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Printing the Toy Theatre - Exhibition preview and opening lecture, Tuesday 21 November 2006

(St Brides Library, London)

Exhibition, Wednesday 22 November into the New Year (close to be confirmed)

‘We can’t turn ’em out fast enough’

Exhibition preview 5.30pm and opening lecture 7.00pm, Tuesday 21 November

Our speaker David Powell is the author of William West and the Regency Toy Theatre (2004) and W. G. Webb and the Victorian Toy Theatre (2005). Born Hull 1955, he studied Literae Humaniores at Wadham College, Oxford, 1973–77. Since 1982 he has been employed as Senior Special Cataloguer at the Congregational Library, London and has since 1993 been a Trustee of Pollock’s Toy Museum.

St Brides - Web-site Link

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The Green Festival (Planned for Autumn 2008, Venue is probably London)

(under Construction)

Past Events

Victorian Toy Theatre Performance of Oliver Twist (12^th August 2006 – Dickens Museum, London)

An enlarged Britannia by John Redington, beautifully recreated by Horatio Blood

This was a rare opportunity to see a traditional toy theatre show of Oliver Twist, originally published by John Redington circa 1860.

There was a brief introduction describing the links between Charles Dickens and the toy theatre.

The play was performed with gusto by Barry Clarke.

The final scene of John Redington’s Oliver Twist

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Other Past Events

George Speaight’s 90th Birthday Party	Speaight’s Joys	The Webb Festival

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Multi-Media Files

	London TV 2005 – 2 minute film about Benjamin Pollock’s Toy Theatre Shop in Covent Garden, run by Peter Baldwin (Press back to return here.)
	BBC Radio 4 Broadcast about the toy theatre. Peter Baldwin stars again and this time he is joined by David Robinson. (Note; you will get a “no page to display” notice. Please wait and the file should load shortly.)
	Gaumont Mirror Newsreel from 1920’s THIS IS A MUST SEE – FILE IS ABOUT 1MB SO IT TAKES TIME TO LOAD PLEASE BE PATIENT (Click here for a 5MB version, only if you have Broadband)

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