St. James's Theatre - The Amateurs - Knowell, (Mr. H. Mayhew), 1845. London production by Charles Dickens, an amateur performance of Ben Jonson's "Every Man in his Humour", a play written in 1598. British journalist and playwright Henry Mayhew was a co-founder and editor of the satirical magazine "Punch". Here he plays Kno'well. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

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