The Toreador
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The Toreador is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts by James T. Tanner and Harry Nicholls, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank and music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. It opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on 17 June 1901 and ran for an extremely successful 675 performances. It starred Marie Studholme, Gertie Millar, Harry Grattan, Edmund Payne, George Grossmith, Jr. and the young Sidney Bracy. Gabrielle Ray later joined the cast. The show also enjoyed Broadway runs in 1902 and 1904 and toured internationally.
Scene from The Toreador
Drawing of Edmund Payne as Sammy Gigg
Fred. Wright, Jr. and Gertie Millar
Violet Lloyd and Edmund Payne
Edmund Payne
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Edmund James "Teddy" Payne, was an English actor, comedian and singer best known for creating comic roles in a series of extremely successful Edwardian musical comedies. He was often paired with the comic actor George Grossmith, Jr.
Gertie Millar and Payne in The Spring Chicken, 1905
With George Grossmith, Jr., in The New Aladdin, 1906