Leonard Grover

Leonard Byron Grover (December 9, 1833 – March 7, 1926) was a nineteenth-century American comedic playwright, theatre manager, opera impresario, and sports promoter, best known for his association with President Abraham Lincoln.

His best known plays are Davy Crockett and Our Boarding House, believed to be the origin of the phase "make no mistake". Our Boarding House premiered to great success January 31, 1877, at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, and was the launch of the comedy duo Stuart Robson and William H. Crane.

Biography Grover was born in 1833 in Springwater, New York. Grover established his own touring company, the Grover German Opera Company, which presented Faust and Tannhäuser in New York and Philadelphia.

In 1909, he wrote a lengthy piece for The Century Magazine titled "Lincoln's interest in the theater."

As a sports promoter, he organized the 1860 fight between English boxing champion Jem Mace and American John C. Heenan at 44 Union Square, as well as wrestling matches between Scotsman Donald Dinnie and New Yorker William Muldoon.

He died in Brooklyn, aged 92.

Theatre invitations to Abraham Lincoln