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See also:GERMAN See also:REED ENTERTAINMENT . The dramatic and musical entertainment which for many years was known in See also:London by the See also:title of " German Reed " was a See also:form of theatrical enterprise deserving of See also:commemoration in connexion with those who made it successful. Mr See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS GERMAN REED (See also:born in See also:Bristol in 1817, died 1888) married in 1844 See also:Miss PRISCILLA See also:HORTON (1818-1895), and in 1855 they started their entertainment at the "See also:Gallery of See also:Illustration," in See also:Waterloo See also:Place, London. From 186o to 1877 they were assisted by See also:JOHN ORLANDO See also:PARRY (1810-1879), an accomplished See also:pianoforte player, mimic, parodist and humorous See also:singer; and the latter created a new type of musical and dramatic See also:monologue which became very popular. His tradition was carried on after 187o by Mr CORNEY See also:GRAIN (1844-1895), who, as a See also:clever, refined, and yet highly humorous society entertainer (originally a See also:barrister), was one of the best-known figures of his See also:day. After the retirement of the See also:elder German Reeds, their son, See also:ALFRED GERMAN REED (1846-1895), himself a See also:capital actor, carried on the business in See also:partnership with Corney Grain. The " German Reed Entertainment "—which was always patronized by a large class of See also:people, many of whom objected on principle to going or taking their See also:children to a See also:regular See also:theatre or a See also:music-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall--retained its See also:vogue for See also:forty years at Waterloo Place and at the St See also:George's Hall, See also:Regent See also:Street. But the See also:death of Mr Corney Grain almost simultaneously with Mr Alfred German Reed, in 1895, together with the changed public attitude towards the regular theatre, ended its career.
End of Article: GERMAN REED ENTERTAINMENT
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