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Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Music Hall - Licensing
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| Portrait of Music-hall Proprietor (any time during the year except September, listening to the Lionne Comique Songstress | Portrait of the Same on Licensing Day, before the Licensing Committee of the County Council |
| "SHE'LL DO! RATHER SPICY! SONG AND DANCE ! HA! HA! BY JOVE! THAT'LL FETCH 'EM! WHAT'S THE GOOD OF HAVING A LICENCE IF YOU DON'T TAKE A LITTLE NOW AND THEN!" | Counsel (for the Licence). "MY CLIENT AGREES THAT THE SONG AND DANCE WAS OF A MOST OBJECTIONABLE CHARACTER, AND THAT IMMEDIATELY HE HEARD IT HE FORBADE THE LIONNE COMIQUE SONGSTRESS EVER TO SING IT AGAIN, ON PAIN OF DISMISSAL." [Licence renewed. |
Punch, October 19, 1889