Mr Evans as Sam in Raising the Wind
Print
29th May 1826 (published)
29th May 1826 (published)
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The actor William Carpenter Evans is depicted in the role of the young Yorkshire trainee waiter Sam who refuses to let the play's comic lead and swindler Jeremy Diddler have credit for a free breakfast in Act 1 of James Kenney's farce Raising The Wind.
Raising The Wind, Kenney's first play, was successfully performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1803 with John Emery as Sam, and subsequently revived at the Haymarket Theatre with William Evans in the role.
Raising The Wind, Kenney's first play, was successfully performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1803 with John Emery as Sam, and subsequently revived at the Haymarket Theatre with William Evans in the role.
Object details
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| Title | Mr Evans as Sam in Raising the Wind (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Aquatint |
| Brief description | Print depicting William Carpenter Evans (ca.1797-1856) as Sam in the farce Raising the Wind by James Kenney (1780-1849). Published by William Kenneth 29 May 1826 from a portrait by Thomas Charles Wageman (1787-1863). Aquatint, Enthoven Collection. |
| Physical description | Print depicting Mr Evans as Sam in Raising the Wind. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Literary reference | Raising the Wind |
| Summary | The actor William Carpenter Evans is depicted in the role of the young Yorkshire trainee waiter Sam who refuses to let the play's comic lead and swindler Jeremy Diddler have credit for a free breakfast in Act 1 of James Kenney's farce Raising The Wind. Raising The Wind, Kenney's first play, was successfully performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1803 with John Emery as Sam, and subsequently revived at the Haymarket Theatre with William Evans in the role. |
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| Accession number | S.1905-2013 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2014 |
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