8th year in London. The programme says ‘no performance on Mondays’. According to the book by Jenness on the Egyptian Hall, this lasted from 12 January 1880 to end-May 1880. The closure was said to be “because of health reasons of Maskelyne”.
1880
8th year in London. The programme says ‘no performance on Mondays’. According to the book by Jenness on the Egyptian Hall, this lasted from 12 January 1880 to end-May 1880. The closure was said to be “because of health reasons of Maskelyne”.
This print is from ‘The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News’, 4 December 1880, page 281. It is titled Maskelyne and Cook’s New Mystery. (Note the mis-spelling of Cooke.) On page 282 there is a short description of the action, also illustrated here.
At the bottom of this item is an advertisement which mentions Walter Pelham’s Illustrated Journal, 15 May 1880.