Leslie Stuart : composer of Floradora / Andrew Lamb.
| Author/creator | Lamb, Andrew, 1942- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : London : Routledge, 2002. |
| Description | xiv, 295 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | On dust jacket: Leslie Stuart : the man who composed Floradora |
| Series | Forgotten stars of the musical theatre Forgotten stars of the musical theatre. ^A518488 |
| Contents | Irish ancestry, Lancashire boyhood -- Early career in Manchester -- Expanding horizons -- Concert promoter and song composer -- Leslie Stuart: popular songwriter -- Eugene Stratton, and musical piracy -- Florodora -- From the West End to Broadway -- The Silver Slipper -- Across America -- The School Girl -- Fruits of success -- The Belle of Mayfair -- Havana -- Captain Kidd and The Slim Princess -- Peggy, bankruptcy, and Bubbles -- World War I, America, and Nina -- Death and Legacy. |
| Abstract | Leslie Stuart was a leading composer of English-language musical theater at the start of the twentieth century. His greatest musical comedy success, Floradora, was a huge hit in America and made him extremely rich. However, Stuart's subsequent extravagant spending on gambling, drinking, and entertaining, as well as his generous gifts to the needy, left him bankrupt. This book sets out the facts of Stuart's life, from his original compositions for concert and vaudeville performers through his major hit shows. Much of this information has been extracted from newspapers and other original sources, and will amuse and inform both the theater historian and the general reader interested in the history of the musical. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271), list of compositions (pages 273-286), and index. |
| ISBN | 0415937477 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.S9413 L35 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |