Irish-born comedian and songwriter Shaun Glenvilles greatest hit
was If You’re Irish, Come Into The Parlour (with Frank Miller,
1920). His mother was the manager of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. He and
his wife, singer Dorothy Ward, were among Fred Godfrey’s circle of friends; their
son Peter Glenville, a childhood friend of Godfrey’s youngest daughter
Peggie (1912–2001), later became a well-known film director (The
Comedians) and Broadway producer.
Together, Glenville and Godfrey wrote There’s Something In The Irish After All (with Leslie
Leonard Cooke) (1915); If You Come From Yorkshire (By Gum,
Tha’s Reet Up T’Mark) (1916); Soldiers Like It (1918);
and Wait A Minute (There’s A Little Bit More To Come!) (with
Godfrey writing as “Edward E. Elton”, 1929). |