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Tom Gallon

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Tom Gallon
In The Sketch, 19 December 1900
Born
Thomas Henry Gallon

(1866-12-05)5 December 1866
Bermondsey, London, England
Died4 November 1914(1914-11-04) (aged 47)
London, England
OccupationWriter

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.

Biography

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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

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Novels

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ The Tom-Gallon Trust Award at The Society of Authors.
  2. ^ a b "Tom Gallon". 24 August 2007. Bear Alley (blog). Steve (steve@bearalley.co.uk).
  3. ^ "Tom Gallon, English Novelist, Dead". The Boston Globe. London. 4 November 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 26 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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