biography
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Novello, Ivor
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originally David Ivor Davies
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pronunciation:
[noveloh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1893–1951)
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| biography:
| Actor, composer, songwriter, and playwright, born in Cardiff, S Wales, UK. He studied at Oxford, where he was a chorister. His song ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ was one of the most popular of World War 1. He first appeared on the regular stage in London in 1921 and enjoyed great popularity, his most successful and characteristic works being his ‘Ruritanian’ musical plays such as Glamorous Night (1935), The Dancing Years (1939), and King's Rhapsody (1949). |
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