... 1884 he wrote the En'gli I version of the Bcgar Student for Carl Rosa, and later on he was librettist of Frivoli 't n Drury Lane. the adanter for the English stae1 of Verdi's Falstaff, and the. writer of rcan' it other librettos and books. A biography ...

... began to ta'ke small parts. Purcell's song. 1Comre if you dare, was the first tenor song which Mr Reeves ever sang at Drury Lane or on cho stage in 1840. Some time afterw ards, in 1843. hoevwent to Paris to) take lessons under Bordogni, and theance ...