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Edward Royce

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DirectorChoreographer 1870–1964

Edward Royce or Edward Royce Jr. (born James William Reddall; 14 December 1870 – 15 June 1964) was an English director and choreographer of musical theatre, best remembered for his series of successful productions on Broadway. His father was the actor, dancer, singer and stage manager E. W. Royce. Royce choreographed and/or directed more than a dozen comic operas and Edwardian musical comedies in London from 1902 to 1916, most of them for George Edwardes. Moving to Broadway, he directed a series of musicals, including several Princess Theatre musicals, including Oh, Boy! (1917), and such other successes as Irene (1919), Sally (1920), and several Ziegfeld productions. Royce also directed in A…

Also credited on11 works

Irene
Leave It to Jane
Oh, Boy!
Oh, Lady! Lady!
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Sally
She’s A Good Fellow
She’s My Baby
The Canary
The Century Girl
Ziegfeld Follies

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  • The director-choreographer is actually an old hand at the musical. Two such, Julian Mitchell and Edward Royce, were already at work at the turn of the century. But their choreography was of a standard cut, a series of hoofing "combinations" replicated from show to show. Much later, George Balanchine, Charles Weidman, and Agnes de Mille re…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/B0035RP5R8 EBOK - Ethan Mordden.txt

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