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PAUL RUBENS (1875 - 1917) |
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Paul Rubens was born on April 29th 1875 in Kensington, London to a very wealthy family. He began composing whilst at Oxford and wrote music for a production there of "Alice In Wonderland" to which Lewis Carroll himself contributed. He was a prolific writer of songs - Vesta Tilly was one of the people he wrote for. He became engaged to the actress Phyllis Dare but broke the engagement when he decides that he was too ill to marry. He had suffered a consumptive condition all his life. When the condition worsened he retired to Cornwall where he died on 5th February 1917 aged 41
Plays by Paul Rubens
Florodora | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lyric Theatre, London | 11 Nov 1899 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | opal-9835 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Opal (9835) 1899 | doollee no | #119242 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Leslie Stuart; lyrics by Paul Rubens; Ernest Boyd-Jones; book by Owen Hall; Frank Pixlet | |||||
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Nobody Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | Princess Theatre, NY | 1915 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64800 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Jerome Kern; Written by Guy Bolton and Paul Rubens; Based on a musical with a libretto by Joseph W. Herbert; Additional lyrics by Schuyler Greene, Herbert Reynolds, Lawrence Grossmith and Harry B. Smith; Additional music by C. W. Murphy, Dan Lipton, Otto Motzan, Ford Dabney and James Reese Europe | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: New York City | |||||
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