1. Alfred Vance worked initially as a solicitor's clerk before appearing in music halls as an actor, and worked under Edmund Falconer in Preston, Lancashire.
10 Facts About Alfred Vance
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Alfred Vance then toured provincial theatres with his own one-man show, featuring his acting, singing and dancing.
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Alfred Vance first appeared on stage in London in 1859, and the following year made his first music hall appearance, as part of a blackface act with his brother.
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Alfred Vance quickly became popular singing cockney songs in character, such as "The Chickaleery Cove", although it was said of him that he was a better dancer than singer.
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Alfred Vance developed a new style of music hall performance as a "heavy swell" or Lion comique, at the same time as George Leybourne took a similar approach.
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Alfred Vance became a personal favourite of the Prince of Wales.
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Alfred Vance's popularity continued after the demise of the Lion comique fashion, and he performed more "motto songs" in the style of Harry Clifton, and comic songs in character.
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Alfred Vance toured with his own concert party, an approach developed by another contemporary rival, Arthur Lloyd.
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Alfred Vance suffered from heart disease, and died on 26 December 1888, at the age of about 49, while performing on the stage of the Sun Music Hall, Knightsbridge.
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Alfred Vance is buried in Nunhead Cemetery, although his headstone no longer exists.