Denis Martin
Birth nameLorenzo Denis Martin
Also known asDenis Martin
Born1920
Belfast, Northern Ireland
DiedOctober 1988 (aged 67–68)
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • musical arranger
  • director
  • producer
Years active1940s-1980s
LabelsParlophone

Denis Martin (1920 – October 1988) was a Northern Irish singer,[1] actor and theatre producer[2] active in the 1940s to 1980s.

Martin won the All-Ireland tenor competition at Feis Ceoil in 1944, He then moved to England where he performed as a singer[3] in musical shows and in radio and TV broadcasts. Soon after arriving in England Denis joined the Players' Theatre,[4][5][6] a permanent music-hall company in London. In 1949 he played the juvenile lead in King's Rhapsody[7] with Ivor Novello. He went on to become the Director of Production at the Players' Theatre,[8][9][10] developing and adapting plays for musical theatre.[11]

Denis's brother Brendan joined him in London as a professional singer at the Windmill Theatre.

Discography

Albums

  • Songs of the Emerald Isle (1969)

Singles

  • Galway Bay / Terence's Farewell (1948)
  • Eileen Oge / Sing Sweet Nightingale (1948)
  • Come Back Paddy Reilly / The Last Mile Home (1949)

Stage and screen

Film and television roles

  • These Wonderful Shows
  • Music for You
  • Tonight's the Night (1954)
  • Here and Now (TV) (1955)
  • The Bamboo Prison (film) (1954)
  • Happy Ever After (1954)[12]
  • The Good Old Days (TV) (1969 - 1971)

Radio

  • Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre; BBC Radio 4, 25 December 1969[13]

Theatre roles

As producer

  • A Little of What you Fancy (1968)

References

  1. ↑ Kitty Black (1984). Upper circle: a theatr. chronicle. Methuen. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-413-51040-2.
  2. ↑ Plays and Players. Vol. 12. Hansom Books. 1965. p. 19.
  3. ↑ Theatre World. Iliffe Specialist Publications, Limited. 1959. p. 19.
  4. ↑ Theatre Review. W.H. Allen. 1973. p. 174.
  5. ↑ Plays and Players. Hansom Books. 1958.
  6. ↑ Charles Graves (1963). Leather armchairs: the book of London clubs. Coward-McCann. p. 171.
  7. 1 2 Adrian Wright (2010). A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war British Musical. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-1-84383-542-4.
  8. ↑ The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. January 1971. p. 33.
  9. ↑ Raymond Mander; Joe Mitchenson (1965). British music hall: a story in pictures. Studio Vista.
  10. ↑ The Spectator. Vol. 257, Issues 8252-8268. F.C. Westley. 1986. p. 155. (also available online here)
  11. ↑ Alvin H. Marill (1993). More Theatre: M-Z. Scarecrow Press. p. 1048.
  12. ↑ Denis Gifford (1998). Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema. Flicks Books. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-948911-76-7.
  13. ↑ "Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre - BBC Radio 4 FM - 25 December 1969". Radio Times. 18 December 1969. p. 47. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Audrey Williamson (1956). Contemporary Theatre, 1953-1956. Rockliff. pp. 164, 175.
  15. ↑ "Pacific 1860". Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Stanley Green (30 April 2009). Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Da Capo Press. pp. 234–. ISBN 0-7867-4684-X.
  17. ↑ "King's Rhapsody". Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  18. ↑ "The Punch Revue". Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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