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Cecil Broadhurst

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ComposerLyricistBook Writer 1908–1981

Cecil Arthur Broadhurst (May 8, 1908 - December 16, 1981) was a Canadian artist, songwriter, actor and playwright, who had a passionate interest in and love for all things Western. At age 15 he began his lifelong commitment to painting, studying under LeMoine Fitzgerald and Frank Franz Johnston A.R.C.A. members of Canada's renowned Group of Seven (artists). In 1932 he launched out on his own, but the Great Depression in the 1930s led him to other fields: among them flying as a Bush pilot, radio and theatre, followed by college and a year at the Detroit Art Academy. A Canadian producer asked him to paint a stage set for him, which prompted Broadhurst, a relative of George Broadhurst, New York…

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Jotham Valley

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  • Moral Re-Armament produced a number of plays and musicals, including two musicals that followed Jotham Valley . The Vanishing Island , with book, lyrics, and music by Peter Howard and Cecil Broadhurst, gave free performances at the London Hippodrome beginning on May 28, 1955. A flyer for the London premiere indicated the “musical play” ha…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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