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Thomas Henry Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust Award[1] for beginning writers in memory of her brother.
Tom Gallon | |
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.png) In The Sketch, 19 December 1900 | |
| Born | Thomas Henry Gallon 5 December 1866 Bermondsey, London, England |
| Died | 4 November 1914 (aged 47) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
Biography edit
Tom Gallon was born in Bermondsey, London, the son of John P. Gallon (an engineer, fitter and turner) and his wife Martha K. Gallon.[2]
Several of Tom Gallon's novels were adapted as films including The Princess of Happy Chance (1916), Meg the Lady (1916), The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918), The Lackey and the Lady (1919), A Rogue in Love (1922), Boden's Boy (1923), Off the Highway (1925, based on Tatterley), The Great Gay Road (1920, silent) and The Great Gay Road (1931, sound).[2]
He died in London on 4 November 1914.[3]
Selected works edit
Novels edit
- Tatterley (1897)
- The Golden Thread (1904)
- Meg the Lady (1905)
- Jimmy Quixote (1906)
- The Great Gay Road (1910)
- The Touch of A Child (1910)
- The Mystery of Roger Bullock (1910)
- The Rogue's Heiress (1910)
- As He was Born (1911)
- Dead Man's Love (1911)
- By the Name of Miss Smith (1912)
- Levity Hicks (1912)
- Memory Corner (1912)
- Young Eve and Old Adam (1913)
- "It Will Be All Right!" (1914)
- The Man in Motley (1915)
- The Princess of Happy Chance (1915)
- The Diamond Trail (1916)
- The Man Hunt (1916)
- The Lady in the Black Mask (1917)
Plays edit
- The Man Who Stole the Castle, by Gallon and Leon M. Lion (Garrick Theatre, 1900)
- Memory's Garden (1902)
- Lady Jane's Christmas Party (Garrick Theatre, 1904)
- Law and Order (Palace Theatre, 1908)
- The Great Gay Road (Court Theatre, 1911)
- Aurora's Captive (Prince of Wales Theatre, 1913)
- All's Fair (Tivoli Musichall, 1913)
- Felix Gets a Month, Gallon and Lion (Haymarket Theatre, 1917)
- Pistols For Two, Gallon and Lion (Coliseum, 1917)
References edit
- ^ The Tom-Gallon Trust Award at The Society of Authors.
- ^ a b "Tom Gallon". 24 August 2007. Bear Alley (blog). Steve (steve@bearalley.co.uk).
- ^ "Tom Gallon, English Novelist, Dead". The Boston Globe. London. 4 November 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 26 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- Tom Gallon at Fantastic Fiction – bibliography with cover images]
- Works by Tom Gallon at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Tom Gallon at Internet Archive
- Tom Gallon at IMDb
- Tom Gallon at Library of Congress, with 18 library catalogue records
- Play by Tom Gallon at Great War Theatre
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