Not on display

Poster

1819 (made)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Romney (printers (people))
Place of origin
Lambeth (made)

Typographic poster with black lettering

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising the re-opening for the winter season at the Royal Coburg, 1819
Physical description
Typographic poster with black lettering
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 73.9cm
  • Poster width: 50.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: re-opening for the winter season. Playwright: William Thomas Moncrieff. Actors: Mr. Kemble, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Davis, Miss Watson, Miss Hollnad, Miss Stanley, Mr. T.P. Cooke, Miss Love, Miss Smithson, Mr. Booth (Billed 'so often seen, competitor with Mr. Kean'.). Royal Coburg Theatre, London. 8.11.1819. Performance category: advertisement. The above actors were regular performers at the Royal Coburg: the ones below are new for the season. Miss Love and Smithson were from Drury Lane and the English Opera. Moncrieff wrote three new pieces for the re-opening. They are not named on the poster.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1555-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166572/poster-thomas-romney/
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