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Title
Dress Rehearsal at Drury Lane
Subject
Cochran, Charles B.
Dean, Basil MBE CBE
Dean, Basil MBE CBE
Artist
Evening standard [ Print made by ]
Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir)
Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir)
Date
13/04/1928
Dimensions
height (leaf): 20.7cm
width (leaf): 31.4cm
height (mount): 30.5cm
width (mount): 38.5cm
width (leaf): 31.4cm
height (mount): 30.5cm
width (mount): 38.5cm
Inscription/signature
(bc) 'DRESS REHEARSAL AT DRURY LANE.'
(m.l.) 'HEROINE: / "HELLUP! HELLUP! / UNHAND MUH, VILLAINS! / AH, HEVING! IS THERE / NO-ONE HERE TO / SAVE MUH?"
(m.r.) 'HERO: "YES! I WILL! / STAND BACK, RUFFIANS! / WHO WOULD PART ME FROM / THE WOMAN I LURVE?" (Crashes froward and fells villains with one blow.)'
(m.l.) 'HEROINE: / "HELLUP! HELLUP! / UNHAND MUH, VILLAINS! / AH, HEVING! IS THERE / NO-ONE HERE TO / SAVE MUH?"
(m.r.) 'HERO: "YES! I WILL! / STAND BACK, RUFFIANS! / WHO WOULD PART ME FROM / THE WOMAN I LURVE?" (Crashes froward and fells villains with one blow.)'
Newspaper clipping featuring satirical comic of a dress rehearsal in the theatre at Drury Lane as Basil Dean and Charles Cochran view from the audience.
