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	''Perchance to Dream'', his next show, included the popular song "We’ll Gather Lilacs". His last two shows were ''King's Rhapsody'' and ''Gay’s the Word'', which had, unusually, no role for Novello, as he was still performing in ''King's Rhapsody''. He felt unwell during the run, and went to recuperate at his house in Jamaica, but on his return, insisted on performing, and died of a coronary thrombosis at his home after the show.		''Perchance to Dream'', his next show, included the popular song "We’ll Gather Lilacs". His last two shows were ''King's Rhapsody'' and ''Gay’s the Word'', which had, unusually, no role for Novello, as he was still performing in ''King's Rhapsody''. He felt unwell during the run, and went to recuperate at his house in Jamaica, but on his return, insisted on performing, and died of a coronary thrombosis at his home after the show.

	He was cremated at Golders Green, and his ashes lie under, appropriately, a lilac tree. Huge numbers of his female fans lined the streets at the funeral, and when a memorial service was held at St Paul’s church in Covent Garden, it was relayed outside to the many thousands who turned up.		He was cremated at [[Golders Green]], and his ashes lie under, appropriately, a lilac tree. Huge numbers of his female fans lined the streets at the funeral, and when a memorial service was held at St Paul’s church in Covent Garden, it was relayed outside to the many thousands who turned up.

	==Sexuality==		==Sexuality==

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	Back in London, in the 30s he worked as actor and playwright, and began to produce musical theatre, with lavish theatrical effects and escapist plots for which he was to become famous, including ''Careless Rapture'' and ''Crest of the Wave''. He played the romantic lead in these, and in all but his last show from then on. ''The Dancing Years'' was one his most successful shows, though it had to close at Drury Lane at the beginning of World War Two, toured the country and ran for over two years from 1942 at the Adelphi in London. In 1944, during its run, he was charged with improper use of his car during rationing, and he spent four weeks in Wormwood Scrubs prison, which affected him very badly.		Back in London, in the 30s he worked as actor and playwright, and began to produce musical theatre, with lavish theatrical effects and escapist plots for which he was to become famous, including ''Careless Rapture'' and ''Crest of the Wave''. He played the romantic lead in these, and in all but his last show from then on. ''The Dancing Years'' was one his most successful shows, though it had to close at Drury Lane at the beginning of World War Two, toured the country and ran for over two years from 1942 at the Adelphi in London. In 1944, during its run, he was charged with improper use of his car during rationing, and he spent four weeks in Wormwood Scrubs prison, which affected him very badly.

	''Perchance to Dream'', his next show, included the popular song "We’ll Gather Lilacs". His last two shows were ''~~King’s~~ Rhapsody'' and ''Gay’s the Word'', which had, unusually, no role for Novello, as he was still performing in ~~King’s~~ Rhapsody. He felt unwell during the run, and went to recuperate at his house in Jamaica, but on his return, insisted on performing, and died of a coronary thrombosis at his home after the show.		''Perchance to Dream'', his next show, included the popular song "We’ll Gather Lilacs". His last two shows were ''King's Rhapsody'' and ''Gay’s the Word'', which had, unusually, no role for Novello, as he was still performing in ''King's Rhapsody''. He felt unwell during the run, and went to recuperate at his house in Jamaica, but on his return, insisted on performing, and died of a coronary thrombosis at his home after the show.

	He was cremated at Golders Green, and his ashes lie under, appropriately, a lilac tree. Huge numbers of his female fans lined the streets at the funeral, and when a memorial service was held at St Paul’s church in Covent Garden, it was relayed outside to the many thousands who turned up.		He was cremated at Golders Green, and his ashes lie under, appropriately, a lilac tree. Huge numbers of his female fans lined the streets at the funeral, and when a memorial service was held at St Paul’s church in Covent Garden, it was relayed outside to the many thousands who turned up.
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	The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art created a scholarship in his memory.		The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art created a scholarship in his memory.
	His country home, Redroofs near Maidenhead, is now a theatre training school.		His country home, Redroofs near [[Maidenhead]], is now a theatre training school.

	In 2005 the Strand Theatre, where he lived for many years, was renamed the Novello Theatre, and it also has a blue plaque to Novello.		In 2005 the Strand Theatre, where he lived for many years, was renamed the Novello Theatre, and it also has a blue plaque to Novello.

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-[[File:Ivor Novello.jpg|thumb|Ivor Novello]]'''David Ivor Davies''' (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), better known as '''Ivor Novello''', was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning", which was enormously popular during the First World War. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. In the 1920s, he turned to acting, first in films and then on stage, with considerable success in both.
+[[File:Ivor Novello.jpg|thumb|Ivor Novello]]'''Ivor Novello''' (born David Ivor Davies, 1893&ndash;1951) was born into a musical Welsh family and became a very popular actor, composer and playwright, famous for his escapist and lavish operetta-like musicals.  He acted in two of Hitchcock’s silent films, and also had a brief career in Hollywood.  He was dubbed Britain’s handsomest screen actor and the glamorous matinée idol’s funeral attracted hordes of his female fans.
-Ivor Novello was claimed to have been the lover of bisexual West Indian cabaret singer and pianist, [[Leslie Hutchinson]] who had also been the lover of Cole Porter.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1085883/The-royal-gigolo-Edwina-Mountbatten-sued-claims-affair-black-singer-Paul-Robeson-But-truth-outrageous-.html</ref>
+==Life==
 There is a story, mentioned by [[Peter Tatchell]], that [[Winston Churchill]] had a one-off fling with Ivor Novello.<ref>http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/gay_community/gaymuseum2.htm</ref>
-The '''Ivor Novello Awards''' for songwriting and composing, named in his honour, have been presented annually since 1955.
+==Legacy==
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	There is a story, mentioned by [[Peter Tatchell]], that [[Winston Churchill]] had a one-off fling with Ivor Novello.<ref>http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/gay_community/gaymuseum2.htm</ref>		There is a story, mentioned by [[Peter Tatchell]], that [[Winston Churchill]] had a one-off fling with Ivor Novello.<ref>http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/gay_community/gaymuseum2.htm</ref>

	The '''Ivor Novello Awards'' for songwriting and composing, named in his honour, have been presented annually since 1955.		The '''Ivor Novello Awards''' for songwriting and composing, named in his honour, have been presented annually since 1955.

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	There is a story, mentioned by [[Peter Tatchell]], that [[Winston Churchill]] had a one-off fling with Ivor Novello.<ref>http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/gay_community/gaymuseum2.htm</ref>		There is a story, mentioned by [[Peter Tatchell]], that [[Winston Churchill]] had a one-off fling with Ivor Novello.<ref>http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/gay_community/gaymuseum2.htm</ref>

			The '''Ivor Novello Awards'' for songwriting and composing, named in his honour, have been presented annually since 1955.

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	'''David Ivor Davies''' (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), better known as '''Ivor Novello''', was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning", which was enormously popular during the First World War. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. In the 1920s, he turned to acting, first in films and then on stage, with considerable success in both.		[[File:Ivor Novello.jpg\|thumb\|Ivor Novello]]'''David Ivor Davies''' (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), better known as '''Ivor Novello''', was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning", which was enormously popular during the First World War. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. In the 1920s, he turned to acting, first in films and then on stage, with considerable success in both.

	Ivor Novello was claimed to have been the lover of bisexual West Indian cabaret singer and pianist, [[Leslie Hutchinson]] who had also been the lover of Cole Porter.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1085883/The-royal-gigolo-Edwina-Mountbatten-sued-claims-affair-black-singer-Paul-Robeson-But-truth-outrageous-.html</ref>		Ivor Novello was claimed to have been the lover of bisexual West Indian cabaret singer and pianist, [[Leslie Hutchinson]] who had also been the lover of Cole Porter.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1085883/The-royal-gigolo-Edwina-Mountbatten-sued-claims-affair-black-singer-Paul-Robeson-But-truth-outrageous-.html</ref>