LAUREL - Stage by Stage

LAUREL - Stage by StageLAUREL Stage by Stage is the prequel to Marriot's previous Laurel and Hardys Tours books; and is a companion to CHAPLIN Stage by Stage. It narrates for the first time ever all of Stan Laurels stage shows, from his earliest appearances in British pantomime (as the teenage Stanley Jefferson), right up to his last ever stage show before entering films. Along the way he spends over three years touring with Charlie Chaplin, in the most famous of all comedy

ÒLAUREL - Stage by StageÓ is the prequel to Marriot's previous Laurel and HardyÕs ÒToursÓ books; and is a companion to ÒCHAPLIN Ð Stage by Stage.Ó
It narrates for the first-time-ever all of Stan LaurelÕs stage shows, from his earliest appearances in British pantomime (as the teenage Stanley Jefferson), right up to his last-ever stage show before entering films.
Along the way he spends over three years touring with Charlie Chaplin, in the most-famous of all comedy troupes Ð the Fred Karno Company.
The next eight years are spent touring in U.S. vaudeville, playing in song-dance-and-comedy sketch acts with various partners.
Readers will experience every low and high as this comic genius tries to unshackle himself from the hardship and tedium of vaudeville, during a number of attempts to get into the world of film comedy. The amount of detail revealed about these ÒlostÓ tours is astounding. - 272 pages - 470 illustrations