1st March 2010
Sales Pages Added –
Originals – 5 more plays
Sales Pages Added – Reprints
– Portraits & Proscenium
16th February 2010
Sales Pages Added –
Originals – Douglas
Sales Pages Added –
Originals – Miller & His Men
Sales Pages Added –
Originals – Red Rover
26th October 2009
Redington Portraits updated with new images.
9th October 2009
Added to Plays – New
DRED
Added to Plays – New
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
Added to Plays – New
SIXTEEN STRING JACK
All plays now
completed in new format.
Newsletter No.14 now
available.
7th October 2009
Added to Plays – New
GOODY GOOSE
Added to Plays – New
ROB ROY
6th October 2009
Added to Plays – New
JACK THE GIANT KILLER
Added to Plays – New
BATTLES OF BALAKLAVA & INKERMANN
5th October 2009
Added to Plays – New
LIFE OF A SOLDIER
Added to Plays – New
CORSICAN BROTHERS
Added to Plays – New
TOM THUMB
Added to Plays – New
BATTLE OF ALMA
4th October 2009
Added to Plays – New
RICHARD III
Added to Plays – New
BLACKBEARD
Added to Plays –
MARY, THE MAID OF THE INN
Added to Plays –
HARLEQUIN & OLIVER CROMWELL
Added to Plays –
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
Added to Plays –
WHITTINGTON & HIS CAT
Events updated with
more images.
3rd October 2009
Added to Plays – New
CINDERELLA
Added to Plays – New
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Added to Plays – New
BELPHEGOR THE CONJUROR
Family Histories
updated – Detail for all Publishers updated
30th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
TIMOUR THE TARTAR
Added to Plays – New
FLYING DUTCHMAN
Added to Plays – New
HARLEQUIN ST GEORGE & THE DRAGON
Family Histories updated
– Signatures for W West, & Matthew Skelt added.
(All Publishers –
Family History updated – More to add on most.)
27th September 2009
Family Histories
updated – Signatures of nearly all the leading Toy Theatre publishers have been
found.
(JK Green – Family
History updated – The rest to follow shortly, with some very interesting goings
on.)
19th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
FOREST OF BONDY
Added to Plays – New
THERESE
18th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
HARLEQUIN ROBIN HOOD
17th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Added to Plays – New
THE WOODMAN’S HUT
16th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
BLUE JACKETS
13th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
HARLEQUIN & THE GIANT HELMET
12th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
THE SILVER PALACE
JK Green Penny
Portraits – Now all coloured versions on display.
11th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
THE MAID & THE MAGPIE
9th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
BLACK EYE’D SUSAN
Added to Plays – New
JONATHAN BRADFORD – with images of M Skelt’s version.
Revised Family
Histories for Pollock, Redington, Park & Webb
6th September 2009
Added to Plays – New
WATERMAN
5th September 2009
History – Chapter No.3 to 10 – Revised with new images
added.
4th September 2009
History – Chapter No.2 – Revised and links added to British Museum images of IK Green’s Prints
Events page – redesigned.
31st August 2009
Links Page Updated
28th August 2009
Added to Image - Revised and updated WINGS
27th August 2009
Past Events have been updated, with separate pages for each event.
25th August 2009
Added to Plays – New
ROOKWOOD
23rd August 2009
Past Events have been updated.
Added to Plays – New
LORD DARNLEY
Added to Plays – New
JACK SHEPPARD (All 66 sheets)
14th August 2009
Added to Plays – New
STATE SECRETS
Added to Plays – New
LORD MAYOR’S FOOL
Added to Plays – New
WRECK ASHORE
Added to Plays – New
BLUE BEARD
13th August 2009
Added to Plays – New
HARLEQUIN & RIDDLE-ME, RIDDLE-ME-REE
12th August 2009
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated FORTY THIEVES
Added to Plays – New
HARLEQUIN & GUY FAWKES
11th August 2009
Images - Plays Index
Page – Revised and updated, with larger thumbnails and a Title Page for each
play.
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated BRIGAND
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated RED ROVER
4th August 2009
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated DOUGLAS
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated ROBERT MACAIRE
3rd August 2009
Added
to Plays – Revised and updated ALADDIN.
Added to Plays –
Revised and updated MILLER AND HIS MEN
2nd August 2009
Added to Images – J Redington - Military Characters
Added to Images –
Combats – W West – Equestrian Combat No.2 in Timour
the Tartar
Added to Images – B
Pollock – Fairies/Pantomime Characters
30th July 2009
Added to Images - J Redington - Portraits 13-181 + Unnumbered
Added to Images -
Combats – J Redington No. 101
29th July 2009
Many updates to
report:-
1. Larger thumbnail images added to JK Green
Portraits, plus some new thumbnails.
2. Image files split up for JK Green Portraits –
into ½d, 1d, Horses and Combats. More to follow.
3. JK Green Prosceniums updated
4. The Publishers – The Skelts
family history extensively updated.
Much
more to follow in the next few weeks.
13th January 2007
I have created a page dedicated to Pollock’s Pantomime Characters and their origins.
This can be found as Appendix 7 of The History Section. History
Pollock’s Fairies to follow shortly.
I have updated “Dating Play Sheets” – Appendix 4 of The
History Section. History
2nd September 2006
Hugo’s Printing Press re-linked.
14th August 2006
History Section - JK Green – “The Chronology of his Works” updated.
Images – Both Portraits & Proscenium have been extensively updated.
Events – Updated.
8th August 2006
JK Green – “The Chronology of his Works” has been added as an appendix to the History section.
30th July 2006
A new section called “Events” has been added. This includes details of Past & Future Events, plus a small section of Multimedia files.
JK Green Portraits added to Images Section.
Wings page of Images Section now complete.
News & Updates section added, but then if you are reading this, you already know.
3rd October 2005
A new Multi-Media link has been added to the History Section (towards the bottom). This is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Toy Theatre, a 1920’s newsreel film about the Toy Theatre. Hopefully the link will work for you. History
15th August 2005
I have discovered Martin Skelt’s last Will & Testament and it changes a few previously held beliefs. Family Tree Section
7th August 2005
Two Multi-Media links have been added to the History Section (towards the bottom). These are well worth listening and/or watching. Hopefully the links will work for you. History
26th July 2005
“The Brigand” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. The Brigand - Play
I have added a short chronological History of the Toy Theatre to the History Pages. History
10th July 2005
“The Forty Thieves” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. The Forty Thieves - Play
9th July 2005
“Red Rover” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. Red Rover - Play
7th July 2005
“Robert Macaire” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. Robert Macaire - Play
5th July 2005
“The Miller and his Men” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. The Miller & his Men - Play
4th July 2005
“Douglas” Play now includes all thumbnail pictures of all plates. Selected images are linked to larger images. Douglas - Play
A timeline of the principal Toy Theatre Publishers has been provided in the Family History Section. Timeline
20th February 2005
See Chapter 2 of the History section for increasing evidence that JK Green went to Rutland in the missing years. History Chapter 2.
I have started updating the Family Tree Section – see JK Green (under construction) JK Green FT
28th January 2005
The Wings have now been completed, with the exception of No.23 and No.37 for which I do not have an image. If anyone has a Green version of these, then please let me know.
30th December 2004
I have started updating the Wing plates. Like everything else, these things always taken longer than I first imagined.
27th December 2004
“Aladdin” Play with details of the Plates added.
21st December 2004
Many cosmetic changes have been made over the past month, together with a full edit of the History Section.
I have started to reformat the plays along the lines of “Wapping Old Stairs”. Currently this will be just the title page and notes on the plates used for each play. Hopefully in time I will complete transcripts for all the plays, with examples of the stage settings.
Have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
With a bit of luck I’ll get a few minutes to update more pages during the Christmas break, providing I don’t eat too much turkey.
19th November 2004
Family History Section now includes a page dedicated to William West
(As with all family history sections these are very much under construction. If anybody has anything to add just drop me a line)
16th November 2004
Family History Section now includes the Parks and the Skelts
(As with all family history sections these are very much under construction. If anybody has anything to add just drop me a line)
10th November 2004
History Section – Old chapters 2 & 3 combined. New Chapter 4 “Green’s Artists & Engravers” added.
29th October 2004
History Section expanded to include an Introduction and 10 chapters.
Family History Section now includes the Webbs (under construction).
21st October 2004
6 Transcripts from “Collector’s Miscellany” 1920-1935 added to History Section.
13th October 2004
Family Histories added for the Redingtons and the Pollocks
11th October 2004
History Chapters 1, 6, & 7 Updated – Chapter 8 Added.
5th October 2004
Baptism entry for JK Green added to Family Tree pages.
JK Green Family Tree Page Updated.
Children of JK Green added in more detail. See JKG Family Tree
3rd October 2004
George Speaight’s 90th Birthday Party
29th September 2004
History Chapter 6 – Extended to include a history of Redington, Benjamin Pollock and Benjamin Pollock Ltd.
New Appendix added “The Agents of JK Green” (Incomplete)
24th September 2004
History Chapter 6 – Extended to include a history of Redington, Benjamin Pollock and Benjamin Pollock Ltd.
16th September 2004
All History Chapters – Updated
Wapping Old Stairs – completely changed to a possible new format.
9th September 2004
History Chapter 1 - Extended
Links Page updated
3rd September 2004
History Chapter 5 – Extended.
19th August 2004
History Appendix – Dating Plays has been updated for examples
History Chapter 2 - Has been extended.
History Chapter 6 – Has had an example of George James Green’s work attached – Green’s New Sixteen in Dred.
All links should now work.
18th August
2004
The New templates for the Penny Plain Plays have been uploaded. Some of the links to the main images will not work, but they should do within the next couple of days, so please be patient.
The links to the main images may take a little time to load, especially over a 56K modem.
Many of the fields have yet
to be populated, especially on the Main Image Files.
