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Original – Poster for the original run (or tour immediately following) of F. C. Burnand and Alexander Mackenzie's His Majesty
Reason
A nicely playing-card looking poster for one of the odder Savoy operas. F. C. Burnand was one of those writers who had a tendency towards somewhat strange plot points and strange choices of what incident needs a musical number at the best of time, and in this case, it leads to songs like "By the King's decree, all of us are hirsute". There's a reason why the only thing by him I'm aware of that's regularly performed is Cox and Box, in which he only added lyrics to an existing work. Still, a notable point in the history of British opera, if not one we're likely to see revived anytime soon.
Articles in which this image appears
His Majesty (comic opera)
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Dudley Hardy, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Dudley Hardy - Poster for His Majesty.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:54, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]