Musicals were expensive undertakings they lost big when they failed and earned big when they succeeded. John’s tastes in productions tended towards extravaganzas, and he always over-reached a bit, “flying before I could walk” as he described it. By the late 1940s, still in his mid-20s, John was producing his own musical revues. John also did tenures as stage director on the road and on the West End. Through the war years, he launched musical revues to entertain British troops. After a year as stagehand in Dundee repertory, he took on London. Taking his lead from Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musicals, the young man staged local revues in his native Edinburgh. John Chartres Mather had been in theatre since age 12.
John Chartres Mather (Courtesy of Frank J.
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