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Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.\r\n\r\nRoss Parker was a lyricist and composer who wrote the songs <i>I Shall Be Waiting</i> (1939) and <i>My Heart and Your Heart</i> (1950). He wrote material for Jack Hylton's 1957 summer shows for television <i>Summer's Here</i> and was probably the musical director for the pantomime <i>Cinderella</i> which was also produced by Jack Hylton and opened at the Oxford New Theatre on 26 December 1950.","physicalDescription":"Pencil caricature by Gilbert Sommerlad of Ross Parker, dated Xmas 1950, part of an artist's hard-backed sketch book manufactured by George Rowney & Co., called 'The Euston Sketch Book'. The pencilled sketch is drawn directly onto the page (cream cartridge paper).  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In 1936 he moved to the recently built New Theatre, Oxford, to join his brother Roy (violin and clarinet) as resident pianist.\r\n\r\nGilbert was an exceptionally good and popular rehearsal pianist, and visiting companies and individual performers used to make sure that he would be available.  He became well-known in the profession and his ability as a caricaturist became common knowledge.  The volume that includes this drawing contains sketches mostly of musical directors and conductors working at the Oxford New Theatre with Gilbert Sommerlad.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pencil caricature by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976) of Ross Parker, probably the musical director of <i>Cinderella</i> at the Oxford New Theatre. 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