Fred Cairns (1857 Scotland1881/04/03 Comedian / Actor, unmarried aged 24 born Scotland of 4 Devon Street, Liverpool at RG11/3629, f.32, p. 11. – 1 April 1896,

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1896-05-02: The Era 'Deaths Columns' (page 12 column 3): On 1 April at Johannesburg, South Africa, Fred Cairns, music hall comedian; 1897 The Era Almanac 1897 Obituary Index: Cairns, Fred., Music-hall comedian, 1 April 1896) was a well-known British comedian and music hall artist of the Victorian age. He was attached to the Lupino troupe for several years, operating out of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, and toured the

music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...

s of the country. He died on 1 April 1896 in

during a tour of South Africa by the company of Messrs Hyman and Alexander, playing both the Empire Palace of Varieties and Theatre Royal of Varieties. (''The Era'' roundly criticised this situation for not having two companies.)

Songs

* "Blot Upon The Family Name" * "A Funny Cuts"

Some sample billings

References

External links

Sing Us One of The Old Songs
- A Guide to Popular Song 1860–1920 by Michael Kilgarriff

of Fred Cairns at Royal Cambridge Hall of Varieties, London, Saturday, 29 September 1888 1857 births 1896 deaths British music hall performers {{UK-comedian-stub 19th-century Scottish male actors