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The Better Ole

A scene from the play The Better Ole, co-written by Bruce Bairnsfather and featuring his popular character, Old Bill, which opened at the Oxford Music Hall on 4 August 1917 and ran for over 800 performances. Here, Old Bill is singing If you were the only girl in the world and is interrupted by the entrance of his colonel

Picture No
14102116
Media ID
45626932
Size
5200px x 3493px (1.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Hopp in The Bystander, 8 August 1917
Date
6423

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