page_title: Johnny Danvers
section_title: Dan Leno
hierarchical_section_title: Johnny Danvers / Dan Leno
caption_attribution_description: English: Sheet music cover for 'Mc.Fadden Learning to Waltz' sung by Johnny Danvers (c1890) - Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
context_page_description: Johnny Danvers was an actor and comedian and music hall performer who made a number of appearances in the annual pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries, usually with his nephew Dan Leno.
context_section_description: In 1865 Dan Leno and his brother Henry formed a clog dancing double act known as "The Great Little Lenos". Although initially successful, the brothers experienced many bouts of unemployment and often busked outside London pubs to make a living. Tired of surviving on little or no money, Henry took up a trade in London and was replaced intermittently in the act by the boys' uncle, Johnny Danvers, who was a few weeks older than Leno. Leno and Danvers had been close from an early age.
caption: Sheetmusic cover for 'Mc.Fadden Learning to Waltz' sung by Danvers (c1890)
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