CHAPTER XVII

Pantomimes at old “Drury.” A pantomime mishap. “Spoofing” a Hebe of the old Gaiety buffet. E. J. Odell’s rebuke. Sitting on a corpse! Drury Lane memories. Lady Dunlo and the ham and beef shop. I play in Drury Lane panto from 1912 to 1920. Actors and actresses who have played in pantomimes. Jimmy Welch and the New Clown. Mr. Arthur Bourchier as clown in W. S. Gilbert’s “Fairy’s Dilemma.” A Crystal Palace Pantomime. The Lupinos as children. Covent Garden fancy dress balls. “Codding” the first prize. Dan Leno as a policeman. Baddeley Twelfth Cake Festivities.