Ellen Terry Jubilee Scroll
Scroll
1906 (printed)
1906 (printed)
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The metre and a half long lithograph was printed to celebrate Ellen Terry's 50-year stage career in 1906. She is depicted in the costumes that she wore in some of her most famous roles, beginning with the red and silver dress worn in her first performance, as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale in 1856, and ending with the wide rimmed white hat and layered dress and skirt worn as Lady Cecily Waynflete in Captain Brassbound's Conversion, 1906.
Ellen Terry's stage jubilee was celebrated on 12 June 1906 with a gala performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in which which Enrico Caruso sang, W. S. Gilbert directed a performance of Trial by Jury, Eleanora Duse, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Nellie Melba, and more than twenty members of Terry's family appeared with her in an act of Much Ado about Nothing. The performance raised £6000 for Terry. A few days later, on 17 June, there was a commemorative banquet at the Hotel Cecil, at which these scrolls were distributed as souvenirs.
Ellen Terry's stage jubilee was celebrated on 12 June 1906 with a gala performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in which which Enrico Caruso sang, W. S. Gilbert directed a performance of Trial by Jury, Eleanora Duse, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Nellie Melba, and more than twenty members of Terry's family appeared with her in an act of Much Ado about Nothing. The performance raised £6000 for Terry. A few days later, on 17 June, there was a commemorative banquet at the Hotel Cecil, at which these scrolls were distributed as souvenirs.
Object details
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| Title | Ellen Terry Jubilee Scroll (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Commemorative scroll, produced for the Ellen Terry Jubilee Banquet, 17 June 1906, formed from a colour lithograph by William Nicholson |
| Physical description | A long, rolled colour lithograph showing images of Ellen Terry in her most famous roles performed during 50 years on the stage. She is depicted in the costumes worn in the roles, beginning with the red and silver dress worn in her first performance as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale in 1856 and ending with the wide rimmed white hat and layered dress and skirt worn as Lady Cecily Waynflete in Captain Brassbound's Conversion, 1906. The figures of Terry are positioned across the front of a stage with curtains behind, the curtains draped back at four points to show Terry's birthplace in Coventry; the Theatre Royal, Bristol, the Lyceum Theatre, and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. |
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| Summary | The metre and a half long lithograph was printed to celebrate Ellen Terry's 50-year stage career in 1906. She is depicted in the costumes that she wore in some of her most famous roles, beginning with the red and silver dress worn in her first performance, as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale in 1856, and ending with the wide rimmed white hat and layered dress and skirt worn as Lady Cecily Waynflete in Captain Brassbound's Conversion, 1906. Ellen Terry's stage jubilee was celebrated on 12 June 1906 with a gala performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in which which Enrico Caruso sang, W. S. Gilbert directed a performance of Trial by Jury, Eleanora Duse, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Nellie Melba, and more than twenty members of Terry's family appeared with her in an act of Much Ado about Nothing. The performance raised £6000 for Terry. A few days later, on 17 June, there was a commemorative banquet at the Hotel Cecil, at which these scrolls were distributed as souvenirs. |
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| Accession number | S.991-1982 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2010 |
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