Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!!
Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot. Hollingshead replies that it can't be done, because Mr Sparerib, the butcher, is playing Hamlet that day. A comment on the growing trend of amateurs performing in professional theatres
Picture No
11015716
Media ID
48418615
Size
2969px x 4000px
(2.6MB)
Credit
© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon by Alfred Bryan, The Entr'Acte, 17 March 1883
Date
1883
