Samaritan Snare was a reflection of modern society. With that in mind, portly actors were hired in order to give the impression of Tweedledum and Tweedledee from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass". Makeup supervisor Michael Westmore then created a prosthetic design for the actors, intending to make them look "whimsical". Appliances were created for their cheeks, foreheads and the tip of the actor's noses. A further addition was the eyebrows, as Westmore wanted them to look permanently sad. The final step in the makeup process was the creation of sets of false upper teeth, which while Westmore suggested was not immediately noticeable
John Byrom headed with "Christmas Day for Dolly", was first published in Harrop's "Manchester Mercury" in 1746. Although Byrom is probably best remembered for this Christmas carol, he was regarded by his contemporaries as a poet and a literary man. Most of his poems, the best-known of which is "My spirit longeth for Thee", were religious in tone. He is also remembered for his epigrams and, above all, his coinage of the phrase "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" (in connection with a dispute about the merits of the two composers, Handel and Bononcini). Byrom did not lead an ordinary provincial life. He was a