Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0239a
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleEnglish As She Is Spoke.
Name of creatorCoborn, Charles, 1852-1945, performer
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice, titled "English As She Is Spoke.", appearing as 6 photocopied sheets (12 pages total). The front cover depicts a portrait of Charles Coborn in a suit. This portrait is surrounded by various smaller illustrations. Clockwise from Coborn's portrait: Royal Guards with the speech "HUM YUM YUM YAH!!!"; An old man holding a Bible towards a woman with the speech "I SWEAR TO..."; A man in a suit (pinstripe trousers, red waiscoat, black jacket) holding one hand to his ear and the other holding a newspaper titled 'The Echo'; A man dressed in black (presumably a train conductor) with the speech "CHANGE HERE FOR..."; A man riding a wooden carriage and holding reins, with the speech "KIM HUP YE, ETC. ETC."; A man with the speech "TO BAY OR NUT TO BAY THAT IS THE QUASHTION (HAMLET)".
NotesThis is a photocopy of the original document
There is an annotation in purple ink on the front cover next to Coborn's portrait, which reads "Charles Coborn", potentially an autograph
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription336 x 245 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonDance, George, writer and composer
Paulus, Jean, arranger
Banks, H. G., illustrator
Related OrganisationFrancis Bros & Day, publisher
Related PlaceLondon
CategorySheet music
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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