Item 10: The Better 'Ole or The Romance of Old Bill

Accession Number PUBS002/002/001/004/010
Collection number Souvenirs 2 2/1/4/10
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 35.7 x 25.5cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Bairnsfather, Bruce
Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c.1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir program for a theatrical performance during the First World War. This program is for a performance of the play 'The Better 'Ole' or 'The Romance of Old Bill'. This was written by war cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Eliot. The program is illustrated with three Bairnsfather cartoons and includes details of the performance inset into pages of advertisements.