See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

LAWRENCE See also:

• JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLE (1832-1906)

TOOLE (1832-1906)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor, son of an old employe of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company who for many years acted as See also:

• TOAST

toast-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of See also:

• LONDON

London, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in London on the 12th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1832 . He was educated at the City of London School, and started See also:

• LIFE

life in a See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office; but his natural propensity for comic acting was not to be denied, and after some practice as an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur with the City Histrionic See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, he definitely took to the See also:

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

stage in 1852, appearing in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin as See also:

• SIMMONS, EDWARD EMERSON (1852– )

Simmons in The See also:

• SPITALFIELDS

Spitalfields See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

Weaver . He gained experience in the provinces, and in 1854 made his first professional See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in London at the St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, acting See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys in The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• RIVAL

Rival and Weazel in My Friend the See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major . In 1857, having just had a See also:

• GREAT

great success as See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Pry, he met See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and recommended him to go to' London; and their friendship remained thenceforth of the closest See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . In 1858 See also:

• TOOLE, JOHN LAWRENCE (1832-1906)

Toole joined See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster at the Adelphi, and established his popularity as a comedian, among other parts creating Joe Spriggins in See also:

• ICI

Ici on parle See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais . In 1868 he was engaged at the Gaiety, appearing among other pieces in See also:

• THESPIS (6th cent. B.C.)

Thespis, the first See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert and See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan collaboration . His fame was at its height in 1874, when he went on tour to the See also:

• UNITED

United States, but he failed to reproduce there the success he had in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1879 he took the " Folly " theatre in London, which he renamed " Toole's " in 1882 . He was constantly away in the provinces, but he produced here a number of plays: H . J . See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron's Upper Crust and Auntie; See also:

• PINERO, SIR ARTHUR WING (1855– )

Pinero's Hester's See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

Mystery and Girls and Boys; burlesques such as Paw Claudian, and, later, J . M .

See also:

• BARRIE
• BARRIE, JAMES MATTHEW (186o- )

Barrie's See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker, London . But his appearances gradually became fewer, and after 1893 he was seen no more on the London stage, while his theatre was pulled down shortly afterwards for an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of Charing See also:

• CROSS

Cross See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital . He published his reminiscences in 1888 . Toole married in 1854; and the See also:

• DEATH

death of his only son in 1879, and later of his wife and daughter, had distressing effects on his See also:

• HEALTH

health; attacks of See also:

• GOUT

gout, from 1886 onwards, crippled him, and ultimately he retired to See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton, where after a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long illness he died on the 3oth of See also:

• JULY

July 1906 . In his See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime he was immensely popular, and also immensely funny in a way which depended a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal on his tricks and delivery of words . He excelled in what may be called See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens parts—combining See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour and pathos . He was a good See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of business, and See also:

• LEFT

left a considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, out of which he made a number of bequests to charity and to his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . His genial and sympathetic nature was no less conspicuous off the stage than on it .