Arthur Reed Ropes (December 23 1859 – September 10 1933) was better known under the pseudonym Adrian Ross a lyricist of British musical comedies in the late 19th and early 20th century.

An esteemed Cambridge University don, historian, and a translator of French and German literature. Winner of the Chancellor's Medal for verse. He created the fictitious Ross due to a concern that writing musicals would compromise his professional career.

Under the name Adrian Ross he produced more than 60 libretti for the London stage.

Musicals

The following are some of the musicals that he contributed to, often in collaboration with other lyricists:

• Faddimir, or The Triumph of Orthodoxy (1889)
• Joan of Arc (1891)
• The Young Recruit (1892)
• In Town (1892)
• Morocco Bound (1893)
• Don Juan (1893)
• Go-Bang (1894)
• Mirette revised English version (1894)
• Bobbo (1895)
• Biarritz (1896)
• My Girl (1896)
• Weather or No (1896)
• The Circus Girl (1896)
• His Majesty, or The Court of Vignolia (1897)
• The Ballet Girl (1897)
• The Grand Duchess (1897)
• The Transit of Venus (1898)
• Billy (1898)
• A Greek Slave (1898)
• The Orchid (1903)
• Our Miss Gibbs (1909)
• The Merry Widow (1907) – English Adaption
• The Dollar Princess (1908)
• A Waltz Dream (1911)
• The Count of Luxemburg (1911)
• Gipsy Love (1912)

1859 births | 1933 deaths

Adrian Ross