Liston, JOHN (1776-1846), low comedian, played from 1805 to 1837 at the Haymarket, Drury Lane, and the Olympic. 'Paul Pry' (1825) was his most popular creation. See H. B. Baker, Our Old Actors (new ed. 1881).
Liston, JOHN
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 652
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