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Dan Leno, the leading English music hall comedian and Victorian stage actor was chiefly known for his many dame pantomime roles that were popular at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from 1888 to 1904. Earlier last year, I significantly contributed to the main article and co-nominated it at FAC, where it was promoted to FA status. As I went along, I researched his many theatre productions and have compiled this short list which now supports the main article. I feel confident that this list is a thorough and comprehensive collection of Leno's theatrical productions and plan in the future to submit it for WP:FLC consideration. Before doing so however, I invite any comments and suggestions at this peer review which would be greatly received. Thanks, CassiantoTalk 11:55, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Leno has another sub-article called Songs, sketches and monologues of Dan Leno. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:11, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by SchroCat
Looks fairly solid, with only a few minor tweaks here and there.
Lead

  • Looks OK

Table

  • Roles: The table should probably sort by surname
  • Fortunatus: Royal Colosseum: Are you sure on the spelling of Colosseum / Coliseum? (I appreciate that it may be a non-standard spelling, but as long as you're sure)
  • Jack the Giant Killer: "preceded the pantomime.[19] which"—should be a comma, not a full stop
  • Jack and the Beanstalk: Any reason why these are "By xxx", while the previous ones have been "Written by xxx"?
  • For the ones that state "By", the sources don't suggest "Written by", so I have not assumed. With Will Leno, it says "Written by". I think consistency is key here so I have swapped the two Leno ones. -- CassiantoTalk 17:33, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Little Bo-Peep: "co starring" should be hyphenated; " for its lengthy script[32] which": comma after script?
  • The Forty Thieves doesn't sort properly—it should sort on Forty.

Refs

  • May be worth using {{ODNBsub}} the for the DNB reference, rather than {{subscription}}
  • Compare fns 12 and 40: one is "Anthony, p. 88;" one is "Brandreth, p. 69." I'm not sure whether semi-colon or full stop is correct, but it should be consistent. (42 and 46 use the semi colon)

Sources

  • Capitalisation needs sorting on "English Plays of the Nineteenth Century: Pantomimes, extravaganzas, and burlesques; volume 5 of English Plays of the Nineteenth Century"

Hope it helps. Let me know when you're sorted and I'll give it another spin. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 16:47, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good job, guys. It looks pretty sharp now, I'd say. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ssilvers Questions:

OK, good. Plural it is! -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • For consistency, I added links to all the pantomime themes, such as nursery rhymes, fairy tales and other title references. Do you like this? If not, we might consider delinking all of them except those that actually refer to the exact work performed, such as Atalanta. Arguably, "Jack the Giant Killer" should also be linked to "Jack and the Beanstalk". Can you see any others that I missed? -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:20, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK. About ready to go to FL, I guess. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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