Snooker Poole – Mr Tom Wood

The Era, Saturday 28 December 1895

Costume, again, is a field wherein the proprietorate of the Grand have won many triumphs, and the dresses in The Babes of the Wood even exceed all previous efforts in this direction. The story is faithful to the best traditions of the legend. There are a wicked uncle in the person of Sir Jabez Bolter (Mr John Lisbourne), and the mercenary villains who lead the Babes away in the characters of Snooker Poole (Mr Tom Wood) and Jack Pott (Mr Jamie Charters).