A Colossal idea : manuscript fragment, 1855 or later.

Record ID: 
289996
Accession number: 
MA 7607.7
Author: 
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
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."