Play by Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch'; submitted: 1871 1871

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Play by Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch'; submitted: 1871 1871

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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...