Songs, parodies, duets, choruses, &c. &c. in an entirely new classic, comic, operatic, didactic, moralistic, aristophanic, localic, analytic, terpsichoric, panoramic, camera-obscura-ic, extravaganza burletta of fun, frolic, fashion & flash, in three acts, called Tom & Jerry, or, Life in London : produced under the superintendance of several of the most celebrated artists, both in the ups & downs in life, who have all kindly come forward to assist the proprietors in their endeavours to render this piece a complete out & outer : replete with prime chaunts, rum glees, and kiddy catches : founded on Pierce Egan's well-known and highly popular work, of the same name, by a celebrated extravagant erratic author : (first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Monday, Nov. 26, 1821) : the music, selected and modified by him from the most eminent composers, ancient and modern, arranged and every air furnished with an attendant train of graces, and the overture and new music, composed by Mr. G.W. Maddison : the twenty new scenes, painted from drawings taken on the spot, by Messrs. Franklin, Mason, Carroll, and numerous assistants : the dresses by Mr. and Miss Godbee : properties, &c. by Mr. Dix : the machinery by Mr. R. Dennis : the costume & scenery, superintended by Mr. J.R. Cruikshanks, from the drawings of himself and his brother, Mr. G. Cruikshanks, the celebrated artist of the original work / William Thomas Moncrieff.
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Other title: | Tom & Jerry, or Life in London, |
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Language: | English |
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London :
John Lowndes,
[1822?]
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Series: | London low life. Street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld.
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