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Title(s):
The forty thieves : a drama : 12 plates of characters, 15 scenes, 6 plates of wings, total 33 : adapted only for Pollock's characters and scenes.
Published/Created:
[London] : Printed and published by B. Pollock, [between 1876 and 1917]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 17 cm and 17 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Toy Theater Pollock Forty Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Toy Theater Pollock Forty Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Michael Kelly's The forty thieves was first performed at Surrey Theatre, in 1812. See: Speaight.
The present toy theater sheets were first published by John Kilby Green in 1836 and subsequently by John Redington. Pollock succeeded Redington and republished the same plays. See: Speaight.
Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 191-192, 207
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is complete. The sheets of characters are uncolored and uncut.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is complete. The sheets of characters are uncolored and uncut.
Subject Terms:
Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.
Children's plays, English.
Form/Genre:
Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs.
Contributors:
Pollock, Benjamin, 1856–1937, publisher.
Green, J. K. (John Kilby), 1790–1860.
Redington, J. (John), 1819–1876.
Adaptation of (work): Kelly, Michael, 1762–1826. Forty thieves.
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