Harlequin & little Tom Tucker, [between 1835-1837]
- Title(s):
- Harlequin & little Tom Tucker.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : [M. Skelt], [between 1835-1837]
- Physical Description:
- 18 pages ; 17 cm and 24 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14596307
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Juvenile drama emerged in England soon after 1800, forming itself from the adult drama of the time. The plays were adapted from their original stage version into a miniature toy version with actors, costumes and scenery intended for a juvenile audience. Characters and scenes were intended to be cut out and dramatized.
Harlequin & little Tom Tucker was first performed at Queen's in 1845. See: Speaight.
The publisher M. Skelt was active from 1835-1837. See Speaight.
Description based on the copy at the Yale Center for British Art, which lacks the booklet (presumably 18 pages).
Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 193-194, 216
BAC: British Art Center copy is incomplete: lacks the booklet (18 pages) and 1 plate of scenery. The sheets of characters and wings are uncut. Uncolored. - Subject Terms:
- Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.Children's plays, English.
- Form/Genre:
- Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs -- 1835-1837. - Export:
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