Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0556
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleMy little girl or when the curtain's down. An old actor's story
Name of creatorHoney, George, performer
Date1894
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “My little girl or when the curtain's down. An old actor's story”, appearing as one folio sheet (4 pages total – inner folio is absent). The performer is depicted, in lithograph, seated at a table holding a note. A caption reads, ‘I know that she’ll be waiting when they ring my curtain down.’ Two other scenes are depicted, one shows fairy folk in a wood and another is of a group of young actresses, one of whom has fallen to the floor and is being comforted by a man; a caption reads ‘Cling to me Daddy dear, the curtain’s coming down.
NotesComprised of outer folio only
Back cover has a list of 'Francis, Day, & Humter's newest comic songs'
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Tragic
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonFord, B.D., composer and lyricist
Honey, George, performer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
T.B. Harms & Co, New York, publisher
H.G. Banks, lithographer.
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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