Yale Center for British Art
Title:
The brigand.
Published / Created:
[London] : [M. & B. Skelt], [between 1840-1850]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Toy Theater Webb Skelt Brigand
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14596049
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.

J.R. Planché's The brigand was first performed at Drury Lane, in 1829. See: Speaight.

The publisher M. & B. Skelt was active from 1840-1850.. See Speaight.

Description based on the copy at the Yale Center for British Art, which lacks the booklet (presumably 16 pages).

Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 193, 204

BAC: British Art Center copy is incomplete: lacks the booklet (16 pages). 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 -- 1840-1850.
Contributors:
Adaptation of (work): Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796–1880. Brigand. | M. & B. Skelt (Firm), publisher.