Editing Richard Addinsell (section)

===Early career===
In 1925, he enrolled at the [[Royal College of Music]] but lasted only two terms before leaving, again without obtaining any formal qualification.<ref name=odnb /> By this time Addinsell was already collaborating with [[Noel Gay]], among others, in an ''[[André Charlot]] Revue''.<ref name=chandos /> More work for Charlot in 1927 was followed in 1928 by a collaboration with [[Clemence Dane]] on ''Adam's Opera'' at [[The Old Vic]].<ref name=odnb /> In 1929, he completed his informal education by touring Europe to visit major theatrical and musical centres such as Berlin and Vienna.<ref name=chandos />

In 1932, with Clemence Dane, he wrote the [[incidental music]] for the Broadway adaptation of the combined ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Through the Looking Glass]]'' by [[Eva Le Gallienne]], starring [[Josephine Hutchinson]] (produced 1933).<ref name=grove>Ades, David. 'Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)' in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)</ref>  In 1947 it was revived, starring Bambi Linn.