Original Programme For Lady Windermeres Fan (1892).

Original Programme for Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892).

Things to note: 

* Items advertised in the programme (ie. pianos, soap, whisky, water, electric corsets, enamel, ice cream, tobacco, chocolate, diamonds and matches.)

* The Sole Lessee and Manager Mr George Alexander is acting and is listed first in the cast list.

* All the male actors are listed before the female actors (butler Parker is listed before Lady Windermere !)

*The theatre is ‘lighted by electricity’.

Basil, on the verge of tears: I love you

Dorian, filing his nails: thanks

Which Classics Author Should You Fight?

Charles Dickens: The Victorian equivalent of a white male tumblr meninist. Fight his past newspaper blogger ass, though the guy does write about his own “tragic experiences”, so be warned that a caricature of you will probably be appearing in his next novel.

The Brontes: idk they’re from Yorkshire I wouldn’t risk it

Dante Aligheri: Yess he spends all his time in his room writing self-insert Bible fanfic and never goes outside, 10/10 would fight this nerd. You will win. Easily.

Mary Shelley: Why would you want to fight Mary Shelley???? She’s nice and bad things happened to her and she invented scifi! Go reevaluate your life choices.

Victor Hugo: Don’t. He will kill you otp viciously and then spend 38 pages describing someone’s hat.

Jonathon Swift: It’s 50/50 you’ll win, but you might fall asleep from his long-winded prose before you land a punch.

William Shakespeare: Little is known about him, other than the fact that he had free access to bears and swords and a penchant for revenge and mass murder as plot devices. If you’re gonna fight him, watch your back.

C.S. Lewis: Whiny and allergic to adjectives and allegorical and super racist. Fight Him. So long as your childhood can take it.

J.R.R Tolkien: Shakespeare’s biggest fan, so a total dork. Also old and shell shocked. Your call.

William Thackeray: Him and his friends will get drunk and gang up on you. Not advisable.

Alexandre Dumas: He was once described as “the most generous, large-hearted being in the world” and had extensive military training. Just… don’t.

Harper Lee: Still alive, so she’s got a foot up on the rest of them.

George Orwell: Total fuckin’ politics nerd. Will keep a diary of the fight.

Jane Austen: You’d feel too mean, it’d be like punching some harmless lana del-ray book club chic. Fight her if you want but be aware of the emotional consequences.

Mark Twain: Constantly angry looking. Just look at that mustache. You want to fight him already, don’t you?

Oscar Wilde: The sassiest little shit ever. Be prepared for cane wielding sassmeister. You’ll probably lose, but it’ll be worth it.

you’re never just an Oscar Wilde fan, it’s either a slight admiration and recognition of his name or a full-blown religion