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1. 4th night. Blenheim. Monday, November 30, 1789, will be performed, False appearances; with The maid of the oaks. : To begin at seven o'clock, and the doors to be opened at half past six. These tickets are not transferable
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- File 66 789 F78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- An admission ticket to a performance on 30 November 1789 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. Such private theatricals at country houses became increasingly popular during the eighteenth century, with plays starting in earnest at Blenheim in 1786 and becoming so successful that a greenhouse was converted into a proper theater
- Alternative Title:
- Fourth night. Blenheim. Monday, November 30, 1789, will be performed ...
- Description:
- Letterpress ticket on card, printed on recto only. and Traces of glue on verso, probably formerly mounted in an album. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Oxfordshire.
- Subject (Name):
- Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795. and Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Aristocracy (Social class), Social life and customs, and Amateur theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > 4th night. Blenheim. Monday, November 30, 1789, will be performed, False appearances; with The maid of the oaks. : To begin at seven o'clock, and the doors to be opened at half past six. These tickets are not transferable
2. The order for the installation of the Ladies of the most noble Order of the Needle instituted in 1761 ; The rules of the most Noble Order of the Needle instituted on July the 25th 1761 : manuscript
- Creator:
- Frankland, Miss, author
- Published / Created:
- 1761.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 282
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Two works in two separate hands, recording the orders and rules of a fictitious noble order created for ladies' amusement, presumably by someone well acquainted with the customs and using her knowledge to arrange a masque for the amusement of her circle of friends in the months leading to the coronation of George III, possibily at her home in Yorkshire. The first work entitled "The Order for the installation of one of the Ladies of the most noble Order of the Needle instituted in 1761" (pages 2-4) is followed by "The Rules of the most Noble Order of the Needle Instituted on July 25th 1761" (pages 4-8), both written in black ink
- Description:
- Miss Frankland remains unidentified but is likely a descendant of the family of Lady Elizabeth Russell Frankland (1666-1733), the granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell, and her husband Sir Thomas Frankland (1665-1726) of Thirkleby Park, North Yorkshire. Lady Frankland was the sister of John Russell (-1735), the stepfather of Mary Joanna Russell., Mary Joanna Cutts Revett Russell (1707-1764) was the daughter of Colonel Edmund Revett (-1709) and Joanna Thurlbarne Revett (-1764), the step-daughter of John Russell (-1735), and the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russell (1701-1754). The Russell family acquired Chequers, their family home in Buckinghamshire, through John Russell's 1715 marriage to Joanna Revett., In English., Titles from captions at the head of each of the two works., "By Miss F-nkl-d" on first page, upper right corner, suggests the author of the first manuscript, "The Order for the installation," as a member of the Frankland family., The second work is attributed to Mary Joanna Russell based on a manuscript also entitled "The rules of the most Noble Order of the Needle" in the British Library (Add MS 69390). The online record for that copy states that it was drawn up by Mrs. Russell for her daughter and nieces and their friends., One signature, sewn and unbound, with watermarked laid paper, horizontal chainlines; crowned watermark with lion rampant, countermark 'EH'. Pages with text are unnumbered; final 8 pages are blank., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Coronation, Amateur theater, Masques, and Satire, English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The order for the installation of the Ladies of the most noble Order of the Needle instituted in 1761 ; The rules of the most Noble Order of the Needle instituted on July the 25th 1761 : manuscript