F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pieces for Punch and humorous novels. Mr. Punch's Model Music Hall is a collection of humorous pieces written for Punch, divided into songs and dramas. In his usual fashion, Mr. Anstey captured the tone of his times and then exaggerated whatever was already absurd to entertain and give pointed commentary at the same time.

Latest episodes of the podcast Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas by F. Anstey

• Introduction
• The Patriotic
• The Topical-Political
• A Democratic Ditty
• The Idyllic
• The Amatory Episode
• The Chivalrous
• The Frankly Canaille
• The Dramatic Scena
• The Duettists
• Disinterested Passion
• The Panygeric Patter
• The Plaintively Pathetic
• The Military Impersonator
• The Little Crossing Sweeper
• Joe, the Jam-Eater
• The Man Trap
• The Fatal Pin
• Brunette and Blanchidine
• Coming of Age
• Reclaimed
• Jack Parker
• Under the Harrow
• Tommy and His Sister Jane
• The Rival Dolls
• Conrad, or the Thumbsucker