Playbill advertising Rory O'More, This House to be Sold - the Property of the Late William Shakespeare, Inquire Within and How to Settle Accounts with your Laundress!, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1847

Letterpress playbill for the Adelphi Theatre, printed in two columns, the left hand column headed 'Extraordinary Attraction! Overwhelming Audiences!! Unabated Enthusiasm!!!', the playbill advertising the 49th-54nd nights of 'Lover's Celebrated Drama' Rory O'More, the 22nd-27th nights of the 'New and Original Musical Extravaganza' This House to be Sold - the Property of the Late William Shakespeare, Inquire Within and, to conclude, the 61st-66th performances of the 'New Original Farce' How to Settle Accounts with your Laundress!, with details of the casts and settings.

Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996

Associated production: Rory O'More Virtue in Danger, drama by Samuel Lover. This House to be Sold - the Property of the Late William Shakespeare, Inquire Within, musical, composed by Mr. Holmes. How to Settle Accounts with Your Laundress! comedy composed by Alfred Mellon. 4.10.1847 Costume designers Miss Rayner (Rory and This House), Mr Godbee (Rory and This House) and Mr Palmer (This House). Set designers Pitt and Johnstone (Rory and This House). Actors: Mr Hudson, Mr Selby, Paul Bedford, Marion Taylor and Ellen Chaplin (Rory), Mr Worrell (Rory and This House), Mr Wright, Mr Cullenford and Mrs Frank Matthews (This House). Adelphi Theatre, London.

S.64-1997