C. Morton Horne (â€") was an Irish writer and musical comedy performer
who lost his life on a battlefield in France during the First World
War.Cyril Henry Morton Horne’s birth was recorded in the spring of
in the Weston District of Dublin. Nothing here is known of his family
in part because census records from this period were not preserved by
the Irish government. His first major role most likely came in early
as Lieutenant Varga in The Balkan Princess at London’s Prince of
Wales Theatre. Later that year Horne traveled to America aboard the SS
Amerika. where he would appear in four Broadway musical productions
over the next few seasons. Horne played The Honorable Richard Mirables
opposite Emmy Wehlen in Marriage a la Carte at the Casino Theatre in
January, . In November of that year Horn began a successful run as
Captain Graham in Little Boy Blue at the Lyric Theatre and later at
the Grand Opera House. He played Billy Brand in the less than
successful production of The Charity Girl staged at the Globe Theatre
in October, . Horne’s final Broadway performance came in the spring
of at the Globe Theatre as Capt. Etienne de Bouvray in a revival of
Mlle. ModisteIn January, Horne sailed for Britain aboard the SS
Megantic to join the struggle in Europe. Over the last year of his
life Horne wrote a number of songs and poems that were later compiled
and published under the title Songs of the Shrapnel Shell, and Other
Verse. The following comes from the book’s foreword:
who lost his life on a battlefield in France during the First World
War.Cyril Henry Morton Horne’s birth was recorded in the spring of
in the Weston District of Dublin. Nothing here is known of his family
in part because census records from this period were not preserved by
the Irish government. His first major role most likely came in early
as Lieutenant Varga in The Balkan Princess at London’s Prince of
Wales Theatre. Later that year Horne traveled to America aboard the SS
Amerika. where he would appear in four Broadway musical productions
over the next few seasons. Horne played The Honorable Richard Mirables
opposite Emmy Wehlen in Marriage a la Carte at the Casino Theatre in
January, . In November of that year Horn began a successful run as
Captain Graham in Little Boy Blue at the Lyric Theatre and later at
the Grand Opera House. He played Billy Brand in the less than
successful production of The Charity Girl staged at the Globe Theatre
in October, . Horne’s final Broadway performance came in the spring
of at the Globe Theatre as Capt. Etienne de Bouvray in a revival of
Mlle. ModisteIn January, Horne sailed for Britain aboard the SS
Megantic to join the struggle in Europe. Over the last year of his
life Horne wrote a number of songs and poems that were later compiled
and published under the title Songs of the Shrapnel Shell, and Other
Verse. The following comes from the book’s foreword:
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