Who was Cunningham Bridgeman? Part 4: Zelig
In this series on the identity of Gilbert and Sullivan biographer, Cunningham Bridgeman, we have questioned Bridgeman’s claims of special knowledge of Arthur Sullivan, and started to outline Bridgeman’s background. So far, he’s proven to be an interesting young 19th century person, but no one out of the ordinary. Because I fear your interest in […]
Who was Cunningham Bridgeman? Part 3
I know of no book or website that outlines the life of Cunningham Bridgeman, so this narrative is based on public records and newspaper reports. Why am I interested in his life? We saw in Part 2 that Bridgeman claims to have had a “close intimacy” with Arthur Sullivan. And he wrote a popular account […]