'Going to the bad', original comedy in two acts by "John Roakes" (i.e., Tom Taylor). Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Actors' names listed alongside the dramatis personae. Revisions and annotations throughout text. Also p... 24 May 1858
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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880
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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...