PROGRAMME
OF THE
LITERARY AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
TO BE GIVEN BY
MESSRS. GEORGE GROSSMITH,
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9TH,
Commencing at Half-past Eight o'clock.
PART I.
MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH.
GEMS FROM CHARLES DICKENS
(IN MEMORIAM).
Little Tony Weller and his Grandfather.
Birth of the Junior Partner in the firm of "Dombey and Son"
PART II.
MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH, JUN.
A New Descriptive Melody, entitled--
"SEVEN AGES OF SONG!"
And (by request) Selections from his Humorous and Mimetical Sketch,
entitled--
"THE PUDDLETON PENNY READINGS."
PART III.
MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH.
THE HUMOUR OF MARK TWAIN.
Autobiographical Reminiscences.
Our first Visitor.
Journalism down in Tennessee.
&c., &c.
PART IV.
MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH, JUN.
New Musical Scena,
"IN THE STALLS!"
Annual Invitation--Up to London--Lord Mayor's Show in a Fog--Stalls
at the Pantomime--Science at the Polytechnic--High-class Music
(never performed out of London)--"Our daily work is over."
Admission, 6d. Pit, 1s. Reserved Seats, 2s. Members free.
I also attach one of my single-handed programmes:
ALEXANDRA CLUB AND INSTITUTE,
TRURO ROAD, WOOD GREEN.
R. D. M. LITTLER, ESQ., Q.C., President.
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR MEMBERS & FRIENDS.
The next of the above Entertainments will take place on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1873.
LITERARY AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
BY
MR. GEO. GROSSMITH, JUN
(Of the Royal Polytechnic, London Concerts, &c.)
PROGRAMME.
Original Colloquial and Pianoforte Sketch, entitled--
"OUR CHORAL SOCIETY."
Musical Movement in Moreton-super-Mire--Great Excitement, Local and
Vocal--Moreton acquires a Choir--Formation of the Society--The
pleasure of Singing (and the pain of Listening)--The Patroness, Lady
Alum Gargle--Her Harmonic Triumphs, past and present--The Society
gets up a Public Bawl for the benefit of a Private Charity--A Polite
Conductor--Mr. G. Sharp composes a new Cantata, "The Penitent
Pilgrim"--The Pilgrim undergoes a trying Rehearsal--The
Concert!-- Marvellous effect of an indistinct "Reapers'
Chorus"--Breathless effect of the long runs--The Secular
Music--Pianoforte Solo by Miss Spikes--Manufacture of Italian
Songs--Grand Finale, "Lightly Tripping o'er the Hills," by Mr. and
Mrs. Hoggsedd.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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