Ink Stand
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Frances Joseph Talma (1763-1826) was one of France's most celebrated actors, a brilliant performer and innovator who introduced many reforms to simplify acting on the French stage. This was quite necessary as the innovations made by Voltaire had been forgotten and bombast had returned to the French stage. His Othello, Hamlet, Neron and Oedipe were particularly admired. His later friendship and admiration for Napoleon did not prevent his continued fondness for England where he had spent his early youth and to which he returned in the second decade of the 19th century to be present ar the dinner in honour of John Philip Kemble's farewell to the stage.
The ink stand was subsequently owned by the great English actor Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) who used it when playing Jonathan Swift in The Solitary Loverat the Winter Garden Theatre in 1948.
The ink stand was subsequently owned by the great English actor Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) who used it when playing Jonathan Swift in The Solitary Loverat the Winter Garden Theatre in 1948.
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Ink stand owned by the French tragedian François Joseph Talma (1763–1826) and later owned by Sir Donald Wolfit and used by him as Jonathan Swift in The Solitary Lover, Winter Garden Theatre, 1948 |
| Physical description | Rectangular metal ink stand with four brass ball feet and a central handle, set with a small tubular shaped piece of brass as a pen holder and two circular metal holders for two pressed glass ink bottles, each with a brass lid, one of the two missing a central brass ball finial. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | RP 1974/3036. BTMA 1968/A/42. This was originally owned by the French tragedian Francois Joseph Talma (1763-1826) and was subsequently used by Sir Donald Wolfit as Jonathan Swift in The Solitary Lover, Winter Garden Theatre, 1948. Part of the Donald Wolfit bequest to the British Theatre Museum Association (BTMA), presented to the BTMA by Lady Wolfit on 24 April 1968. |
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| Summary | Frances Joseph Talma (1763-1826) was one of France's most celebrated actors, a brilliant performer and innovator who introduced many reforms to simplify acting on the French stage. This was quite necessary as the innovations made by Voltaire had been forgotten and bombast had returned to the French stage. His Othello, Hamlet, Neron and Oedipe were particularly admired. His later friendship and admiration for Napoleon did not prevent his continued fondness for England where he had spent his early youth and to which he returned in the second decade of the 19th century to be present ar the dinner in honour of John Philip Kemble's farewell to the stage. The ink stand was subsequently owned by the great English actor Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) who used it when playing Jonathan Swift in The Solitary Loverat the Winter Garden Theatre in 1948. |
| Other number | 1968/A/42 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.821:1 to 3-1981 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2007 |
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