Poster
1897 (printed)
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The Argyle Theatre Birkenhead opened in 1868 as a music hall, and despite a change of direction from 1876 to 1890 when it was renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre, became one of the leading Variety theatres in the country after reverting to its original name and purpose. It claimed to be the first theatre outside London to show animated pictures as a Variety turn, and in 1910 showed the funeral of Edward VII. Always immensely popular attracting big stars, it was destroyed by fire in an air-raid on 21st September 1940.
The acts advertised on this playbill include Bella and Bijou, the 'Society Entertainers', a duo that performed musical duets, and ‘the singing comedian’ Austin Rudd. He made his name with ‘Bobbing Up and Down Like This’, a song about the adventures of a henpecked husband and his wife Gert at the seaside. It made Rudd a star and proved equally popular in Australia and South Africa, where Rudd went on tour.
The acts advertised on this playbill include Bella and Bijou, the 'Society Entertainers', a duo that performed musical duets, and ‘the singing comedian’ Austin Rudd. He made his name with ‘Bobbing Up and Down Like This’, a song about the adventures of a henpecked husband and his wife Gert at the seaside. It made Rudd a star and proved equally popular in Australia and South Africa, where Rudd went on tour.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Letterpress on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the Variety programme at the Argyle Theatre of Varieties, Birkenhead for the week beginning Monday 15 March 1897 featuring Bella and Bijou, 'The Society Stars', and Austin Rudd. Letterpress. |
| Physical description | Letterpress printed poster or playbill in red, blue, yellow and green print, on cream paper advertising the Variety programme at the Argyle Theatre of Varieties, Birkenhead for the week beginning Monday 15 March 1897 featuring Bella and Bijou, 'The Society Stars' [duets/songs]; Mitcham [instrumentalist/songs]; Williams and Brown [Hibernian eccentrics]; Austin Rudd [songs]; Maude Ross [comedy/dance]; The Fothergill Family: Jealousy [comic sketch]; Amy Lawrence [comedy/dance]; Miss Ada Alexandra and her Company of Comedians: The Mason and Leslie’s Marvellous Dogs / Miss Julie Mackey (Monday next). |
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| Summary | The Argyle Theatre Birkenhead opened in 1868 as a music hall, and despite a change of direction from 1876 to 1890 when it was renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre, became one of the leading Variety theatres in the country after reverting to its original name and purpose. It claimed to be the first theatre outside London to show animated pictures as a Variety turn, and in 1910 showed the funeral of Edward VII. Always immensely popular attracting big stars, it was destroyed by fire in an air-raid on 21st September 1940. The acts advertised on this playbill include Bella and Bijou, the 'Society Entertainers', a duo that performed musical duets, and ‘the singing comedian’ Austin Rudd. He made his name with ‘Bobbing Up and Down Like This’, a song about the adventures of a henpecked husband and his wife Gert at the seaside. It made Rudd a star and proved equally popular in Australia and South Africa, where Rudd went on tour. |
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| Accession number | S.9-1989 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2007 |
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