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Informationen zum Autor Barry Anthony is a historian with a particular interest in the Victorian and Edwardian period. He has written extensively about popular culture and entertainment, co-authoring, with Richard Brown, a groundbreaking study of the early British cinema, 'A Victorian Film Enterprise'. Klappentext Drawing on many previously unused sources! this is first! authoritative! biography of Dan Leno. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on the stage and screen! Barry Anthony brings to life the everyday life of Victorian Britain! as well as Dan's unique brand of humour and its resonance with later comedians. Vorwort Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on the stage and screen, Barry Anthony brings to life the everyday life of Victorian Britain, as well as Dan's unique brand of humour and its resonance with later comedians. Zusammenfassung Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on the stage and screen, Barry Anthony brings to life the everyday life of Victorian Britain, as well as Dan's unique brand of humour and its resonance with later comedians. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Prelude2 An Inconvenience3 The Infant Wonder4 Nightmare Years5 Monarch in Wooden Shoes6 Leno's Grand Varieties7 The Talk of London8 Dame Durden & Mr Tambo9 The War between the Sexes10 Muffins and Mumpets for Tea11 A Large, Genial Gentleman12 Popularity13 Regime Change in Drury Land14 The Funniest Man on Earth15 Orlando Dando16 Grimaldi's Scissors17 The Living Image18 Postscript NotesIndex
