| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler about the music hall comedian and musical theatre actor Dan Leno (b.1860, d.1904). Contains:
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The doctor', written by A.J. Morris, composed by George Le Brunn, sung by Dan Leno.
2 photocopies of sheet music and lyrics for 'The Great D.T.', written and composed by Herbert Darnley, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'No more fancy balls for me', by Herbert Darnley and Norton Atkins, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music anf lyrics for 'My sweet face', written and composed by Herbert Darnley, sung by Dan Leno.
Copy of songsheet 'the Huntsman', written by George A. Stevens and Albert Perry, composed by Fred Eplett, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Mrs Kelly (I'll marry him)', written and composed by Herbert Darnley, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Has anyone seen a moving job', written and composed by Harry King, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Buying a house', written by Herbert Darnley and Dan Leno, sung by Dan Leno.
2 photocopies of songsheet 'As hot as I can make it (Policeman's song)', written and composed by Harry King, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Bow Street', written by Charles Merion, composed by Charles Raynor.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Heigho! What might have been!', written by John P. Harrington, composed by George Le Brunn, sung by Dan Leno (in the Drury Lane pantomime of 'Cinderella').
2 photocopies of sheet music and lyrics for 'The recruiting sergeant', written by Harry Wright, composed by Fred Eplett, sung by Dan Leno.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Mary Ann's refused me', written and composed by Herbert Darnley, sung by Dan Leno.
Various photocopies of pages from the book 'The King's Jester', written by Barry Anthony, featuring images of Dan Leno songsheet covers.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'When the heart was young'.
4 photocopies of sheet music and lyrics for 'The forty thieves', written and composed by Herbert Darnley, sung by Dan Leno. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |