Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley

Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley don't like being harassed, and are now running the "Vicar" themselves. Possibly a reference to the comic operetta, The Vicar of Bray. William Yardley (1849-1900, left) was a first class cricketer, as well as an actor, playwright and drama critic. Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851-1903, right), was a dramatist and journalist. They wrote the libretto of a burlesque melodrama together, entitled Little Jack Sheppard, which opened at the Gaiety Theatre in December 1885

Acte Bray Burlesque Collaborator Collaborators Cricketer Critic Dramatist Entr Entracte Libretto Melodrama Messrs Pottinger Stephens Vicar Yardley

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