Souvenir Programme
1906 (made)
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Souvenir programme printed on cream crepe paper. Produced to commemorate the performance staged to mark the Stage Jubilee of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) at the Drury Lane Theatre, on Tuesday June 12th 1906.
Born into an acting family Terry was one of the leading actresses of the late nineteenth century and is perhaps most famous for her twenty two year on stage partnership with the actor/manager Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905). This Jubilee celebration marked fifty years since Terry's first stage performance. She appeared alongside Charles Kean at the Princess Theatre in 1856, as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale,by William Shakespeare's (1564-1616).
Born into an acting family Terry was one of the leading actresses of the late nineteenth century and is perhaps most famous for her twenty two year on stage partnership with the actor/manager Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905). This Jubilee celebration marked fifty years since Terry's first stage performance. She appeared alongside Charles Kean at the Princess Theatre in 1856, as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale,by William Shakespeare's (1564-1616).
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| Materials and techniques | Ink printed on cream tissue paper |
| Brief description | Souvenir programme printed on cream crepe paper. Produced to commemorate the performance staged to mark the Stage Jubilee of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) at Drury Lane Theatre, Tuesday 12th June 1906. |
| Physical description | Souvenir programme printed on cream crepe paper. Produced to commemorate the performance staged to mark the Stage Jubilee of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) at Drury Lane Theatre, on Tuesday 12th June 1906. The bulk of the text and printed details on the programme are printed in black ink. This includes a head and shoulders profile image of Terry, framed on the left hand side by a portrait of Edward VII (1841-1910) and on the right hand side, his wife, Queen Alexandra (1844-1925). Gold metallic ink has been used to create the border and add highlights to the union flags and other details with which the programme is decorated. The image of Terry is copied from a photograph of the actress, taken by the photographer Alexander Bassano (1829-1913) in 1883. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | This programme was one of many souvenirs printed to commemorate the stage jubilee of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928). The evening consisted of: (1) an overture conducted by J.M. Glover; (2) a Minstrel Concert Party performed by W.H. Berry, Will Bishop, Louis Bradfield, Colin Coop, Willie Edouin, Harry Fragson, George Graves, George Grossmith Jnr., G.P. Huntley, Harry Lytton, Edmund Payne, Bert Sinden, Fred Wright Jnr., Farren Soutar (3) a recitation by Lewis Waller (4) the Dinner & Picture scene from A School for Scandal performed by Charles Wyndham, Arthur Bourchier, Edward Terry, Cyril Maude, George Alexander, Ben Davies |
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| Summary | Souvenir programme printed on cream crepe paper. Produced to commemorate the performance staged to mark the Stage Jubilee of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) at the Drury Lane Theatre, on Tuesday June 12th 1906. Born into an acting family Terry was one of the leading actresses of the late nineteenth century and is perhaps most famous for her twenty two year on stage partnership with the actor/manager Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905). This Jubilee celebration marked fifty years since Terry's first stage performance. She appeared alongside Charles Kean at the Princess Theatre in 1856, as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale,by William Shakespeare's (1564-1616). |
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| Accession number | S.3469-2013 |
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| Record created | August 20, 2013 |
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