English theatre producer, journalist and writer (1827–1904)
John Hollingshead in 1895
John Hollingshead (9 September 1827 – 9 October 1904) was an English theatrical impresario, journalist and writer during the latter half of the 19th century. After a journalism career, Hollingshead managed the Alhambra Theatre and was later the first manager of the Gaiety Theatre, London. Hollingshead also wrote several books during his life.
An innovative producer, Hollingshead brought Gilbert and Sullivan together in 1871 to produce their first joint work, a musical extravaganza called Thespis. Among other theatrical works that he produced, he mounted a long series of popular Victorian burlesques at the Gaiety, engaging Meyer Lutz to compose original scores for them. He also produced operettas, plays and other works. These productions made stars of Nellie Farren and several others. At the Gaiety, in 1878, Hollingshead was the first theatre manager to light his auditorium with electric lights.
JohnHollingshead (9 September 1827 – 9 October 1904) was an English theatrical impresario, journalist and writer during the latter half of the 19th century...
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The Contrabandista (1867) was not as successful. In 1871, producer JohnHollingshead brought Gilbert and Sullivan together to produce a Christmas entertainment...
Shepherdess Walk, off the City Road in east London. According to JohnHollingshead, proprietor of the Gaiety Theatre, London (originally the Strand Music...
Procter. Other contributors to Household Words included James Payn, JohnHollingshead, Harriet Martineau, Frances Shayle George, William Duthie and Henry...
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expenses of each of their shows. Sullivan wrote to a former producer, JohnHollingshead of the Gaiety Theatre, saying: "You once settled a precedent for me...
a pejorative comparison to cheap tin trays popular at that time. JohnHollingshead described the style in Household Words as "fanciful composition landscapes...
Carte. In 1885, Edwardes became a manager at the Gaiety Theatre with JohnHollingshead, who soon retired. For the next three decades, Edwardes ruled a theatrical...
400 houses in an area less than 400 yd (370 m) square"; and in 1861 JohnHollingshead, of The Morning Post, in his Ragged London noted that the Nichol had...
Offenbach had by now become highly popular in London's West End. JohnHollingshead of the Gaiety Theatre presented Offenbach's operettas to large and...
Hall in London in March 1877. The manager of the Gaiety Theatre, JohnHollingshead, employed her as part of his company in 1880. The theatre was known...
Weller, or, The Pickwickians, in 1837. This was followed in 1871 by JohnHollingshead's stage play Bardell versus Pickwick. The first successful musical...
entertainment was first produced at the Gaiety Theatre by its proprietor, JohnHollingshead (also a member of the Club), as the Wednesday matinee on 13 February...
processional, and it became Sullivan's best-known hymn. At the end of 1871 JohnHollingshead, proprietor of London's Gaiety Theatre, commissioned Sullivan to work...
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