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Despite some original lukewarm reviews, including one from the critic of <i>The Illustrated London News</i> noting that the lyrics: 'often reach the acme of imbecility, its lavish oriental costumes designed by Attilio Comelli, sets designed by Philip Howden and Walter Hann, tuneful music by Howard Talbot and whimsical plot and lyrics by George Dance ensured it was an enormous success, becoming the first musical play to have a run of over 1000 consecutive performances. The taste for everything oriental on the stage had been stoked by the enormous success of Gilbert and Sullivan's <i>The Mikado</i> in 1885, and showed no signs of abating.'\n\n<i>A Chinese Honeymoon</i> opened at the Royal Strand on Saturday 5th October, explaining the crossing out made at some stage on this poster of the printed date Wednesday 2nd. It was printed by David Allen &amp; Sons on 27th September 1901.","physicalDescription":"Typographical poster for <i>A Chinese Honeymoon</i>, Royal Strand Theatre, 1901. 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It was produced by Charles Wilson; dances were arranged by Fred Farren, the musical director was Ernest Vousden, the stage director was Clarence Hunt. The lessee and manager of the Royal Strand Theatre was Frank Curzon.\n\nThe term 'Chinamen', which appears in on this poster, was widely used in  the 19th and early 20th centuries as a generalised description of people from China and East Asia. It is now regarded as outdated and offensive. 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