Alfred Lester
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Alfred Lester, real name Alfred Edwin Leslie, was an English actor and comedian. Born into a theatrical family, he learnt his craft touring in melodramas, as a young man, but made his reputation as a
Lester in the 1900s
Lester (right) with George Robey and Violet Lorraine in The Bing Boys Are Here (1916)
The Bing Boys Are Here
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The Bing Boys Are Here, styled "A Picture of London Life, in a Prologue and Six Panels," is the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of Wo
Alfred Lester
…Arcadians (1909) in which he delivered optimistic lyrics in a lugubrious manner. Among his other hit shows were The New Aladdin (1906), Havana (1908) and The Bing Boys Are Here (1916). His co-stars included George Grossmith Jr., Phyllis Dare, George Robey and Violet Lorraine. Ill health brought Lester's career to a premature…
Odette Myrtil recorded "The Languid Melody".