The pair also performed for King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales) at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

[2] Among their audiences was a young Charlie Chaplin, who shares reminisces of Sanford and Lyons in his travel writings A Comedian Sees the World, first published in 1932.

[3] At the conclusion of their career The Music Hall and Theatre Review commended Sanford and Lyons for creating "a style that was extensively copied".

At the conclusion of the season, the Bristol Magpie reported the duo's popularity: "If you want to get even standing room you will have to go early to the Theatre Royal on Friday night.

For on that night Sanford and Lyons take their benefit, and Bristol is going to turn out in force to express their esteem and admiration for two of the hardest working and most genuinely funny comedians that have ever appeared on the boards of the old-made-new-house in King Street.

[10] Writing in The Stage newspaper, one reporter observed "the excellence of these two young men... the freshness of their jokes, the skill of their dances... makes one forget that there are others of inferior degree.

[12] George Sanford's descendants include his daughter Jessie "Jeannie" Bradbury (1916—1967) — a BBC singer for the wartime General Forces Programme,[13] his great-nephew George Roper (1934—2003) who achieved national recognition as a stand-up comedian on British television during the 1970s and 1980s, and a son of the latter, Matt Roper (1977—) a theatre and variety performer, today living in New York City.

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