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Poster

1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
S. G. Fairbrother and Son (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Typographic poster with black and red lettering


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Muleteer's Vow [and] The Quartette [and] Old Oak Tree at the Theatre Royal Lyceum, 1835
Physical description
Typographic poster with black and red lettering
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 66.9cm
  • Poster width: 42.8cm
Object history
The poster announces , 'His Majesty has ...extended the license to this theatre until January 15th. It will be the aim during this after season to render the theatre perfectly warm and comfortable - to produce a rapid succession of novelties - and with a view to meet the alteration of the times, particularly as regards theatrical property. The manager proposes experimentally during the above period to reduce the prices of admission.... Associated Production: Muleteer's Vow (melodrama by John Oxenford), The Quartette (comic opera, composer: Mr. Hawwes), Old Oak Tree (drama, composer: Mr. G.A. MacFarren). Actors: Mr. Rumball (Muleteer and Old Oak), Miss Novello (Muleteer and Quartette and Old Oak), John Rhodes (Muleteer and Quartette), Mrs. T. Matthews (Quartette). Set designer: Tomkins and Pitt (Old Oak). Theatre Royal Lyceum, London. 22.10.1835.
Production
Exeter Court, Strand
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1253-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
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