Dundee Music Hall programme, 1885, page 1

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Dundee Music Hall programme, 1885, page 1

Blue-and-white programme cover for Dundee Music Hall, c. 1885, featuring the venue name, management details, admission prices, and the slogan “Open Every Evening! Change of Artistes Weekly!”, surrounded by a decorative border.
Dundee Music Hall programme 1885 page 1. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Open Dundee Music Hall programme from the 1880s showing the evening's running order, featuring singers, comedians, speciality acts, and advertisements for local Dundee businesses. Song lyrics for “O'Donnell” and “Oh! Those Girls” are printed on the right-hand page.
Dundee Music Hall programme 1885 pages 2-3. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Blue-and-white Dundee Music Hall programme page featuring the lyrics to “A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother,” sung by Flo Capel, with advertisements for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida at the Theatre Royal and a notice for a forthcoming change of performers at Dundee Music Hall.
Dundee Music Hall programme 1885 page 4. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Object name: Dundee Music Hall programme, 1885, page 1

This programme cover dates from the period when entertainer and manager W. McFarland leased Dundee Music Hall. Promising a change of artistes each week, it reflects the fast-moving nature of Victorian variety entertainment, with audiences returning regularly to see new acts. The programme also records admission prices, opening times, and the venue’s commitment to providing nightly performances.

Dimensions: 26.2 x 20.8 cm
Production date: - 1885
Museum number: 252(20)
Source collection: Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library
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Associated location: Dundee Music Hall & Opera House (1866-1888)
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Notes:

PROGRAMME

Sole Lessee, – – – Mr W. McFarland.
Acting Manager, – – – Mr J. M. Emmett.
Treasurer, – – – Mr John Webster

The Number on Proscenium indicates name and Entertainment of Artiste on Programme.

DUNDEE MUSIC HALL

OPEN EVERY EVENING!

Change of Artistes Weekly!

PRICES OF ADMISSION:

Boxes, 1/-; Balcony, 9d; Body of Hall, 6d; Back Seats, 3d.

Boxes and Balcony at a Quarter to Nine o’clock, 6d.

Doors open at 7, Overture at 7.30; Saturdays Half-an-hour earlier.

PROGRAMME, ONE PENNY.

Printer’s imprint:
J. Durham, Son, & Kinloch, General Printers, Dundee.