'The Merry Duchess' at the Royalty Theatre
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1883 (made)
1883 (made)
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The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News was founded in 1874 and included theatre crtiticism and news items as well as serialised fiction. It shared its address and many of its illustrators and engravers with The Illustrated London News. At a time before photograhy was possible within theatres, its illustrations made by artists sent to sketch the latest productions for the magazine provide an invaluable record of a host of late 19th century theatre productions.
The image shows the actress manager Kate Santley, the German-born actress Evangeline Estelle Gazina (1837-1923) whose parents emigrated from Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was educated. She came to England in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 as a practising musician, but soon afterwards went on the stage as Eva Stella, and later Kate Santley. She became the manager of London's Royalty Theatre in 1877, a theatre with which she was associated for many years, especially for productions of comic opera including those by Gilbert and Sullivan and Offenbach.
The image shows the actress manager Kate Santley, the German-born actress Evangeline Estelle Gazina (1837-1923) whose parents emigrated from Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was educated. She came to England in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 as a practising musician, but soon afterwards went on the stage as Eva Stella, and later Kate Santley. She became the manager of London's Royalty Theatre in 1877, a theatre with which she was associated for many years, especially for productions of comic opera including those by Gilbert and Sullivan and Offenbach.
Object details
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| Title | 'The Merry Duchess' at the Royalty Theatre (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink reproducing wood engraving |
| Brief description | Illustration by Arthur Frederics of characters and scenes from the comic opera The Merry Duchess by George R. Sims with music by Frederic Clay, starring Kate Santley (1837-1923) as Rowena, Royalty Theatre, 23 April 1883. Wood engraving by Joseph Swain reproduced in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 5 May 1883. |
| Physical description | Composite illustration of characters and scenes from Act II of the comic opera The Merry Duchess showing the scene at the races framed by a horseshoe shape illustrated with the faces of the cast members Mr. F. Kaye, Mr. Furneaux Cook, Mr. W. Gregory, Mr. H. Ashley, Miss Kate Santley, Miss K. Munroe and Miss Lucy Weston. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
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| Summary | The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News was founded in 1874 and included theatre crtiticism and news items as well as serialised fiction. It shared its address and many of its illustrators and engravers with The Illustrated London News. At a time before photograhy was possible within theatres, its illustrations made by artists sent to sketch the latest productions for the magazine provide an invaluable record of a host of late 19th century theatre productions. The image shows the actress manager Kate Santley, the German-born actress Evangeline Estelle Gazina (1837-1923) whose parents emigrated from Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was educated. She came to England in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 as a practising musician, but soon afterwards went on the stage as Eva Stella, and later Kate Santley. She became the manager of London's Royalty Theatre in 1877, a theatre with which she was associated for many years, especially for productions of comic opera including those by Gilbert and Sullivan and Offenbach. |
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| Accession number | S.760-2014 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2014 |
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