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Patience Programme

Description: Programme from the original production, with Mock Turtles as the curtain-raiser. The programme states that electric light "will be applied also on the stage in a few days." The stage was lit by electricity for the first time at the matinee performance on 28 December 1881. Arthur Law has replaced Courtic Pounds as Mr. Wranglebury in Mock Turtles.
Dimensions: 128mm x 193mm
Date Created: 1881
Associated People: Gilbert, Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte
Associated Companies: Savoy Theatre
Source: From the collection of John Sands.

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