Blanchard, Edward Litt Leman (1820–1889)

English writer of dramas, farces, and burlesques. For 37 years he wrote the annual pantomime for the Drury Lane Theatre in London, and he sold plays to provincial theatres at ten shillings an act.

From 1841 to 1845 he was in turn editor of three papers. He also wrote two novels, comic songs, and illustrated guides to places of interest.