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66620n.d. A publication with Peter Berg associated with the piece showcasing a minstrel show or civil rights in a cracker barrel. When the troupe were located at 924 Howard Street in San Francisco. With photo stills of the Mime Troupe in action often outdoors and even in black face. A wonderful historical piece photographs and text. Near fine wraps n.d. paperback
1799AQ25369s.i.: s.n. 1799. Single leaf handbill printed on one side only. A trifle browned manuscript price '£88-8-6' to verso presumably the evening's box office take An apparently unrecorded Regency playbill advertising a performance of Thomas Morton's 1764-1838 popular comedy The Way to Get Married to which was added an original pantomime entitled Harlequin Sailor: Or The flight from Africa which boasted the intriguing prospect of 'The Clown's Invitation or the Grand Cock Fight' as well as the perilous spectacle of 'Harlequin's surprising leap from the gallery to the stage and through a Hoghead of Fire'. According to a statement at the foot of the playbill tickets were available from Messrs. Merritt and Wright among others suggesting - via comparison with contemporary extant advertisements - that the entertainments were staged at the Theatre Royal Liverpool. This is further attested to by the presence of Mr. Bradbury in the lead role of the Harlequin likely cabinet maker turned clown Robert Bradbury d. 1831 who made his debût at the theatre. Not in ESTC. Dimensions 160 x 230 mm. [s.n.] unknown
2391519 April 1951. On the green letterhead ‘The Mark of a Good Production’ of ‘ALWYN D. FOX PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT’ 38 Sutherland Street London SW1. See Michael Caine’s affectionate account of Fox in ‘The Elephant to Hollywood’ 2010 from which the anecdote at the end of this entry is taken. 1p 4to. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr. Hindin’ signed ‘Alwyn Fox’ and headed ‘Pantomime - “Dameâ€.’ While the twenty lines of text are clear and complete the item is not in the best of condition on aged and creased on discoloured paper with closed tears to edges. The letter begins: ‘I am at present free for Dame for coming season pants. and would be glad to negotiate with you. You contacted me last season but I had just fixed if you recall.’ He explains that the previous year he ‘did “Riding Hood†for Barrie Baldrick at New Cross Empire’ and gives details of four similar engagements in recent years including ‘ “Cinders Emp. Middlebro’ - Jimmie James’. He has a ‘very complete and elaborate wardrobe for any subject and all own props’ and ‘Can produce/manage if required. Terms £25.’ He is enclosing ‘last years folder and some photos’ not present. After becoming a movie star Caine lost touch with Fox ‘although years later when I was in Beverly Hills I got a letter from a social worker in Hammersmith London. He said he had an old man called Alwyn D. Fox lying destitute in one of his wards. Mr Fox he said was claiming he had discovered Michael Caine. In all likelihood it was fantasy but if there was any truth in it would I mind writing Mr Fox a letter and perhaps sending a small amount of money to make his last few weeks a bit easier I wrote at once to confirm Alwyn’s story and enclosed a cheque for five thousand dollars. Two weeks later I had another letter from the social worker returning the cheque. Alwyn had been delighted to get my letter he wrote and had spent the day he received it showing it to everyone on the ward. He had died later that night.’ 19 April 1951. On the green letterhead (‘The Mark of a Good Production’) of ‘ALWYN D. FOX | PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT’, unknown
188024007New York: McLoughlin Bros 1880. Hardcover. Very good. <p><br /> Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns.<br /> <p><br /> With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Aladdin as described in the text and as a stage production. <br /> <p><br /> Light wear to the corners; fingering soil; hinges neatly mended though there is some partial separation of the inner sections; still a very good copy. Rare.<br /> <p>. McLoughlin Bros hardcover
188024001New York: McLoughlin Bros 1880. Hardcover. Very good. <p><br /> Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns.<br /> <p><br /> With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Cinderella as described in the text and as a stage production. <br /> <p><br /> Light wear to the corners; fingering soil; still a very good copy. Rare.<br /> <p>. McLoughlin Bros hardcover