Astley's Royal Amphitheatre ... Paul Pry on horseback, or, a peep at the election ...
Contributors: Poole, John, 1786?-1872
Publisher: [Astley's Royal Amphitheatre]
Published: 1826
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Circus; History
Other titles: Paul Pry on horseback, or, a peep at the election; Paul Pry's New London directory for 1826; New London directory
Description: Two-sided handbill announcing an equestrian extravaganza on one side and Paul Pry's New London directory for 1826 (fictitious) on the other. The latter has at head an illustration of Pry on a runaway horse.
Notes: Title from beginning of text.

Paul Pry was John Poole's most successful play; after it premiered in 1825, Pry quickly became an iconic figure representing an excessively inquisitive person.