George Edwardes
Deceased Person
1855 – 1915
Who was George Edwardes?
George Joseph Edwardes was an English theatre manager of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond.
Edwardes started out in theatre management, soon working at a number of West End theatres. By the age of 20, he was managing theatres for Richard D'Oyly Carte. In 1885, Edwardes became a manager at the Gaiety Theatre with John Hollingshead, who soon retired.
For the next three decades, Edwardes ruled a theatrical empire including the Gaiety, Daly's Theatre, the Adelphi Theatre and others, and sent touring companies around Britain and abroad. In the early 1890s, Edwardes recognised the changing tastes of musical theatre audiences and led the movement away from burlesque and comic opera to Edwardian musical comedy.
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- Born
- Oct 8, 1855
Grimsby - Parents
- Spouses
- Julia Gwynne
(1885/07/09 - )
- Julia Gwynne
- Children
- Religion
- History of the term "Catholic"
- Education
- St James's Catholic College
- Employment
- Opera Comique
- Manager, Gaiety Theatre, London
(1885 - )
- Died
- Oct 4, 1915
Regent's Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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