{\b George and Weedon Grossmith}.
 
{\b Date of Birth}.:  9 December 1847 (George); 1852 (Weedon)

{\b Date of Death}.: 1 March 1912 (George); 1919 (Weedon)

{\b Works}.

George, English comedian and singer, and his younger brother, Weedon, an actor 
and playwright, are perhaps best known for their co-authored novel - an 
understated satire on the mores of English Victorian society - Diary of a 
Nobody (1892). George, who also wrote and published two autobiographical 
works: A Society Clown: Reminiscences (1884) and Piano and I: Further 
Remembrances (1910), was also the creator of many of the original characters 
from the Gilbert and Sullivan light operas. He penned over eight-hundred songs 
and sketches in total.

{\b Featured Works}.

The Diary of a Nobody.

{\b General Comment}.

Both George and Weedon, sons of a police court reporter for The Times, pursued 
theatrical careers. George was educated at the North London Collegiate School 
for boys and then worked with his father at Bow Street court until 1869. In 
1870 he embarked on a theatrical career as a public entertainer, writing 
sketches and songs. Seven years later he began to work at the Opera Comique in 
London, from which time dates his long association with the works of Gilbert 
and Sullivan, first appearing in The Sorcerer in 1877. In 1888 he transferred 
to the new Savoy theatre, which he left just one year later to tour Britain, 
Ireland, Canada and the United States as an entertainer until around 1906.

The Diary of a Nobody appeared in book form in 1892, having first appeared in 
Punch in serial form from 1852, with illustrations by George.