Two bill-stickers set out with paste
And play-bills in a cart,
And the Eminent I. had his name on them,
In a melodramatic part.
The Figaro, October 9, 1875.
When Mr. Henry Irving produced The Iron Chest, at the Lyceum Theatre, the Editor of The World offered two prizes for the best two parodies on the subject, the model chosen being Hood's Dream of Eugene Aram. The successful parodies were printed in The World, October 22, 1879:—
FIRST PRIZE.
'TWAS in the Strand, a great demand
For seats was quite the rule;
The pit and gallery were crammed,