| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Facsmilie of a photograph A5, of Arthur Roberts 'If I were only long enough'. Included is a list of the content of the documents broken up into sections as songs and information about Roberts, starting with 1. If I were only long enough 2. Basic facts about Arthur 3. Tip of my Tongue 4. Spoof 5. After you with that 6. Examples of things that tickled Arthur 7. Some girls do 8. Arthur and Ada Reeve 9. Topsy Turvey 10. Pantomime 11. What are you going to have 12. Private life- Marion Trevor 13. The accent on 14. A sort of a kind of A. 15. A sort of kind of 16. Thanks to Roy and Frederick 17. TAPE
Facsmilies of miscellanous items relating to Arthur Roberts. Included is an extract from The Entr'acte of 1899. A list of all the songs he has performed in from the database GeoWeb dating back 1876 to 1927 . An A5 page of a song sheet titled 'She'd never been in pantomime before, written and composed by George Rollit, sung by Arthur Roberts., printed in 1899. A facsmilie of acaricature of Arthur Roberts in Entr'acte (1891) Facsmilie of 'Roberts on billiards', written and composed by E.W. Rogers, arranged by Fred Eplett, with music and lyrics.
Facsmilie of a cover sheet for 'Gentleman Joe' from 'The Sketch' at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Originally printed in 1805. Included is pictures, taken by Alfred Ellis and a brief description of the Gentleman Joe show. Originally printed in 1895.
Orginal page taken from the Gaiety theatre where Roberts performed his speech 'last night', written in the corner is the date 18/12/85.
Orginal trifold from the Gaiety Theatre, starring Arthur Roberts as 'Pedrillo' in 'Don Juan'. Writted on the front is the date 12/05/94.
Original trifold from the Gaiety Theatre, starring Arthur Roberts as 'Captain Arthur Coddington' in 'In Town'. Written on the front is the date 31/05/93.
Facsmilies of three slides taken from 'The New Middlesex Music Hall', starring Arthur Roberts as various characters. Slide 19 and 20 are facsmilies of photographs from 'The Sketch', of the Palace Theatre in London and Arthur Roberts among colleagues that were in the 'Counsel of Entertainments Protection Society'. Originally printed 06/03/1907.
Facsmilie of a print taken from Phil Hay's 'The Pelican Club' in JB [Bocths] 'Masks and Men' written on the back is a few notes describing how he feels about the print. Not dated.
Printed page of slides that Max Tyler has found from various archives across England that feature Arthur Roberts in the description. Included is 1. Music front, 'Wedding Bells' and 2. AR 'head and shoulders', enlarged from above. As well as a facsmilie of a page from the Palace Theatre Archive titled 'Arthur Roberts at the Palace Theatre, London' Not dated.
Facsmilies of extracts from programmes starring Arthur Roberts, highlighted in neon yellow and dates of publication. Last page a facsmilie of a page from the programme of Chas Morton's Testimonial Fund Matinee. Originally published in 08/11/1904. In pencil is notes from Max Tyler.
Facsmilie of a programme sheet from the Palace Theatre, with Arthur Roberts, in a new skit, entitled, 'Where's the count?' Included is a list of songs Arthur Roberts has sung in. Underlined in red is those that Max Tyler has acquirred from the Bodleian collection and those in his possesion. As well as, a list of plays Arthur Roberts has performed in and some correspondence between others. Not dated.
Facsmilie of a sheet of music entitled 'A sort of a kind of a-', written by Edgar Wallace, composed by Lionet Monckton, sung by Arthur Roberts. Originally printed 1896.
Facsmilie of a sheet of music entitled 'It was just on the tip of my tongue', written by Albert Hall, composed by Geo. Everard, sung by Arthur Roberts. Including lyrics. Originally printed in 1899.
Facsmilie of a sheet of lyrics entitled 'Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bow-Wow', created by Adrian Ross, sung by Arthur Roberts. Illustrations from the 'Westminister Budget'. Not dated.
Fasmilie of a music sheet entitled 'In my 'ansom', as well as the music sheet for the song entitled 'Gentleman Joe', including lyrics. Not dated. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |