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George Joseph Edwardes (né Edwards; 8 October 1855 – 4 October 1915) was an English theatre manager and producer of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond. Edwardes started out in theatre management, soon working at a number of West End theatres. By the age of 20, he was managing theatres for Richard D'Oyly Carte. In 1885, Edwardes became a manager at the Gaiety Theatre with John Hollingshead, who soon retired.

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  • George Joseph Edwardes (né Edwards; 8 October 1855 – 4 October 1915) was an English theatre manager and producer of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond. Edwardes started out in theatre management, soon working at a number of West End theatres. By the age of 20, he was managing theatres for Richard D'Oyly Carte. In 1885, Edwardes became a manager at the Gaiety Theatre with John Hollingshead, who soon retired. For the next three decades, Edwardes ruled a theatrical empire including the Gaiety, Daly's Theatre, the Adelphi Theatre and others, and sent touring companies around Britain and abroad. In the early 1890s, Edwardes recognised the changing tastes of musical theatre audiences and led the movement away from burlesque and comic opera to Edwardian musical comedy. (en)
  • George Joseph Edwardes, nato Edwards (Grimsby, 8 ottobre 1855 – Londra, 4 ottobre 1915), è stato un direttore artistico e produttore teatrale inglese di origini irlandesi, che portò una nuova era nel teatro musicale sui palcoscenici britannici e oltre.Edwardes iniziò a occuparsi di teatro lavorando presto in numerosi teatri del West End. All'età di 20 anni dirigeva teatri per Richard D'Oyly Carte. Nel 1885 Edwardes divenne direttore del Gaiety Theatre con John Hollingshead, che presto si ritirò. Per i successivi tre decenni Edwardes governò un impero teatrale tra cui il Gaiety, il Daly's Theatre, il Teatro Adelphi ed altri e mandò in tournée compagnie in Gran Bretagna e all'estero. Nei primi anni del 1890 Edwardes riconobbe i mutevoli gusti del pubblico del teatro musicale e guidò il trasferimento dal burlesque e l'opera comica alla Commedia musicale edoardiana. (it)
  • George Edwardes, född 8 oktober 1855, död 4 oktober 1915, var en brittisk teaterledare. Edwardes ledde först Theatre Royal i Dublin och från 1880-talet flera teatrar i London. Hans omsorg om operetten, särskilt på Gaiety- och Empireteatrarna, gav honom smeknamnet Operettens Napoleon, men han odlade även dramatik av alla slag, från klassiskt skådespel till modernare fars. (sv)
  • Джордж Джозеф Эдуардс (англ. George Edwardes; 8 октября 1855, Гримсби, Северо-Восточный Линкольншир — 4 октября 1915, Лондон) — британский театральный деятель, режиссёр, антрепренёр, продюсер, предприниматель ирландского происхождения. Зачинатель новой эры в музыкальном театре на британской сцене. (ru)
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  • George Edwardes, född 8 oktober 1855, död 4 oktober 1915, var en brittisk teaterledare. Edwardes ledde först Theatre Royal i Dublin och från 1880-talet flera teatrar i London. Hans omsorg om operetten, särskilt på Gaiety- och Empireteatrarna, gav honom smeknamnet Operettens Napoleon, men han odlade även dramatik av alla slag, från klassiskt skådespel till modernare fars. (sv)
  • Джордж Джозеф Эдуардс (англ. George Edwardes; 8 октября 1855, Гримсби, Северо-Восточный Линкольншир — 4 октября 1915, Лондон) — британский театральный деятель, режиссёр, антрепренёр, продюсер, предприниматель ирландского происхождения. Зачинатель новой эры в музыкальном театре на британской сцене. (ru)
  • George Joseph Edwardes (né Edwards; 8 October 1855 – 4 October 1915) was an English theatre manager and producer of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond. Edwardes started out in theatre management, soon working at a number of West End theatres. By the age of 20, he was managing theatres for Richard D'Oyly Carte. In 1885, Edwardes became a manager at the Gaiety Theatre with John Hollingshead, who soon retired. (en)
  • George Joseph Edwardes, nato Edwards (Grimsby, 8 ottobre 1855 – Londra, 4 ottobre 1915), è stato un direttore artistico e produttore teatrale inglese di origini irlandesi, che portò una nuova era nel teatro musicale sui palcoscenici britannici e oltre.Edwardes iniziò a occuparsi di teatro lavorando presto in numerosi teatri del West End. All'età di 20 anni dirigeva teatri per Richard D'Oyly Carte. Nel 1885 Edwardes divenne direttore del Gaiety Theatre con John Hollingshead, che presto si ritirò. (it)
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  • George Edwardes (en)
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  • Эдуардс, Джордж (ru)
  • George Edwardes (sv)
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