HARRY GRATTAN

'Harry Grattan' (c. 1867 - 1951) was a British stage actor, singer, dancer and writer known for his performances in musical comedies around 1900.

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Life and career
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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 the "Children's Pinafore" in 1879 at the Savoy Theatre.
As an adult, he starred in ''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.[1] 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 the World War I and into the 1920s, some of them produced by Andr Charlot and some with the child star Betty Bolton.

External links



List of London cast information, including several cast lists starring Grattan

review of Children's Pinafore, with Grattan playing Captain Corcoran

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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