He was commissioned to write a three-act burlesque on Edmond Rostand's Chantecler,[3] named Mik 1ier, with libretto by Charles-Alexis Carpentier (died 1929), published in 1911.
This led to an invitation by John Tiller to visit his dance school in Manchester, and incidentally married one of his star performers.
[3] He worked as musical adviser for André Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre, writing the revues Eight pence a Mile and Keep Smiling with Lee White.
He composed the operetta Les Petits Crevés for Thenon, staged in 1913 at the Théâtre des Capucines, starring Jacques Bousquet.
At the outbreak of WWI he was in Paris, fulfilling a commitment to write three musical comedies,[3] In August 1914 he joined the French army, but was back at the Alhambra a year later, having been discharged in December as disabled,[4] following an accident during the retreat from Belgium,[3] which had far-reaching consequences for his newborn son George — with the outbreak of WWII he was posted as a deserter and papers served for his extradition despite only living in the country for few months as a baby, and not speaking a word of French.
[7] When Charlot left the Alhambra, Redstone found employment with Grossmith and Laurillard, conducting To-Night's the Night, Theodore and Co, and Yes, Uncle!.
[2] and it may have been around this time that he was associated with concert and stage personalities Leslie Henson, Tom Walls, Alice Delysia, Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier and Charles CCochran.
[3] Redstone wrote a song Were You the Only Girl in the World, which he sold to London publisher Bert Feldman for £5 (some references say five guineas — £5/5s.
Ward, who was about to tour Australia with The O'Brien Girl, starting with his new Princess Theatre, Melbourne, which ran for 202 performances, and Tangerine for 101.
Ward had purchased the rights to the play Tons of Money, which fared poorly in Melbourne, but recast as a musical with numbers by Redstone to lyrics by Vaib Solomon it was well received and had long seasons there and in Sydney's Grand Opera House.
[10] Redstone, Lindley Evans and Alfred Hill composed the score for Charles Chauvel's 1940 film Forty Thousand Horsemen.