Monica mallet mini biography of edgar

British comedian and poet (1880–1951)

Marriott Edgar (5 October 1880 – 5 May 1951), born George Marriott Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a British poet, scriptwriter and comedian,^[1] best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the Albert series.

In total he wrote sixteen monologues for Holloway, whilst Holloway himself wrote only five.

Family background

Edgar's great grandfather was James Henry Marriott.^[2] His parents were Jane (also known as Jenny; née Taylor), born in London in 1856, and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894), only son of Alice Marriott (1824–1900), proprietress of the Marriott family theatre troupe.

Monica mallet mini biography of edgar

Richard was born in Manchester (then Lancashire), near Christmas 1847 as Richard Horatio Marriott; both his two sisters, Adeline Marriott (b. 1853) and Grace Marriott (b. 1858) were also born in Lancashire, all three out of wedlock.

Later all three took the s