LAUREL – Stage by Stage
“LAUREL – Stage by Stage” by A. J. Marriot, published by Marriot Publishing in 2019, offers an in-depth exploration of Stan Laurel’s early career in entertainment. This edition spans 274 pages and is presented in English. The book serves as a prequel to Marriot’s previous works on Laurel and Hardy, detailing Laurel’s stage performances from his beginnings in British pantomime as the teenage Stanley Jefferson to his final stage show before transitioning to film.
Readers will discover the intricacies of Laurel’s journey through the world of vaudeville, including his three-year tour with Charlie Chaplin in the renowned Fred Karno Company. The narrative captures the challenges and triumphs Laurel faced as he navigated the complexities of comedy, aiming to break free from the constraints of vaudeville. With 470 illustrations, this book reveals extensive details about Laurel’s “lost” tours, providing a comprehensive look at the formative years of a comedy legend.
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“LAUREL – Stage by Stage” is the prequel to Marriot’s previous Laurel and Hardy’s “Tours” books; and is a companion to “CHAPLIN – Stage by Stage.” It narrates for the first-time-ever all of Stan Laurel’s stage shows, from his earliest appearances in British pantomime (as the teenage Stanley Jefferson), right up to his last-ever stage show before entering films. Along the way he spends over three years touring with Charlie Chaplin, in the most-famous of all comedy troupes – the Fred Karno Company. The next eight years are spent touring in U.S. vaudeville, playing in song-dance-and-comedy sketch acts with various partners. Readers will experience every low and high as this comic genius tries to unshackle himself from the hardship and tedium of vaudeville, during a number of attempts to get into the world of film comedy. The amount of detail revealed about these “lost” tours is astounding. – 272 pages – 470 illustrations
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