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Tom and Jerry, or Life in London!

4 November 1822
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(1)Tom (a Capital of the Corinthian Order) - Mr BartleyJerry Hawthorn (rather disorderly) - Mr MathewsLogic (full of wise Saws and modern Instances) - Mr SoutheyNick'em (a Yorkshireman also Paddy Byrne, an Irish Watchman) - Mr HambletonOld Hawthorn - Mr GreyPrimefit (a Gentleman Decorator, vulgarly called a Taylor) - Mr KlanertShuffle (personating an Irishman, Frenchman and Fox Hunter) - Mr KentFloss (a Financier) - Mr WoodLustre - Mr CookeSnaggs (a Beadle) - Mr CassidyGoldfinch - Mr GraftConstables Bailiffs, Watchmen etc. Messrs Smith, Clarke, George, Carter etc.Mrs Lustre - Mrs SoutheyMiss Lustre - Miss CookeMiss Briliant - Miss FrancisMiss Suk (a Dandyzette) - Miss SydneyIn the course of the piece, the following essential lessons of Modern AccomplishmentsVidelicetA Play-house FracasThe Discomfiture of a Host Watchman!A Ball Room, in which the host, hostess and visitors are enjoying the innocent recreation of a dance, thrown into confusion by the unbidden appearance of messrs Tom, Jerry and Logic. The forceable ejection of those gentlemen and their subsequent introduction to The Watch-house.These scenes are followed by a few incidental occurences, which eventually lead to a favourable denouement. To which will be added the favourite interlude of...(2)Colonel Freelove - Mr KentRivers - Mr WoodGroom - Mr CassidyJames - Mr SoutheyMrs Davies - Mrs SoutheyLady Elizabeth Freelove - Mrs KlanertBetween the pieces"A Pas De Deux" - Mrs Francis"a Comic Song" - Mr Mathews(3)Monsieur Morbleu (formerly a General of Division, now a Barber in high request) - Mr Klanert, with a mock Italian bravuraMr Thompson (formerly an inhabitant of the Bastille) - Mr SoutheyRusty (late Turnkey of that prison) - Mr MathewsJack Ardourly (in love with Adolphine) - Mr KentUseful - Mr CassidyNap (a Watchman) - Mr HambletonTrap - Mr CookeWantem - Mr GreyFip - Mr WoodGeorge - Mr GraftWatchmen - Mr Smith, Mr Carter etc.Tom King (a Distruber of the Public Peace) - Mr BartleyAdolphine De Courcy - Miss CookeMrs Thompson - Mrs SoutheyMadame La Marquise De Bellegarde (Housekeeper to Monsieur Morbleu) - Mrs Klanert
Title:
Tom and Jerry, or Life in London!
Date of work:
4 November 1822
Reference number:
PB/0131
Level of description:
Item from Fonds: Playbills (PB)
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Unrestricted
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Other titles:
A Day after the WeddingMonsieur Tonson
Language:
English
Record number:
1537273
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