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POS - Playbill Collection
UNK UNKNOWN - Playbills for plays performed at an unknown theatre, London
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Ref No
POS/UNK UNKNOWN/0599322
Collection
Playbill Collection
Title
Two Hussars
Date
1894-1910
Extent
1 playbill
Description
Pictorial poster advertising THE TWO HUSSARS, "a romantic story of the great Crimean War."
Notes
Would probably have been cut up into three separate advertisements, as each segment has details of the title and authors and is therefore complete in itself
No theatre or date is mentioned on the poster, but the play was written in 1894.
Illustrated with three scenes from the play, in colour: a man lies dead on the floor in a room full of people (captioned "I'll take my oath he knows more of this than anyone"); a hussar provokes an incident outside the Blue Lion pub (captioned "Going to t
Subject
Drama
War
PhysicalDescription
765 x 506 mm
colour lithography on paper
Related Person
Burnot, Walter, author
Bruce, Harry, author
Related Organisation
Hollinghurst Bros, printer
Related Place
Islington, London
Category
Playbills
Level
Item
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