[PW] Herbert Kiingsley

[Fuller, Thomas (US - Washington D.C.)]

Kingsley also composed a ballet called LADIES' BETTER DRESSES, which was
premiered by the Philadelphia Opera Ballet in Chicago in 1938, and a
one-act ballet called TERMINAL, premiered by the same company in Paris
in 1937.  This from George Amberg, ART IN MODERN BALLET (1946).

And from Samuel Leiter, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE
1940-1950:

<MUM'S THE WORD [Miscellaneous/Solo] CN/P: Jimmy Savo; D: Al Webster; T:
Belmont Theatre (OB); 12/5/40 (12) 

A largely unsuccessful effort at a (practically) one-man show conceived
by and starring veteran comic pantomimist Jimmy Savo. The diminutive,
derby-hatted, sadeyed Savo's talent was deemed by many more suitable for
a vaudeville act or for inclusion in a musical comedy than for a full
two hours with no assistance other than the between-the-scenes "verbal
annotations" of Hiram Sherman and the piano accompaniment of Herbert
Kingsley.>

As well as music for S.N. Behrman's THE PIRATE (1943), which was
apparently played backstage and was almost completely inaudible to the
audience.

NEXIS says that the Philander Smith Collegiate Choir and Musical Theater
Ensemble did a concert at Philander Smith College, 812 W. 13th St.,
Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 7, 2001, that included works by
Kingsley.  Somebody there might have done some research.

But -- no dates, and no bio.

-- Tom 

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