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Ref No	POS/MEL/BRM G/0600157
Collection	Melville Collection
Title	The Streets Of London
Date	1883-1885 (circa)
Extent	1 playbill
Description	Photocopy of a playbill advertising "Dion Boucicault's great drama, in five acts, "The streets of London" at the Grand Theatre, Birmingham, 3 December. The dates, 1883 and 1885 have been added in an unidentified hand
Notes	Contains a handwritten Afixed to the playbill, "Grand Theatre, Birmingham. Andrew Melville's Annual Benefit, Saturday 5th December 1885. Special engagement of Mr. J.W. Turner as Tom Tugs and Maud Branscombe as Gertrude in 'The waterman'. A full house was
	"A localised version of this Drama has been played in this town as, 'The Poor of Birmingham'
	"In the last scene, Mr. Emm's Burlesque American 'Backward Shooting' Act - Shooting the Magpie (mechanical) - Taking Sight in a Six-inch Mirror"
	F. Solomon selected and arranged music of burlesque
Subject	Drama
PhysicalDescription	18 x 26 cm
PhysicalDescription	photocopy
Related Person	Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), 1820-1890, author
	Melville, Andrew, 1853-1896, (son of George Melville, also known as Andrew Melville I, or Andrew Emm, born Andrew Robbins), actor
	Solomon, F., performer
Related Organisation	Grand Theatre
Related Place	Birmingham, West Midlands
Category	Playbills
Level	Item

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