Tom and Jerry, or Life in London

Tom and Jerry, or Life in London

"Tom and Jerry, or Life in London" was a stage adaptation by William Moncrieff of Pierce Egan's "Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom". It ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London between 1821 and 1823 and at several New York theaters beginning in 1823.

ee also

Tom and Jerry, a mixed drink created by Pierce Egan to promote the book.

External links

* [http://www.emich.edu/public/english/adelphi_calendar/hst1822.htm The second of three seasons at the Adelphi]


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