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Playbill

1865 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, Tuesday 29 August 1865, advertising Boucicault's comedy London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle and Edmund Phelps as Charles Courtly, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for Wednesday 30 August 1865, commencing with Tom Taylor's drama Plot and Passion, with Henry Irving as De Neuville and Edmund Phelps as Fouchè, concluding with Kenilworth. Also advertising the programme for Thursday 31 August featuring Shakespeare's Macbeth, with music by Locke.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed paper
Brief description
Letterpress playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, 29 August 1865, advertising London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for 30th and 31st August 1865.
Physical description
Letterpress broadsheet playbill, printed in black ink on very flimsy white paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history
Part of the Henry Irving Archive, given to the British Theatre Museum Association in January 1959.
Association
Summary
Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, Tuesday 29 August 1865, advertising Boucicault's comedy London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle and Edmund Phelps as Charles Courtly, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for Wednesday 30 August 1865, commencing with Tom Taylor's drama Plot and Passion, with Henry Irving as De Neuville and Edmund Phelps as Fouchè, concluding with Kenilworth. Also advertising the programme for Thursday 31 August featuring Shakespeare's Macbeth, with music by Locke.
Other numbers
  • TM/37/6/4 - Archive number
  • 1959/W/17 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Accession number
S.328-2001

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Record createdJune 14, 2001
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