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1048: 984:; Leno's and his teammates' tomfoolery on the green amused the large crowds that they drew. From 1898 to 1903, the Dainties continued to play matches across London. Two films of action from the matches were produced in 1900 for audiences of the new medium of cinema. In September 1901, at a major charity match, the press noted the carnival atmosphere. The comedians wore silly costumes – Leno was dressed as an undertaker and later as a schoolgirl riding a camel. Bands played, and clowns circulated through the crowd. The rival team of professional Surrey cricketers were persuaded to wear tall hats during the match. 18,000 spectators attended, contributing funds for music hall and cricketers' charities, among others. 2998: 882:, the Prince and Princess of Wales. Leno performed a thirty-five-minute solo act that included two of his best-known songs: "How to Buy a House" and "The Huntsman". After the performance, Leno reported, "The King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales all very kindly shook hands with me and told me how much they had enjoyed it. The Princess of Wales was just going to shake hands with me, when she looked at my face, and couldn't do it for some time, because she laughed so much. I wasn't intending to look funny – I was really trying to look dignified and courtly; but I suppose I couldn't help myself." As a memento, the King presented Leno with a jewel-encrusted royal 444:. From 1890, Leno commissioned George Le Brunn to compose the incidental music to many of his songs, including "The Detective", "My Old Man", "Chimney on Fire", "The Fasting Man", "The Jap", "All Through A Little Piece of Bacon" and "The Detective Camera". Le Brunn also provided the incidental music for three of Leno's best-known songs that depicted life in everyday occupations: "The Railway Guard" (1890), "The Shopwalker" and "The Waiter" (both from 1891). The songs in each piece became instantly distinctive and familiar to Leno's audiences, but his occasional changes to the characterisations kept the sketches fresh and topical. 331:'s-in-the-Road, where he earned £5 a week in total (£682 in 2024 adjusted for inflation). Although billed as "The Great Irish Comic Vocalist and Clog Champion" at first, he slowly phased out his dancing in favour of character studies, such as "Going to Buy Milk for the Twins", "When Rafferty Raffled his Watch" and "The Railway Guard". His dancing had earned him popularity in the provinces, but Leno found that his London audiences preferred these sketches and his comic songs. Leno's other London venues in the late 1880s included 451:. Leno played the part of a shop assistant, again of manic demeanour, enticing imaginary clientele into the shop before launching into a frantic selling technique sung in verse. Leno's depiction of "The Waiter", dressed in an oversized dinner jacket and loose-fitting white dickey, which would flap up and hit his face, was of a man consumed in self-pity and indignation. Overworked, overwrought and overwhelmed by the number of his customers, the waiter gave out excuses for the bad service faster than the customers could complain: 186: 914: 22: 993: 686: 900: 822:, T. C. Elder. Leno's biographer J. Hickory Wood commented: "I can honestly say that I never saw him absolutely at rest. He was always doing something, and had something else to do afterwards; or he had just been somewhere, was going somewhere else, and had several other appointments to follow." That year, Leno performed the role of "waxi omo" (a slang expression for a black-face performer) in the Doo-da-Day Minstrels, an act that included Danvers, Campbell, 1177:, a close friend, commented after Leno's death: "It seems an extraordinary thing to say, but I really believe that King Edward's kindness was the unconscious means of hastening Dan Leno's mind over the borderline of insanity ... Poor Dan had been fluttering outside the cage of the madhouse for some years, and the great honour and dignity which he received at the hands of the King just tilted the scales of divine injustice. He went inside". 2951: 300: 447:"The Railway Guard" featured Leno in a mad characterisation of a railway station guard dressed in an ill-fitting uniform, with an unkempt beard and a whistle. The character was created by exaggerating the behaviour that Leno saw in a real employee at Brixton station who concerned himself in other people's business while, at the same time, not doing any work. "The Shopwalker" was full of comic one-liners and was heavily influenced by 472: 758:. Leno's agent declined the offer, as his client was solidly booked for two years. Bode offered Leno £625 (£116,081 in 2024 adjusted for inflation) for a six-week appearance in 1898. Upon hearing this, the comedian overrode his agent and accepted the offer. Leno toured the provinces in the piece and was an immediate success. So popular was his performance that Bode re-engaged him for a further two shows: the musical farce 2986: 940:, Manchester, soon after the birth of their first daughter, Georgina. A second child died in infancy, and John was born in 1888. Their three youngest children – Ernest (b. 1889), Sidney (b. 1891) and May (b. 1896) – all followed their father onto the stage. Sidney later performed as Dan Leno, Jr. After Leno's mother and stepfather retired from performing, Leno supported them financially until their deaths. 736: 177:, and as a result Leno's sister Frances was sent to live with an uncle, while his brother John, who had occasionally performed with his parents, took full-time employment. Leno, his mother, stepfather and brother Henry moved north and settled in Liverpool, where they performed in various halls and theatres, including the Star Music Hall, but they often returned to London to perform in the capital's music halls. 263:, in which Leno played the title character and featured in the variety entertainment that preceded the pantomime. Throughout the 1870s, Leno and his parents performed as "The Comic Trio (Mr. & Mrs. Leno and Dan Patrick) In Their Really Funny Entertainments, Songs and Dances". 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behaviour directed at fellow cast members, friends and family had become frequent. Once composed, he would become remorseful and apologetic. His erratic behaviour was often a result of his diminishing ability to remember his lines and inaudibility in performance. Leno also suffered increasing deafness, which eventually caused problems on and off stage. In 1901, during a production of

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caricature of Leno and his editorial staff at work and play. Inside, the features included "Daniel's Diary", "Moans from the Martyr", two yarns, a couple of dozen cartoons and "Leno's Latest – Fresh Jokes and Wheezes Made on the Premises". After a run of nearly two years the novelty wore off, and Leno lost interest. The paper shut down on 2 December 1899.

972:, which helps performers who are in financial need, and served as its leader, the King Rat, in 1891, 1892 and 1897. Near the end of his life, Leno co-founded The Music Hall Artistes Railway Association, which entered a partnership with the Water Rats to form music hall's first trade union. Some of Leno's charity was discreet and unpublicised. 1035:, and also followed her to rehearsal there. He attempted to persuade her to act alongside him in a Shakespearean season that Leno was willing to fund. On the second visit to her home, Leno brought Collier a diamond brooch. Recognising that Leno was having a mental breakdown, she gently refused his offer, and Leno left distraught. 545: 405:. Their styles and appeal were very different: Leno's characters were gritty working-class realists, while Chevalier's were overflowing in romanticism, and his act depicted an affluent point of view. According to Leno's biographer Barry Anthony, the two "represented the opposite poles of cockney comedy". 243:. Arriving in Ireland the same year, the Lenos were struggling financially and stayed with William's relatives. In addition to his performances as part of the family act, young Leno appeared as a solo act under an Irish-sounding stage name, "Dan Patrick". This allowed him to earn a separate fee of 23 2535:"Mr Dan Leno. Pavilion, where I am singing Two New Songs of my own, copied from no one. The "Boy" song, which an unkind critic compared to another, I beg to say I wrote and Sang in Glasgow Thirty-one years ago. Who is copying now? All my Thirty-four Minutes' Gags are copied from no one." "Dan Leno", 539:

I am inclined to think "the cake" for frolicsome humour is taken by the dapper new-comer, Mr. Dan Leno, who is sketched as the galvanic baroness in the wonderfully amusing dance which sets the house in a roar. The substantial "babes", Mr. Herbert Campbell and Mr. Harry Nicholls, would have no excuse

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Yes, sir! No, sir! Yes, sir! When I first came here these trousers were knee-breeches. Legs worn down by waiting. Sir! What did you say? How long would your steak be? Oh, about four inches I should say, about four inches. No, sir! sorry sir. Can't take it back now, sir. You've stuck your fork in and

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Louisa and John married at St. John's Church, Waterloo, London, on 2 January 1850 and lived in Ann Street, near Waterloo. John was born in Middlesex, and Louisa was born in Worthing in Sussex. John's father was Maurice Galvin, an Irish bricklayer. Louisa's father, Richard Dutton, was an artist, who

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provided Leno with one of the most challenging roles of his career, in which he was required to portray the same woman in several different guises. Wood's idea, that neither fortune nor beauty would bring happiness, was illustrated by a series of magical character transformations. The poor, unkempt

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In their pantomimes, the diminutive Leno and the massive Campbell were a visually comic duo. They would often deviate from the script, improvising freely. This was met with some scepticism by producers, who feared that the scenes would not be funny to audiences and observed that, in any event, they

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In 1878, Leno and his family moved to Manchester. There he met Lydia Reynolds, who, in 1883, joined the Leno family theatre company, which already consisted of his parents, Danvers and Leno. The following year, Leno and Reynolds married; around this time, he adopted the stage name "Dan Leno". On 10

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Two days later, he was admitted into Camberwell House Lunatic Asylum, London, where he spent several months under the care of Dr. Savage, who treated Leno with "peace and quiet and a little water colouring". On his second day, Leno told a nurse that the clock was wrong. When she stated that it was

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in 1886, having been spotted singing "Going to Buy Milk" by the Surrey Theatre manager, George Conquest. Conquest also hired Leno's wife to star in the production. The pantomime was a success, and Leno received rave reviews; as a result, he was booked to star as Tinpanz the Tinker in the following

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praised Leno's singing and dancing and reported that: "He brings a good deal of fun and quaintness to the not very important part of Leontes." Leno accepted the role at short notice, with no opportunity to learn the script. But his improvised comedy helped to extend the life of the show. When Leno

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contributed many of the illustrations. The comedian retained editorial control of the paper, deciding which items to omit. The Journal was known for its slogans, including "One Touch of Leno Makes the Whole World Grin" and "Won't wash clothes but will mangle melancholy". The cover always showed a

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on Broadway, where he was billed as "The Funniest Man on Earth". Reviews were mixed: one newspaper reported that the house roared its approval, while another complained that Leno's English humour was out of date. His American engagement came to an end a month later, and Leno said that it was "the

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drama critic noted: "It is a quite peculiar and original Sister Anne, who dances breakdowns and sings strange ballads to a still stranger harp and plays ping-pong with a frying-pan and potatoes and burlesques Sherlock Holmes and wears the oddest of garments and dresses her hair like Miss Morleena

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Leno made his debut as a solo performer in 1869, returning to the Britannia music hall in Hoxton, where he became known as "The Great Little Leno, the Quintessence of Irish Comedians". The name was suggested by his stepfather, William, who thought the Irish connection would appeal to audiences on

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outside London pubs to make a living. Tired of surviving on little or no money, Henry left the clog dancing act to take up a trade in London, forcing Leno to consider a future as a solo performer. Henry later founded a dance school. Henry was replaced intermittently in the act by the boys' uncle,

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per performance plus living expenses. The name "Dan" may have been chosen to honour Dan Lowery, a northern music hall comedian and music hall proprietor whom the Lenos had met a few months earlier. During this tour of Ireland, the Lenos appeared in Dublin in a pantomime written by Leno's father:

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and, every year from 1888 to 1904, in the Drury Lane Theatre's Christmas pantomime spectacles. He was generous and active in charitable causes, especially to benefit performers in need. Leno continued to appear in musical comedies and his own music hall routines until 1902, although he suffered

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to take his place. By the time of rehearsals, however, Leno persuaded Collins that he was well enough to take part, and the cast was reshuffled to accommodate him. Leno appeared with success. Upon hearing his signature song, the audience reportedly gave him a standing ovation that lasted five

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Leno began to drink heavily after performances, and, by 1901, like his father and stepfather before him, he had become an alcoholic. He gradually declined physically and mentally and displayed frequent bouts of erratic behaviour that began to affect his work. By 1902, Leno's angry and violent

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The teenage Leno's growing popularity led to bookings at, among others, the Varieties Theatre in Sheffield and the Star Music Hall in Manchester. At the same time, Leno's clog dancing continued to be so good that in 1880 he won the world championship at the Princess's Music Hall in

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double act known as "The Great Little Lenos". This was the first time that Leno used his stepfather's stage name, "Leno", which he never registered legally. The same year, Leno also appeared in his first pantomime, in Liverpool, where he had a supporting part as a juvenile clown in

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in 1903, producer Arthur Collins gave a tribute to Leno and presented him, on behalf of the Drury Lane Theatre's management, with an expensive silver dinner service. Leno rose to his feet and said: "Governor, it's a magnificent present! I congratulate you and you deserve it!"

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March 1884, the Leno family took over the running of the Grand Varieties Theatre in Sheffield. The Lenos felt comfortable with their working-class Sheffield audiences. On their opening night, over 4,000 patrons entered the theatre, paying sixpence to see Dan Leno star in

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The Terriers Association was established in 1890 to help retired artists in need of financial help. Leno was an active fundraiser in this and in the Music Hall Benevolent Fund, of which he became the president. He was an early member of the entertainment charity

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roles. Leno began to behave in an erratic and furious manner by 1902, and he suffered a mental breakdown in early 1903. He was committed to a mental asylum, but was discharged later that year. After one more show, his health declined, and he died aged 43.

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in 1881, one critic wrote that she "played Zorlida very well for a young artiste. She is well known at this theatre and with proper training will prove a very clever actress." She and Leno married in 1884 in a discreet ceremony at St. George's Church, in

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was a triumph: the theatre reported record attendance, and the run was extended until 27 April 1889. Leno considerably reduced his music-hall engagements as a consequence. Nevertheless, between April and October 1889, Leno appeared simultaneously at the

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For his London acts, Leno purchased songs from the foremost music hall writers and composers. One such composer was Harry King, who wrote many of Leno's early successes. Other well-known composers of the day who supplied Leno with numbers included

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Leno's stage partner Herbert Campbell died in July 1904, shortly after the pantomime, following an accident at the age of fifty-seven. The death affected Leno deeply, and he went into a decline. At that time, he was appearing at the

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on 29 May 1899 as part of a benefit. Leno's song "The Funny Little Nigger" greatly amused the audience. His biographer Barry Anthony considered the performance to be "more or less, the last gasp of black-face minstrelsy in Britain".

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team called the "Dainties", for which he recruited many of the day's leading comedians and music hall stars. They played for charity against a variety of amateur teams willing to put up with their comedic mayhem, such as London's

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stated that "Leno does not do himself justice collaborating with the public". He noted, however, that Leno "was exceptional in giving each of his dames a personality of her own, from extravagant queen to artless gossip". In

117:, London. He was the youngest of six children, including two elder brothers, John and Henry, and an elder sister, Frances. Two other siblings died in infancy. His parents, John Galvin (1826–1864) and his wife Louisa ( 535:. Blanchard left the theatre when Leno was hired, believing that music hall performers were unsuitable for his Christmas pantomimes. This was not a view shared by audiences or the critics, one of whom wrote: 786:. The paper was primarily aimed at young adults and featured a mythologised version of Leno – the first comic paper to take its name from, and base a central character on, a living person. Published by 809:

A journalist wrote, in the late 1890s, that Leno was "probably the highest paid funny man in the world". In 1898, Leno, Herbert Campbell and Danvers formed a consortium to build the Granville Theatre in

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Upon Leno's release from the institution in October 1903, the press offered much welcoming commentary and speculated as to whether he would appear that year in the Drury Lane pantomime, scheduled to be

1346: 319:, London, and Leno gained new success with a solo act that featured comedy patter, dancing and song. On the night of his London debut, he appeared in three music halls: the Foresters' Music Hall in 709:(1902), written by J. Hickory Wood, to be his favourites. He was paid £200 (£27,426 in 2024 adjusted for inflation) for each of the pantomime seasons. Leno appeared at Drury Lane as Sister Anne in 531:

starred with Leno in the next fifteen Christmas productions at Drury Lane. Campbell had appeared in the theatre's previous five pantomimes and was a favourite of the writer of those productions,

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right, Leno remarked, "Well if it's right, then what's it doing here?" Leno made several attempts to leave the asylum, twice being successful. He was found each time and promptly returned.

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wrote in its obituary: "There was only one Dan. His methods were inimitable; his face was indeed his fortune ... Who has seen him in any of his disguises and has failed to laugh?"

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and exchange the lines, "Have you anything to do this afternoon, my dear?" – "No, I have nothing on", before being carried off again. Leno and Campbell's pantomimes from 1889 were

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alongside his parents, who appeared as "Mr and Mrs Leno – Comic Duettists". On 18 July 1866, Leno, Henry and their parents appeared on the opening night of the Cambridge Music Hall in

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Having had very little schooling, and being raised by performers, Leno learned to entertain as a child. In 1862, Leno's parents and elder brothers appeared at the Surrey Music Hall in

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crown of my career". Despite his jubilation, Leno was conscious of the few negative reviews he had received and rejected all later offers to tour the United States and Australia.

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double act called "The Singing and Acting Duettists". Known professionally as Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Wild, they did not achieve much success, and the family struggled in poverty.

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observations, and created a host of mostly working-class characters to illustrate his stories. In 1901, still at the peak of his career, he performed his "Huntsman" sketch for

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and Irish descent, who performed in music halls throughout the British provinces under the stage name of William Leno. He was a seasoned actor and had been employed by

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at the Drury Lane Theatre in early 1903, Leno's delusions overwhelmed him. On the closing evening, and again soon afterwards, he travelled to the home of

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Booth (1996), p. 203; the latter musical was revived on Broadway in 1904 with many of the songs composed or re-set with new music by the young

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wrote of one appearance: "I hope I never again have to endure anything more dismally futile", and the English essayist and caricaturist

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Sinbad and the Little Old Man of the Sea; or, The Tinker, the Tailor, the Soldier, the Sailor, Apothecary, Ploughboy, Gentleman Thief

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later in the year. In 1864, at the age of four, Leno joined his parents on stage for the first time, at the Cosmotheca Music Hall in

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In 1896, the impresario Milton Bode approached Leno with a proposal for a farcical musical comedy vehicle devised for him called

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considered that his performance treated the piece "too much in the manner of pantomime". During Leno's long association with the

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The dance school was advertised as: "Clog dancing taught by H. Wild, Brother and Tutor of Dan Leno, J. H. Haslam, etc."

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For his music hall acts, Leno created characters that were based on observations about life in London, including

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on 20 May 1878, this burlesque featured Leno as an escaped monkey; it became his favourite sketch of the period.

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No medical records survive. At least three theories for the cause of death have been given by various sources:

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said that Leno was "attracting huge houses" and called him "excruciatingly funny"); and the musical comedy

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Kenwigs, and speaks in a piping voice – in short it is none other than Dan Leno whom we all know".

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Chevalier wrote all his own songs, while Leno bought songs from established song writers and composers.

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later said of Leno's death: "So little and frail a lantern could not long harbour so big a flame".

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Frustrated at not being accepted as a serious actor, Leno became obsessed with the idea of playing

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Jack the Giant Killer; or, Harlequin Grim Gosling, or the Good Fairy Queen of the Golden Pine Grove

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roles, prevented him from being taken seriously as a dramatic actor, and he was turned down for

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After these pantomime performances proved popular with audiences, Leno was hired in 1888 by

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During the 1890s, Leno was the leading performer on the music hall stage, rivalled only by

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When Leno was four years old, his alcoholic father died, aged 37; the family then moved to

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Lions, camels, and clowns at the oval: 1901 ... one of cricket's most unusual matches

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In 1883, Leno met Sarah Lydia Reynolds (1866–1942), a young dancer and comedy singer from

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became the manager of the theatre and oversaw (and often helped to write) the pantomimes.

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Born in Sheffield, Danvers moved to Glasgow as a boy and later became a "silver plater".

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Leno is commemorated by the Dan Leno Gardens on Patmos Road in London, situated behind

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Ring Up the Curtain: Being a Pageant of English Entertainment Covering Half a Century

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minutes. He received a telegram from the King congratulating him on his performance.

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and generally ugly Mother Goose eventually became a rich and beautiful but tasteless

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increasingly from alcoholism. This, together with his long association with dame and

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Leno died at his home in London on 31 October 1904, aged 43, and was buried at

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In 1865, Leno and his brother Henry, who first taught Leno to dance, formed a

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and another leading actor left a few months later, the production closed.

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and recordings of "The Huntsman" (1901) and "Going to the Races" (1903)

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In 1870, the Lenos appeared in another pantomime by Leno's father,

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and other great Shakespearean roles, inundating the actor–manager

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Leno's first London appearance in pantomime was as Dame Durden in

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Old King Humpty; or, Harlequin Emerald Isle and Katty of Killarney

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The same year, the comedian lent his name and writing talents to

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if they did not vie in drollery with the light footed Dan Leno.

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Leno considered the dame roles in two of his last pantomimes,

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Comedian, here, refers to a performer of comic songs.

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Often they were partly written by Harris. 123:Dutton; 1831–1891), performed together in a 3101:Comedians from the London Borough of Camden 2948:at the Victoria & Albert Museum website 2942:at the Victoria & Albert Museum website 2629:, www.lambeth.gov.uk, accessed 28 June 2020 2259: 2247: 2122: 2098: 2089: 2056:"Amusements in Birmingham: Grand Theatre", 2036: 1963: 1892: 1834: 1658: 1566: 1548: 1194:The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1051:Leno's memorial at Lambeth cemetery, London 1023:with his proposals. After his final run of 834:. The troupe's only performance was at the 2687: 2159:"From the Archives: The Granville Theatre" 2110: 2024: 1994: 1813: 1772: 1482: 1457: 1031:, who was Beerbohm Tree's leading lady at 962: 393:Songs, sketches and monologues of Dan Leno 3081:Singers from the London Borough of Camden 2915:International Music Score Library Project 2806: 2748: 2734:. 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In 1866, the family home in 3023: 2770: 2417:"Lions, camels and clowns at The Oval" 1732: 1730: 1699:Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1260: 1258: 1256: 1254: 1042: 802:"The king's jester" wearing the royal 575:, a musical version of a famous farce 379:Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 252:(1869), for which Leno was praised by 2825: 2729: 2709: 1618: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1242: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1234: 1209:Leno's memorial is maintained by the 1192:stated he had died of heart disease. 401:, who moved into music hall from the 212:Fortunatus; or, The Magic Wishing Cap 2856: 2787: 2406: 2229: 1760: 1390: 1330: 555:, Leno's co-stars in many pantomimes 315:In 1885, Leno and his wife moved to 67:. As a youth, he was famous for his 3051:English male musical theatre actors 1727: 420:routine, which became a well-known 13: 1231: 818:, in 1899, possibly assisted by a 14: 3117: 3086:19th-century British male singers 2895: 2647:. London: I. B. Taurus & Co. 2627:"Lambeth Parks, Dan Leno Gardens" 2548:Anthony, p. 197; and Wood, p. 241 2399:"Dan Leno and His Cricket Team", 2224:Who Do You Think You Are magazine 2069:"Dan Leno at The Theatre Royal", 1357:website, accessed 20 January 2012 975:In the late 1890s, Leno formed a 955:was erected there in 1962 by the 485:, which he performed at London's 3008: 2996: 2984: 2972: 2620: 2611: 2589: 2573: 2560: 2542: 2529: 2516: 2507: 2494: 2485: 2472: 2422: 1586:Anthony, pp. 45–47. Sheffield's 1203: 1180: 1168: 912: 898: 889: 776:Hammerstein's Olympia Music Hall 267:. 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London: Simon and Schuster. 1429:Harlequin and the Yellow Dwarf 1369: 1360: 1321: 1312: 1122: 1105:St John the Divine, Kennington 1079:Belgrave Hospital for Children 165:in his theatre company at the 52:that were popular at London's 1: 2826:Short, Henry, Ernest (1938). 1951:, 1897, edition 83, pp. 87–89 1224: 599:. After Harris died in 1896, 595:, he appeared chiefly as the 386: 2809:A Dictionary of Catchphrases 988:Decline and mental breakdown 748:Orlando Dando, the Volunteer 655:Dick Whittington and His Cat 460: 103: 7: 3096:Burials at Lambeth Cemetery 2794:. London: Greening and Co. 2775:. London: William Collins. 2756:. 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Laurie. 2526:, 28 December 1903, p. 2 2500:"Dan Leno's Successor", 2073:, 31 October 1899, p. 11 2021:, 27 December 1901, p. 4 1991:, 27 December 1901, p. 5 1213:and was restored by the 1115: 784:Dan Leno's Comic Journal 740:Dan Leno's Comic Journal 294: 239:their upcoming visit to 36:, was a leading English 3041:Male actors from London 2940:Photo of the young Leno 2911:Free scores by Dan Leno 2730:Booth, Michael (1996). 2643:Anthony, Barry (2010). 2599:, 1 November 1904, p. 2 2586:, 1 November 1904, p. 9 2570:, 1 November 1904, p. 5 2539:, 22 October 1904, p. 7 2524:Manchester Evening News 2478:" Dan Leno Improving", 2401:Illustrated Police News 2357:"Leno, Dan (1860–1904)" 2244:, 1 December 1901, p. 7 2226:, accessed 27 June 2013 2172:, 6 October 2009, p. 66 1989:Manchester Evening News 1887:Penny Illustrated Paper 1676:, 3 November 1888, p. 6 1619:Clark, Gregory (2017). 1344:"Biography of Dan Leno" 1274:(subscription required) 963:Charity and fundraising 412:, grocer's assistants, 3046:English male comedians 2428:"Dan Leno's Cricket", 2403:, 8 October 1898, p. 3 2218:6 October 2013 at the 2164:6 October 2013 at the 1450:7 October 2011 at the 1431:at the Theatre Royal, 1366:Anthony, pp. 15 and 92 1052: 997: 806: 743: 694: 626:Jack and the Beanstalk 556: 542: 482:Jack and the Beanstalk 476: 458: 432: 431:"the Shopwalker", 1891 304: 202: 86:Leno also appeared in 26: 3056:Music hall performers 2811:. 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