George Grossmith, son of a law reporter and entertainer, was born
in 1847. For some years he worked as a journalist, reporting Police
Court proceedings for The Times, and in 1870 began his career as a
singer and entertainer. His special connection with Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas, many of the chief parts of which were his
'creations' began at the Opera Comique. His A Society Clown-
Reminiscences was published in 1888, followed by a further volume
of reminiscences, Piano and I- Further Remembrances. He died in
1912.
Weedon Grossmith, brother of George, was born in 1854. He was
educated at the Slade and the Royal Academy with a view to
following a career as a painter, and exhibited at the Grosvenor
Gallery and the Royal Academy.Joining a theatre company in 1885, he
toured the provinces and America. His novel, A Woman with a
History, was published in 1896, and the best-known of his many
plays, The Night of the Party, was published in 1901. He died in
1919.
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