![]() ![]() The Diary was the brothers' only mature collaboration. ![]() Before embarking on his stage career, Weedon had worked as an artist and illustrator. He also established a national reputation as a piano sketch entertainer and wrote a large number of songs and comic pieces. George originated nine of the principal comedian roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas over 12 years from 1877 to 1889. The Diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son William Lupin, and numerous friends and acquaintances over a period of 15 months.īefore their collaboration on the Diary, the brothers each pursued successful careers on the stage. It originated as an intermittent serial in Punch magazine in 1888–89 and first appeared in book form, with extended text and added illustrations, in 1892. The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by the latter. ![]()
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