Reminiscences Of J. L. Toole;
Reminiscences Of J. L. Toole;

Author: John Lawrence Toole

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-04-03

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781012034603

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Reminiscences of J. L. Toole; Volume 1
Reminiscences of J. L. Toole; Volume 1

Author: Joseph Hatton

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020737947

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John Lawrence Toole was the most popular comic actor of the Victorian era and a familiar figure to theatre-goers in London and beyond. This collection of reminiscences offers a glimpse into his life and times, from his early days in the theatre to his later years as a successful actor and businessman. Joseph Hatton provides valuable insights into the world of Victorian theatre and the personalities and events that shaped it. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole
Reminiscences of J.L. Toole

Author: John Lawrence Toole

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2012-02

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9781458963406

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: III. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. A Reception at Orme Square?Mr. and Mrs. Toole's Silver Wedding?Pleasant hours after midnight?Mr. Irving's first experience as a public reader on his own account? Toole at Dunfermline? A 'Norrible Tale in chapel? Lo the poor Indian ?Complimentary groans? Toole's age?Michael Garner on the stage and off?Old Garente and the bandits?David James's Whitechapel romance?Hollingshead and the birthplace of Podgers? Low salaries and high art?Actors and their friends? Artistic society?The shadow. The pleasant spirit of the closing picture of the previous chapter follows me in my last sunny memory of Orme Square. It was on April 27th, 1879, that Mr. and Mrs. Toole celebrated their silver wedding. Over a hundred friends accepted the invitation of the host and hostess to an evening reception. The guests were representative ladies and gentlemen, some of them already celebrated in the world of Literature and Art, others who have since achieved fame and prosperity. Each of them came with either a bouquet of flowers or a gift of silver plate, or both, and each might have wondered where the hostess would find room for another bouquet, or another less perishable souvenir; for quite early in the evening every sideboard, shelf, mantelpiece, table, seemed to be gay with flowers, or white with silver. Some of the tributes of love and esteem were accompanied with pleasant conceits in verse; others were signalized by serious and touching lines, such, for example, as the silver token from Mr. Clement Scott. When the rooms were crowded with guests, it was suggested that the poet should read his verses, whereupon he recited the following stanzas with excellent effect: ? To John Lawrence Toole On His silver Wedding. A Silver Wedding Johnnie, is it true, ...

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole
Reminiscences of J.L. Toole

Author: John Lawrence Toole

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781357083731

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole. 1889
Reminiscences of J.L. Toole. 1889

Author: John Lawrence Toole

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-23

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781010872030

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reminiscences of J. L. Toole
Reminiscences of J. L. Toole

Author: John Lawrence Toole

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781230430218

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... Robert Macaire, this time very much like Irving. 'Nothing, it's all right, ' I said. And we made it a thousand pounds, we two ragamuffins, and it was delightful to hear the round upon round of applause when the sum to be handed over to the fund in question was mentioned to the house.'- XVI. "THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART." Management--The Folly--New plays--Toole's Theatre--Between then and now--Dramatic authors and their methods--Byron, Burnand, Pinero, Merivale--Taverns and clubs--The Garrick and the Green-room--The Prince of Wales and how he kept a secret--Reminiscences of Sandringham--Meeting the Queen at Invercauld--The late Prince Imperial--Some anecdotes of Byron--Parting words. I. "We have been chatting for the past two hours about everything and everybody," I said, "and we have not yet picked up the thread of our story from the point of your return from America." "Then let us return, as you novelists say, to the period where we left cur hero, on his triumphant home-coming from the vast continent of America, eh?" With the aid of memoranda of my own, including a date or two, and one of Mr. Lowne's scrap-books, my host gave me the following particulars of his work, bringing our joint labours clown to the present time: --"On my return from America I went on tour in the provinces before I came back to town. But you must let me digress a moment. The notes you have given me suggest points I must not forget. "Every foot of ground in London, more particularly about Charing Cross, may be called both sacred and historic. But we will not go back to that, eh? It might be thought too learned for a comedian to rake up the history of Charing Cross. "I found myself wandering into a very distant time the other night, when I was thinking about the...