Lion comique
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The lion comique was a type of popular entertainer in the Victorian music halls, a parody of upper-class toffs or "swells" made popular by Alfred Vance and G. H. MacDermott, among others. They were ar
George Leybourne, one of the first lions comiques, on a sheet music cover by Alfred Concanen
George Leybourne
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George Leybourne was a singer and Lion comique style entertainer in British music halls during the 19th century who, for much of his career, was known by the title of one of his songs, "Champagne Char
Lion comique
…music-hall contemporaries. According to Michael Kilgarriff, it was J. J. Poole, manager of the South London Music Hall, who first described the performer George Leybourne as "a Lion of a Comic". Victorian fashion then led to the use of the French words, lion comique, which in turn became a generic term for all performers…
Grave of George Leybourne, Albert Chevalier, and other family members in Abney Park Cemetery