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Chaplin (Sid) Archive Galvin, George Wild, 1860-1904, pseudonym Dan Leno, Comedian and Actor File
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Research folders for proposed television film on Dan Leno titled 'Dan Leno - The Peoples' Fool'

Includes correspondence from the BBC, articles, news cuttings considering appropriate actors; information on Dan Leno with photographs, music scores of Dan Leno's shows, Photocopy of Dan Leno's 'Hys Booke. A Volume of frivolities', information on other music hall actors and comedians, and the outline and background for the film. Consists of correspondence, draft ideas, notes, and research material. William Humble's file includes copy typescript of the outline and background to the film, photocopy of the Album of Dan Leno's Comic Song Creations of World Wide Popularity music scores, photocopy of Sheards Comic Annual 1893 and 1899.