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    • Title:[Toy theater for the Union Jack].
    • Publication:[London] : [Printed and published by W. Webb], [1848]
    • Physical Description:14 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm
    • Yale Holdings

      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: Toy Theater Webb Union Jack
      • Status:No information available 
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
       
    • Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy is incomplete: lacks booklet. All pieces are uncolored. The characters have been cut out from the original sheets.
    • Notes:Date of publication from Speaight.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Juvenile drama emerged in England soon after 1800, forming itself from the adult drama of the time. The plays were adapted from their original stage version into a miniature toy version with actors, costumes and scenery intended for a juvenile audience. Characters and scenes were intended to be cut out and dramatized.
      Union Jack was first performed at Surrey in 1842. See: Speaight.
    • Format:Visual Material
    • Series:Webb's juvenile drama.
    • References:Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 195-196, 213
    • Subjects:Ballads, English--Juvenile drama.
      Children's plays, English.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1848.
    • Genre/Form:Plays.
      Toy theaters.
      Lithographs.
    • Also listed under:Webb, W. G. (William George), 1821-1890, publisher.