PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Volume 109, November 2, 1895.
edited by Sir Francis Burnand
"WEATHER PERMITTING,"—MR. PUNCH DRIVES TO THE FIRST MEET.
Tooleiana; or, the Moor the Merrier.—At the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in answer to calls for a speech, at the termination of his visit with Thoroughbred, Mr. J. L. Toole presented himself to the audience "habited in his sables" as the nigger minstrel. Mr. Punch's Own Popular Comedian was in excellent health and in his best, i.e., his own, "form." He explained that, despite appearances which might lead to such a conclusion, he was not about to join the Christy Minstrels. However, it was probable, but not yet definitely settled, that in the next revival of the Shakspearian tragedy at the London Lyceum, he might impersonate Othello to the Iago of his friend Sir Henry Irving. We hope so. What crowded houses! Booking-office should open at once.