Draft:Claude W. Bostock

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Claimude W. Bostock (January 17, 1891 - ?) was a vaudeville show manager, booking agent, and a writer of plays, radio programs, and films.

He was born in London and studied at Cheltenham College. He formed the Claude W. Bostock Agency in New York City in 1907.

He and Gordon Bostock managed Stan Laurel for a time and helped refine his act.

He wrote for and Sans (Carl Nixon and Gussie Sans).

Palo and Palet were one of his acts.

He and his brother Gordon handled top acts including Fred Allen. They held a casting call for an act titled Held at Ransom featuring "Mexican border life".

In 1910 he became an associate of W. S. Hennessey. He booked with the Independent Booking Agency. Bostock was referred to as a vaudeville impresario. He co-owned the Bostock Circus in England. He was a nephew of animal showman Frank Bostock.

J. Gordon Bostock wrote films and produced them. He also wrote a short musical comedy.

Works

 * "La Cuchipanda" (1914), a dance written with E. Causino
 * "A Porcelain Mirror" (1918), a one act play written with Neville Fleeson
 * "His Friend" (1925), a one act play
 * "Eleanor of Aquitane" (1938), written with Albert Hoxie
 * "Phon-atics" (1952), a one scene playlet
 * "Rain-Beau" for Florence Tempest and Homer Dickson