Edward Royce (director)

Edward Royce or Edward Royce Jr. (born James William Reddall; 14 December 1870 – 15 June 1964) was an English director and choreographer of musical theatre, best remembered for his series of successful productions on Broadway.

[1] Royce choreographed and/or directed more than a dozen comic operas and Edwardian musical comedies in London from 1902 to 1916, most of them for George Edwardes.

[1] On the London stage, early in his career, he choreographed and/or staged Merrie England (1902–1903), A Princess of Kensington (1903 also dancing a duet with Winifred Hart-Dyke),[1] and shows for George Edwardes,[2] including A Waltz Dream (1908),[3] Our Miss Gibbs (1909),[4] The Dollar Princess (1909),[3] The Girl in the Train (1910),[3] Peggy (1911),[5] The Count of Luxemburg (1911),[3] Gypsy Love (1912)[3] The Marriage Market (1913)[3] and The Happy Day (1916).

(1917), which ran for 463 performances (the last few months at the Casino Theatre), making it the third-longest running Broadway musical in the 1910s.

[12] He returned to London to direct a revival of A Waltz Dream (1934) and co-authored a romantic musical comedy, Fritzi (1935).