The Minor Theatre, Hull, 1827
Poster
1827 (printed)
1827 (printed)
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Broadside poster or playbill advertising the benefit performance of Miss L. Gyngell at the Minor Theatre, Humber Street, Hull, 22 October 1827, featuring a burletta, <i>Wholesale Blunders</i>; a 'laughable Ballet, <i>Grogoo Gog and Magog All Alive in Hull; or, British Tars in their Glory!!!</i>; dances, and acrobatics. Printed by Thomas Topping, Hull.
The evening, billed as 'the greatest combination of real novelty and talent ever introduced to the worthy residents of Hull', features several members of the Gyngell family. Miss L. Gyngell dances and gives 'her much-admired performance on the tight rope. The performance concludes 'with the Ascension and Descension of Miss L. Gyngell on the Fiery Rope. In which she will actually Wheel a Barrow from the Stage to the Gallery!' This takes place in the midst of an immense 'chevaux-de-frise' of fireworks 'Which on this occasion will be on an extraordinary scale of Magnificence.'
The evening, billed as 'the greatest combination of real novelty and talent ever introduced to the worthy residents of Hull', features several members of the Gyngell family. Miss L. Gyngell dances and gives 'her much-admired performance on the tight rope. The performance concludes 'with the Ascension and Descension of Miss L. Gyngell on the Fiery Rope. In which she will actually Wheel a Barrow from the Stage to the Gallery!' This takes place in the midst of an immense 'chevaux-de-frise' of fireworks 'Which on this occasion will be on an extraordinary scale of Magnificence.'
Object details
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| Title | The Minor Theatre, Hull, 1827 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
| Brief description | Broadside poster or playbill advertising the benefit performance of Miss L. Gyngell at the Minor Theatre, Humber Street, Hull, 22 October 1827, featuring a burletta, Wholesale Blunders; a comic ballet; dances, and acrobatics. Printed by Thomas Topping, Hull |
| Physical description | Letterpress poster or playbill advertising the benefit performance of Miss L. Gyngell at the Minor Theatre, Humber Street, Hull, 22 October 1827, featuring a burletta, Wholesale Blunders; a comic ballet, Grogoo Gog and Magog All Alive in Hull; or, British Tars in their Glory; dances, and acrobatics, including tight rope and 'the Ascension and Descension of Miss L. Gyngell on the Fiery Rope'. Printed by Thomas Topping, Hull. |
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| Summary | Broadside poster or playbill advertising the benefit performance of Miss L. Gyngell at the Minor Theatre, Humber Street, Hull, 22 October 1827, featuring a burletta, <i>Wholesale Blunders</i>; a 'laughable Ballet, <i>Grogoo Gog and Magog All Alive in Hull; or, British Tars in their Glory!!!</i>; dances, and acrobatics. Printed by Thomas Topping, Hull. The evening, billed as 'the greatest combination of real novelty and talent ever introduced to the worthy residents of Hull', features several members of the Gyngell family. Miss L. Gyngell dances and gives 'her much-admired performance on the tight rope. The performance concludes 'with the Ascension and Descension of Miss L. Gyngell on the Fiery Rope. In which she will actually Wheel a Barrow from the Stage to the Gallery!' This takes place in the midst of an immense 'chevaux-de-frise' of fireworks 'Which on this occasion will be on an extraordinary scale of Magnificence.' |
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| Accession number | S.246-1978 |
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