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JOHN LISTON (c. 1776-1846)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 780 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:LISTON (c. 1776-1846)  , See also:English comedian, was See also:born in See also:London . He made his public debut on the See also:stage at See also:Weymouth as See also:Lord Duberley in The See also:Heir-at-See also:law . After several See also:dismal failures in tragic parts, some of them in support of Mrs See also:Siddons, he discovered accidentally that his forte was See also:comedy, especially in the See also:personation of old men and See also:country boys, in which he displayed a fund of drollery and broad See also:humour . An introduction to See also:Charles See also:Kemble led to his See also:appearance at the See also:Hay-See also:market on the loth of See also:June 1805 as Sheepface in the See also:Village Lawyer, and his association with this See also:theatre continued with few interruptions until 183o . See also:Paul Pry, the most famous of all his impersonations, was first presented on the 13th of See also:September 1825, and soon became, thanks to his creative See also:genius, a real personage . See also:Liston remained on the stage till 1837; during his last years his mind failed, and he died on the 22nd of See also:March 1846 . He had married in 18o7 See also:Miss Tyrer (d . 1854), a See also:singer and actress . Several pictures of Liston in See also:character are in the See also:Garrick See also:Club, London, and one as Paul Pry in the See also:South See also:Kensington Museum .

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