Charles Millward

Charles Millward (1830–1892) was an English musician, composer, actor, journal proprietor and monumental mason.

Biography

Charles Millward was a prolific composer of pantomimes and comic opera. He collaborated with W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) on Hush-a-Bye, Baby, on the Tree Top, or, Harlequin Fortunia, King Frog of Frog Island, and the Magic Toys of Lowther Arcade (1866).

Charles Millward was a member of the Savage Club and was father of English actress Jessie Millward (1861–1932).

He also had a successful monumental masonry business. He died in 1892 and was buried in Highgate Cemetery.

Works

  • Hush-a-Bye, Baby, on the Tree Top, or, Harlequin Fortunia, King Frog of Frog Island, and the Magic Toys of Lowther Arcade (1866)
  • Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1874)[1]

References

  1. ^ Charles Millward (1874). The Grand Annual Comic Christmas Pantomime Entitled, Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross: Written Expressly for this Theatre by Charles Millward, [...] Produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on Saturday, December 26th, 1874. Birmingham: Printed at the Theatre Royal Printing Works. OCLC 563076731.
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