The librettist of Stanford's operas "Savanarola" and "The Canterbury Pilgrims" was Gilbert A. à Beckett. Is there a connection?
Though à Beckett as a surname (or part of one) is unusual, the à Becketts were something of a literary dynasty in Victorian England and there was a distant family connection with W.S. Gilbert. Previous Message
Sorry - the sentence should have read Christopher a Becket Williams was a brother of Letts's brother-in-law, Charles Arthur Williams. Previous Message
Message Thread | This response ↓ M. G. Truman - Bairbre December 1, 2023, 1:45 pm
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