{"id":4857,"date":"2013-03-25T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/?page_id=4857"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:25:27","slug":"toy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/toy\/","title":{"rendered":"English Toy Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ABSTRACT<\/strong>
\nThe English toy theatre was a craft hobby for children during the 1800s. \u00a0It developed out of the popularity of theatrical portraits, which had long been sold as souvenirs in London. Each toy theatre play (sold for either \u201ca penny plain or two pence coloured\u201d) comprised several sheets of paper illustrating characters, props, and settings from contemporary productions. Children would cut the pieces out, assemble them, and then stage the play\u00a0in little wooden theatres for their friends and family. \u00a0This collection focuses on these English theatrical toys and souvenirs, as well as other novelties printed in London during the 1800s. It includes: 145 Toy Theatre plays, featuring plates of characters, settings, wings and script books, 74 in color (6 of those with the pieces cut out), 71 in black & white; 95 theatrical portraits, panoramas, and miscellaneous printed novelties, 78 in color, 17 in black & white; a wooden toy theater and accessories, including colored gels for lighting and a metal slide to manipulate the characters on stage; promotional pamphlets, catalogs, and inventories for the Pollock Toy Museum in London; and, business correspondence between the Pollock Toy Museum and its U.S. sales agent.<\/p>\n

FINDING AIDS<\/strong>
\nEnglish Toy Theater Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a>
\nToy Theater: Portraits and Miscellaneous Plates (pdf)<\/a>
\nToy Theater: Documents and Miscellaneous, Box 15: Folders 1 – 4 (pdf)<\/a>
\nToy Theater: Business Correspondence, Box 15: Folder 5 (pdf)<\/a>
\nToy Theater: Complete Scenery Information for Select Plays (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

LINKS<\/strong>
\nPollock’s Toy Museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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