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Only to think of Eric Lewis in an Eric Lewis part is to chuckle. His comfortable physique, his lovable mannerisms, his worried look, his affectation of aggrieved pomposity, his ludicrous vocal shades ranging from mellow nonchalance to shrill querulousness, above all, his wonderful rolling eyes – all
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Frustrated by his position as understudy to an actor who had hardly ever taken ill in four years, Lewis resigned from the D'Oyly Carte Opera
Company in January 1887. On 29 January 1887, one week after the opening of the new opera,
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observed that Lewis "has a recipe all his own for serving up folly with elegance; and he kept the audience in an almost continuous chuckle of delight." His last role that year was the fashionable Sir Ralph
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commented (in the midst of a very favourable review of the play), that Lewis "is always sure of himself, always sound, suave, brightly polished. are more entertaining than the main story." In 1919, he appeared in
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Company in 1882, where he understudied Grossmith until 1887. Lewis then performed in a number of very successful
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described him as "well-nigh indispensable to light comedy for the role of the elderly gentleman of breeding, with a streak of affable eccentricity in his nature." The paper remembered Lewis as follows:
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these characteristics exuded unctuousness, and even in the recesses of memory provoke the thoughts to laughter.... His quaint personality was as familiar as it was welcome.
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Wilfred T. Coleby at the Criterion. By this part of his career, reviewers were calling the parts that he played "Lewisian".
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in the late 1870s. He appeared at St. James's Hall in
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called Lewis's performance "perfect". The same year, he starred in
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Lewis continued to perform until 1925, appearing in the films
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Lewis was, however, given several roles in the short
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at the London Pavilion. The next year, he played in
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Lewis began performing in comic musical sketches in
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901:(2nd ed.). London: George Redway. p. 232
876:. No. 47028. London. 2 April 1935. p. 12
1284:. No. 32751. London. 15 July 1889. p. 7
1172:. No. 32111. London. 29 June 1887. p. 9
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991:Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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1112:Biography of Lytton at the
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445:Lady Huntworth's Experiment
440:His Excellency the Governor
234:Musicals and first comedies
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1534:, 13 September 1933, p. 12
1164:"Church Temperance Bazaar"
1102:. Retrieved 9 January 2009
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242:Lewis as Mollentrave, 1905
148:D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
53:D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
51:of the 1880s who left the
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1968:, 20 September 1917, p. 3
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1711:"Duke of York's Theatre.
1569:"Duke of York's Theatre;
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868:"Death of Mr. Eric Lewis"
561:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
474:. Later that year at the
141:Alice Barth Opera Company
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1517:"St. James's Theatre",
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659:Sir Richard's Biography
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2009:, 14 August 1919, p. 8
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1713:The Admirable Crichton
1684:The School For Scandal
1682:"St. James's Theatre.
1665:"St. James's Theatre.
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948:Gordon, J. M. (2014).
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1571:All-Of-A-Sudden Peggy
1556:"Haymarket Theatre",
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1504:"Criterion Theatre",
1491:"Criterion Theatre",
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643:The Pursuit of Pamela
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1906:"The Barrie Revue",
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1813:Mrs. Dane's Defence.
1758:"Wyndham's Theatre.
1728:"Criterion Theatre.
1650:The Wails of Jericho
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714:The Man from Toronto
549:The Wails of Jericho
510:The Doctor's Dilemma
454:Mollentrave on Women
414:Wheels within Wheels
296:The Begum's Diamonds
156:Gilbert and Sullivan
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1612:"Irish Playography"
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1452:"Terry's Theatre",
1220:"New Court Theatre"
1192:"St. George's Hall"
803:The Other Mr. Gibbs
738:Shaftesbury Theatre
651:Eliza Comes to Stay
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2020:The Little Whopper
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1648:"Garrick Theatre.
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1394:"Comedy Theatre",
1369:"Daly's Theatre",
1330:"Comedy Theatre",
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1478:"Court Theatre",
1465:"Court Theatre",
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