Not currently on display at the V&A

Playbill

1762 (made)
Artist/Maker

Letterpress playbill advertising The Beggar's Opera and The Genii at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Saturday, 20 November, with the year, 1762, added in ink. With cast lists.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Letterpress
Brief description
Playbill advertising The Beggar's Opera and The Genii, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1762
Physical description
Letterpress playbill advertising The Beggar's Opera and The Genii at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Saturday, 20 November, with the year, 1762, added in ink. With cast lists.
Dimensions
  • Mounted height: 25cm
  • Mounted width: 16.3cm
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996
Object history
Associated production: The Beggar's Opera. Comic opera, librettist John Gay, composed by Linley. Actors Mr Vernon, Kitty Clive, Richard Yates, Mrs Vincent and Mr Bransby. The Genii. Masque by Andrew Becket. Actors Mr Rooker and Giuseppe Grimaldi, dancers Miss Froment and Miss Dawson. 20.11.1762 Drury Lane Theatre, London.
Collection
Accession number
S.677-1997

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Record createdOctober 20, 2009
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