Who was Cunningham Bridgeman? Part 1

The short answer is, he was the coauthor of the early and influential book, Gilbert, Sullivan and D’Oyly Carte: Reminiscences of The Savoy And The Savoyards (the book has other titles), written in 1913-1914 with François Cellier. That book, published with the imprimatur of Cellier—one of Sullivan’s closest friends and longest collaborators—is still quoted by […]