The Lion and Albert

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Marriott Edgar came from Scotland. He wrote quite a number of monologues for performance by Stanley Holloway. In fact, he wrote more of Holloway's monologues than Holloway did. (Holloway was renowned for his recordings of dramatic and comic monologues, and had a lengthy career as an actor as well - his most memorable role was as Alfred Dolittle in My Fair Lady.) The name of the lion (Wallace) is a reference to his illegitimate half-brother, Edgar Wallace, and has nothing to do with Wallis Simpson (a common misconception).

Richard and Jane married in March 1875, with Richard being unaware that he had fathered an illegitimate namesake son, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, with widowed actress Mrs Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, after a brief sexual encounter. Polly, having invented an obligation in London to hide her pregnancy, gave birth in secret on 1 April 1875, almost a month after Richard and Jenny married. This son became the famous journalist, novelist, playwright and screenplay writer, Edgar Wallace. [2] The Lion and Albert and The Return of Albert have been translated into German under the titles Der Löwe und Albert and Albert kommt wieder, na klar! respectively. The Lion and Albert has been performed as a two-part song of eighteen verses to an Irish folk tune by Kathy Hampson's Free Elastic Band. The text reads: Charlie Cairoli was born on 15 February, 1910 in Milan, Italy into a circus family wo travelled around Europe. A successful act, the troupe even gave a special performance for Adolf Hitler at the Circus Krone in Munich. Hitler was very impressed and presented Cairoli with a watch.I had mentioned in passing in a previous column that in my youth I sang in a Male Voice Choir known as the B.U. One of the things we regularly did was visit retirement homes, and perform a small concert for the retirees. Although our repertoire was far more serious and high-brow than the expected fare of sing-along classics, our little show was always warmly received. But whatever else we might have sung, we always ended up the same way … one of our troupe was able to recite from memory the entirety of The Lion and Albert, complete with his own approximation of Stanley Holloway’s famous faux-northern accent, and it was always – without exception – everybody’s favorite part of the show, bar none. The text reads: The name Albert and The Lion is derived from the title of a best-selling comic monologue written by Marriott Edgar in 1932 and immortalised on record by Stanley Holloway. With its notorious westerly gales, almost every decade has yielded another victim. From The Travers in 1755 to the Riverdance ferry in 2008, many ships have been tossed onto the shores and left stranded in the sand. George Marriott Edgar was a performer, poet and writer. He began his career as a scene-painter, [5] but from 1907 until his death, he was known to the public as a comedian who played pantomime dames. During the First World War he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Mechanical Transport, and afterwards he toured Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with his dame act. [6] [7] [8] In 1929, he joined the cast of The Co-Optimists and worked with Stanley Holloway. [9]

Although written as a performance piece, it counts as a poem as it's written in rhyme (and, more specifically, using a Northern English accent). In 1796, The Foudroyant had been Nelson’s flagship, 100 years later the 80 gun brute, described by Nelson as “the most perfect ship that ever swam on salt water”, had become a tourist attraction. It was anchored two miles out to sea, when it broke its moorings during a brutal storm.

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Left: Advertisement for the Palace Theatre performances. A photograph and text about Charlie Cairoli. Unfortunately, crowds of hooligans ruined the proceedings in 1924 and with the re-emergence of the illuminations the following year the carnival was never repeated. In 1991, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of eight programmes entitled Marriott's Monologues, with a different monologist in each programme performing Marriott's monologues with piano accompaniment and discussing the monologues. [16] The monologists included Dame Thora Hird, Betty Driver, Les Dawson, Roy Hudd, Kenneth Waller, Peter Goodwright, Bernie Clifton and Roy Castle.

The tower suffered severely with corrosion in its first thirty years and discussions began about demolishing it. Thankfully, a programme of rebuilding was agreed upon, with all the steelwork replaced between 1921 and 1924. Wallace the lion at ravishingbeasts.com". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015 . Retrieved 25 November 2020. BBC Radio 4 Extra - Marriott's Monologues". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017 . Retrieved 17 April 2017. Craftsmen from Nice were enrolled to make papier-mâché heads and figures including mounted policemen.Out of season, Cairoli performed on stage in variety shows and pantomimes and enjoyed a successful TV and film career on both sides of the Atlantic. He even had his own children’s TV show called Right Charlie!, which secured his status as Britain’s best known clown. Find sources: "Marriott Edgar"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)