{"product_id":"laurel-stage-by-stage","title":"LAUREL - Stage by Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eÒLAUREL - Stage by StageÓ is the prequel to Marriot's previous Laurel and HardyÕs ÒToursÓ books; and is a companion to ÒCHAPLIN Ð Stage by Stage.Ó\u003cbr\u003e\nIt narrates for the first-time-ever all of Stan LaurelÕs stage shows, from his earliest appearances in British pantomime (as the teenage Stanley Jefferson), right up to his last-ever stage show before entering films.\u003cbr\u003e\nAlong the way he spends over three years touring with Charlie Chaplin, in the most-famous of all comedy troupes Ð the Fred Karno Company.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe next eight years are spent touring in U.S. vaudeville, playing in song-dance-and-comedy sketch acts with various partners.\u003cbr\u003e\nReaders will experience every low and high as this comic genius tries to unshackle himself from the hardship and tedium of vaudeville, during a number of attempts to get into the world of film comedy. The amount of detail revealed about these ÒlostÓ tours is astounding.  - 272 pages - 470 illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A.J MARRIOT","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303866626209,"sku":"9781789725551","price":47.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1y5j84my-front-shortedge-384_f35a9679-fa0b-4176-8885-8dd1f2ee8620.jpg?v=1747595850","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/laurel-stage-by-stage","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}