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C. M. S. McLellan

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LyricistBook Writer 1865–1916

Charles Morton Stewart McLellan (1865–1916) was a London-based American playwright and composer who often wrote under the pseudonym Hugh Morton. McLellan is probably best remembered for the musical The Belle of New York and drama Leah Kleschna.

Also credited on1 work

The Pink Lady

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In the literature1 passages

  • Perhaps musical comedy was simply the earthier form, on the risqué side. Ivan Caryll and C. M. S. McLellan’s The Pink Lady (1911) and Oh! Oh! Delphine (1912) were each billed as a “musical comedy,” and the erotic does rather hover over the action. The Pink Lady tells of a satyr loose in Paris stealing kisses, and Delphine ’s heroine has a…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt

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