Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Demons, and Spectators
Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
This playbill records a performance at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden of The constant couple by George Farquhar (1676-1707) on 22 May 1755 in which Margaret Woffington (1720?-1760) played the leading part of Sir Harry Wildair - one of the roles for which she was most celebrated. The part of Lady Lurewell was performed by Esther Hamilton (d. 1787). Other actors in the cast include Theophilus Cibber (1703-1758) and John Arthur (1708?-1772), actor and stage designer -- it is likely that he was responsible for devising the “machinery” mentioned in a note at the foot of the sheet: “as any obstruction in the movement of the machinery will greatly prejudice the performance of the entertainment, it is hoped no persons will be displeased as their being refus'd admittance behind the scene.”
Description:
A playbill. and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707., Woffington, Margaret, -1760., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Title from first line of text., Playbill advertising a spectacular show of shadow theatre and mechanical representation of the Battle of the Nile., The Lewis Walpole Library: Blanks completed in manuscript for a performance in Bristol on Thursday evening July 21st at Mr. Walkers' gun[?]. Thursday evening appears as a pasted slip over "Wednesday"., and For further information, consult library staff.
Clippings relating to the French Revolution and Louis XVI; playbills, School for Scandal, New-England weekly journal (numbr. LV. Monday April 8, 1728). With later additions of ephemera, circa 1896-1898. With additions of ephemera related to Fred A. Eaton
Frontispeice to the celebrated lecture on heads and Frontispiece to the celebrated lecture on heads
Description:
Title from item., From: Stevens, G. Lecture on heads. London: J. Pridden, 1765., Date, printmaker, publisher, and place of publication taken from volume for which this is the frontispiece., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
John Pridden
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Phrenology, Physiognomy, Coats of arms, and Heads (Anatomy)
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Abel Drugger is a character in the play The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall, East, March Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Actors, Theater, Pharmacists, Skulls, Books, and Specimens