The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius Tapa dura - 2010

I.B. Tauris. A beautiful clean crisp hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition. . Fine. Hardcover. 2010.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. 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.

Tauris Academic Studies, 2010. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches.

London : I.B. Tauris, 2010. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical Description: x, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: List of Illustrations; Foreword by Roy Hudd OBE; Acknowledgements; 1. Prelude; 2. An Inconvenience; 3. The Infant Wonder; 4. Nightmare Years; 5. Monarch in Wooden Shoes; 6. Leno's Grand Varieties; 7. The Talk of London; 8. Dame Durden and Mr Tambo; 9. The War Between the Sexes; 10. The Reign of Augustus; 11. Cruffins and Mumpets for Tea; 12. A Large, Genial Gentleman; 13. Popularity; 14. Regime Change in Drury Lane; 15. The Funniest Man on Earth; 16. Orlando Dando; 17. Grimaldi's Scissors; 18. The Living Image; 19. The Apotheosis of St Dancras; 20. Postscript; Notes. Subjects: Biographies; Comedians; Comedians Great Britain Biography; Leno, Dan, 1860-1904; Victorian London; Victorian period.