30 April 1895: The honours of the evening were taken by Mr. Arthur Jefferson, who happened to be young Stan Laurel's father.Margaret 'Madge' Metcalfe and Arthur Jefferson were followed into music hall by their son, Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in 1890. In the play which is being presented this week at the Queen's Theatre there is more than the average amount of sensationalism. Much of the "realism" is o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13AM on April 30, 2016