Owen Hall
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1853 – 1907
Who was Owen Hall?
Owen Hall was the principal pen name of the Irish-born theatre writer, racing correspondent, theatre critic and solicitor, James "Jimmy" Davis, when writing for the stage. After his successive careers in law and journalism, Hall wrote the librettos for a series of extraordinarily successful musical comedies in the 1890s and the first decade of the 1900s, including A Gaiety Girl, An Artist's Model, The Geisha, A Greek Slave and Florodora. Despite his achievements, Hall was constantly in financial distress because of his gambling and extravagant lifestyle; his pseudonym was a pun on "owing all".
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1853
- Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- University College London
- Lived in
- Dublin
- Died
- Apr 9, 1907
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on July 23, 2013
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