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Call Number:
MSS 9
Creator:
Standard Theatre (Shoreditch, London, England)
Title(s):
Multiple Productions : press release for the National Standard Theatre announcing the first London appearance of Edmund Tearle and his company
Date:
1887 April 18
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Theatre Programs & Clippings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 13a
Provenance:
Acquired 2004, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
During the week of April 8th, 1887, Tearles and company performed Sheridan Knowles' <title>Virginius</title>, Shakespeare's <title>Hamlet</title> and <title>Richard III</title>, and the farce <title>His Last Legs</title>. Included in the press release are advertisements for the Olympic Theatre production of <title>A Dark Secret</title>.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded sheet) ; 19 x 13 cm
Genre:
Advertisements, Costume design drawings, Gouaches, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Set design drawings, and Theater programs
Subject Terms:
Costume
Costume design
Costume designers
Stage-setting and scenery
Theater
Theaters
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Standard Theatre (Shoreditch, London, England)
Tearle, Edmund, 1856-1913
Finding Aid Title:
Edgar Hockley collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3345
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3345?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1