[Theatre interest] A late Victorian silver heart shaped box by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1895, the cover with a cable twist border and embossed with Charley's Aunt, the body engraved From Charleys Aunt December 21 1895, 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long; a match book case by Mappin & Webb, the cover with an enamel set coat of arms, 6cm (2 1/2in) high; a silver pen knife, with steel blades; and a silver model of a frog, filled, 61g (1.95 oz) gross weighable Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. It broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London run of 1,466 performances in the 1890s. It was produced by former D'Oyly Carte Opera Company actor W. S. Penley, a friend of Thomas, who appeared in the principal role of Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate, whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt.
[Theatre interest] A late Victorian silver heart shaped box by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1895, the cover with a cable twist border and embossed with Charley's Aunt, the body engraved From Charleys Aunt December 21 1895, 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long; a match book case by Mappin & Webb, the cover with an enamel set coat of arms, 6cm (2 1/2in) high; a silver pen knife, with steel blades; and a silver model of a frog, filled, 61g (1.95 oz) gross weighable Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. It broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London run of 1,466 performances in the 1890s. It was produced by former D'Oyly Carte Opera Company actor W. S. Penley, a friend of Thomas, who appeared in the principal role of Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate, whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt.
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