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Title:[Toy theater for the Union Jack].
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Publication:[London] : [Printed and published by W. Webb], [1848]
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Physical Description:14 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm
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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.
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Notes:Date of publication from Speaight.
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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
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Series:Webb's juvenile drama.
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References:Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 195-196, 213
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Subjects:Ballads, English--Juvenile drama.
Children's plays, English.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1848.
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Genre/Form:Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs.
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Also listed under:Webb, W. G. (William George), 1821-1890, publisher.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14583943