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.I recommend it, it’s a lot of fun.Charlie Chaplin did tour the UK in Mumming Birds and The Football Match, and did take over from Harry Weldon as the lead comic in the latter, only to succumb to laryngitis and miss out on what seemed at the time to be his big break.He did play for a month at the Folies Bergère, and did also pull out of Jimmy the Fearless, either sulking or in a funk, only to take over after a week when he saw what a success Stan Jefferson, his understudy, had made of it.Fred Karno was the great comedy entrepreneur of the pre-First World War years, and most of the big names of the time worked either with him or for him at some time.The Fun Factory was his headquarters off Coldharbour Lane in Camberwell, and a spectacular hive of activity it must have been.He was a notorious and not especially subtle user of the casting couch, and his marital situation was pretty much as complicated as I have described, as were his bizarre attempts to resolve it.Arthur Dandoe worked with both Chaplin and Jefferson on Jimmy the Fearless and several other shows.He then went on to share in some of their adventures in the States before their paths diverged.Most of the rest of what Arthur does in the book is fiction.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Arts Council of Great Britain which was invaluable in enabling me to complete this project.I would also like to thank Ben Yarde-Buller of Old Street for taking a punt, and James Nunn for the splendid cover.Thanks to Jo Unwin, Rob Dinsdale, Robert Kirby, Charles Walker and Richard Dawes for your enthusiasm and skill.Also to Jo Brand, David Baddiel, Mark Billingham and Al Murray.And special thanks to David Tyler.The next one’s for you.CopyrightFirst published in 2014by Old Street Publishing Ltd8 Hurlingham Business Park, Sulivan Road, London SW6 3DUThis ebook edition first published in 2014All rights reserved© Chris England, 2014The right of Chris England to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law.Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordinglyISBN 978–1–908699–87–9 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]