| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “She thinks she’s Wilson Barrett” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Cover depicts the performer, in lithograph, the performer in top-hat and tails pointing with the caption: ‘There was my missis ‘a la Claudian, reciting to the dirty-nosed kids’. Inset is a scene depicting a woman, in theatrical dress, addressing a small audience of children from on top of a table. The lyrics od the chorus are depicted: ‘Ev’ry night she starts screaming, I awake and think she’s dreaming; She stands on her head in the middle of the bed. She thinks she’s Wilson Barrett! Then she starts but please blab it, crying “my kingdom for a rabbit!” She gives one shout, then the gas goes out, and she stabs the pillow with a carrot.’ |
| Related Person | Hall, J.W. composer, lyricist and performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, publisher |