Frederick Hobson Leslie
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Frederick George Hobson, known as Fred Leslie, was an English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist.
Photograph of Frederick Leslie by W. & D. Downey
Fred Leslie and Nellie Farren in Little Jack Sheppard
Nellie Farren and Fred Leslie performing the "Slate Duet" in Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué, Gaiety Theatre
Miss Esmeralda
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Miss Esmeralda is a Victorian burlesque, in two acts, with music by Meyer Lutz and Robert Martin and a libretto by Fred Leslie, under his pseudonym "A. C. Torr", and Horace Mills. It is based on Victo
Frederick Hobson Leslie
…Farren as Jack. The piece was a hit, and for the next seven years he and Farren were the pillars of the popular Gaiety Theatre burlesques. In 1887, his Miss Esmeralda was successful; Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim, in which he played a monster in touch with his feminine side, was a flop. In 1888–89, Leslie…
Sheet music cover for "Killaloe"