The Case of a German Spy Club versus John Bull settled after dinner in the Lord Mayor's Court by The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Sir John Bell, Bart., and a Special Jury, carefully selected from the Guests and Friends of the Deutscher Offiziers-Verein in London.
1908
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Title
The Case of a German Spy Club versus John Bull settled after dinner in the Lord Mayor's Court by The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Sir John Bell, Bart., and a Special Jury, carefully selected from the Guests and Friends of the Deutscher Offiziers-Verein in London.
Published
[London] : [Deutscher Offiziers-Verein], 1908.
Description
8 pages ; 22 cm
Associated name
Summary
Apparently a reaction to something published by Horatio Bottomley in John Bull, this speech parodies Mark Antony's funeral oration from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and includes allusions to other Shakespearean works, such as Hamlet and Macbeth. It would seem Bottomley suggested the German club was a front for spies, while the speech concludes by arguing that its only aim is Anglo-German friendship. It is unclear how much of this was parody and how much reality; a 1916 article in the Evening Post reported it as a genuine program for a dinner given to the Lord Mayor.
Note
"28th October 1908 ; Banqueting Hall, Imperial Restaurant"--front cover.
Page 8 signed "Ludwig Holthusen, Private Secretary to His Transparency, Wm. Shakespeare, Esq."
Page 8 signed "Ludwig Holthusen, Private Secretary to His Transparency, Wm. Shakespeare, Esq."
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2121
Folger-specific note
Paper wrapper. 26 cm as housed.
Folger accession
266170