Mr Pollock’s Theatres

[william warren]

"Penny plain and twopence coloured...."

A phrase familiar to generations of pre-TV children that describes the toy theatres of Benjamin Pollock, a printer from Hoxton in London.

Simon Callow explores the magic world of the cardboard actor, which tells us so much about the real theatre of the 19th century.

Producer: Merilyn Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.

 

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If you would like to visit the website for Pollock’s; the link is below

Toy Theatres Archives - Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop (pollocks-coventgarden.co.uk)

 

[Magersfontein]

What fun! Thank you for this.

Roger

[semoshorts]

thanks for sharing