Punch,  31 (1856), 12.

Health of the Drama

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease, Amusement, Sanitation, Public Health, Periodicals


    Playing on the double-entendre of the word 'bill', discusses the pleasing news that 'every play-bill' of the week has presented 'a clean bill of health', with practically no cases of illness at any of the major London theatres. Thanks the press for making the theatres properly ventilated and reports on the healthy state of 'the Victoria' and 'the Surrey' on the 'other side of the water'.



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