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Tom Cobb

Original - The opening of Act III in the original production of W. S. Gilbert's Tom Cobb: Tom Cobb smokes on the balcony while the intense, romantic Effingham family form a group inside. Created by D. H. Friston for the May 15, 1875 Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

Reason

One of W. S. Gilbert's most successful non-musical plays. Tom Cobb, a hilarious little farce, wowed reviewers and the public alike, but, like many of Gilbert's non-Sullivan works, it faded into obscurity in the early 20th century. This is, perhaps, the only major contemporary illustration for the play, as there were only a few newspapers doing illustrated reviews at the time.

Articles this image appears in

Tom Cobb

Creator

D. H. Friston

N.B. This was nominated before, but... It's probably one of the only, or one of very few historic images of one of Gilbert's major non-musical plays, and wonderfully illustrates its article. So I'm going to ask for reconsideration.

• Previous nom --Fir0002 12:07, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:25, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support GerardM (talk) 08:18, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Only previous oppose asserted insufficient ev, and it appears to have plenty of ev at the article it illustrates. Durova^Charge! 23:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose Very low EV. What scene is this? Which characters? This picture tells me nothing at all about the play. Makeemlighter (talk) 01:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

• CommentConditional support Makeemlighter has a point; I'd probably support if the caption mentioned that info. Sasata (talk) 06:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Should be able to get it, just might take a day or two. Will have to go to the original newspaper again. Proceed with conditional supports if it's a major issue. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Note to MER-C - if I haven't got the info when this closes, can you just shove this into suspended? It shouldn't take too long, but I am a University student, I have other time commitments. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:30, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
• Conditional support as per makeemlighter.Terri G (talk) 13:30, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose. As per Makeemlighter - give us the EV! Thanks. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Opening of Act III:

SCENE.--A drawing-room, shabbily furnished, in MR. EFFINGHAM's house. COBB is discovered smoking a pipe on balcony with CAROLINE. The EFFINGHAM family is discovered grouped:--MRS. EFFINGHAM seated; old EFFINGHAM leaning on her chair, with his arm round her neck, and BULSTRODE standing moodily behind. As curtain rises CAROLINE enters from balcony, and throws herself at her mother's feet.

Obviously, there was either a slight change made to this in the original production, or the artist mis-remembered when trying to work from his sketches. But it's pretty clearly this scene, and shows the much-praised Effingham family of the original production. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Tom Cobb.png MER-C 01:04, 7 March 2009 (UTC)