Great Bill advertising Cymbeline at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden 5th May 1779
Poster
1779 (made)
1779 (made)
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Typographic.
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| Title | Great Bill advertising Cymbeline at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden 5th May 1779 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Letterpress |
| Brief description | Great Bill or Poster advertising Cymbeline [and] Three Weeks After Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, 5th May 1779 |
| Physical description | Typographic. |
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| Object history | Associated Productions: Cymbeline. Playwright: William Shakespeare, and Three Weeks After Marriage. Playwright: Arthur Murphy. Actors in Cymbeline: Posthumus, Mr. Reddish; Cloten, Mr. Lee Lewes; Cymbeline, Mr. Lestrange; Pisanio, Mr. Hull; Bellarius, Mr. Clarke; Guiderius, Mr. Wroughton; Averagus, Mr. Whitfield; Caius Lucius, Mr. Fearon; Philario, Mr. Both; Jacimo, Mr. Smith; Queen, Mrs. Jackson; Imogen, Mrs. Bulkley. Actors in Three Weeks After Marriage: Sir Charles Racket, Mr. Lewis; Drugget, Mr. Quick; Lovelace, Mr. Booth; Woodley, Mr. Thompson; Dimity, Mrs. Green; Nancy, Mrs. Whitfield; Mrs. Drugget, Mrs. Pitt; Lady Racket, Mrs. Mattocks. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Bow Street, London. 5.5.1779. Performance category: drama. Production type: benefit. This evening was a Benefit Performance for Mr Reddish who played Posthumus in Cymbeline. Neither the playwright of Cymbeline or of Three Weeks After Marriage is credited on the poster. A note on the poster warns that 'Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted' and advertises a new tragedy Fatal Falsehood being produced tomorrow, with a new musical piece entitled The Chelsea Pensioner. |
| Bibliographic reference | Haill, Catherine. Theatre Posters. London : HMSO., 1983. 48p., ill. |
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| Accession number | S.1-1983 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2010 |
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