Leo Trevor

Caricature of Leo Trevor published in Vanity Fair magazine on 2 November 1905

Leo Trevor was a leading figure in country house amateur theatricals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He regularly performed at, and was the stage-manager for, private theatricals at Chatsworth House. He was also a member of Evelyn James's amateur dramatic company, which started out at West Dean in 1895.

Leo Trevor was also a playwright for both the professional and amateur stage. He wrote Dr Johnson for performance at West Dean and Chatsworth in January 1896. The play then went on to have success on the professional stage with the actor-manager Arthur Bourchier becoming associated with the title role. He wrote Cinderella and the Glass Slipper for performance at Chatsworth House 7-8 January 1904. He wrote In the Cause of Charity for performance for an amateur production at the Corn Exchange in Chichester 15-16 December 1905. His plays Brother Officers and The Flag Lieutenant were written for the professional stage. The Flag Lieutenant was written with Major W. P. Drury and had a run at the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, on the Isle of Man, from 13 September 1909.

Trevor wrote a chapter about 'Country House Acting' in W. G. Elliot's Amateur Clubs and Actors (1898). He also wrote an article for the Pall Mall Magazine called 'Recollections of the Chatsworth Theatricals', published in 1903.