FRED [See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK HOBSON] See also:

• LESLIE
• LESLIE, CHARLES (1650-1722)
• LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT (1794–1859)
• FRED [FREDERICK HOBSON] LESLIE (1855–1892)
• LESLIE, SIR JOHN (1766-1832)
• LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE (1827-1882)

LESLIE (1855–1892)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1855 . He made his first See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

• LONDON

London as See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy in See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Pry in 1878 . He had a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, and in 1882 made a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HIT

hit as Rip See also:

• VAN

Van Winkle in See also:

• PLANQUETTE, ROBERT (1850– )

Planquette's See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera of that name at the See also:

• COMEDY

Comedy . In 1885 he appeared at the Gaiety as See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild in H . P . See also:

• STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1812-1883)
• STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD (1805–1852)

Stephens and W . Yardley's See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque Little See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• SHEPPARD, JOHN [JACK] (1702-1724)

Sheppard . His extraordinary success in this See also:

• PART

part determined his subsequent career, and for some years he and Nelly See also:

• FARREN, ELIZABETH (c. 1759-1829)
• FARREN, WILLIAM (1786-1861)

Farren, with whom he played in perfect association, were the pillars of Gaiety burlesque . See also:

• LESLIE
• LESLIE, CHARLES (1650-1722)
• LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT (1794–1859)
• LESLIE, FRED [FREDERICK HOBSON] (1855–1892)
• LESLIE, SIR JOHN (1766-1832)
• LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE (1827-1882)

Leslie's " See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar de Bazan " in Ruy Blas, or the Blase Roue, was perhaps the most popular of his later parts . In all of them it was his own versatility and entertaining See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality which formed the attraction; whether he sang, danced, whistled or " gagged," his performance was an unending flow of high See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits and ludicrous See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm . Under the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of " A . C .

Torr " he was acknowledged on the programmes as part-author of these burlesques, and while on occasion he acted in more serious comedy, for which he had undoubted capacity, his fame rests on his connexion with them . In 1881 and 1883 he played in See also:

• AMERICA

America . He died on the 7th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1892 . See W . T . See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent, Recollections of Fred Leslie (1894) .