William John Hammond
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William John Hammond was a British actor-manager and singer of comic songs of the early 19th century. He played Sam Weller in Samuel Weller, or, The Pickwickians in 1837.
W. J. Hammond as Sam Weller in Samuel Weller, or, The Pickwickians (1837) - displayed in the Charles Dickens Museum
Hammond on the cover of Actors by Daylight (1838)
Hammond as Othello and Miss Daly as Desdemona in the burlesque Othello by Act of Parliament at the Royal Strand Theatre
Hammond as Sam Weller in Samuel Weller, or, The Pickwickians (1837)
Royal Strand Theatre
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The Royal Strand Theatre was located in the Strand in the City of Westminster. The theatre was built on the site of a panorama in 1832, and in 1882 was rebuilt by the prolific theatre architect Charle
William John Hammond
…where he played in comedies and burlesque. From 25 April 1836 for three years he and his brother-in-law Douglas Jerrold held the lease on the small Royal Strand Theatre in London, enlarging the theatre in 1836 and adding a gallery in 1839. An early production was Jerrold's two-act comedy The Schoolfellows. Their…
2nd Anniversary Souvenir from A Chinese Honeymoon (1903)
A 1901 postcard of Wych Street, shortly before its demolition. It lay north of the theatre, but was typical of the area.