Biography
A founder of first *Figaro in London* and then *Punch*, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was also a magistrate, a playwright, and a long-time companion of Charles Dickens and of William Makepeace Thackeray, but best known as a satirist.
His sons Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837-1891) and Arthur William à Beckett (1844-1909) pursued similar careers in satire and may easily be confused with him.
His sons Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837-1891) and Arthur William à Beckett (1844-1909) pursued similar careers in satire and may easily be confused with him.
Books by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
Comic Blackstone
Comic Blackstone
The comic history of England
The turned head, and The Siamese twins
Jack Brag, or, A chandler's ch
Jack Brag, or, A chandler's chances
The turned head
The turned head
The last of the legends, or, T
The last of the legends, or, The baron, the bride, and the battery
An utter per-version of The br
An utter per-version of The brigand, or, New lines to an old ban-ditty
Ali-Baba and the forty thieves
Ali-Baba and the forty thieves, or, Harlequin and the genii of the Arabian nights!
Angelo, or, The actress of Pad
Angelo, or, The actress of Padua
Don Caesar de Bezan
Don Caesar de Bezan
Sardanapalus, or, The "fast" k
Sardanapalus, or, The "fast" king of Assyria
O Gemini!, or, The brothers of
O Gemini!, or, The brothers of Co(u)rse
The comic history of Rome
Peter Wilkins, or, The loadsto
Peter Wilkins, or, The loadstone rock and the flying Indians
The Almanack of the month
The Almanack of the month
The quizziology of the British drama ..
Timour, the cream of all the T
Timour, the cream of all the Tartars
Open sesame, or, A night with
Open sesame, or, A night with the forty thieves
Scenes from the rejected comedies
The comic Blackstone
The comic Blackstone of "Punch
The comic Blackstone of "Punch."
The knight and the sprite, or,
The knight and the sprite, or, The cold water cure!!
The wonderful lamp in a new li
The wonderful lamp in a new light
The magic mirror, or, The hall
The magic mirror, or, The hall of statues
The postilion
The postilion
Pickwick posthumous papers
Pickwick posthumous papers
The yellow dwarf, or The king
The yellow dwarf, or The king of the gold mines
Objections to the county court
Objections to the county courts bill, now before Parliament
Joe Miller and his men
Joe Miller and his men
The chimes, a goblin story, of
The chimes, a goblin story, of some bells that rang an old year out and a new year in
Jack Bragg
Jack Bragg
Pascal Bruno
Posthumous papers of the Wonde
Posthumous papers of the Wonderful Discovery Club
King John, with the benefit of
King John, with the benefit of the act
The assignation, or, What will
The assignation, or, What will my wife say
The medicant
The medicant
The mendicant
The mendicant
The tradesman's ball
The tradesman's ball
The roof scrambler
The roof scrambler
Wanted a brigand, or A visit f
Wanted a brigand, or A visit from Fra=Diavolo
Revolt of the workhouse
Revolt of the workhouse
The king incog
The king incog
The revolt of the workhouse, a burlesque at the Fitzroy theatre ... 1834
The son of the sun, or, The fa
The son of the sun, or, The fate of Phaeton
The man with the carpet bag
The man with the carpet bag
The queen's ball, or, The blac
The queen's ball, or, The black domino
A clear case
A clear case
Figaro in London
Figaro in London
Man-Fred
Man-Fred
The liberal candidate
The liberal candidate
The revolt of the workhouse
The revolt of the workhouse
O Gemini!
O Gemini!
Open Sesame; or, a night with
Open Sesame; or, a night with the forty thieves / the present version, or per-version by G. A. à Beckett and Mark Lemon, Members of the Dramatic Author's Society ; as performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum.