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2 unusual facts about John Leech


Henry Scharf

The original actor scheduled to play the role was Charles Dickens’ friend, the artist John Leech, who was unable to be there because of the serious illness of his only child.

Victorian burlesque

Aristophanes, Rabelais, Geo Cruikshank, the authors of the Rejected Addresses, John Leech, Planché were all in their respective lines professors of true burlesque.



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