Operetta Research Center » David Slattery-Christy http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 A Bi-Polar “Merry Widow”: The Life Of Lily Elsie (1886-1962) Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20612 Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/feed/ 1 Lily Elsie (1886-1962): Becoming “The Most Photographed Woman In The World” http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:05:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20498 A child of mysterious origins (she was rumoured, when fame came, to have been the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/feed/ 0 “The Dancing Years”: A Converation with David Slattery-Christy About Ivor Novello, Nazi History And New Recordings http://operetta-research-center.org/dancing-years-converation-david-slattery-christy-ivor-novello-nazi-history-new-recordings/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dancing-years-converation-david-slattery-christy-ivor-novello-nazi-history-new-recordings/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:39:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16536 Ivor Novello’s World War 2 hit The Dancing Years has finally been made available in a ‘first complete recording’ by

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