Hassall (right) with James Stephens by Lady Ottoline Morrell
Born
(1912-03-24)24 March 1912
Kensington, London, England
Died
25 April 1963(1963-04-25) (aged 51)
Rochester, Kent
Education
St Michael's College, Tenbury
Wadham College, Oxford
Occupation(s)
Poet, librettist, biographer
Christopher Vernon Hassall (24 March 1912 – 25 April 1963) was an English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist and poet, who found his greatest fame in a memorable musical partnership with the actor and composer Ivor Novello after working together in the same touring company. He was also a noted biographer of Rupert Brooke (1964, Faber and Faber) and Edward Marsh (1958, James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1959).
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Christopher Vernon Hassall (24 March 1912 – 25 April 1963) was an English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist and poet, who found his greatest fame...
businessmen. Her grandfather, John Hassall, and her aunt, Joan Hassall, worked as illustrators, while her father, ChristopherHassall, was a poet, dramatist and...
style of operetta and often composed his music to the libretti of ChristopherHassall. In the 1920s he turned to acting, first in British films and then...
Years is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by ChristopherHassall, set in Vienna, from 1911 until 1938. It follows a Jewish composer...
Webb. Her letters show how close she was to her younger brother, ChristopherHassall, and his early death affected her greatly. She addressed him as 'Topher'...
Graves - I. Sutherland Groom - Thomas Hardy - Phyllis Hartnoll - ChristopherHassall - A. P. Herbert - Gerard Manley Hopkins - E. V. Knox - D. H. Lawrence...
Kallmann Choir in 1962) and South Africa. A version with lyrics by poet ChristopherHassall called "Where the Gentle Avon Flows" was released, and the work also...
which was adapted and arranged by Ronald Hanmer. The other is by ChristopherHassall, based on the edition by Ludwig Doblinger, Vienna. The Park version...
version called "Where the Gentle Avon Flows", with lyrics by the poet ChristopherHassall. A reggae version of the tune, "Elizabethan Reggae", was performed...
until he was 19. Around this time he met ChristopherHassall, a fellow student at Brighton College. Hassall, who also went on to have a successful stage...
and Cressida soloists, chorus and orchestra in 3 acts; libretto by ChristopherHassall after Geoffrey Chaucer; revised 1963 and 1976 Opera 1967 The Bear...
Edith Evans as the Nurse. The rest of the cast were students, led by ChristopherHassall as Romeo, and included Devine, William Devlin and Terence Rattigan...
with music by Welsh composer Ivor Novello and lyrics by Englishman ChristopherHassall, written in 1937 for their musical Crest of the Wave. The flower...
opera Troilus and Cressida. On the advice of the BBC, he invited ChristopherHassall to write the libretto. This did not help Walton's relations with...
(1934–2020, South Africa/England) Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany) ChristopherHassall (1912–1963, England) Michael Hastings (1938–2011, England) Jeffrey...
Dear Miss Phoebe is a musical with a book by ChristopherHassall and music by Harry Parr-Davies. It is based on the play Quality Street by J.M. Barrie...
The Short Sharp life of T. E. Hulme (2002), pp. 111–3 and 236-7. ChristopherHassall, Rupert Brooke: A Biography (1964), pp. 376–9. Obscurantism in modern...
explanations, concluding that infectious disease was "the best predictor". ChristopherHassall and Thomas Sherratt repeated the analysis, and concluded "that infectious...
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