| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0282 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | I'll forgive him |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | 1894 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “I’ll forgive him”, appearing as two folio sheets (total 8 pages). Cover depicts, in lithograph, the performer (foreground, inset) and behind three scenes - a man fleeing the scene, carrying a bag with the caption, “I leave him to settle with the landlord”; a man in top-hat holding up a coin with the caption, “That scoundrel of a barman has given me a bad half-crown amongst my change – a good job the sovereign I gave him was a bad one”; two hands holding out a shirt with the caption This is all he left me, an Isle of Man shirt”. |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of "Francis, Day and Hunter's successful dance novelties". |
| Outer folio is torn along half the length of the spine. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | McGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943, composer |
| Curran, James, lyricist |
| Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| Category | Sheet music |
| Access conditions | This 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). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |