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Brandon Thomas


Born
in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
December 24, 1848

Died
June 19, 1914

Genre
Farce, Plays

Influences
William Shakespeare


Walter Brandon Thomas was an English actor, playwright and songwriter, best known as the author of the farce Charley's Aunt.

Born in Liverpool to a family with no theatrical connections, Thomas worked in commerce, and as an occasional journalist, before achieving his ambition of becoming an actor. After a succession of minor roles, he became increasingly sought after as a character actor. He also wrote more than a dozen plays, the most celebrated of which, Charley's Aunt (1892), broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London run of 1,466 performances and numerous subsequent productions all around the world, film and musical theatre adaptations.

Although Thomas never repeated the prodigious success of Charley's Aunt, ...more

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Charley's Aunt
3.82 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1892 — 44 editions
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The Promise; a Play in One Act
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