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Silk playbills were often issued in the 19th century for special evenings at the theatre and this was one of  two issued for this performance, identical apart from the colours of the print and the fringe. They may have been printed in different colours for the different parts of the theatre, but the playbills themselves give no clue to why they were printed in alternative colours.\r\n\r\nThe Lyceum was Irving's theatre at the time, but as he was on tour in America in the winter and spring of 1883 to 1884, Charles Abud was the acting manager. W.S.Gilbert was best known by 1884 for the operas he had written with Sullivan, although their most famous work <i>The Mikado</i> was not produced until 1885. <i>Pygmalion & Galatea</i> was a revival, originally seen at the Haymarket Theatre in 1871, but this was the first production of <i>Comedy & Tragedy</i>, which had opened at the Lyceum on 26th January.  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Gilbert <i>Pygmalion & Galatea</i> and <i>Comedy and Tragedy</i>, both directed by W.S. Gilbert.  <i>Pygmalion & Galatea</i> featured J.H. Barnes as Pygmalion, F.H. Macklin as Leucippe, H. Kemble as Chrysos, E.T. March as Agesimos, Arthur Lewis as Mimos, Amy Roselle as Cynisca, Arthur Stirling as Daphne, Annie Rose as Myrine and Mary Anderson as Galatea. <i>Comedy and Tragedy</i> included J.H. Barnes as the Duc D'Orléons, George Alexander as D'Aulnay, Arthur Lewis as De la Ferté and Mary Anderson as Clarice.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silk playbill for the matinée performance of <i>Pygmalion & Galatea</i> and <i>Comedy and Tragedy</i> by W.S. 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