BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT (1811-1856), English writer, was born in north London on the 9
Gilbert Abbott a Beckett was educated at Westminster school, and was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn in 1841.
A younger son, ARTHUR WILLIAM A BECKETT (1844--1909), a well-known journalist and man of letters, was also on the staff of Punch from 1874 to 1902, and gave an account of his father and his own reminiscences in The A Becketts of Punch (1903).
GilbertArthur à Beckett (1837 – October 15, 1891) was an English writer.
Beckett's pieces include numerous burlesques and pantomimes, the libretti of Savonarola (Hamburg, 1884) and The Canterbury Pilgrims (Drury Lane, 1884) for the music of Dr. (afterwards Sir) C.V. Stanford.
Gilbert's Wicked World, was written in collaboration with Gilbert, writing under the pseudonym F. Tomline.
À Beckett, who was a barrister, and became a police magistrate, started, in 1813, an illustrated comic journal entitled Figaro in London, which was illustrated by Robert Seymour and, after him, by Robert Cruikshank.
This journal à Beckett conducted for three years, and among his many other ventures were The Wag and The Comic Magazine.
Thomas Hood 6 began to contribute to Punch in 1843, and amused himself and his readers with his attacks on the plagiarist, lord William Lennox, at whom Jerrold and other wits also had their fling.
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'Gilbert Abbott à Beckett' (January 9, 1811 - August 30, 1856), was an English humorist.He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas à Becket.
He is perhaps best known as the author of ''Comic HHistory of England'', ''Comic History of Rome'', ''Comic Blackstone'', etc. As poor-law commissioner he presented a valuable report to he home secretary regarding scandals in connection with the Andover Union, and in 1849 he became a metropolitan police magistrate.
He was the afther of two other Victorian writers, GilbertArthur a Beckett and Arthur William a Beckett.
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'GilbertArthur à Beckett' (1837 - October 15, 1891) was an English writer.Beckett was born at Hammersmith, United Kingdom, the eldest son of Gilbert Abbott Beckett.
Beckett's pieces include numerous burlesques and pantomimes, the libretti of ''Savonarola'' (Hamburg, 1884) and ''The Canterbury Pilgrims'' (Drury Lane, 1884) dor the music of Dr. (afterwards SSir) C.V. SSanford.
Gilbert's ''Wicked World'', was written in collaboration with Gilbert, writing under the pseudonym.
Arthur William a Beckett (1844 - 1909), journalist
Sister Wendy Beckett, known as Sister Wendy, nun famous for presenting art history documentaries.
The hugely ambitious Beckett on Film project gathered together 19 different directors to turn the 19 stage works written by Samuel Beckett into films...
Gilbert insisted that his actors know their words perfectly and obey his stage directions, which was something quite new to many actors of the day.
Gilbert sometimes had a strained working relationship with Sullivan, partly caused by the fact that each man saw himself allowing his work to be subjugated to the other's, and partly caused by the opposing personalities of the two—Gilbert was often confrontational and notoriously thin-skinned (though prone to acts of extraordinary kindness), while Sullivan eschewed conflict.
Gilbert was, however, the first British writer ever to receive a knighthood for his plays alone—earlier dramatist knights, such as Sir William Davenant and Sir John Vanbrugh, were knighted for political and other services.
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(w others) (13e) [n1923] Criminal Law And Practice..New York (w J T FITZPATRICK) (6e) [n1923] The Law And Practice Of Bankruptcy.., v4 (w others) (13e) [n1924] Criminal Law And Practice..New York (ed J T FITZPATRICK) (7e) [n1924] Fred Carnes GILBERT (M: 1867 - 1946) From Judaism To Christianity..
- before 1952) The Romance Of The Last Crusade [n1923] The Way Of Romance [1927] William GILBERT (M: 1540 or 1544 - 1603) De Magnete [nLa-1600] On The Lodestone..
