| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0484 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Silence Is Golden. |
| Name of creator | Garrick, Gus, performer |
| Date | 1897 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Silence Is Golden.", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). Front cover depicts Gus Garrick wearing green checked trousers, a brown waistcoat and an oversized brown jacket. He is wearing a short, flat brown top hat, a white shirt and a green bowtie. He is standing with his legs bowed and one finger pointing into the air. Around him are four circular illustrations: at the top left, there is an illustration of a man and a woman eating at a dinner table, with the woman shouting at the man as he eats, with the lyrics "While she's calling me a cub, I'm eating all the grub-"; at the top right, there is an illustration of a policeman and another man in an apron scolding a young boy in a brown suit, with the subtitles "No money on him! I must have made a mistake. I must apologise to the poor boy.", and with the lyrics "Little Tommy South, Had the quids in his mouth-"; to the middle right, there is an illustration of two women in dresses sitting down with a man in a suit, with the subtitles "I can't understand why Maggie's so quiet.", and with the lyrics "Little Maggie Lawn Had her teeth in pawn-"; to the bottom right, there is an illustration of a man standing at a table with a glass, and with people surrounding him clapping, there is a sign on the wall that reads "Down With Drink", with the subtitles "(Too full for words.)", and the lyrics "Little Charley Cheek, Was too tight to speak-". |
| Notes | The binding has completely separated between the first and last pages |
| There is a signature on the first page in purple ink at the bottom right, which possibly reads "J. D. J. W." |
| On the back page is a list of Francis & Day's Popular Pantomime Novelties. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 357 x 260 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hall, Albert, writer |
| Harrison, J. M., composer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| 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). |
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| Level | Item |