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The King's Jester - The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius (Hardcover)
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The King's Jester - The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius (Hardcover)
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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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