| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0585 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Girls wanted |
| Name of creator | Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Girls Wanted”(cover only). Cover depicts the performer, in lithograph, dressed in frock coat and top-hat looking furtive. Arranged around the performer are four scenes. The first scene shows a man and a woman sat at a dinner table. The man is holding his face and saying ‘my jaw’s broken’ while the woman responds, ‘well, I can’t understand it, I made it according to the cookery book’. In the second scene a woman is descending a flight of stairs looking shocked at the sight of a gentleman making amorous advances to a pretty, young maid who is carrying a tray. In the third scene an older maid is falling down stairs with an alarmed look on her face and a tray of crockery falling before her. The final scene depicts a woman’s head appearing above a screen, while an elderly man is seated and smiling, having a view behind the screen. An older woman has her arms held up and is saying, ‘Artists used to sketch me like this. I was known as Trilby’. |
| Notes | Front cover only |
| Back of front cover depicts excerpts from 'Four great American hits of the day.' |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Wemberg, Gus C., composer and lyricist |
| Morton, Richard, lyricist |
| Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. 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). |
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| Level | Item |