Mr. Holman as Tancred
Print
1792 (printed)
1792 (printed)
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The actor, manager and dramatist Joseph George Holman (1764-1817) made his first stage appearance at Covent Garden in October 1784 as Romeo, and first played Tancred in James Thomson's play Tancred and Sigismunda at Covent Garden Theatre on 21st December 1791. The play, written in 1745, centres on the tragic conflict between love and duty in which Tancred, descendant of the murdered King Manfred, and Sigismunda, daughter of Siffreidi, are embroiled.
Holman was one of the leading actors in the dispute between the actors and management at Covent Garden Theatre that led to the publication in 1800 of A Statement of the Differences Subsisting Between the Proprietors and Performers of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. He resigned or was dismissed from Covent Garden after not accepting the Lord Chamberlain's resolution to the dispute. He spent his later part of his career as an actor and manager in the United States where he went with his daughter in 1812, and where he died in 1817.
Holman was one of the leading actors in the dispute between the actors and management at Covent Garden Theatre that led to the publication in 1800 of A Statement of the Differences Subsisting Between the Proprietors and Performers of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. He resigned or was dismissed from Covent Garden after not accepting the Lord Chamberlain's resolution to the dispute. He spent his later part of his career as an actor and manager in the United States where he went with his daughter in 1812, and where he died in 1817.
Object details
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| Title | Mr. Holman as Tancred (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, printed ink on paper. |
| Brief description | Mr. Joseph George Holman (1764-1817) as Tancred in Act 1 of Tancred and Sigismunda by James Thomson. Engraving by J. Matthieu after the painting by Samuel de Wilde, published in Bell's British Theatre, 28th April 1792 |
| Physical description | Full length engraving of the actor Mr. Holman as Tancred in Tancred and Sigismunda, 1792. Harry Beard Collection |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
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| Literary reference | Tancred and Sigismunda |
| Summary | The actor, manager and dramatist Joseph George Holman (1764-1817) made his first stage appearance at Covent Garden in October 1784 as Romeo, and first played Tancred in James Thomson's play Tancred and Sigismunda at Covent Garden Theatre on 21st December 1791. The play, written in 1745, centres on the tragic conflict between love and duty in which Tancred, descendant of the murdered King Manfred, and Sigismunda, daughter of Siffreidi, are embroiled. Holman was one of the leading actors in the dispute between the actors and management at Covent Garden Theatre that led to the publication in 1800 of A Statement of the Differences Subsisting Between the Proprietors and Performers of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. He resigned or was dismissed from Covent Garden after not accepting the Lord Chamberlain's resolution to the dispute. He spent his later part of his career as an actor and manager in the United States where he went with his daughter in 1812, and where he died in 1817. |
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| Accession number | S.375-2013 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2013 |
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