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An original farce, in one act, by Edward Stirling (1807-1894)
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
The title of this late play by Stirling appears to have its origins in an early Stirling farce (''[[A Figure of Fun or, An Evening at Richmond]]'', 1821), and was written in a response to the "Bloomer costume" of the 1850s, consisting of a full jacket with full baggy Turkish-style pants gathered by elastic bands a little above the ankle, which had been popularized by Mrs Amelia Bloomer.
 
 
 
First performed at the Punch's Playhouse and Strand Theatre on September 22nd, 1851, and first published in London by S.G. Fairbrother in 1851/1852.
 
 
 
There is a record for a play called ''[[The Bloomer Costume, or, The Figure of Fun]]'', called an original farce in one act, published by  W. Taylor in New York in 1850.
 
 
 
/ - See more at: http://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/486984#sthash.VBmD2Skb.dpuf
 
New York : W. Taylor, 1850 - See more at: http://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/486984#sthash.VBmD2Skb.dpuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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