Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), [Playbill for performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, February 4-5, 1853], [1853]
- Title(s):
- [Playbill for performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, February 4-5, 1853].
- Additional Title(s):
At head of title: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, lessee and manager Mr. E.T. Smith
The list of performances begins: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4th and 5th, 1853, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a drama in five acts, entitled Gold! ...- Published/Created:
- [London] : G. Stapleton, printer, 93 Waterloo Road, [1853]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 50 x 50 cm
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- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13923774
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Listed actors include Edward Loomis Davenport, Edward Stirling, and Louise Blache.
"Acting manager, Mr. George Wild. Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling."
Printed in two columns.
With a list of seat prices at foot of second column.
The playbill lists numerous productions. The two featured with largest text, at top left, are: "Gold! ... in part the fourth an attempt will be made to realise the gold seekers' encampment on the banks of the River McQuarrie ..." and "Harlequin Hudibras! or, Old Dame Durden, and the droll days of the merry monarch, the pantomime invented and written by E.L. Blanchard ... the whole arranged and produced under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Stirling."
Other productions include: "The abode of antiquity ... Fairy palace of the people by moonlight ... Valley of the morning mists ... Village of Sumware ... The Pendrell plantation by sunset ... The great kitchen in Boscobel Manor House ... Dark dwelling of Sydrophel the astrologer ... Old Cheapside and conduit in 1660 ... Transformation ... Wonderful evolutions of Devani, the great contortionist, and the celebrated brothers Siegrist in their marvellous and unparalled [sic] performance on La Perche! ... Palace of poetic invention on the borders of burlesque ..." - Subject Terms:
- Acrobats -- Great Britain.Actors -- Great Britain.Aerialists -- Great Britain.Blache, Louise.Blanchard, E. L. (Edward L.), 1820-1889. Harlequin Hudibras.Brothers Siegrist.Davenport, Edward Loomis, 1815-1877.Pantomime -- Great Britain.Reade, Charles, 1814-1884. Gold.Smith, E. T. (Edward Tyrell), 1804-1877.Stapleton, G. -- Printer.Stirling, Edward, 1807-1894.Theater -- Great Britain.Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)Wild, George, 1805-1856.
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