Guy Eden

Born in Australia, Eden was educated in England, practised law in New South Wales and then London, and was a legal adviser to two British government departments.

As a writer, between 1892 and 1931 he produced two novels, a volume of poetry, the book and lyrics for operas and musical comedies, and was co-author of two plays.

A contemporary reviewer commented that although the verses were full of technical faults, they "are the real thing; they have the rough vigour of a young country".

It was not well received; the music, by Reginald Somerville, was found "pretentious" and "commonplace", and Eden's libretto was termed "wantonly tragic", of "extreme crudeness of construction", ending with "terrible issues that are not adequately prepared".

"[9] The Manchester Guardian found both the story and music "simple and charming" but felt that the subject was not "strong enough to occupy a whole evening".

[11] In 1925 Eden again worked with Somerville, providing the lyrics and co-writing the book of the show The Love Doctor, presented by and starring Arthur Treacher.