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A Colossal idea : manuscript fragment, 1855 or later.

BIB_ID
289996
Accession number
MA 7607.7
Creator
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
Display Date
1855 or later.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.3 cm
Notes
In an unknown hand. Composition of the farce dated by Searle to between 1855 and 1870.
Part of a collection of 21 documents and playbills of Charles Dickens relating primarily to his amateur theatricals. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Summary
Final line of the farce, reading: "I'll give up my gigantic idea and send the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" to the Butterman and be a devoted husband ever afterwards."