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Artist/Maker	Guardian Steam Printing Offices (job printers)
Place of origin	Manchester (printed)

Playbill for a Benefit performance for Mrs. Raymond, at the Theatre Royal Birmingham, 14 June 1864, advertising She Stoops to Conquer! by Oliver Goldsmith, with Henry Irving as Young Marlow, and Single Life! by J.B. Buckstone, featuring Henry Irving as Mr Narcissus Boss.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Advertising Theatre
Object type	Playbill
Materials and techniques	Printed paper Paper Ink Letterpress Printing
Brief description	Letterpress playbill for a Benefit performance at The Theatre Royal Manchester, 14 June 1864, featuring Henry Irving as Young Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer! and Mr. Narcissus Boss in Single Life!
Physical description	Letterpress playbill, printed in black ink on flimsy yellow paper, with woodcut heraldic image of lion and unicorn, top centre.
Dimensions	Height: 50.6cm Width: 25.7cm
Production type	Mass produced
Credit line	Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history	Part of the Henry Irving Archive, given to the British Theatre Museum Association in January 1959.
Association	Irving, Henry
Summary	Playbill for a Benefit performance for Mrs. Raymond, at the Theatre Royal Birmingham, 14 June 1864, advertising She Stoops to Conquer! by Oliver Goldsmith, with Henry Irving as Young Marlow, and Single Life! by J.B. Buckstone, featuring Henry Irving as Mr Narcissus Boss.
Other numbers	TM/37/6/4 - Archive number 1959/W/17 - BTMA accession number
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.310-2001

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Record created	April 19, 2001
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58431/playbill-guardian-steam-printing/

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