Evans, Will
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Evans, Will (1875–1931), star of British
music-hall and
pantomime, son of an acrobat and clown with whom he made his first appearance in 1881 in
Robinson Crusoe at
Drury Lane. He then toured with his father's troupe, returning to London in 1890 to appear on the ‘halls’ with his wife and, after her death, as a solo eccentric comedian. He specialized in ‘scenes of domestic chaos’, of which the most popular were ‘Building a Chicken House’, ‘White-washing the Ceiling’, and ‘Papering a House’. For many years he imported the same style of knockabout humour into kitchen scenes in Drury Lane pantomimes. He was part-author of
Tons of Money (1922), which became the first of a long series of
Aldwych farces. Evans also collaborated with R. Guy Reeve in the farce
The Other Mr Gibbs (1924) and was the author of many of his own music-hall songs and sketches.
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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) a Royal Navy officer and polar explorer, Francis McClintock discovered the fate of the missing Franklin Expedition and charted large areas of the Arctic.(Late Great Geographers #50)
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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) was a British admiral and Arctic explorer. He mapped a great deal of hitherto-uncharted territory and made a number of geographical discoveries. Leopold McClintock...
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