This caricature is of comic/acrobatic Music Hall act, “Morris & Morris.” It was drawn when the duo was performing at the Grand Theatre of Varieties, Hanley, during the week first week of August 1904.
Morris and Morris was billed as “a pair of real good comedians.” A 1903 review of their act read, “Their fun in the trapeze is equal to anything that has been seen here.” Edwardian caricatures such as this were quite popular at the time and served as an excellent means of advertising an act. This one was drawn by the artist George Cooke when he was based at the Grand Theatre. Cooke compiled a series of albums of his Music Hall caricatures which were later given to the V&A.
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