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The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius by Barry Anthony (Hardcover, 2010)

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Who was Dan Leno? In 1901 everyone in Britain knew who he was. They had seen him live on the music hall stage, listened to his jokes on the new gramophone and watched his funny antics in some of the earliest moving pictures. Even King Edward VII was a fan and the popular press dubbed Dan Leno 'The King's Jester'. But his path to fame was a hard one: he journeyed from being a child performer in the London and Liverpool slums to a chaotic career in hard-bitten northern variety theatres. Dan became the nation's favourite comedian, but as one of the first mass media stars he suffered from this continual exposure and died at the early age of forty three. Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. Only Charlie Chaplin, often compared to Dan in style and appearance, was to occupy a similar position in the hearts of the British public. 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 such as Spike Milligan and the Monty Python team.

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Bloomsbury Publishing
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9781848854307
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Book Title
The King's Jester: the Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius
Author
Barry Anthony
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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234mm
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156mm

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Barry Anthony
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item 1 The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno - Barry Anthony UK 1st/1st 2010 Hardback

item 2 King's Jester The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius 9781848854307

item 3 The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comi - HardBack NEW Anthony,

item 4 King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius by Barry Anthony (En

item 5 ANTHONY, BARRY The King's jester : the life of Dan Leno, Victorian comic genius

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Very good detailed biography

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