| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0867 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The Boarding House; Or, How to Get Thin |
| Name of creator | Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, composer, performer |
| Date | 1904 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “The Boarding House; Or, How to Get Thin”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover features a large vignette of six men scuffling outside a dining room, labelled “The Dinner Fight”; a lithograph of Harry Randall in a checkered waistcoat and top hat; and is signed “C. Salkeld, XRG” with an underline. The pages have cut at the bottom, through the copyright line (this information is also listed on the inside pages), and the publisher’s stamp appears in the lower right corner. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Francis & Day’s Popular Pantomime Novelties on the back page. |
| Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019 |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Comedy |
| Music Hall |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 255 x 340mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, composer, performer |
| Dickson, J. Bernard, lyricist |
| Kent, George Sidney, 1894-1945, illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, 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 |