Sydney George Hulme Beaman

Sydney George Hulme Beaman (28 February 1887 – 4 February 1932), better known as S.G. Hulme Beaman, was a British author, actor and illustrator. He was best known as the creator of the Toytown stories and their characters, including Larry the Lamb. He also illustrated the 1930s John Lane edition of a Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Early life Beaman was born in Tottenham, London, on 28 February 1887, Beaman used to work out his ideas for the show in a miniature theatre at his home, using his original models. This was about a boy and his dog, and featured early versions of characters later to be in Toytown. 1924 Aladdin John Lane, The Bodley Head N/A

The Road to Toytown

1938 (in Stories from Toytown), 1979 (in The Book of Toytown and Larry the Lamb), 1985 (in Toytown and Larry the Lamb) Jerry and Joe The Wooden Knight 1926 The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor John Lane, The Bodley Head N/A Wally the Kangaroo Grunty the Pig Jimmy the Baby Elephant Ham and the Egg Jenny the Giraffe Pig-Pig and the Three Bears

N/A 1928 Tales of Toytown 1930 (as Ernest the Policeman), 1939, 1946

Three Daughters Olive Heseltine (as Jane Dashwood) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson (originally published 1886)

1931 The Smith Family H. C. Cradock