Thumb, General Tom(--)

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Troupe Name	Event	# of events
General Tom Thumb	Exhibition	4

Event	Date	Location	Troupe
Dramatic	1844-1844	Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire	General Tom Thumb
Dramatic	1844-1844	Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire	General Tom Thumb
Variety	1846-1846	Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, London London (city-county)	General Tom Thumb
Variety	1846-1846	Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county)	General Tom Thumb

Number of songs and acts found: 5

	Title	Type	Number of Events Found
1	Lucy Long	Song	2 event(s)
2	Old Dan Tucker	Song	1 event(s)
3	Yankee Doodle	Song	2 event(s)
4	African alarmed at the Thunder, The	Sketch	2 event(s)
5	Slave sharpening his knife whilst overhearing the Conspirators, The	Sketch	2 event(s)

British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 245: February 16, 1844 (Liver)
Era (London) September 10, 1848: 9:3.
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- Dutch 12-yr old (a “rival to Tom Thumb”), only "some 27 inches high" becomes the next oddity. Of interest: Pejorative commentary about Tom Thumb's physical unattractiveness.
Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Green Row Rooms) - August 21-22, 1846

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Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Green Row Rooms) - August 21-22, 1846

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