Denis Martin (1920 – October 1988) was a Northern Irish singer,[1] actor and theatre producer[2] active in the 1940s to 1980s.
Denis Martin | |
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| Birth name | Lorenzo Denis Martin |
| Also known as | Denis Martin |
| Born | 1920 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | October 1988 (aged 67–68) London, England |
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| Years active | 1940s–1980s |
| Labels | Parlophone |
Martin won the All-Ireland tenor competition at Feis Ceoil in 1944,[citation needed] He then moved to England where he performed as a singer[3] in musical shows and in radio and TV broadcasts. Soon after arriving in England Denis joined the Players' Theatre,[4][5][6] a permanent music-hall company in London. In 1949 he played the juvenile lead in King's Rhapsody[7] with Ivor Novello. He went on to become the Director of Production at the Players' Theatre,[8][9][10] developing and adapting plays for musical theatre.[11]
Denis's brother Brendan joined him in London as a professional singer at the Windmill Theatre.
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Songs of the Emerald Isle (1969)
Singles
edit- Galway Bay / Terence's Farewell (1948)
- Eileen Oge / Sing Sweet Nightingale (1948)
- Come Back Paddy Reilly / The Last Mile Home (1949)
Stage and screen
editFilm and television roles
edit- These Wonderful Shows
- Music for You
- Tonight's the Night (1954)
- Here and Now (TV) (1955)
- The Bamboo Prison (film) (1954)
- Happy Ever After (1954)[12]
- The Good Old Days (TV) (1969 - 1971)
Radio
edit- Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre; BBC Radio 4, 25 December 1969[13]
Theatre roles
edit- The Duenna[14]
- Pacific 1860 (1946)[15]
- Tuppence Coloured (1947)
- Oranges and Lemons (1947)
- King's Rhapsody (1949)[7][16][17]
- The Punch Revue (1955)[18]
As producer
edit- A Little of What you Fancy (1968)
References
edit- ^ Kitty Black (1984). Upper circle: a theatr. chronicle. Methuen. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-413-51040-2.
- ^ Plays and Players. Vol. 12. Hansom Books. 1965. p. 19.
- ^ Theatre World. Iliffe Specialist Publications, Limited. 1959. p. 19.
- ^ Theatre Review. W.H. Allen. 1973. p. 174.
- ^ Plays and Players. Hansom Books. 1958.
- ^ Charles Graves (1963). Leather armchairs: the book of London clubs. Coward-McCann. p. 171.
- ^ a b Adrian Wright (2010). A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war British Musical. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-1-84383-542-4.
- ^ The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. January 1971. p. 33.
- ^ Raymond Mander; Joe Mitchenson (1965). British music hall: a story in pictures. Studio Vista.
- ^ The Spectator. Vol. 257, Issues 8252-8268. F.C. Westley. 1986. p. 155. (also available online here)
- ^ Alvin H. Marill (1993). More Theatre: M-Z. Scarecrow Press. p. 1048.
- ^ Denis Gifford (1998). Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema. Flicks Books. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-948911-76-7.
- ^ "Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre - BBC Radio 4 FM - 25 December 1969". Radio Times. 18 December 1969. p. 47. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Audrey Williamson (1956). Contemporary Theatre, 1953-1956. Rockliff. pp. 164, 175.
- ^ "Pacific 1860". Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Stanley Green (30 April 2009). Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Da Capo Press. pp. 234–. ISBN 0-7867-4684-X.
- ^ "King's Rhapsody". Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "The Punch Revue". Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 16 February 2013.