Printed 'Property Plot' for a production of Ralph Lumley's 'Throrough-Bred' by 'Mr. J. L. Toole's Company', with stage manager's 'Call' sheet for 'Thoroughbred' by 'Mr. Edward A. Coventry & Mr. John R. Collins' Company'.
The production to which the first item relates was Toole's last before being forced by gout to retire from the London stage. Both items in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper; the first with short closed tear at head. Both printed on one side only. Item One: 33 x 21 cm. Headed 'Mr. J. L. Toole's Company. | THOROUGH-BRED. | PROPERTY PLOT.' Listing, under 'Stage' and 'Hand', all the props needed for the three acts, the last (and shortest) entry reading '[ACT III.] HAND. | Field glasses, cases. Race cards for all. Letter (WILHELMINA). Set of bones (TOSH). Coins (all). 2 tambourines. Banjo (BLENKINSOPP). Letter (JENNINGS.)' At foot of page: 'Properties in Italics brought by Mr. TOOLE.' Item Two: Headed 'Mr. EDWARD A. COVENTRY & Mr. JOHN R. COLLINS' | COMPANY. | "THOROUGHBRED" | CALL'. At foot: 'Stage Manager.' Dimensions: 260 x 210 cm. A form, not completed, with lines for: Date; To receive Scenery; Scenes; Properties; Gas or Electric; Limes; Supers; Band; Company; Understudies.