The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Augustus Harris’s Venus Burlesque account, a remarkable pamphlet in the form of an account book bulging with £5 notes and £500 cheques, undated, but the note is a May £5 and is dated 189(?), the book opens to reveal the full advert and cast of ‘Venus’, a burlesque in three acts (these were, 1 Vulcan’s Forge, 2 Mercury Newspaper Office and 3 The Immortals Club; The Trial), foxed, extremely fine and a remarkable item

Outing unlisted £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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While this item advertises the Drury Lane production, the show moved around and was played at Portsmouth in 1890, Sheffield in 1891 and Henley in 1892, which was probably amongst the last performances.