Salt Lake Herald | 1890-01-19 | Page 5 | The Late H. B. Farnie

rite Lute 1 15 Farni < I H Farnie the well known writer of bur llque and adapter of French opera bouife is lead Mr Faruie was a Scotchman and oume to London as pianoforte tuner in then the-n M D u l V VL VVVj a u Vlll1 Ul a imimnmcni ind semiliterary turn he dropped into writing writ-ing and arranging light comic pieces and eventually was taken up by the Swanbor oughs then managing the Strand theatre Here he produced Nemesis Leo and several sev-eral other extravaganzas and burlesques The late Alexander Henderson was A patron of Furnie and for him and Lydia Thompson he adapted Siiibad the Sailor1 Cinderella 1 Bluebeard1 etc lie was according to New York lluth probably the most voluminous translator ot comic opera which he altered to what considered the English taste but which was in reality his own by introducing music hall ditties and topical songs I Of late years Famie did most of his work I by proxy always having some poor devil of an author at his beck and call who went in I London theatrical circles by the nickname of Fanues Ghost Like Falstalf he was a gross fat man gh en over t gout and inclined I in-clined to dropsy which proclivities were not alleviated by his potations pottle deep at the Somerset and the theatrical clubs A clever of rivalry man was he but selfish and intolerant I