novello, the son of the celebrated Welsh singing teacher, Dame Clara Novello Davies, was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and served with the Royal Naval Air Service
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May 18, 2010 · His country home, Redroofs in Maidenhead, Berkshire, later became Redroofs Theatre School, and in the 1950s the Ivor Novello Awards, presented by the British Academy of Composers and...
Gay's the Word is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Alan Melville. The musical is a backstage comedy that parodies Novello's own swashbuckling Ruritanian romance plots. [1] The story centres on Gay Daventry, a bankrupt operetta producer who opens a drama school at her country house.
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IVOR NOVELLO. Composer-Actor-Playwright. Born 15th January 1893. Died 6th March 1951. The name of Ivor Novello has become synonymous with the golden era of the British stage musical. In a remarkable career spanning some forty years from his acclamation as "the Welsh prodigy" when a school boy, to his untimely death in 1951 he covered virtually ...
Aug 3, 2012 · Ivor Novello, master of the musical. Simon Callow, Mark Elder and Gerard McBurney share a love for the music of Ivor Novello, which will be celebrated in a Prom, Glamorous Night. O ne day over ...
When, in 1951, he died a few hours after coming off stage at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End where he was heading the cast in his favourite musical, King’s Rhapsody, many of his devotees found it hard to be reconciled to the blow.
