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Gertie by: Gertrude Lawrence List Price: $9.98 Price: $9.51 You Save: $0.47 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0636943256022 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Naxos Manufacturer: Naxos Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Naxos Release Date: April 16, 2002 Studio: Naxos Sales Rank: 391244 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Gertie...the star...the legendGertrude Lawrence had the most amazing life. She was born Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Klasen in 1898, and her childhood was spent in and around the tenement suburb of Clapham, London. When she was around twelve years old, she first met Noel Coward, as they were both pupils at Italia Conti's stage school. At the age of seventeen she made her professional debut in music hall, and soon managed to get into the chorus of Andre Charlot's legendary London revues (beginning with "Some" and "Cheep!" in 1916; which also fostered the talents of Jack Buchanan, Beatrice Lillie and Noel Coward). After slaving away in the chorus and understudying the various female leads for many, many months, Charlot selected her to headline the Broadway transfer of "Andre ... Read More: Rating:  - Gertie Is Not ForgottenGertrude Lawrence, the legendary English theatrical performer, is quite simply an important part of musical theatre history. She was the first performer ever to introduce Gershwins' "Someone To Watch Over Me," and, incidentally, was the original Broadway Anna in R&H's "The King and I." Tragically, this turned out to be her last appearance. Check out that glorious 1951 cast album! Here, as on other important G.L. CDs: "Star" and "Star Quality," the latter of which features some rare and intriguing LIVE recordings, her charm is unmistakeably there. It was said by many fortunate to have witnessed her live that her stage presence cast a glow "the like of which we shall never see again." I think Noel Coward said this. This truth is evident in the wonderfully ... Read More: |
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