Speaking of Taylor v. Caldwell . . .

The good folks at the Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia have a public domain image of the interior of the Surrey Gardens Music Hall (left--click to enlarge) dating from 1858, three years before the fire that destroyed it and led to the most famous of the "impossibility of performance" cases.

The encyclopedia article also gives some interesting background on the Music Hall.  More information, and additional pictures can be found on the Arthur Lloyd web site here.

[Frank Snyder]