Illustrated broadside poster or playbill advertising Mazeppa and the Wild Horse, Mr. Ducrow and Miss Wolford doing a Mariner's Ballet on Two Elastic Cords, Mr. Ducrow as the Chinese Enchanter, followed by The Witch and the White Horse,or Will o' the Wisp! and the Old Woman of Banbury Cross! Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, 8 August 1831.

Letterpress poster printed in red and black featuring an image of Mazeppa bound to the horse's back.

Gabrielle Enthoven Collection

Associated Production: Mazeppa! and the White Hourse, Witch and the White Horse, or, the Will o'the Wisp and the Old Woman of Banbury Cross, The Chinese Enchanter. Author (original): Lord Byron. Performers: Mr. Cartlich, Mr. Gomersal, Mr. Bridges Jnr., Mr. G. Woolford, Miss Woolford. Performer and director: Mr. Ducrow. Astley's Royal Amphitheatre. 8.8.1833. Performance category: circus, equestrian entertainment, equestrian pantomime. A note on the playbill reads: 'Mazeppa,though it has now considerably exceded 100 representations, in unabated in Attraction, and continues to excite the deepest interest. This Theatre has been more decidedly successful than the WITCH on the WHITE HORSE: it is Nightly accompanied by the most vehement bursts of Laughter and other unequivocal testimonies of Delight.'

7 Bridge Road, Lambeth

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