Henry Compton was an English actor best known for his Shakespearean comic roles.
Henry Compton
Drawing of Compton c. 1850
Compton in later years
Box and Cox is a one act farce by John Maddison Morton. It is based on a French one-act vaudeville, Frisette, which had been produced in Paris in 1846.
The author, John Maddison Morton, caricatured in 1876
J. B. Buckstone, the first Box
Edward Saker and Lionel Brough as Box and Cox, caricatured in 1883
Box and Cox confront Mrs Bouncer; drawing circa 1850