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1.
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Monday, May 18, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy

Creator:
Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1807 5/18
Image Count:
1
Description:
A playbill. and For further information, consult library staff. Object File number: 767 P69B (Marr 2015).
Publisher:
Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes and Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Monday, May 18, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy called, Coriolanus, or, The Roman matron : Romans. Caius Marcius Coriolanus by Mr. Kemble ... To which will be added, for the 82nd time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and Mother Goose, or The golden egg. The scenes, musick, machinery, dressses and decroations are entirely new ...

2.
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, April 30, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's

Creator:
Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1807 4/30
Image Count:
1
Description:
A playbill. and For further information, consult library staff. Object File number: 767 P69B (Marr 2015).
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2 Bow-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic production, Pantomimes, and Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, April 30, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth : the overture and symphonies between the acts by Mr. W. Ware. ... After which will be produced (for the 9th time), a new grand serio-comick ballet of action, called The ogre and little thumb, or, The seven league boots ... In the course of the pantomime (among others) the following new scenes will be introduced ... with a real cataract. And a sylvan bower ...

3.
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, May 6, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's

Creator:
Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1807 5/6
Image Count:
1
Description:
A playbill with cast list. and For further information, consult library staff. Object File number: 767 P69B (Marr 2015).
Publisher:
Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes and Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, May 6, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's comedy called The merry wives of Windsor : Sir John Falstaff by Mr. Cooke ... To which will be added, for the 7th time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and Mother Goose, or The golden egg. The scenes, musick, machinery, dressses and decroations are entirely new ... Tomorrow the tragedy of Isabella, Or The fatal marriage ... Biron, Mr. Pope, Carlos, Mr. C. Kemble, Villeroy, Mr. Brunton, Isabella by Mrs. Siddons ...

4.
Mr. Kirby as lacquey in the new comic pantomime of Jack & Jill, or, The clown's disasters

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1812]
Call Number:
812.08.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Actors -- Theatres -- Clowns.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs August 1st 1812, by W. West, No. 13, Exeter Street, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Kirby as lacquey in the new comic pantomime of Jack & Jill, or, The clown's disasters performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum / [graphic]

5.
A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[after 25 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.25.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States
Alternative Title:
Harlequin
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark, imprint burnished out., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Title partially in the form of a rebus.
Publisher:
E. Hodges?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].

6.
By permission of the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Mrs. Pinchott's third appearance, of the Theatres

Published / Created:
[approximately 1815]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B P197 815++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill printed on silk., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
John Berry, printer
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norwich.
Subject (Name):
Pincott, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > By permission of the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Mrs. Pinchott's third appearance, of the Theatres Royal Covent Garden and Drury-Lane. Finch returns his most hearty and sincere thanks to the public at large, for all the encouragement he has met with, and informs them, his benefit is fixed for Wednesday evening next, Nov. 4th ... The extraordinary alteration & improvement the hwole of the interior of The Pantheon has undergone ... The performance will commence with a new ballet dance, called the Merry millers. Principle characters Mr. Auld, Mr. Miller... the whole to conclude with a grand Indian spectacle ... written by Mr. Usher, called The savage chieftain, or, Sidney & his faithful dog ...

7.
Clown & grasshopper in the new comic pantomime of Jack and Jill as performed at the theatre Royal

Published / Created:
[9 August 1812]
Call Number:
812.08.09.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A clown, in the tight-fitting dress of an acrobat, does splits, looking up in comic astonishment at a huge grasshopper which hovers over him
Alternative Title:
Clown and grasshopper
Description:
Title etched above image. and Pantomime of Jack and Jill first performed at the theatre Royal Lyceum, 30 July 1812.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Augst. 9th 1812 by W. West at his Theatrical Print Warehouse, 13 Exeter Strt. Strand
Subject (Topic):
Clowns, Grasshoppers, and Pantomimes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Clown & grasshopper in the new comic pantomime of Jack and Jill as performed at the theatre Royal Lyceum. [graphic]

8.
Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].

Published / Created:
[25 March 1807]
Call Number:
807.03.25.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
Alternative Title:
Golden egg
Description:
Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Mother Goose, Actors, Fairy tales, Fools & jesters, Pantomimes, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].

9.
Menage as champanzee [sic] in Perouse [graphic].

Published / Created:
1st. June 1801.
Call Number:
Print00811
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Menage as champanzee in Perouse and Menage as chimpanzee in Perouse
Description:
Title in ink in lower border., Frederick Menage performed as Chimpanzee in the pantomime "Perouse, or the Desolate Island" in 1801., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pub. by Wm. Holland No.50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Menage, Frederick, 1788-1822,
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes, Actors, and Barrels
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Menage as champanzee [sic] in Perouse [graphic].

10.
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Thursday, February 7, 1822, (4th time) Shakspeare's play

Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1822 2/7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Thursday, February 7, 1822, (4th time) Shakspeare's play of The tempest ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837., and Grimaldi, Joe, 1802-1832.
Subject (Topic):
Pantomimes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Thursday, February 7, 1822, (4th time) Shakspeare's play of The tempest. (Altered and adapted by Dryden and Davenant ... Prospero ... by Mr. Young ... Ariel by Miss M. Tree ... : After which will be produced, for the 37th time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and Mother Bunch; or, The yellow dwarf ... Guinea Pig, (Captain of the Yeomen, afterwards Harlequin’s Lacquey) Mr. I.S. Grimaldi ... Yellow Dwarf, (afterwards Clown,) Mr. Grimaldi ...