Bell Street Hall poster, October 1845 (front)
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Poster
This poster advertises the farewell concert of popular entertainers Mr and Mrs Drummond at Dundee’s Bell Street Hall. Featuring songs, comic performances, and musical interludes, the programme reflects the varied entertainment enjoyed by Victorian audiences.
Object details
- Object type
- Poster
- Production date
- Oct 1845
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 28.0 cm
- Museum number
- MH/BSH/02
Source collection
Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
The object’s story
Transcription
Bell Street Hall.
MR. AND MRS.
DRUMMOND’S
CONCERT
AND FAREWELL NIGHT.
MR AND MRS DRUMMOND
Respectfully intimate, that their
LAST CONCERT
IN DUNDEE, FOR THIS SEASON,
WILL TAKE PLACE, IN THE ABOVE HALL,
On the Evening of MONDAY the 27th October, 1845;
When they humbly solicit a continuance of that patronage which it will ever be their pride to merit.
PROGRAMME.
Part I.
Instrumental Piece, … Band.
Song, … “Lovely Night,” … Mr Drummond.
Comic Song, … “All to Astonish the Browns,” … Mr Drummond.
Song, … “The Angel’s Whisper,” … Mrs Drummond.
Comic Song, … “Her Nansell touch’d another her Head,” … Mr Drummond.
Song, … “The Assignation,” … Mrs Drummond.
Comic Song, … “A Cure for the Toothache,” (by desire), … Mr Drummond.
Favourite Song, … “The Scottish Blue Bells,” … Mrs Drummond.
At the end of Part First, Mr DRUMMOND will sing the celebrated Comic Song,
“OUT JOHN! OUT JOHN!”
Part II.
Instrumental Piece, … Band.
New Song, … “My Bosom Flower,” (the Music composed by Mr James Pearman, Organist of St Paul’s Chapel, Dundee), … Mr Drummond.
Comic Song, ………………………………………. “The Miller o’ Fife,” …………………. Mr Drummond.
Irish Ballad, … “The Lake of Killarney,” … Mrs Drummond.
Story, … “Habbie Simpson, the Piper,” with a Song, … Mr Drummond.
Scottish Ballad, … “The Braes o’ Gleniffer,” … Mrs Drummond.
Comic Song, … “My Uncle,” … Mr Drummond.
Favourite Song, …. “Auld Robin Gray,” (by desire), … Mrs Drummond.
Mr DRUMMOND will (by express desire) conclude the Evening’s Entertainment with the Story of
“THE TEA-PARTY.”
Admission, Threepence; Reserved Seats (strictly kept), 6d.
Those occupying the Reserved Seats to be admitted by the East Door.
DOORS OPEN AT HALF-PAST SEVEN—CONCERT TO COMMENCE AT A QUARTER PAST EIGHT.
Mr Drummond’s NEW SONG BOOK to be had of the Doorkeepers; price Sixpence.
J. Duff, Printer, Dundee.
A faint handwritten note appears to read approximately:
“Why, lad, there came a young man lang tane ago, a bon Highlandman”