Education
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the first Footlights Vice President.
(Newly acquired BA gowns hang heavy on the shoulders of Ja...)
Newly acquired BA gowns hang heavy on the shoulders of Jane and Timothy. Having got this far, what on earth do they do next? They could get married, of course (so they do), but how can they make a living? In a London park one breathlessly warm summer day they encounter a tramp who trundles round a mobile mini-piano. Even tramps need a holiday now and then, and he invites the young graduates to look after his business interests for a month at Σ7 per week plus whatever they can collect. The piano is not just any old mobile mini; those who hear it find themselves dancing, even against their better judgment. On this gentle thread of story is strung a series of revue-type scenes providing rich opportunities for versatile comedy players who can also sing and dance. For the chorus Originally, nothing! The production which ran for 2,283 record-breaking performances at the Vaudeville had a cast of twelve, plus a pianist, who between them played fifty-five roles of assorted lengths - the star of one scene being required, perhaps, to do no more than walk on in the next. Needless to say, there is every opportunity for an imaginative producer to use a much larger cast.
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He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the first Footlights Vice President.
After leaving Cambridge he went on to the drama school at the Bristol Old Victoria During his time at the Old Vic, Slade wrote incidental music for several productions including Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Duenna. In 1954 he was asked to write a musical for the Old Vic Summer Season.
lieutenant was then that he came up with Salad Days with Dorothy Reynolds.
The show was such a success that it moved to London, where it ran for over 2,288 performances - a record at the time. Slade and Mackintosh stayed close friends throughout his life.
Julian Slade"s music is typified by being exceptionally melodious and enjoyable. An excellent example of his music is from his second successful musical, Free as Air he wrote with Dorothy Reynolds which opened at the Opera House in Manchester in 1957 before moving to the Savoy Theatre, London, where it ran for 417 performances, but is rarely revived.
Slade died of cancer on 17 June 2006, aged 76.
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Born in London in 1930, he moved with his family in 1940 to Painswick, Gloucestershire, where he spent his formative years, becoming a young member of the village dramatic society.