V.C. Clinton-Baddeley Explained

V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1900 1970) was a British playwright, actor, and writer. Clinton-Baddley also founded Jupiter Recordings Ltd, a company that produced spoken word and poetry set to music, in 1958. The recordings were made either by the poets themselves, or by actors and scholars.^[1] Jupiter Recordings featured recordings of works by Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, and Philip Larkin.^[2] Jupiter Records ceased functioning in 1970.

Published works

Plays

• The Billiard-Room Mystery; or, Who D'you Think Did It: A Murder Mystery in Two Acts^[3]
• Aladdin^[4]
• The Babes in the Wood: A Cynical Pantomime in One Act
• Dick Whittington, or, Love is the Key that Opens Every Door^[5]
• Sleeping Beauty^[6]
• The What D'ye Call it: An Opera^[7] (music by Phyllis Tate)^[8]

Books

• Devon^[9]
• Words for Music^[10]
• The Burlesque Tradition in the English Theatre after 1660^[11]
• All Right on the Night^[12]
• Some Pantomime Pedigrees^[13]
• Death's Bright Dart^[14]
• My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree^[15]
• Only a Matter of Time^[16]
• No Case for the Police^[17]
• To Study a Long Silence^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collection: Jupiter Recordings Ltd.. 1903.1/7418.
2. Roach. Helen. 1967. Poet Recordings. Improving College and University Teaching. 15. 3. 141–142. 10.1080/00193089.1967.10532633. 27562696. JSTOR.
3. Book: Clinton-Baddeley. V.C. . Leacock. Stephen. The Billiard-Room Mystery; or, Who D'you Think Did It: A Murder Mystery in Two Acts. London: Gowans & Gray; Boston: Baker International Play Bureau, 1934.. 1934.
4. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Aladdin. 1935. London.
5. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Dick Whittington, or, Love is the Key that Opens Every Door. 1959. London and Sydney.
6. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Sleeping Beauty. 1959. London.
7. Book: Tate. Phyllis. John. Gay. Clinton-Baddeley. V.C.. The What D'ye Call It: An Opera. Oxford U P. 1966.
8. Tate, Phyllis. “The What D'ye Call It.” The Musical Times, vol. 107, no. 1481, 1966, pp. 591–593. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/951953. Accessed 21 Nov. 2020.
9. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Devon. A. & C. Black, ltd.. 1925. London.
10. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Words for Music. Cambridge University Press. 1941. Cambridge.
11. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. The Burlesque Tradition in the English Theatre After 1660. Methuen. 1952.
12. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. All Right on the Night. Putnam. 1954. London.
13. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Some Pantomime Pedigrees. Society for Theatre Research. 1963. London.
14. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Death's Bright Dart. Gollancz. 1967. London.
15. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree. Gollancz. 1968. London.
16. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. Only a Matter of Time. Gollancz. 1969. London.
17. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. No Case for the Police. Gollancz. 1970. London.
18. Book: Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.. To Study a Long Silence. Victor Gollancz. 1972. London.