| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0332 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Never Again. |
| Name of creator | Dallas, J. J., performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Never Again.", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts a portrait of J. J. Dallas, wearing a white collared shirt, a blue overshirt, and a white apron. He is wearing a red hat and is laughing. His portrait is surrounded by an elaborately drawn frame. To the left of this portrait, is an image of a man in a suit holding a baby in the street, with two men stood behind him, one of them shouting; it is subtitled "A lady said, "Please hold my baby, and I've waited three hours for her". The image at the top right of the page is of two men boxing, with the black man drawn with large lips that reinforces a racial stereotype; the subtitle is "Peter Jackson kindly gives me a few hints on "The art of self defence".; below this is an illustration of a small boy in a green clown outfit, living a box off of a chair, revealing "Dynamite". |
| Notes | There is a black mark on the front cover |
| The binding is coming loose between the pages |
| On the second page is an advert (?) for "Never Again" J. J. Dallas's pantomine version" |
| On the back page is a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 361 x 265 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Weatherhead, Joe., writer and composer |
| Forman, Edmund, arranger |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms & Co., publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| New York |
| 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 |