The Man Who Called Himself Hamilton Cleek | Thomas W. Hanshew | A Bitesized Audiobook

Superintendent Maverick Narkom of Scotland Yard is on the hunt for "the vanishing cracksman", a daring thief who is a master of disguise. Police Constable Collins, on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge, could be the man to nab him at last... Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content): * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio * Monthly support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitesizedaudio * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: https://bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month: https://www.youtube.com/c/BitesizedAudioClassics/join 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:19 The Kinematograph Film 00:22:51 Sir Horace Wyvern and Miss Ailsa Lorne 00:48:18 Superintendent Narkom's Visitor 01:00:03 Credits, thanks and further listening Thomas Washington Hanshew (1857–1914) was an American actor and author who spent the latter part of his life and career in England. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began a career on the stage in the early 1870s, when he was in his mid-teens. There's not a great deal of verifiable information about either his life or career, but it appears he worked in his formative years with Adelaide Neilson (1848–1880), a British theatre star who achieved notable success in New York in a number of celebrated productions between 1872 and 1877. He is also recorded as having worked with Ellen Terry (1847–1928), perhaps the best known British actress of the late 19th century, leading lady to Henry Irving, and part of the illustrious Terry dynasty (whose later members included Ellen's great-nephew Sir John Gielgud). Ellen Terry toured the USA six times from 1883 onwards, but it's unclear whether Hanshew worked w