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Playbill

1865 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Playbill for the Prince of Wales Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham, Saturday 26 October 1865, advertising the 'last night of the great actress' Miss Avonia Jones of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the title role of Medea, with Henry Irving as Jason, followed by H.J. Byron's burlesque The Bride of Abydos, or, the Prince, the Pirate and the Pearl. The evening concluded with a new grand ballet featuring Mr. John Lauri, and in which th skater Mr Jackson Haines gave an imitation of Lord Dundready on Skates.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed paper
Brief description
Letterpress playbill for the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, 28 October 1865, advertising Medea, with Henry Irving as Jason; The Bride of Abydos, and a Grand Ballet.
Physical description
Letterpress broadsheet playbill, with woodcut illustrative heading of a crown with a plume of Prince of Wales' feathers, printed in black ink on very flimsy white paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.5cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Measured at the point where the entire length of the paper remains.
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 Prince of Wales Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham, Saturday 26 October 1865, advertising the 'last night of the great actress' Miss Avonia Jones of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the title role of Medea, with Henry Irving as Jason, followed by H.J. Byron's burlesque The Bride of Abydos, or, the Prince, the Pirate and the Pearl. The evening concluded with a new grand ballet featuring Mr. John Lauri, and in which th skater Mr Jackson Haines gave an imitation of Lord Dundready on Skates.
Other numbers
  • TM/37/6/4 - Archive number
  • 1959/W/17 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Accession number
S.335-2001

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Record createdJune 15, 2001
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