W. Louis Bradfield (1866-1919)
Last updated: 08.07.23
According to the Internet source given below, Walter Louis Bradfield was an English actor and singer educated at the Grocers' School, Hackney. His first stage appearance was in pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham in 1889. He starred in Edwardian musical comedy and other theatrical works in London's West as well as on Broadway, New York.
The 1908 Actors' Birthday Book said of him:
A right merry operatic jester is W. Louis Bradfield, and the London public is so enamored of his comicalities that he is never allowed to stay very far from the British capital... first becoming a London favorite in 1893, appearing at the Gaiety in The Gaiety Girl and In Town.
He died in Brighton.
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Sort of a Kind of A.. | Lionel Monckton (music) E. Wallace (words) W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) |
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This Little Girl and That (The Little Michus) (2:30) | A. Messager | W. Louis Bradfield |
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I Want to Be a Military Man (2:00) | L. Stuart | W. Louis Bradfield |
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A High Old Time (4:01) | H.C. Talbert | W. Louis Bradfield |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 6 works performed by W. Louis Bradfield who is featured on sheet music covers.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Matilda and the Builder (1903) | Ernest Bucalossi | Jay Hickory Wood (words) W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) |
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This Little Girl and That (?) | André Messager | W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) | |
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Sort of a Kind of A.. (1896) | Lionel Monckton | E. Wallace (words) W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) |
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I Want to Be a Military Man (1900) | Leslie Stuart | F. A. Clement (words) W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) Dan W. Quinn (perf.) |
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High Old Time (1886), A | Harry C. Talbert(w&m) | W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) | |
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I Want Yer, Ma Honey! (1895) | Fay Templeton(w&m) | W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) Ellaline Terriss (perf.) |
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