- Harry Grattan
around 1900.
Life and career
Gratton started early as a child actor (along with his sister, Emilie), playing in "Rip Van Winkle" (1875), "Slave Life" (1875), "Orson" in 1876 (a show written for him and his sister by their father, H. P. Grattan), "Little Goody Two-Shoes" (1876), "Little Red Riding Hood; or, Harlequin Grandmama" (1877), and Captain Corcoran in the "Children's Pinafore" in 1879-80 at the
Savoy Theatre (Emilie played Josephine).As an adult, he starred in popular
Edwardian musical comedies such as "Morocco Bound " (1894), "Go Bang " (1894), "As in a Looking Glass" (1887), "Jim the Penman" (1887), "The Messenger Boy " (1900), "The Toreador " (1902), "The Orchid " (1904), "The Spring Chicken " (1905), "The New Aladdin " (1906, also choreographed by Grattan), "Venus" (1906), "Miss Hook of Holland " (1907), and "More" (1915; for which he was also the lyricist).As a writer, he produced the book and lyrics for "Hitchy-Koo" (1917), which was a success on Broadway. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=8555] and wrote the successful 1918 revue "Tabs", with music by
Ivor Novello and lyrics by Ronald Jeans. He wrote (and sometimes appeared in) a series of revues, including "Odds and Ends", "Erb and Emma", and "Mind Your Backs" during theWorld War I and into the 1920s, some of them produced byAndr Charlot and some with the child starBetty Bolton .External links
* [http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/icons/playbills/playdat1.htm List of London cast information, including several cast lists starring Grattan]
* [http://www.savoyoperas.org.uk/pinafore/childpin.html review of Children's Pinafore, with Grattan playing Captain Corcoran]
* [http://www.emich.edu/public/english/adelphi_calendar/m76s.htm Information about some of Grattan's juvenile roles]
*www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchivePressText/20021019.html Press piece about the young Grattan
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