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Grossmith, Weedon, 1852-1919We have 1 book for this author.
 Walter Weedon Grossmith (better known as simply Weedon Grossmith; 9 June 1852 – 14 June 1919) was an English writer, painter, actor and playwright, best known as co-author of Diary of a Nobody (1892) with his brother, music hall comedian and Gilbert and Sullivan star, George Grossmith. Weedon Grossmith also illustrated the book. Grossmith trained as a painter both in the Slade and Royal Academy, but his painting career was unsuccessful. He turned to acting in 1885, which he pursued until 1917. Joining Rosina Vokes's theatrical company in 1885, he went on tour in the provinces and in America. He first appeared in London at the Gaiety Theatre in 1887 as Woodcock in Woodcock's Little Game, but his earliest notable success was made in A Pantomime Rehearsal. He played with Henry Irving in Robert Macaire at the Lyceum Theatre (1899), with Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the Haymarket Theatre and with Mrs. John Wood at the Court Theatre. He also played in The School for Scandal at the Globe Theatre (1889) and portrayed Joseph Lebanon in Arthur Wing Pinero's Cabinet Minister (1890), Archibald Bennick in Arthur Law's The New Boy (1894), Hamilton Preedy in Mr. Preedy and the Countess (1905), Jimmy Jinks in Baby Mine (1911), the Earl of Tweenwayes in The Amazons, Boney in The Misleading Lady, and the Judge in Stopping the Breach, his last role (1917). He was the lessee of London's Vaudeville Theatre from 1894 to 1896 and Terry's Theatre until 1917. Grossmith also published a novel, A Woman with a History (1896) and some plays, including The Night of the Party (1901). In 1913 he published his autobiography, From Studio to Stage.[1] In 1895, he married May Palfrey, an actress. He died in London. BibliographyGrossmith, George and Grossmith, Weedon, Diary of a Nobody (1892). Introduction available online at Google Books External links
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