A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . remain, as isshown by the archives of the club, which stillremain intact. These are Mr. Tegetmeier,known as a natural history writer, and A. Flinders. It was on March 4th, 1860, that the SavageClub gave its great performance of Sheridans School for Scandal, followed by an entirelynew version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,no fewer than nine members contributing scenesto it; and the Court Circular of March 8th dulvreported the attendance of Queen Victoria andthe other Rovalties thereat. So successful wasthe performance
A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . remain, as isshown by the archives of the club, which stillremain intact. These are Mr. Tegetmeier,known as a natural history writer, and A. Flinders. It was on March 4th, 1860, that the SavageClub gave its great performance of Sheridans School for Scandal, followed by an entirelynew version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,no fewer than nine members contributing scenesto it; and the Court Circular of March 8th dulvreported the attendance of Queen Victoria andthe other Rovalties thereat. So successful wasthe performance that though the club paid £75for the use of the theatre, they cleared nearly£400 for the charity. Not long after, RobertBrough having died, leaving his family with FATHER OF SAVAGE CLUB 125 scanty means, the club went to Manchester andLiverpool (where the Brough family was wellknown) and played in those cities for the benefitof the widow and children, making over £1,000profit thereby. The first performance for therelief of the Lancashire unemployed operatives. Teoetmeieb Training the Ballet at Liverpool.(.4 Caricature by an Unknown Artist) took place on September 2nd, 1862, at the FreeTrade Hall, Manchester. On September 23rd theclub repeated their show at the TheatreRoyal, Liverpool. Both of the honorary secre-taries acted in the burlesque of Valentine andOrson: or the Cub and Sorcerer, Tegetmeierappearing under the stage name of Mr. B. 126 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER Hunter. His part was that of the Mayor ofOrleans, described on the programme as Mayor,the leader of the van in every popular movement,but inclined to speechifying ; and as mares willdo, break occasionally into a canter. A photo-graph was taken of the Savage Club Amateursin a group, in free and friendly attitudes;and another, of the two joint secretaries, wasalso taken. Of this Tegetmeier, when taking thechair at the house dinner, on his eighty-seventhbirthday, November, 1903, gave a reproduction,with a resume of the fa
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