George Grossmith

For Grossmith's son, the musical theatre actor and producer, see George Grossmith, Jr..

Grossmith, as illustrated in The Idler magazine, 1897

George Grossmith (9 December 1847 – 1 March 1912) was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades. As a writer and composer, he created 18 comic operas, nearly 100 musical sketches, some 600 songs and piano pieces, three books and both serious and comic pieces for newspapers and magazines.

Grossmith is best remembered for two aspects of his career. First, he created a series of nine memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 to 1889, including Sir Joseph Porter, in H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance (1880) and Ko-Ko in The Mikado (1885–87). Second, he wrote, in collaboration with his brother Weedon, the 1892 comic novel Diary of a Nobody.

Grossmith was also famous in his day for performing his own comic piano sketches and songs, both before and after his Gilbert and Sullivan days, becoming the most popular British solo performer of the 1890s. Some of his comic songs endure today, including "See Me Dance the Polka". He continued to perform into the first decade of the 20th century. His son, George Grossmith, Jr., became a famous actor, playwright and producer of Edwardian musical comedies.

1 Life and career
2 Writings and compositions; legacy; recordings
- 2.1 Writings
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

Life and career

George Grossmith was born in Islington, London and grew up in St. Pancras and Hampstead, London. His father, also named George (1820–1880), was the chief reporter for The Times and other newspapers at the Bow Street Magistrates' Court and was also a lecturer and entertainer. His mother was Louisa Emmeline Grossmith née Weedon (d. 1882). Over the years, Grossmith's father spent less of his time at Bow Street and more of it touring as a performer.¹ As a young man, Grossmith was usually credited as "Jnr" to distinguish him from his father, especially when they performed together, but for most of his career, he was credited simply as "George Grossmith". Later, his actor-playwright-theatre manager son was credited as George Grossmith "Jr" rather than "III"; some sources confuse the two men. His other son, Lawrence Grossmith, was also a successful actor, primarily in America.

Grossmith had a younger sister, Emily, and younger brother, Weedon. In 1855, he went to boarding school at Massingham House on Haverstock Hill in the district of Hampstead. There he studied the piano and began to amuse his friends and teachers with shadow pantomimes, and later by playing the piano by ear. His family moved to Haverstock Hill when young Grossmith was 10, and he became a day student.² At the age of 12, he transferred to the North London Collegiate School in Camden Town. He was back in St. Pancras by age 13.³ He was an avid amateur photographer and painter as a teenager, but it was his brother Weedon who went to art school. The Grossmith family had many friends engaged in the arts, including J. L. Toole, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, H. J. Byron, Tom Hood, T. W. Robertson, and John Hollingshead (later, the manager of the Gaiety Theatre, London).²

Grossmith had hoped to become a barrister. Instead, he worked for many years, beginning in the 1860s, training and then substituting for his father as the Bow Street reporter for The Times, among other publications, when his father was on his lecture tours. Among the cases on which he reported was the Clerkenwell bombing by the Fenians in 1867.¹ At the same time as he began reporting, he began to write humorous articles for periodicals and to participate in amateur theatrical performances.⁴ He also joined his father in his entertainments, lectures, and imitations, and began to add music to the entertainments, which his father had not done.⁵ In 1873, Grossmith married Emmeline Rosa Noyce (d. 1905), the daughter of a neighbourhood physician, whom he had met years earlier at a children's party.² The couple had four children: George, Sylvia (23 September 1875–1932; married Stuart James Bevan in 1900), Lawrence and Cordelia Rosa (31 March 1879–1943).⁶ The family lived initially in Marylebone before moving, about 1885, to 28 Dorset Square nearby.

Early performing career

1870 sheet music

Young Grossmith received some recognition for amateur songs and sketches at private parties and, beginning in 1864, at "penny readings". He also participated in a small number of theatricals as an amateur, including playing John Chodd, Jr. in Robertson's play, Society, at the Gallery of Illustration, in 1868. The after-piece was a burlesque, written by Grossmith's father, on No Thoroughfare. He then played the title role in Paul Pry, a comedy by Poole, also at the Gallery of Illustration, in 1870.⁷ But he and his father felt that his talents lay in "sketch" comedy rather than theatre. The younger Grossmith admired the comic pianist and entertainer John Orlando Parry, who created and performed in many of the German Reed Entertainments, and he tried to emulate Parry in developing his own sketches, consisting of humorous anecdotes, mildly satirical comment, ad lib chat, and comic songs centred on the piano.⁸

Grossmith took to the professional stage in 1870 with a sketch called Human Oddities, written by his father, and a song called "The Gay Photographer" (that is, the "carefree" photographer).⁸ The song, with words by Grossmith's father and music by young Grossmith, concerns a photographer who broke the heart of a young lady named Miss Jenkins; so she drank his chemicals and died.⁹ In late 1870, the younger Grossmith appeared on his own with a nightly spot at the "old Polytechnic" in Regent Street, where comic sketches alternated with scientific and serious lectures for the entertainment of the public.⁵ Human Oddities and another sketch, The Yellow Dwarf, were successful for Grossmith, and he took the former work on tour for six months. An 1871 Grossmith sketch was called He was a Careful Man.⁸ Biographer Tony Joseph notes that, except for a few early pieces, nearly all of Grossmith's material was written and composed by Grossmith himself. Joseph describes the sketches as "a light-hearted sending up of various aspects of contemporary life and manners. ...he was the complete performer... as a pianist (he performed for the most part sitting at a piano)... as a raconteur... as a mimic, facial expression, timing—he had it all. A short, dapper figure, he turned his lack of inches to positive advantage, and audiences took to him everywhere."¹

1878 programme for Cups and Saucers and H.M.S. Pinafore

Grossmith toured in the summer of 1871 with Mr and Mrs Howard Paul and occasionally afterwards. He and Mrs Paul would also appear together in The Sorcerer in 1877.¹⁰ Also in 1871, at the Polytechnic, he performed three more sketches, The Puddleton Penny Readings, Theatricals at Thespis Lodge⁸ and The Silver Wedding¹¹ (including what would be one of his most popular songs, "I am so Volatile", with words by his father).¹² On 14 February 1872, Grossmith gave a sketch parody of a penny reading at the Gaiety Theatre, London, since on Ash Wednesday, theatres refrained from presenting costumed performances out of respect for the holiday. At the time, coincidentally, the Gaiety was presenting Thespis, Gilbert and Sullivan's first collaboration.¹³ Throughout these years, Grossmith continued working at Bow Street during the day.

In 1873, Grossmith and his father began joint tours of humorous recitations and comic sketches at literary institutes and public halls, to church groups and to branches of the YMCA all over England and even in Scotland and Wales. Young Grossmith's sketches at this time included The Puddleton Penny Readings, Our Choral Society and In the Stalls. They toured almost constantly for the following three years, but they returned to see their families in London on weekends.¹⁴ Around this time, he met and became firm friends with Fred Sullivan, and afterwards, he met Sullivan's brother Arthur.¹⁵ Through Arthur Cecil, Sullivan, and some of their friends, Grossmith began to be invited to entertain at private "society" parties, which he continued to do throughout his career. Later, these parties would often occur late in the evening after Grossmith performed at the Savoy Theatre.¹⁶ In 1876, he collaborated with Florence Marryat, the author and reciter (the daughter of Captain Frederick Marryat), on Entre Nous. This piece consisted of a series of piano sketches, alternating with scenes and costumed recitations, including a two-person "satirical musical sketch", really a short comic opera, called Cups and Saucers, which they then toured.¹⁴ Grossmith also took a number of engagements, including recitals at private homes.¹² In 1877, Lionel Brough introduced another popular Grossmith song, "The Muddle Puddle Junction Porter".¹³ By then, Grossmith had become friendly with many in the music and theatre establishments, including Arthur Sullivan and impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte; and Grossmith had the opportunity to perform in Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury and other Sullivan works at charity benefits.¹⁷

Grossmith as Wells in The Sorcerer, 1877

After entertaining professionally in sketch comedy for seven years, however, Grossmith discovered that his income decreased each year as his family and household expenses increased. He also disliked travelling. Accordingly he was pleased when, despite his relative inexperience in legitimate theatre, he received a letter from Arthur Sullivan in November 1877 inviting him to take a part in his new piece with W. S. Gilbert: The Sorcerer.⁷

D'Oyly Carte years

Grossmith had appeared in charity performances of Trial by Jury, where both Sullivan and Gilbert had seen him¹⁸ (indeed, Gilbert had directed one such performance, in which Grossmith played the judge),¹⁹ and Gilbert had earlier commented favourably on his performance in Tom Robertson's Society at the Gallery of Illustration.⁷²⁰ Sullivan mentioned to Arthur Cecil, the leading tenor from the Gallery of Illustration, that he was looking for someone to play the comic title role in his new comic opera, The Sorcerer. Cecil reminded Sullivan about Grossmith, and Sullivan seized on the idea.⁷ After singing for Sullivan, upon meeting Gilbert, Grossmith wondered aloud if the role shouldn't be played by "a fine man with a fine voice". Gilbert replied, "That is exactly what we don't want."²¹ Although Grossmith had reservations about cancelling his touring engagements and going into the "wicked" professional theatre (a move that might lose him church and other engagements in the future), and Richard D'Oyly Carte's backers objected to casting a sketch comedian in the central role of a comic opera, Grossmith was hired.

Grossmith as Bunthorne in Patience, 1881

Grossmith was a hit as the tradesmanlike John Wellington Wells, the title role in The Sorcerer, and became a regular member of Richard D'Oyly Carte's company. He created all nine of the lead comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's famous Savoy Operas in London from 1877 to 1889, including the pompous First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter, in H.M.S. Pinafore (1878); Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, who is an expert at everything except "military knowledge" (1880); the aesthetic poet, Reginald Bunthorne in Patience (1881); the love-lonely Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe (1882); the sarcastic cripple, King Gama, in Princess Ida (1884); Ko-Ko the cheap tailor, elevated to the post of Lord High Executioner, in The Mikado (1885); the accursed Robin Oakapple in Ruddygore (1887); and the pathetic jester, Jack Point, in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888).¹² On 29 January 1887, one week after the opening night of Ruddygore, Grossmith fell dangerously ill.²² However, by 13 February, his physicians pronounced him convalescent,²³ and he resumed the role of Robin by 18 February.²⁴ During Grossmith's absence, his understudy Henry Lytton, who would later become the principal comedian of the company, had the opportunity to perform the role in Grossmith's place.²⁵

Grossmith as Jack Point in Yeomen, 1888

Years later, Grossmith's obituary in The Times noted the comedian's "nimbleness, his diverting tricks, his still more diverting dignity—the dignity of a man of few inches high or round—and his incomparable power of rapid speech and singing."⁵ The Daily Telegraph wrote of his Jack Point: "Whether giving expression to poor Jack’s professional wit, or hiding a sorry heart behind light words... Mr Grossmith was master of the part he assumed."²⁶ In 1883, The Times, reviewing a matinee performance of Iolanthe, wrote: "Mr. Grossmith's impersonation of the Lord Chancellor has ... become an exquisitely refined satire."²⁷ On the other hand, his sketch comedy background had trained Grossmith to improvise comic business. Gilbert and the actor had a famous exchange during rehearsals for The Mikado about an improvised bit of "business" in which Jessie Bond pushed Grossmith, as they kneeled before the Mikado, and he rolled completely over. Gilbert requested that they cut out the gag, and Grossmith replied: "but I get an enormous laugh by it". Replied Gilbert: "So you would if you sat on a pork pie."²¹

The actor, famously jittery on opening nights, is depicted both on and off stage in the biographical film, Topsy Turvy. It was reported that he was addicted to morphine,²⁸ and in the film he is shown injecting himself on the opening night of The Mikado. In his diary, Arthur Sullivan wrote afterwards, "All went very well except Grossmith, whose nervousness nearly upset the piece".²⁹ Grossmith spoke self-deprecatingly about his own vocal prowess (Sullivan and others disagreed):

Of course, I haven’t any voice to speak of, but I have a great register, and Sullivan used to amuse himself by making me sing bass in one number of an opera and tenor in another. In 'Ruddygore', Sir Arthur had engaged a man to play the servant, my menial, so to speak, who had an enormous bass voice, and who had to go down to the lower E flat. Singularly enough, he could go down to G, and then he dropped out entirely, and I did the [low E-flat] below. Generally the audience roared with laughter, and it absolutely brought down the house.³⁰

Grossmith's The Great Tay-Kin

During his time with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Grossmith's father and mother died (in 1880 and 1882, respectively). Throughout this period, Grossmith continued to perform his sketches, often late at night after performing at the Savoy, and continued to write new sketches, such as Amateur Theatricals (1878), A Juvenile Party (1879), A Musical Nightmare (1880), and A Little Yachting (1886).³¹ He also wrote the music for Arthur Law's short comic opera, Uncle Samuel (1881), the one-act curtain raiser that preceded Patience on the Opera Comique programme. His Cups and Saucers was revived and played with Pinafore and also played by the company on tour. Other comic operas by Grossmith during these years included Mr Guffin’s Elopement (1882) and A Peculiar Case (1884, both with libretti by Arthur Law) and The Real Case of Hide and Seekyll (1886).³¹ Grossmith also continued to give his "society" and other entertainments, often late at night after his performance at the Savoy. He also composed the music for another comic opera, The Great Tay-Kin and another piece, both with libretti by Arthur Law, which were performed at Toole's Theatre in 1885.³²

Grossmith also wrote, composed, and performed in several one-man drawing room sketches, short comic operas or monologues that were given at the Opera Comique or the Savoy Theatre in place of the companion pieces when shorter matinee programmes were playing. These works included Beauties on the Beach (1878),¹¹ Five Hamlets (1878),¹¹ a revival of his A Silver Wedding (1879), The Drama on Crutches (1883), Homburg, or Haunted by The Mikado (1887–88),¹¹³³ and Holiday Hall (1888).¹² In reviewing a matinee performance of The Drama on Crutches, The Times commented, "he not only satirizes the present tendency of fashionable amateurs to join the stage, but also parodies ... the manner of Mr. Irving and other actors of the present day, including himself. The sketch created great amusement, though of course, it depends entirely for its success upon the actor's powers of mimicry."²⁷ Grossmith also performed in charity events, including as Bouncer in Cox and Box in 1879 at the Opera Comique.¹²

Vanity Fair print, 1888

In addition, Grossmith's comic song written in 1886, "See me dance the polka", was extremely popular. It has been used in a number of films and has been quoted or referred to in literature and music, including in the poem/song "Polka" from Façade by Edith Sitwell and William Walton. Other songs written during this period included "An Awful Little Scrub" (1880), "The Speaker’s Eye" (1882), "The ‘Bus Conductor’s Song" (1883), "How I Became an Actor" (1883), "See Me Reverse" (1884), "The Lost Key" (1885), and "The Happy Fatherland" (1887).³¹

Later years

Grossmith left the D'Oyly Carte organisation near the end of the original run of The Yeomen of the Guard on 17 August 1889 and resumed his career entertaining at the piano,³⁴ which he continued to do for more than 15 years afterwards.³⁵ Despite his dislike of travelling, he toured in Britain, Ireland, and, on five occasions, North America. His drawing-room sketches included his own popular songs, such as "See me Dance the Polka", "The Happy Fatherland", "The Polka and the Choir-boy", "Thou of My Thou", "The French Verbs", "Go on Talking-Don’t Mind Me", "I Don’t Mind Flies". His new sketches during this period included Modern Music and Morals (1889), On Tour; or, Piano and I (1891), A Seaside Holiday (1892), Fashionable Music (1892) and Is Music a Failure? (1892).³¹ According to The Times, "His genial satire was enjoyed even by those at whom its shafts were aimed."⁵ When he toured Scotland in the autumn of 1890, Grossmith gave a command performance for Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle.¹² He also composed the music for a three-act comic opera with a libretto by Gilbert, Haste to the Wedding (1892). In this piece, his son George Grossmith, Jr. made his stage debut. Musically more challenging than any composition he had attempted before, this work was unsuccessful. Later, however, Grossmith said that the experience of writing with Gilbert was one of the happiest of his life.³⁶ In 1892–93 he toured North America (his second tour there), writing successful new sketches, "How I Discovered America" and "Baby on the Shore" (1893).¹²³⁷

Charles (left) and Lupin Pooter at Broadstairs, from Chapter VI of Diary of a Nobody

In 1892, Grossmith collaborated with his brother Weedon Grossmith to expand a series of amusing columns they had written in 1888–89 for Punch. The Diary of a Nobody was published as a novel³⁸ and has never been out of print since. The book is a sharp analysis of social insecurity, and Charles Pooter of The Laurels, Brickfield Terrace, Holloway, was immediately recognized as one of the great comic characters of English literature.¹ The work has itself been the object of dramatisation and adaptation, including three times for television: 1964,³⁹ 1979⁴⁰ and 2007.⁴¹

"The Firm of Grossmith and son"

Grossmith had become the most popular solo entertainer of his day, and his tours earned him far more than he had earned while performing with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.¹ He also continued to compose music, including the comic opera Castle Bang (1894) and the sketches The Ibsenite Drama (1895) and Do We Enjoy Our Holidays? (1897) and songs like "The Baby on the Shore" (1893), "Johnnie at the Gaiety" (1895), "Tommy's First Love" (1897), and "The Happy Old Days at Peckham" (1903).³¹ In 1894–95, however, Gilbert enticed Grossmith to take the role of George Griffenfeld in His Excellency, with music by Frank Osmond Carr. Also in 1897, he played briefly as King Ferdinand V of Vingolia in F. C. Burnand's His Majesty at the Savoy Theatre and made two more short London stage appearances thereafter, as Scoones in Young Mr Yarde (1898) and Lambert Simnel in The Gay Pretenders (1900).¹²⁴² An 1896 interview of Grossmith reveals him feeling his age and considering the end of his touring career, while enjoying time spent at home with his family, dogs and antique piano collection.⁴³ Grossmith suffered from depression after the death of his wife of cancer in 1905, and his health began to fail, so that he increasingly missed engagements. He was nevertheless persuaded to continue giving his entertainments, which he did on a less frequent basis, until November 1908.¹⁵ The following year, Grossmith retired to Folkestone, Kent, a town that he had visited for many years, where he wrote his second volume of reminiscences, Piano and I (1910).

Grossmith died at his home in Folkstone at the age of 64. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, in the London Borough of Brent.⁴⁴ In his will, dated 26 October 1908, Grossmith left small bequests to a variety of charities and persons; 2,000 pounds, artworks and heirlooms to each of his children (except that Lawrence did not receive a specific cash bequest), his son George receiving also "two silver bowls presented to him by [Gilbert, Sullivan and] Carte [and] the ivory baton with which he conducted the orchestra on the occasion of his said son's first appearance on the stage" in Haste to the Wedding; and smaller bequests to his children's spouses and his nieces, nephews, grandchildren and some cousins, with the residuary estate shared equally by his children (although the residuary estate was not large).⁴⁵

Writings and compositions; legacy; recordings

Comforting Carte after the failure of The Grand Duke

Grossmith wrote numerous comic pieces for the magazine Punch, including a series of ten skits in 1884 inspired by his Bow Street experiences, which he called "Very Trying".¹ He also wrote two memoirs, A Society Clown: Reminiscences (1888) and Piano and I: Further Reminiscences (1910). In his career, Grossmith wrote 18 comic operas, nearly 100 musical sketches, some 600 songs and piano pieces, and three books. He also wrote both serious and comic pieces for newspapers and magazines throughout his career, displaying a wide range of styles.⁵

Grossmith was followed, in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic roles, by a number of other popular performers, including Henry Lytton, Martyn Green, Peter Pratt, John Reed, and many others, who each owed a debt to Grossmith as the creator of the roles. Many actors have portrayed Grossmith in biographical films, revues and sketches. In Britain, among others, Martyn Green, John Reed (in A Song to Sing O at the Savoy Theatre in 1981), Simon Butteriss⁴⁶ and Leon Berger⁴⁷ have done so. Australian Anthony Warlow played Grossmith in A Song to Sing, O in 1987.⁴⁸

Over forty of the songs that Grossmith wrote or performed in his one-man shows have been recorded by baritone Leon Berger (a British Gilbert & Sullivan singer and Grossmith scholar), accompanied by Selwyn Tillett (G&S scholar) on two CDs: A Society Clown: The Songs of George Grossmith and The Grossmith Legacy. The latter also contains the recorded voice of Grossmith's son, George Grossmith Jr. Both are on the Divine Art Label.⁴⁹ No known recordings of Grossmith's voice are known to exist, although wax cylinder recording technology was available during his lifetime.

Writings

Grossmith, George (1888). A Society Clown: Reminiscences. Bristol/London: Arrowsmith. http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/books/grossmith/index.html. Accessed 9 March 2008
Grossmith, George and Weedon Grossmith (1892). The Diary of a Nobody. Bristol: Arrowsmith.
Grossmith, George (1910). Piano and I: Further Reminiscences. Bristol: Arrowsmith.
Grossmith, George (1904; 2009). The George Grossmith Birthday Book (compiled by Sylvia Grossmith Bevan and Cordelia Grossmith). Los Angeles: David Trutt (davettt@verizon.net).
Grossmith, George, ed. David Trutt (2009). George Grossmith Songs and Sketches. Los Angeles: David Trutt (davettt@verizon.net).

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Joseph, Tony. "Grossmith, George (1847–1912)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (2004), accessed 21 Oct 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c Grossmith (1888), chapter II
^ Joseph, pp. 26-29
^ Grossmith (1888), chapter III
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Grossmith's obituary in The Times, 2 March 1912
^ Johnson, p. 43
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Grossmith (1888), Chapter VI
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Grossmith (1888), Chapter IV
^ Cover art of the sheet music, from "Images of Photographers" website (2005, Bright Bytes Studio), accessed 9 March 2008
^ Mrs Howard Paul, nee Isabella Featherstone (1833–79), left her husband (Howard Paul, 1830–1905) around 1877, as he was having an affair with the actress-dancer Letty Lind, by whom he fathered two illegitimate children. However, Mrs Paul continued performing under this name.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Information about Beauties on the Beach and some other Grossmith sketches, accessed 28 March 2008
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Stone, David. "George Grossmith" at the Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte website, accessed 9 March 2008
^ ^a ^b Moss, Simon. Archive of G&S memorabilia, accessed 9 March 2008
^ ^a ^b Grossmith (1888), Chapter V
^ Grossmith, George. "Sir Arthur Sullivan", The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. 23, no. 94 (February 1901), p. 251
^ Grossmith (1888), Chapter VII
^ Grossmith, George. "Sir Arthur Sullivan: A Personal Reminiscence". The Pall Mall magazine, Volume 23, pp. 250–60, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1901
^ Grossmith profile at the Memories of the D'Oyly Carte website, accessed 9 March 2008
^ Ainger, p. 138
^ Ainger, p. 136
^ ^a ^b Ayre, p. 137
^ As reported in The Times, 2 February 1887, p. 10, col. F: "It is feared that a severe cold, caught on Friday [28 January], has turned to inflammation."
^ New York Times article concluding with a paragraph about Grossmith's illness and subsequent improvement, accessed 9 March 2008
^ The Times, 18 February 1887, p. 12, col. B
^ Lytton, Henry. Secrets of a Savoyard, chapter 3, describing Lytton's substitution for Grossmith as Robin in Ruddigore, accessed 9 March 2008
^ PeoplePlay website, quoting The Daily Telegraph, accessed 9 March 2008
^ ^a ^b "Savoy Theatre". The Times, 17 February 1883, republished at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 4 May 2010
^ "Did George Grossmith take drugs?" Article discussing evidence of Grossmith's addiction, quoting Pearson, Hesketh. Gilbert and Sullivan: A Biography (1935), p. 158
^ Allen 1975, p. 241
^ Grossmith, quoted in Wells, Walter J. Souvenir of Arthur Sullivan. London: George Newnes, 1901
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Berger, Leon "George Grossmith" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Macmillan, 1998
^ Review of Grossmith's work that mentions The Great Tay-Kin, accessed 9 March 2008
^ Programme from the first revival of Pinafore in 1887, with Homburg or Haunted by The Mikado as the afterpiece, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
^ The Daily News, 19 August 1889, p. 2
^ Simon Moss website, which includes images of 1896, 1900 and 1903 programmes describing performances of sketches and entertainments by Grossmith, accessed 9 March 2008
^ Banfield, p. 552
^ Banfield, p. 554
^ Grossmith, George. The Diary of a Nobody, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1892
^ Diary of a Nobody (1964) at the Internet Movie Database accessed 21 Oct 2007
^ Diary of a Nobody (1979) at the Internet Movie Database accessed 21 Oct 2007
^ Grossmith, George and Grossmith, Weedon. Diary of a Nobody (2007) (BBC website), accessed 21 Oct 2007
^ Who's Who in the Theatre, First Edition, London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1912, p. 214
^ Banfield, p. 550
^ "George Grossmith". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10642.
^ Johnson, pp. 40-42
^ Information about Butteriss's shows about Grossmith, Nightmare Songs and A Salaried Wit, accessed 9 March 2008
^ Reviews of Berger's recordings of Grossmith songs (G&S Discography), accessed 9 March 2008
^ Warlow biography at Broadwayworld.com, accessed 9 March 2008
^ Information from the Divine-Art website, accessed 9 March 2008

References

Ainger, Michael (2002). Gilbert and Sullivan – A Dual Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195147693.
Allen, Reginald (1975). The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan, Centennial Edition. London: Chappell & Co. Ltd.
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington (1888). Chronicles of Bow Street Police-office, 2 vols.. London: Chapman and Hall.
Ayre, Leslie (1972). The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion. London: W.H. Allen & Co Ltd. Introduction by Martyn Green.
Banfield, Frank. "Mr. George Grossmith", Cassell's Family Magazine (1896), pp. 549–56
Grossmith, George (1888). A Society Clown: Reminiscences. Bristol/London: Arrowsmith. http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/books/grossmith/index.html. Accessed 9 March 2008
Grossmith, Weedon (1913). From Studio to Stage. London; New York: John Lane Company.
Johnson, Jan-Christine. "Discovering George Grossmith in Folkestone", The Gaiety, Spring 2005, pp. 37–43. Editor: Roderick Murray, accessed 9 March 2008
Joseph, Tony (1982). George Grossmith: Biography of a Savoyard. Bristol: Tony Joseph. ISBN 0-950-79920-3.

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Persondata
NAME	Grossmith, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grossmith, George
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Comedian, writer, actor, and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1847(1847-12-09)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Islington, London
DATE OF DEATH	1912-3-1
PLACE OF DEATH	Folkestone, Kent

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August Book Swap: It is a classic English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith with illustrations by Weedon. It first appeared in the magazine Punch in 1888 to 89, and was first printed in book form in 1892. ...
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The White Chrysanthemum - 1905 (Broadway Play): [1] The Japanese-themed musical starred Isabel Jay, Rutland Barrington, Lawrence Grossmith (a son of George Grossmith), and Henry Lytton.[2] Louie Pounds later joined the cast. The musical enjoyed various international productions ...
The Diary of a Nobody: I first heard of George Grossmith from the movie "Topsy Turvy. A 'comfort' book. I first 'found' this book as a teenager, would read it in the library whilst waiting for my family to finish choosing books! Not Quite Three Men in a Boat. ...
Dada doesn't catch flies: French River Breakfast...: George Grossmith. 36. Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy. 37. The Riddle of the Sands. Erskine Childers 38. The Call of the Wild. Jack London. 39. Nostromo. Joseph Conrad. 40. The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame ...
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August 2010 – “The Diary of a Nobody” by George Grossmith: Hello BS Book Clubbers! August's book selection, “The Diary of a Nobody”, is another novel from the “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” list. From the Wiki synopsis, methinks it's in the same vein of the British sitcom, ...
SAVE $0.02 - The Yeoman Of The Guard - The D'Oyly Carte Opera ...: Yeoman marked the last performances of George Grossmith as a member of the D'Oyly Carte Company ... » Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman Of The Guard: Information from ... ... of the D'Oyly Carte Opera, so the spirit of Gilbert and Sullivan ...
London Palladium Showing the Sound of Music and Sister Act: Edward Laurillard and George Grossmith Jr. managed the theatre during this time. The duo also produced several other plays and revivals, including “Such a Nice Young Man” and “The Only Girl.” In 1924, the Apollo produced “The Fake,” ...
How To Draw Car Characters: The novels I have to draw the contrasts are, The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith and Weedon and Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh Thanks:). While I have not read one of the two books you are looking for, I have one or two comments about ...
Off-Monroe Players — The Sorcerer (1993): George Grossmith (as John Wellington Wells, a part originally intended for Sullivan's late brother Fred); Rutland Barrington (Dr. Daly); Harriet Everard (Mrs. Partlet); and Richard Temple (Sir Marmaduke), all went on to the next Gilbert ...
George Grossmith (1847-1912): 1 of George Grossmith's works available here to download for free in HTML, PDF and text ebook formats. read more.
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith ...: thall87's review: "http://littlegreenbook.vox.com/library/post/book-009-george-weedon-grossmith-diary-of-a-nobody.html" indypublish.com (2003), Paperback, 124 pages.
The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list: The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith This classic of Victorian suburbia will always be renowned for the character of Mr Pooter. Buy The Diary of a Nobody at Amazon.co.uk 36. Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy Its savage bleakness makes it ...
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Assignment 10: Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith I certainly did not want to ignore the way I find out about at least 50% of the books I decide to read. That is word of mouth and conversations with my friends and family members. ...
The Diary of a Nobody (Penguin Classics) by George Grossmith ...: antimuzak's review: "This is the story of Mr Pooter, an office clerk and upright family man in a dull 1880s suburb. His diary is a wonderful portrait of the class system and inherent snobbishness of the suburban middle classes. ...
Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith: The premise of both Grossmith's classic comedy and NBC's hit comedy of the 1990s is that nothing happens. Quite simply, the plot of the 'Diary' is the daily ramblings of Mr. Charles Pooter. Having said that, the styling is quite ...
Books, Books and more Books: Very good. 95. From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming 96. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 97. The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith 98. Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens 99. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh 100. Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis ...
The Story of Gilbert & Sullivan: The Story of Gilbert & Sullivan. with Peter Hewitt on the pianoforte and Tim Hurst-Brown as George Grossmith, the actor who created the comic roles for D'Oyle Carte. Tickets: £10.00 members, £12.00 non members.
Diary Of A Nobody by George Grossmith: Rating: 10/10. Published: 1892. Number of pages: 174. ISBN: 0792833278. Started: 21 August 2007. Finished: 21 August 2007. Summary (taken from amazon.com): 'Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I ...
Clown Noses: Society Clown: The Songs of George Grossmith $11.98 GG was the creator of several major roles in the Savoy Operas and enjoyed great success in music hall on both sides of the Atlantic. Here are 26 of his comic songs recreated in ...
The Diary of a Nobody (Unabridged) - George Grossmith and Weedon ...: The Diary of Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype....
Diary of a Nobody (1892): An English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith with illustrations by Weedon, it first appeared in the magazine Punch in 1888 – 89, and came out in book form in 1892. The diary is that of Mr. ...
Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith [reviewed ...: markusnenadovus's review: "This is actually more entertaining than one would think. I was a bit apprehensive about reading the diary of a nobody, and a fictional diary nonetheless. But it actually turned out quite well. with some nice ...
Book Review: George Grossmith, Diary of a Nobody: George Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody merits my enthusiastic recommendation to lovers of lower-brow Victorian literature for its subtle charm, remarkable accessibility, and innocent humour. Written in the form of a diary, the work, ...
Edmund (Teddy) Payne - Ancestry Aid: In 1909 he made a silent film with fellow actor George Grossmith called 'The Gaiety Duet'. I have a copy of that film and it is really strange to see my Great Grandad come alive. He died in 1914 and his death was reported on the front ...
Sarah Thorne Theatre Club: AUTUMN 2010 LISTINGS: with Peter Hewitt on the pianoforte and Tim Hurst-Brown as George Grossmith, the actor who created the comic roles for D'Oyle Carte. Tickets: £10.00 members, £12.00 non members ...
99 Classic Books You Must Read Before You Die ~ My Mind, My Mine: 94. From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming. 95. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy. 96. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons. 97. The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith. 98. Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens. 99. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh ...
Progress Update – #26 of My 101 Things to Do: ... Brewster's Millions by Richard Greaves (George Barr McCutcheon); Squire Haggard's Journal by Michael Green; Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene; Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene; Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith ...
The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith: 014043732001_ss500_sclzzzzzzz_v105642128 I picked this book out because it's one of the '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'. My rather sad tick list habit needs to be sated every once in a while!! It was interesting. ...
gleans + 1xaddenda + 1xnerdnews at 11:35 AM ET, 6/27: The first George Grossmith is not a well-known personage these days, though he was a popular performer on the stage and lecture platform in his time, as well as working as a journalist and court reporter. The second George Grossmith ...
The Beginning and End of George Grossmith's "The Diary of a Nobody": In 2003 The Observer put Grossmith's late 19th century novel The Diary of a Nobody at Number 35 on its list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. It explained that "This classic of Victorian suburbia will always be renowned for the ...
Insomnia!: The man who plays the comic singer (and writer) George Grossmith in TOPSY-TURVY uses a cigarette holder as well, during a scene in which he consumes some bad oysters. For anyone interested in why I started counting men with cigarette ...
'Books, books, books, – so many but never too many': Just to whet my appetite further I have found some other books which I wouldn't mind re -reading 'Diary of a nobody' by George Grossmith and 'The Gilded gutter of Francis Bacon' (and I will write about him – he is my favorite artist of ...
A Song To Sing, O!: Set in a dressing room of the iconic Savoy Theatre, Melvyn Morrow's A Song To Sing, O! charts the career of George Grossmith, probably Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous performer. Along the way, audiences are treated to Gilbert and ...
The New Aladdin: Tours, and lyrics by Adrian Ross, Percy Greenbank, WH Risque, and George Grossmith, Jr. It was produced by George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, opening on 29 September 1906 and running for 203 performances. ...
Reviewing the Review: June 6 2010 | Literary Kicks: This also reminds me that one of my favorite New York Times Book Review articles ever was a Jim Holt piece about a neglected old book, Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, that inspired me to buy and go crazy for the book ...
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith: INTRODUCTION BY MR. POOTER Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see—because I do not happen to be a 'Som...
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Damn You, Anna Karenina: 92. The Iliad of Homer - Homer 93. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 94. From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming 95. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 96. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 97. The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith ...
George Grossmith Jr.: George Grossmith, Jr. (11 May 1874 – 6 June 1935) was a British actor, theatre producer and manager, director, playwright and songwriter, best remembered for his work in and with Edwardian musical comedies. Grossmith was also an ...
Today's The Day: Today in 1912, George Grossmith died. With his brother Weedon he wrote a diary of Charles Pooter. What is it called? -`Diary of a Nobody' Today in 1966, an unmanned Soviet spaceship crashed on which planet? ...
The Movie - All Women Have Secrets: Brother of actor/writer 'George Grossmith (I)' (qv)., Wife Coralie Blythe was sister of 'Vernon Castle' (qv)., Father- also George Grossmith- was Gilbert-and-Sullivan actor and co-author of Diary of a Nobody. Death Date:21 February 1944 ...
Notes to "And I thought, Suppose one of them had an omniscient ...: From a review of Murphy's book in the National Review , I learned that Murphy contends that George Grossmith (author of the wonderful Diary of a Nobody ) was the primary model for Bertie Wooster--and, more strikingly, that ...
Apollo Theatre: George Grossmith and Edward Laurillard Jr. led the theater during this period. The duo has also produced several plays and occasions, including “as a young man from Nice” and “the only woman.” In 1924, the Apollo was “false” by Godfrey ...
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Topsy-Turvy (1999): ... Shirley Henderson (Leonora Braham), Lesley Manville (Lucy Gilbert), Kevin mckidd (Durward Lely), Wendy Nottingham (Helen Lenoir), Martin Savage (George Grossmith), Timothy Spall (Richard Temple) and Alison Steadman (Madame Leon).
MARCH 1: 1912 Death of George Grossmith Baritone Born 9 Dec 1847 London Died 1 Mar 1912 Created John Wellington Wells in Sorcerer (Sullivan) Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore (Sullivan) Bunthorne in Patience (Sullivan) ...
Diary of a Nobody (1892): Current Selling Prices $300-$600 /£200-£400 COMIC NOVEL An English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith with illustrations by Weedon, it first appeared in the magazine Punch in [...]
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith (1892): About the Author, Grossmith was a comedian, writer, actor and singer. He is also famous for his work with composers of comic operas Gilbert and Sullivan. I choose the book aleatory in a sale among several penguin pocket books and it ...
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May 2010 Reading Wrap Up: 262 29 Diary of A Nobody by George Grossmith 263 30 The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 264 31 Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth 265 32 Yakuza, Go Home! by Anne Wingate 266 33 Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant ...
MLA Citation Examples: George Martin once talked about he and John Lennon once having a Source: imdb.com George Grossmith - Penguin Classics Authors - Penguin Classics Find information on George Grossmith, including popular titles and His special connection ...
Today's Updated Apps: Change reading speed The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Text Synchronized Audiobook™); The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith (Text Synchronized Audiobook™) (books) - ...
John Reed and the Sound of G&S: He was the D'Oyly Carte's lead patter performer -- the guy who handled the George Grossmith parts -- for 20 years. Because he was on most of the company's stereo recordings (which were the ones most easily available) he pretty much was ...
More Things I Can't Do: Why, did you know that Gershwin wrote a show called PRIMROSE for the impresario George Grossmith? That's right, the SON of the George Grossmith we have mentioned on this very "blog." Okay, put that together with donuts (a "blog" ...
Diary of a Nobody: In amidst the scandal books of the Victorian era George Grossmith wrote The Diary of a Nobody. It is a narrative of stark banality, following the everyday happenings of Charles Pooter. My OUP edition reliably informs us that Pooter is ...
Two Vintage Classics: The list covers a wide range of authors from Graham Greene to George Grossmith and they are all handsomely issued in paperback with wonderful covers and sleek red spines. Perusing the site, a couple of titles caught my attention, ...
English-speaking world famous (1): George Grossmith (1847-1912) and Weedon The world famous George Grossmith. Grossmith and Weedon. Grossmith. Allan Quatermain \”Alan Quartermaine\”. Joe the Hotel Boy \”Hotel service Qiu\”. Acres of Diamonds \”diamond fields\” ...
The Diary of a Nobody Lowest Price!: (An interesting footnote is that George Grossmith, as a singer and actor, created many of the best known Gilbert and Sullivan roles on stage). Thoroughly Entertaining The 'Nobody' of the title is one Charles Pooter, ...
Audiobook: Diary of a Nobody, The by Grossmith, George: The bare record of facts, simply recorded, manages to be humorous rather than dull, no doubt because of the usual occupations of the authors. George Grossmith (1847-1912) was an actor and comedian. Weedon Grossmith (1852-1919) was an ...
500: ... The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson; The Diary of a Nobody – George Grossmith; Digging to America – Anne Tyler; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant – Anne Tyler; Disappearance Diary - Hideo Azuma; Dishwasher – Pete Jordan ...
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I hope Diary Of A Nobody is in safe hands | Culture | guardian.co.uk: Andrew Davies' BBC adaptation of Diary Of A Nobody cannot afford to let us down. After all, George Grossmith's novel is the most deeply loved comic work in the English language.
Musicals Tonight! 2010-11 Season « the nytheatre blog: this is the NYC premiere of a 1916 musical by Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, and George Grossmith, Jr. Wow! Up in Central Park — another obscure treasure, from 1945, written by Sigmund Romberg and the Fieldses. Performances will be at the ...
Watch Topsy-Turvy Movie Online: I particularly liked Jim Broadbent''s bitterly humorous and misanthropic Gilbert, Martin Savage as the opium-addicted George Grossmith (the ”patter baritone” who rips through Gilbert''s rapidfire lyrics like a rap song), ...
A Horrible Confession - WFMU's Beware of the Blog: KipW>> Sorry, but that's George Grossmith JUNIOR on that recording. His father died several years before. Posted by: Andrew | August 19, 2007 at 08:35 PM. Tim Mayer. Hey. I created a fake filmmaker for my old Zine twenty years ago just ...
Home quotes - Best Home Quotes Home Sayings Phrases Poems: George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith. The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. Mrs. Felicia D. Hemans. My house, my house, though thou art small, ...
Episode 3: The Open Window (1914) « Mystery Man Podcast: ... a popular tune of the day: Bertie the Bounder, a thinly disguised jab at the former Price of Wales, Albert Edward (later Edward VII) composed by English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer George Grossmith (1847-1912). ...
British Humour | Book talk | LibraryThing: George Grossmith. Joseph Heller. Nick Hornby. THURBER\'S JAMES. Jerome K. Jerome. Ring Lardner. David Lodge. A. G. Macdonell. Compton Mackenzie. Spike Milligan. Mil Millington. John Mortimer. Terry Pratchett. Barbara Pym. Tom Sharpe ...
L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday February 26, 2009 Ed Voile: Kazie, Did George Grossmith know my ex-husband? As a "slightly older than middle aged" (now, THAT's euphemistic!) :o) woman, I hopefully thought C.C. meant by "The girl who used to hog our mirror has changed so much. ...
Wine Splodge: A Date With Douglas Blyde: We were staying for a week with our lovely and very tolerant friends Jane and Andy, on Dorset Square, once home to George Grossmith, co-author of that brilliant satire on the aspiring middle classes, 'The Diary of a Nobody'. ...
Famous Birthdays on 9th December: 1847 - George Grossmith, English actor/writer (d. 1912) 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, US journalist (created Uncle Remus stories) 1850 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891) 1853 - Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, Rochester NY, ...
Patter Song - Television Tropes & Idioms: Most Gilbert And Sullivan operettas have at least one patter-song, most originally written for the actor George Grossmith. Not that shows are limited to just one patter song apiece. There are two other patter songs in Pirates besides ...
Clef Notes: A salute to baritone John Reed, eminent Gilbert and ...: Many say Martyn Green or George Grossmith, but it is undeniable that Mr. Reed belongs in that esteemed company, if not at the top by himself. His passing will be mourned by Gilbert and Sullivan fans worldwide. ...
The Observer's "100 greatest novels of all time" on Lists of Bests: Daniel Deronda (Modern Library Classics). by George Eliot. Drag me to re-order. 29. The Brothers Karamazov. by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Drag me to re-order ... The Diary of a Nobody (Penguin Classics). by George Grossmith. Drag me to re-order ...
Neil Gaiman's Journal: home.: Which was written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon, first published in the 1890s, and which you can read here, at http://www.kokonino.com/DiaryOfANobody/. Think of it as a Victorian Blog... And my Neverwhere DVDs arrived. ...
The list – The 100 greatest novels of all time – The Observer « i ...: The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith This classic of Victorian suburbia will always be renowned for the character of Mr Pooter. 36. Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy Its savage bleakness makes it one of the first twentieth-century novels. ...
Insulting Quotes and Sayings: â€“ George Grossmith. Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog. â€“ Harold Wilson. Never insult anyone by accident. - Robert A. Heinlein. May your arse cheeks turn into bicycle ...
Insulting Quotes « Quotes Famous Quotes – Famous Sayings: –Unknown. I am a poor man, but I would gladly give ten shillings to find out who sent me the insulting Christmas card I received this morning. –George Grossmith. You're a man without any nice qualities, as far as I can tell. –Unknown ...
Funny Pictures and Junk: Funny Insulting Quotes: George Grossmith. Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog. – Harold Wilson. Never insult anyone by accident. - Robert A. Heinlein. May your arse cheeks turn into bicycle wheels and ...
Audible.co.uk Blog: Danny Wallace and Friends Like These: He coughed twice whilst recording Friends Like These (and spluttered just once); He loves Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith; He recorded a special Friends Like These quiz for the download edition of the book; He really likes robots ...
This Day in History for 1st March: 1912 - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847) 1914 - Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer, dies at 47 1914 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b. 1845) 1918 - Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, ...
The Farrellel Universe - I drew my snickersnee: I have been fascinated by the works of Gilbert & Sullivan for some time. The more you read their lyrics, the more you realize how much of an accomplishment their operas are. George Grossmith as Ko-Ko, 1885 ...
Jazz Age Club | Marcelle de Saint Martin: Thereafter, she become a designer for the couture outlet of Hockley of Bond Street and was secured by George Grossmith to design costumes or gowns for his various West End shows. This included Kissing Time (opened 20th May 1919 with all ...
Wodehouse Fans, meet real Jeeves, Bertie and the Ganymede club ...: Col Murphy believes the Edwardian musical comedy star George Grossmith Junior is the most likely inspiration for Jeeves's hapless master Bertie Wooster. He has also traced the real-life properties behind some of Wodehouse's most ...
Achille van den Branden: Readings - Michael Dirda: Diary of a nobody – George Grossmith The crock of gold – James Stephens The best of Myles – Flann O'Brien The king of Elfland's daughter – Lord Dunsany Jorkens remembers Africa – Lord Dunsany The hero in eclipse in Victorian fiction – ...
Revelations: Tom's Top 100 Novel Challenge (completed September 2005): The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith 1892. Very, very funny, and a wonderful portrait of a quintessentially English character. Mrs Pooter comes across as a saint. 36. Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 1895. I love a bit of Hardy, ...
Maxminimus: Winder Pain: This oil painting of George Grossmith sporting windowpane jodhpurs watches over me while I sleep. Mostly fitful sleep unless I am primed with an Ambien awash with four gallons of Drambuie sipped through a swizzle stick. Just kidding. ...
High Class Glass - Television Tropes & Idioms: Three Gilbert And Sullivan characters, all of them George Grossmith comic baritone roles, wear monocles as part of their costume. Sullivan himself wore a monocle. Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance. ...
A History of British Freemasonry 1425-2000: The ins and outs of proceedings in various Grand Lodges were earnestly debated in The Times, while the freemason George Grossmith mocked the clerk Charles Pooter for his inability to understand masonic allusions. ...