Images Dated 18th August 2016

Babel tower engraving 1870

The Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870

© Roberto A Sanchez

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Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father. First produced in England at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, March 1927 and at the Apollo Theatre, London, April 1927. The play ran for more than 2, 300 performances on Broadway. People laugh at this every night, which explains why democracy can never be a success. (Robert Benchley quoted in Brooks Atkinson, Broadway 1985 ed. p. 253)
1927

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Afgar by Fred Thompson and Worton David

Afgar by Fred Thompson and Worton David, music by Charles Cuvillier, based on the operetta by Andre Barde and Michel Carre fils (Theatre des Capucines, Paris, 2 April 1909). This was a bowdlerised version of the French original. First produced at the London Pavilion, 17 September 1919, touring to the Theatre Royal, Blackburn, Lancashire, 7 March 1921.
1921

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