The Open Door! De Dion Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime'

Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime'

depicting an alderman asleep in bed

On the 8th March 1901

The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Idle's execution

Military map of a thirty six mile area around London

The Open Door! De Dion Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime''The Open Door!', 1885. Captain Moonlight, the representative of Irish anarchy, has his knife in his belt and his rifle in his hand as he steps through the open door. It had previously been barred by the Crimes Act (Ireland). This illustrates the expiry of the Act. The Conservative Home Secretary, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, alleged that the previous Liberal government had intended to remove a number of legislative procedures only applicable to Ireland.